CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A jury has convicted a former West Virginia sheriff's deputy on federal drug distribution charges. The Exponent Telegram reports jurors deliberated for four hours before returning the verdict Thursday night against former Harrison County Deputy Tim Rock. Prosecutors ...
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia school district has settled a lawsuit with a man who says he was sexually abused by a teacher and fathered four of her children. The Intelligencer reports Ohio County Schools settled with Christopher Birch on Thursday. The April lawsuit said Bridge ...
ELKINS, W.Va. (AP) — Members of the Polish Territorial Defense Forces have been training with the West Virginia National Guard and Special Forces near Elkins. The Inter-Mountain reports the Polish troops were participating in the Guard’s Ridge Runner program, which focuses on irregular ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Board of Education will give the public 60 days to comment on a proposal on charter schools, double the normal allotted time. The board put the policy proposal up for comment Thursday. Legislation signed by Gov. Jim Justice authorizes a staggered ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Former West Virginia secretary of state Natalie Tennant has launched a bid to take back the position in 2020. The Democrat announced her candidacy in a video released Thursday. Tennant served as secretary of state from 2009 to 2017. Her campaign website highlights ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Police in West Virginia say they have identified another source of suspected heroin-laced vaping solutions that sickened two high school students. Morgantown Police Chief Ed Preston said Thursday that an ongoing investigation of the overdoses has led to charges ...
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A Virginia pastor has been acquitted of charges that he sexually abused a girl under the age of 12 in West Virginia. The Exponent Telegram reports a jury on Wednesday found 77-year-old Daniel Houston Shafer of Elk Creek, Virginia, not guilty of first-degree sexual ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia mayor says federal authorities are being asked to look into the use of force by Charleston police during the arrest of a woman with special needs. Charleston Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin said in a statement Thursday that following a series of meetings ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Board of Education is set to discuss charter schools this week. The board will meet on Wednesday and Thursday in Charleston. A board policy proposal on charter schools is on Thursday's agenda. Details of the policy were scheduled for release ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The last two remaining Kmart locations in West Virginia are set to close by early next year as the retailer shutters about 100 stores nationwide. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the Kanawha City Kmart in Charleston will close in February following the closure of ...
MILTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia doctor who admitted in state and federal court to writing illegal opioid prescriptions and possessing drugs has had his license revoked. The Herald-Dispatch reports that records show the state medicine board took away Marc J. Spelar's license to practice ...
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The FBI has begun a corruption investigation into how Gov. Tom Wolf's administration came to issue permits for construction on a multibillion-dollar pipeline project to carry highly volatile natural gas liquids across Pennsylvania, The ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Four people are accused of lying on applications to become licensed electricians in West Virginia. News outlets report the men were arrested Tuesday when they showed up to take the four-hour licensing exam in Charleston. Each is charged with felony forgery of a ...
By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is co-sponsoring a bill with West Virginia's two U.S. senators and others aimed at preserving the pensions of about 92,000 retired coal miners, as well as the health-care benefits of another 13,000 ...
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia physician has been sentenced to probation for writing fraudulent prescriptions so he could get drugs. Chad Poage also was ordered Monday in federal court in Clarksburg to complete 500 hours of community service. Poage admitted writing 30 fraudulent ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Authorities say a West Virginia woman has been charged after five rental cars at Yeager Airport were found scratched up and spray-painted. Airport Police Chief Eric Johnson on Wednesday said officers used security footage to track down Anntonia Lipscomb after the ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia State University is hosting a free workshop for people who want to start their own businesses. The college says it's partnering with the West Virginia Small Business Development Center for the event on Wednesday, Nov. 20. It will run from 1 p.m. to 3 ...
FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia man has been sentenced to one to five years' home confinement for abandoning his Yorkie. News outlets report 36-year-old Justin Ryan Lancianese was sentenced this month after pleading guilty this summer to a felony animal cruelty charge. A criminal ...
By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is co-sponsoring a bill with West Virginia's two U.S. senators and others aimed at preserving the pensions of about 92,000 retired coal miners, as well as the health-care benefits of another 13,000 ...
BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. (AP) — Construction is set to start on a widening project along Interstate 64 in West Virginia between Huntington and Charleston. Crews will put construction barrels along the interstate starting Wednesday between the Merritts Creek and Huntington Mall exits in ...