An Army deserter from Ohio has received a 160-year prison sentence for his role in the slaying of a West Virginia minister.

Officials in Huntington say an underground water leak cost the city tens of thousands of dollars in utility bills.

Three people accused of scamming insurance companies by staging accidents and faking injuries have been indicted on charges of conspiracy, and mail and wire fraud.

For the second straight year, a unanimous House of Delegates has threatened prison terms for drivers who kill or injure someone while failing to halt for a stopped school bus.

Inmate photos posted on the state regional jail system’s Web site can no longer be downloaded by the public.

A West Virginia worker has been killed by a falling icicle.

The National Guard says 13 people aboard a Navy helicopter that was forced to land in a remote area of southeastern West Virginia have been evacuated.

A West Virginia Air National Guard officer says a Navy helicopter has gone down during a joint training exercise in southeastern West Virginia.

A 15-year-old Charleston resident is facing two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of two people found last week in the front seat of a car.

The West Virginia Department of Education will launch an online textbook pilot project in the fall at Scott
High School in Boone County.

The smokestacks at the old Fostoria Glass plant in Moundsville are coming down.

West Virginia’s largest hospital plans to fire any employees who haven’t been vaccinated against seasonal flu.

A West Virginia county commission has voted to curb the free roaming of animals deemed ‘vicious’.

An FBI security officer who videotaped teenage girls as they undressed and tried on prom gowns at a charity event has been convicted of invasion of privacy.

Four people are charged with involuntary manslaughter after the death of a man attacked by a pack of pit bulls.