CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, Sept. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia posted the following news release on Sept. 9, 2025: * * * Georgia Woman Sentenced for $1 Million Wire Fraud Chisom Okonkwo, age 29, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, was sentenced today to 7 months in prison for wire fraud. According to court documents and statements made in court, Okonkwo and another defendant created an email address that spoofed that of an employee at a Gilmer County  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia posted the following news release on Sept. 8, 2025: * * * Huntington Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - John Ladelle Puryear, 49, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute quantities of cocaine, fentanyl, and cocaine base, also known as "crack." According to court documents and statements made in court, on January 16, 202  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia posted the following news release on Sept. 8, 2025: Huntington Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Dyson Lamont Woody Jr., also known as "DC Sosa," 33, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today to distribution of a quantity of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on M  more

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, Sept. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia posted the following news release on Sept. 9, 2025: * * * Pennsylvania Man Sentenced for Wheeling Bank Robbery WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Frank L. Morrison, 59, of Braddock Hills, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for a Wheeling bank robbery. Morrison walked into the United Bank in Elm Grove, taking $4,200 and fled on foot in September 2018. He discarded   more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Sept. 9 [Category: BizWater] -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, posted the following news release: * * * West Virginia American Water Continues Venable Avenue Investment, Begins $360,000 Infrastructure Project * Charleston, W.Va., (September 9, 2025) - West Virginia American Water is pleased to announce it is continuing its infrastructure investment in Kanawha City on Venable Avenue, beginning a $360,000 project to replace 1,020 feet of aging pipe with 8-i  more