CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: * * * Beckley Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime BECKLEY, W.Va. - Leondus Whittenburg, 42, of Beckley, pleaded guilty today to distribution of 5 grams or more of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on December 6, 2023, Whittenburg sold 320 grams of methamphetamine to a confidential informant in the par  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on March 4, 2025: * * * Fayette County Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime BECKLEY, W.Va. - Nicholas D. Plumb, 25, of Oak Hill, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute 5 grams or more of methamphetamine and a quantity of fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, on August 23, 2023, law enforcemen  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: * * * Final Defendant Pleads Guilty to Role in Drug Trafficking Organization BECKLEY, W.Va. - Jermaine Antoine Johnson, 34, of Beckley, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl. Johnson admitted to his role in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed methamphetamine and fentanyl as well as cocaine  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 4 -- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following news release: * * * Hauptman Announces Changes to NCUA's Overdraft/NSF Fee Collection WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 3, 2025) - To help ensure credit unions can continue to support the needs of Americans struggling with inflation, the National Credit Union Administration will no longer publish overdraft and non-sufficient fund fee income for individual credit unions, Chairman Kyle S. Hauptman announced tod  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on March 4, 2025: * * * Kanawha County Man Sentenced to More Than 16 Years in Prison for Federal Drug Crime CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Jonathan Fitzpatrick, 33, of Pratt, was sentenced today to 16 years and two months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for distribution of 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: * * * Lisa G. Johnston Named Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Lisa G. Johnston has been named the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia. As Acting United States Attorney, Johnston is the chief federal law enforcement officer for the Southern District of   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on March 4, 2025: * * * Mexican National Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Silvester Barcenas, 23, a Mexican national, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute a quantity of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on August 12, 2024, Barcenas arrived in Charleston, West Virginia, wi  more

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, March 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: * * * Michigan Man Sentenced to 14 Years for Fentanyl Trafficking CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Cedrick Dion Tyron Griffin, age 26, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced to 168 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, the Fairmont Police   more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Awards Launch Service for Mission to Study Storm Formation Credit: NASA NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace Inc. of Cedar Park, Texas, to provide the launch service for the agency's Investigation of Convective Updrafts (INCUS) mission, which aims to understand why, when, and where tropical convective storms form, and why some storms produce extreme weather. The mission will launch on the company's Alpha rocket from NA  more

PASADENA, California, March 4 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA Awards Launch Service Task Order for Mission to Study Storm Formation NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace Inc. of Cedar Park, Texas, to provide the launch service for the agency's Investigation of Convective Updrafts (INCUS) mission, which aims to understand why, when, and where tropical convective storms form, and why some storms produce extreme weather. The mission would launch on   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: * * * Parents of Former Boone County Schools Maintenance Director Plead Guilty to Evading Financial Reporting Requirements CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Michael P. Barker, 68, and Lana Barker, 65, both of Foster, pleaded guilty today to structuring transactions with one or more domestic financial institutions. According to court documents and statements ma  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: * * * Parkersburg Man Sentenced to Prison for Federal Drug Crime CHARLESTON, W.Va. - David Eric West II, 43, of Parkersburg, was sentenced today to seven years and eight months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for possession with intent to deliver quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl. According to court docume  more