Pendleton County man admits to methamphetamine and firearms charges

ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – Cody Alan Grapes, of Riverton, West Virginia, has admitted to drug and firearms charges, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Grapes, 32, pleaded guilty today to one count…

Republicans Line Up Behind Manchin And Sinema Amid Their Independent Streak

Andrew Trunsky on January 28, 2022 As left-wing Democrats sour on Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, they are finding new allies — and donors — in…

Henry County Woman Wins $100K in New Year’s Millionaire Raffle

MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA – Heather Parsons was only joking when she said to her mother, “Let’s see if I’m a millionaire,” as she was about to check the winning numbers in Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire…

Raffle Ticket in Christmas Card Proves to be $100K Winner in Deltaville

DELTAVILLE, VIRGINIA – It’s always nice to receive a Christmas card. It’s even nicer when that card contains a Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle ticket that ends up winning $100,. This was the second…

Blacksburg Man Wins $777K Sitting in Parking Lot on Mega 777’s Ticket

BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA – What would you do if you were sitting in your car in a parking lot, scratching a Virginia Lottery ticket, and you discovered you’d just won $777,777? That’s exactly…

Raleigh County Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime

BECKLEY, W.Va. – Edward Paul Potter, 42, of Bradley, pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime. According to court documents and statements made during the plea hearing, law enforcement officers executed…

Wetzel County man sentenced for a firearms charge

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Samuel Amos Minger, of New Martinsville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 46 months of incarceration for a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Minger, 43,…

Ohio man sentenced for selling cocaine

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Antonio Mario Hall, of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced today to 10 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Hall, age 29, pleaded…

Ohio man sentenced for drug charges

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Rashaad Shadee Washington, of Pleasant City, Ohio, was sentenced today to 84 months of incarceration for drug charges, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Washington, 37, pleaded guilty…

Pair Sentenced to 10 Years for Distributing Methamphetamine, Heroin, Cocaine, and Fentanyl in Roanoke Area

ROANOKE, Va. – Two more members of a drug conspiracy have been sentenced in federal court for their role in the distribution of deadly narcotics. Kenneth Tito Beaner, 27, and Nathan Jamal…

Parkersburg Man Pleads Guilty to Escape

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Parkersburg man pleaded guilty today to escape from a federal halfway house. According to court documents, Joshua Dowler, 39, admitted that he walked away from Dismas Charities on…

Cleveland man sentenced to 10 years for drug charge

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Genghis Taylor, of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced today to 120 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Taylor, also known as “G,”…

Fayette County Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Methamphetamine

BECKLEY, W.Va. – A Fayette County man pleaded guilty today to distributing methamphetamine. According to court documents, Andrew Daniel Sprinkle, 34, admitted that on two separate occasions in September 2020 he sold…

Roane County Man Sentenced to Prison for Federal Gun Crime

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Foster Allen Ray, 72, of Gandeeville, was sentenced today to two years in prison and three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm. …

Leader of Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison

ABINGDON, Va. – A North Carolina man, who previously resided in Wise County, Virginia when he organized a conspiracy to traffic multiple pounds of methamphetamine into Southwest Virginia, was sentenced today to…

Manchin Says He’d Vote To Confirm A Justice More Liberal Than He Is

West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin said Thursday that he was open to confirming a Supreme Court justice that was more liberal than he is to succeed Justice Stephen Breyer. “Whoever [President…

Biden Announces A Record 14.5 Million Americans Signed Up For Obamacare

President Joe Biden announced Thursday that the 14.5 million Americans signed up for health insurance via the Affordable Care Act for 2022. “Health care should be a right, not a privilege, for…

Five Florida Teachers Removed For Refusing To Wear Masks

Five teachers were sent home from a Jupiter, Florida, elementary school for refusing to wear masks, the Palm Beach Post reported. Limestone Creek Elementary School told the teachers to leave Thursday for…

Cory Booker, Dems push for permanent child tax credit as ‘A Signature Domestic Policy Achievement’

Five Senate Democrats are urging the White House to prioritize making the expanded child tax credit permanent as part of any potential spending package. The senators, Michael Bennet of Colorado, Sherrod Brown…

So long, Saturdays: More couples embrace weekday weddings

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The pandemic forced 30-year-old Stephanie Harnen to twice postpone her wedding. When she finally did get married, in June last year, she settled…

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