WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: July 15, 2024DR-4783-WV NR-014FEMA News Desk: 215-931-5597FEMAR3NewsDesk@fema.dhs.gov CHARLESTON, W.Va. More than $5 million has been approved for homeowners and renters in West Virginia after the severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, flooding, landslides, and mudslides of April 2-6, 2024. Federal disaster assistance is available to residents of 11 cou  more

BLUEFIELD, West Virginia, July 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on July 15, 2024: Matthew Alexander Wilson, 29, of Bluefield, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on August 16, 2023, Wilson and Denise R. Allen were apprehended at a gun store in Princeton, West Virginia. Following their arrest, Wilson a  more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, July 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on July 15, 2024: Paul Anthony Rucker, 47, of Nitro, was sentenced today to six years and six months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for aiding and abetting possession with intent to distribute quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl. Rucker admitted to his role in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) responsible f  more

BLUEFIELD, West Virginia, July 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on July 15, 2024: Austin Pannell, 27, of Bluefield, was sentenced today to nine years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, on August 18, 2022, Pannell sold a quantity of fentanyl to a confidential informant outside of a Princeton apartm  more

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, July 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Kalen Daevon Lee, age 31, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, Lee, also known as "Tay," was involved with a drug trafficking operation in Harrison, Monongalia, and Taylor Counties. Lee was u  more