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Former attorney faces up to 20 years in federal prison for child pornography charge
HUNTINGTON – A former attorney faces at least five and up to 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a child pornography charge. -
Blankenship says DOJ office is investigating his prosecution
CHARLESTON – U.S. Senate candidate Don Blankenship says the Department of Justice is investigating his prosecution related to the Upper Big Branch mine disaster. -
Jenkins, Morrisey campaigns attack over 'lies' at candidate forum
CHARLESTON – Campaigns for two of the leading Republican candidates for U.S. Senate are calling each other liars, this time over issues related to Planned Parenthood. -
Attorney General, others discuss national opioid fight
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey joined U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and six other attorneys generals to discuss a new plan to combat the nation’s opioid epidemic. -
Supreme Court spending controversy triggers shake-up
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia MetroNews statewide correspondent Brad McElhinny reported last Friday, “a rumor has been circulating in recent days that federal authorities have been interviewing (State Supreme) Court officials.” -
Federal judge remands opioid lawsuits back to Boone Circuit Court
CHARLESTON – District Judge David Faber has remanded a lawsuit against McKesson Corporation regarding the opioid epidemic in Boone County back to state court. -
Court paid $11,000 for dinner for circuit court judges at Davis' home
CHARLESTON – State Supreme Court Justice Robin Jean Davis has hosted eight dinners at her residences for judges and justices in her 20 years on the court. -
U.S. Attorney won't confirm, deny probe into state Supreme Court
CHARLESTON – The new U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia will not confirm nor deny a federal investigation into the state Supreme Court. -
Former Social Security disability attorney captured in Honduras
CHARLESTON – A former Social Security disability attorney who defrauded the Social Security system of more than one-half billion dollars has been captured in Honduras. -
President Trump is right to decertify Iran deal
CHARLESTON – By decertifying the Iran deal, President Trump has taken an important step toward making the United States, and the world, a safer place. -
Inmate blames federal prison operators for injuries
BECKLEY — An prison inmate is suing federal prison operators and agents, alleging negligence caused her to suffer injuries. -
Jenkins: $1.4 million federal grant for state's drug courts will help expand services
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Justice Department has granted a $1.4 million federal grant to West Virginia to aid the state’s drug court system. -
Arbitrator: Authority to cease publication of Daily Mail 'did not exist'
CHARLESTON – A federal arbitrator’s nearly $4 million ruling sheds more light on how Charleston became a one-newspaper town. In his filing, Arbitrator Edward D. McDevitt of Charleston provides some details about what happened internally at Charleston Newspapers when executives were deciding to shut down the Charleston Daily Mail and merge it with the Charleston Gazette. In closing his 16-page order, McDevitt writes that a newspaper expert used by Charleston Newspapers determined that the authority to cease publication of the Charleston Daily Mail “did not exist.” -
Arbitrator says Gazette owes nearly $4 million to Daily Mail publishers
CHARLESTON – An arbitrator has ruled Charleston Newspapers’ publishing company owes the publisher of the defunct Charleston Daily Mail nearly $4 million. The petition confirming the arbitration award was issued Sept. 6 in federal court. -
Mylan finalizes $465M settlement over EpiPen
TRENTON, N.J. – Mylan Pharmaceuticals has finalized a $465 million settlement in a lawsuit that claimed it overbilled Medicaid for its emergency Epinephrine auto-injectors for at least 10 years. -
Blankenship says run for U.S. Senate is a possibility
CHARLESTON – An already crowded 2018 West Virginia race for a U.S. Senate soon could have another candidate. Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship says he's considering throwing his hat into the ring. -
Supreme Court grants extension for DOJ to respond to Blankenship appeal request
WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice has been given an extra month to respond to former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship’s request to have the U.S. Supreme Court hear an appeal of his conviction. -
Circuit Judge John Yoder dies from complications after surgery
CHARLESTON – Circuit Judge John C. Yoder died Friday after complications following open heart surgery nearly two weeks ago. He was 66 years old. -
More bad news at the Gazette-Mail
Though maintaining separate reporting staffs and the semblance of distinct perspectives, the Gazette and the Daily Mail merged their press and business operations in 1958. -
The sun is shining, and it's a dark day for asbestos plaintiff lawyers
Asbestos attorneys are feeling the earth move under their feet, they're feeling the sky tumbling down, a-tumbling down, and they can't get that Carole King tune out of their heads.