Parents of slain gay youth advocate for stronger LGBT protections
By Erin Beck CLARKSBURG - While same-sex marriage is now legal throughout the United States and the federal government can prosecute crimes committed because of a person's sexual orientation or gender...
View ArticleOhio man pleads guilty in W.Va. to health care fraud
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - An Ohio man has pleaded guilty in West Virginia to health care fraud.Thirty-six-year-old Joshua Petrie of Proctorville, Ohio, entered the plea Monday in federal court in...
View ArticleMan arrested in connection to January murder, shooting
By Kate White A man was arrested Monday night and charged with murder in connection to a January shooting in Rand.Gerard Maxwell, 29, of Rand, is charged with murder in the shooting death of...
View ArticleBerkeley County boy killed by dog after he wanders from home
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - The Berkeley County Sheriff's Office is investigating a dog attack that left a 2-year-old boy dead.The Journal of Martinsburg says a preliminary investigation indicates the...
View ArticleWV State Police fatally shoot murder suspect on Turnpike
 West Virginia State Police fatally shot a murder suspect out of Georgia after troopers say he exited his vehicle with a firearm Tuesday afternoon on Interstate 77 in Raleigh County. The shooting...
View ArticleRain leads to traffic problems across Kanawha County
By Staff reports Driving rain led to an abnormal amount of wrecks and other traffic hang-ups in Kanawha County on Tuesday afternoon.A Metro 911 dispatcher said the bulk of crashes occurred from about...
View ArticleFlorida man shot in neck at Kanawha City motel
Charleston police are investigating after a man was shot in the neck at a Kanawha City motel. It happened just before 10:30 p.m. Tuesday at Knights Inn at 6401 MacCorkle Ave. S.E., Kanawha Metro 911...
View ArticleW.Va. State Police investigating discovery of burned body
PROCTOR, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia State Police are investigating the discovery of a body on fire in the Northern Panhandle.Media outlets report the badly burned body of a male was found Tuesday in...
View ArticleWest Virginia couple arrested after they OD in front of kids
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - A man and woman have been arrested and charged with neglect and drug charges after police say they overdosed on heroin in the presence of their three children.West Virginia...
View ArticleTrial set for ex-W.Va. athlete accused of hitting gay couple
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - A former Marshall University running back will face trial on Jan. 26 on charges of hitting a gay couple.The Herald-Dispatch reports a Cabell County circuit judge set the...
View ArticleGeorgia murder suspect fled from troopers before fatal shooting
By Staff reports A short chase preceded the fatal shooting of a Georgia murder suspect by West Virginia State Police.Brandon L. Johnson, 28, of Snellville, Georgia, died Tuesday at Raleigh General...
View ArticleBeckley man arrested in gas station robberies
By Staff reports BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Beckley man was arrested Wednesday and charged with the armed robbery of two Shell gas stations.Joshua McKinney, 26, allegedly robbed a station on Airport Road in...
View ArticleApartment complex sexual harassment lawsuit settled
CROSS LANES, W.Va. (AP) - A lawsuit alleging female tenants at an apartment complex were sexually harassed has been settled.The complex's owner, Perkins Parke LP, and the former property manager,...
View ArticleBail bondsmen to return to Kanawha
By Kate White After nearly 20 years, professional bail bondsmen will be allowed back in Kanawha County.Chief Kanawha Circuit Judge James Stucky said Wednesday he is preparing an order that will allow...
View ArticleInmate dies at South Central Regional Jail
By Staff reports An inmate at South Central Regional Jail died by suicide on Monday night, according to a regional jails spokesman.Jail staff and emergency medical technicians responded and provided...
View Article3 plead guilty in Baltimore-to-West Virginia heroin case
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - Three Martinsburg residents have admitted their roles in a heroin trafficking operation.Entering guilty pleas this week in federal court in Martinsburg were 32-year-old...
View ArticleKanawha Magistrate Yeager touts domestic violence program to colleagues
By Kate White What if a woman decides she doesn't want to press charges against her attacker, a magistrate asked Kanawha officials in charge of the county's domestic violence pilot program. "Do you...
View Article2 W.Va. men convicted on US heroin charges
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - Two West Virginia men have been convicted on federal heroin trafficking charges.Jeremiah Robert Dodrill of Spelter sold heroin one year ago near a playground in Harrison...
View ArticleDNR police use Facebook to help solve case of poached albino deer
The West Virginia Natural Resources Police are crediting Facebook users for helping solve an albino deer killing case in Boone County.On Sept. 27, Natural Resources Police Officer Dakoda Chattin got a...
View ArticleMayor apologizes to resident accused of trespassing during annual car show
By Kate White Mayor apologizes to resident accused of trespassing during annual car showBy Kate WhiteStaff writerCharleston Mayor Danny Jones publicly apologized Friday after a man was arrested and...
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