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Pa. man sentenced for role in Morgantown drug operation

DPNews@DominionPost.com CLARKSBURG –  A Philadelphia, Pennsylvania man was sentenced for his role in a drug trafficking organization that distributed large amounts of methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine in the Northern District of West Virginia, U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey ...

Man sentenced for 2022 Grafton Road death

The man found responsible for the 2022 death of Grafton Road resident Michael E. Mobley, 29, was sentenced in Monongalia County Magistrate Court Friday morning.  Mobley identified and was known in the community as Kimmy Rose but had not legally changed her name. William Bailey, 25, ...

Dunbar sitter sentenced in toddler’s death

BY CARRIE HODOUSEK CHARLESTON — A Kanawha County mother says her whole family got “ripped apart” after the death of her 2-year-old son. The boy’s babysitter is now heading to prison. “I trusted somebody with his life, and I will forever regret that decision,” Caleigh Cheeks ...

Judge’s actions at Parkland sentencing must be scrutinized

Given human nature, it is understandable that some of those who lost loved ones in the Parkland massacre would want to vent their anger at the killer’s public defenders for saving him from death row. But it’s neither understandable nor acceptable that Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer ...

Derrick Evans pleads guilty in Jan. 6 surge

Derrick Evans, who was elected to be a West Virginia delegate but then never served, could serve up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to a charge related to disrupting Congress Jan. 6, 2021. Evans pleaded guilty Friday to a civil disorder charge before U.S. District Judge Royce ...