Berkeley County man, Herman Govan sentenced to 12 years for selling fentanyl
Herman Terrell Govan, of Inwood, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 151 months incarceration for selling fentanyl, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced. “Fentanyl continues to kill people across the More...
Bill Gaither and Gaither Vocal Band sets December dates for their Christmas Homecoming Tour
Multi-Grammy Award winning recording artist, Bill Gaither and prominent Christian events producer, Premier Productions, have announced plans to bring the Bill Gaither & The Gaither Vocal Band Christmas More...
Building 429 sets fall tour dates with Britt Nicole
Building 429 will embark on the “Fear No More Tour” this fall. Supporting the tour will be pop songstress and fellow GRAMMY® nominee Britt Nicole. The tour announcement comes on the heels of an exclusive More...
Ohio County Magistrate, Harry Radcliffe sentenced to prison for tax fraud
Former Ohio County Magistrate Harry A. Radcliffe, III, was sentenced today to four months incarceration to be followed by two months of home confinement for tax fraud, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced. “Defendants More...
Campaign Legal Center likens felon voter fees to Jim Crow, ‘Felony disenfranchisement’
FROM THE CLC: 10 million Americans owe more than $50 billion in fines and fees related to criminal convictions Over half of the disenfranchised population is no longer incarcerated and is living in a state that More...
Chris Young headlines ‘Raised on Country World Tour’ with fall dates set
After launching his USAA sponsored “Raised On Country World Tour 2019” in May, multi-platinum entertainer Chris Young has already played to capacity crowds over the first 12 shows of his headlining tour. And More...
Ohio Man, Anthony McQuaid Pleads Guilty to Bank and Wire Fraud
Today, an Ohio man admitted in federal court that he collectively defrauded a Kentucky bank and seventeen individuals and businesses in Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, and Wisconsin of more than $4.6 million. Anthony More...
John Crist sets ‘Immature Thoughts’ tour dates throughout the fall
John Crist’s “Immature Thoughts Tour” will find the headliner trekking to mostly new markets this fall, including the first ever jaunt in Eastern Canada for the standup comedian and internet More...
Jefferson County man, Timothy Byers sentenced to 20 years for Bank Robbery
Timothy Byers, Jr., of Charles Town, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 240 months incarceration for bank robbery, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced. Photo/Stefan Schweihofer Byers, age 48, pled guilty More...
Larry Covington Sentenced to 15 Years for Assaulting a Federal Officer
On May 29, 2019, Larry Steven Covington Jr., 40, of Knoxville, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable Thomas W. Phillips, Senior U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 180 months in federal prison. Covington pleaded More...
Berkeley County man, Eric Eugene Smith sentenced for child pornography
Eric Eugene Smith, of Falling Waters, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 97 months incarceration for possessing child pornography, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced. Smith, age 51, pled guilty to one More...
How Are Drug Laws Changing Across the US in 2019?
A law passed by the federal government is only as functional as a state’s agreement to enforce it. That’s why laws passed at the federal level can often have little to no effect on state jurisdictions. More...
West Virginia physician, Dr. George Naum found Guilty of Illegally distributing Drugs
Dr. George P. Naum, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was found guilty today of illegally distributing controlled substances, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced. After a six-day trial, a jury found Naum, guilty More...
West Virginia Man, Eric Minter Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin
Eric Lavell Minter, 33, of Huntington, West Virginia, was sentenced Wednesday, to 240 months in federal prison by United States District Judge David L. Bunning, for conspiracy to distribute heroin. In August 2017, More...
33 indicted for Heroin, Cocaine, and Fentanyl distribution operation
A federal grand jury this week has indicted 33 individuals in seven separate indictments involving heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced. Photo/Sammis Reachers Agents More...
DOJ sides with court finding Obamacare mandate unconstitutional
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday announced that it is siding with a district court ruling that found the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional. The DOJ previously argued in court that the law’s pre-existing More...
Border wall battle will rage on as Trump vetoes the block to his national emergency
President Trump used his veto power to block legislation against his border wall emergency declaration, setting up the first veto of his administration. The President signed the veto in the Oval Office Friday afternoon More...
Marion County man, James Cobb sentenced for child pornography charges
James Timothy Cobb, of Fairmont, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 110 months incarceration for a child pornography charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced. Cobb, age 56, pled guilty to one count More...
Logan County Schools Superintendent, Phyllis Doty Sentenced for Fraud Scheme
Phyllis Doty, a former Superintendent of Logan County Schools, was sentenced to 42 months in prison and three years of supervised release, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. She was also ordered to More...
Democratic Senators won’t support ‘born alive’ bill to the infanticide that Gov Ralph Northam described
Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence, Rhode Island did not mince words as he expressed his horror after Democrat U.S. senators voted against the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Act, designed to protect children born More...