WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Fireman 1st Class (F1c) Fred H. Boyer, killed during World War II, was accounted for on June 11, 2024. On Dec. 7, 1941, Boyer was assigned to the battleship USS West Virginia, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS West Virginia sustaine  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Fireman 3rd Class (F3c) Royle B. Luker, killed during World War II, was accounted for on May 29, 2024. On Dec. 7, 1941, Luker was assigned to the battleship USS West Virginia, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS West Virginia sustaine  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, July 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on July 18, 2024: Willie Charles Sanders, also known as "Disco," 51, of Charleston, was sentenced today to five years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, Sanders admitted that he sold approximately 28 grams of methamphetamine t  more

WHEELING, West Virginia, July 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Daniel R. Grossi, 70, of Moundsville, West Virginia, was sentenced to 77 months in prison for fentanyl and methamphetamine trafficking. According to court documents and statements made in court, Grossi was selling fentanyl and methamphetamine in Marshall County. The investigation revealed that Grossi obtained large amounts of cocaine, fentanyl, heroi  more