CLARKSBURG — A West Virginia doctor has been indicted for the unlawful distribution of controlled substances and for destroying evidence of his alleged crimes. David Elwood Hess, 59, of Bridgeport, was indicted Tuesday on 25 counts of improper prescribing and one count of destroying ...
BY JARETT LEWIS CHARLESTON — Local and federal law enforcement made a significant seizure of drugs Wednesday in Charleston. U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia Will Thompson said 30 federal indictments were returned after an eight-month long investigation into a ...
BY CARRIE HODOUSEK CHARLESTON — U.S. Attorney Bill Ihlenfeld says he fears a powerful drug that’s turning fentanyl addicts into “zombies” will lead to more overdose deaths in West Virginia. Xylazine, known as “tranq” or “zombie drug,” is an animal tranquilizer that is ...
Two individuals are being held at North Central Regional Jail after Star City Police conducted a traffic stop which led to the discovery of fentanyl in the vehicle and in a nearby motel room. On Feb. 13, Star City Officer Travis Layton conducted a traffic stop on a Pontiac G6 traveling on ...
CHARLESTON — A federal lawsuit over the abortion drug mifepristone has been filed in West Virginia, pitting the ability of states to regulate abortion under last summer’s Dobbs ruling in the Supreme Court against the federal government’s broad role in regulating both drugs and ...
Despite what the fearmongers have claimed recently, you really don’t need to be in a panic over marijuana edibles or “rainbow fentanyl” ending up in children’s Halloween candy. We recently had a story in The Dominion Post discussing the rise of rainbow fentanyl and public service ...