All news on the topic: West Virginia

Michael Pack, 39, from Beckley, a former corrections officer at the Southern Regional Jail in Beaver, confessed on Monday, March 30, 2026, to participating in a scheme where he and other correctional officers exerted excessive force on inmates, including those awaiting trial, as a means of punishment and revenge. Pack admitted to one count of breaching 18 U.S.C. § 371.

West Virginia filed a lawsuit against Apple on Thursday, alleging that the tech giant allows predators to easily conceal child sexual abuse material in its iCloud storage. This marks the first time a state has sued the company over this issue.

West Virginians mined the coal that forged the steel that built New York City.

The former Olympian declares herself “West Virginia's first daughter” and appears to struggle through sobriety tests in the newly released clip.

The justices are scheduled to review cases challenging legislation in Idaho and West Virginia, following lower court decisions that favored transgender students who filed lawsuits after being prevented from participating

Such prosecution was never "widely discussed," the group said.

Mary Lou Retton became a true American hero while still a teenager, scooping a spectacular Gold in the individual all-around competition at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, at just 16.

He suggested that women safeguard themselves by informing the police about their miscarriages

US News' new 2025 Best States report identifies the states with the highest and lowest obesity rates in the nation. One state clearly came out at the bottom, while another emerged as the top performer

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) warned the Trump administration is threatening the health and well-being of coal miners in her state.

Gage Ketterman, a high school student from West Virginia, is dealing with adult felony charges after he reportedly elbowed an opponent in the face, resulting in a broken nose, during a game between Union High School and Harman School

Reports indicate that Matthew Fortner, 49, who has a prior murder conviction, was taken into custody on Wednesday for his involvement in the horrific incident

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made several jokes about West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey's weight at a public event last week, proposing to be his fitness coach and even recommending that the hefty leader of the Mountain State undergo public weigh-ins

There are at least another 20 states considering similar restrictions, but this bill is the first of this magnitude to be passed, according to The New York Times.

The proposed legislation would have required public schools to accept religious and philosophical exemptions from vaccinations for families with children of school age

The girl was crossing the street in front of her bus when the driver swerved by and nearly hit her

The stocky English bulldog owned by US Senator Jim Justice (R-West Virginia) reportedly had her first official government photo taken

At least one person was killed after violent storms swept through several southern states on Saturday.

Storms brought significant snowfall and ice to an area of the eastern United States, extending from Kentucky to Washington, D.C

A pharmacist from West Virginia received a life sentence after poisoning her husband with insulin to prevent him from exposing her $2 million Ponzi scheme, which she used to fund extravagant purchases like a 1965 Shelby Cobra

Video of an unidentified creature wandering a park in West Virginia has puzzled both locals and animal specialists. Some residents are speculating that the mysterious animal could be anything from a lemur to a lion

The 73-year-old West Virginia governor will replace Sen. Joe Manchin, marking a key victory for the GOP's quest to win back control of the Senate.