The president of West Virginia's largest gun-lobbying group has been appointed to fill the seat of a lawmaker-elect who was ...

A West Virginia lawmaker who was charged with making terroristic threats wasn't permitted to take the oath of office required ...

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(AP) — A newly elected state lawmaker in West Virginia is facing at least one felony and is accused of making terroristic threats. Joseph de Soto, 61, was arrested by state police Thursday in ...

A West Virginia mother denied forcing two of their adopted children to stay in a shed despite police locating them in the ...

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Gov.-elect Patrick Morrisey will have the opportunity to appoint someone to this newly vacant seat after he is inaugurated next week.

The president of West Virginia’s largest gun-lobbying group has been appointed to fill the seat of a lawmaker-elect who ... West Virginia home led to the arrest of her adoptive parents has ...

(AP) — A West Virginia lawmaker who was charged with making ... the southern part of Berkeley County as a Republican. He was arrested in December after saying God had called him to kill several ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia delegate-elect was ousted Wednesday while confined to his house on charges related to terroristic threats against his colleagues. Joseph de Soto, who ...