Latest West Virginia Headlines
All the headlines from our West Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
YouTube Video Appears to Show W. Va. Medical Malpractice Evidence
Aug 10 2007 // HCA Inc. had nothing to do with the video posted on the Internet showing sealed evidence from several of the 122 medical malpractice cases against a former West Virginia osteopathic physician, lawyers have told a judge. A...
W.Va. Miner Dies From Injuries Suffered in Weekend Accident
Aug 9 2007 // State and federal mine safety officials are investigating an accident that killed a section foreman at a mine in West Virginia’s Mingo County. Stevie Joe Browning, 24, died Monday at St. Mary’s Medical Center...
Utah Cave-in Happened too Soon for W. Va. Safety Reforms
Aug 9 2007 // The cave-in that trapped six men in a Utah coal mine happened too soon for key safety reforms adopted after a dozen miners were killed in an underground explosion in West Virginia. The reforms were meant to protect miners...
2 W. Va. Employers Indicted on Fraud Charges
Aug 8 2007 // A Kanawha County Grand Jury indicted two West Virginia employers on multiple charges relating to failing to subscribe to the former Workers’ Compensation Commission. On the indictment of Susan Borman and Leonard Cox,...
W. Va. Woman Sentenced to Prison on Insurance Fraud Charges
Jul 25 2007 // West Virginai state officials convicted a Morgan County woman on three felony counts of insurance fraud, and she is currently serving time behind bars. Found guilty in December 2006, Deborah K. Wildberger solicited Michael...
News Currents
Jul 23 2007 // Federal court to hear Nationwide’s Miss. storm surge appeal A federal appeals court has set Aug. 6 as the date to hear arguments on whether Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. should be forced to cover storm surge damage...
Massey Subsidiary Fined $50,000 in West Virginia
Jul 20 2007 // Failing to perform a pre-shift examination at a West Virginia coal mine is going to cost a Massey Energy Co. subsidiary $50,000. U.S. District Judge John T. Copenhaver Jr. fined Richmond, Va.-based Massey’s White...
2 W. Va. Men Arrested on Felony Insurance Fraud Charges
Jul 17 2007 // West Virginia Insurance Department officials arrested two Cabell County men earlier this month on multiple felony charges including insurance fraud, third degree arson, conspiracy and burning insured property. Insurance...
Man Sentenced for Setting Fire that Devastated W. Va. Town
Jul 12 2007 // A man who admitted setting a fire that devastated downtown Elizabeth will spend up to 60 years in prison. Willie Trembly Jr., 20, of Wirt County pleaded guilty in May to three counts of second-degree arson, one count of...
MSHA Announces Plans to Improve W. Va. Mine Inspections
Jul 6 2007 // Federal inspectors missed obvious problems and failed to follow procedures at the Sago Mine in West Virginia and two other underground coal mines where 19 men died in high-profile accidents last year, the Mine Safety and...
U.S. Mine Agency Admits Shortcomings, Vows Safety Steps
Jul 5 2007 // Federal inspectors missed obvious problems and failed to follow procedures before three high-profile accidents that killed 19 men at underground coal mines in West Virginia and Kentucky last year, according to the Mine...
W. Va.’s Privatized Brickstreet Mutual Makes First Payment to State
Jul 5 2007 // West Virginia’s workers’ compensation insurer BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. has made its first scheduled payment of $5.8 million on its outstanding surplus note to the state of West Virginia, Gov. Joe...
2 W. Va. Arsons Reminiscent of 2005 Spree in Kanawha County
Jul 2 2007 // Separate fires at a West Virginia school and a mobile home this week rekindled unpleasant memories of a string of arsons two years ago in which five volunteer firefighters were accused of destroying 11 buildings in eastern...
State Farm Announces Rate Decrease for W. Va. Homeowners
Jun 25 2007 // Just weeks after announcing an automobile insurance rate decrease, State Farm Insurance, the largest insurance provider in West Virginia, says it also will lower rates statewide for home insurance. The average West...
W. Va. Church Fire Ruled Arson
Jun 21 2007 // Fire officials have ruled a fire that damaged a Logan County, W. Va., church as arson. There are no suspects at this time in the fire at the Kistler Freewill Baptist Church, Kim O’Brien, spokeswoman for the state...
W. Va. Woman Pleads Guilty to Committing Insurance Fraud
Jun 20 2007 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline, announced that Kelly Cain pleaded guilty earlier this month to one felony count and one misdemeanor count of insurance fraud. Cain, 27, of Shinnston, admitted June 14...
W. Va. Woman Jailed for Committing Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Jun 13 2007 // An Upshur County woman was sentenced to serve time in a West Virgina correctional facility after pleading guilty to worker’s compensation insurance fraud. Stacie L. McLean, age 34 of Buckhannon, W. Va., pleaded...
W. Va. Judge Seals Records in Medical Malpractice Case
Jun 13 2007 // Legal documents in the numerous lawsuits filed against a former Putnam County General Hospital osteopath have been placed off limits by a West Virginia judge overseeing the cases. Putnam County Circuit Judge O.C. Spaulding...
W. Va. Mine Safety Chief Worries About Shortage of Inspectors
Jun 5 2007 // West Virginia is looking for a few good mine inspectors, but the state’s safety chief doesn’t know where they’ll come from. Ron Wooten, director of the state Office of Miners’ Health Safety and...
W. Va. Woman Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud Charges
Jun 5 2007 // Andrea R. Renquest pleaded guilty in Harrison County, W. Va. to one felony count and one misdemeanor count of insurance fraud. Renquest, 23, of Clarksburg, W. Va., admitted May 29 that she obtained a controlled substance...
