Tag: West Virginia
‘Monster’: 7 life sentences for ex-hospital worker in deaths
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A former nursing assistant who killed seven elderly veterans with fatal injections of insulin at a West Virginia hospital was sentenced...
Data expert testifies at landmark West Virginia opioid trial
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A data expert testifying at a landmark opioid trial in West Virginia said Tuesday that the potency of prescription drugs sent...
Sentencing set in insulin injection deaths of 7 VA patients
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Sentencing is set this week for a fired nursing assistant who admitting to killing seven elderly veterans with fatal doses of...
Consultant: West Virginia city was bombarded with opioids
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A new analysis of opioids in West Virginia shows the city of Huntington and its surrounding county were overwhelmed with shipments...
1st week of landmark trial against opioid distributors ends
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia fire chief who starred in an Oscar-nominated documentary about battling drug abuse in ground zero of the nation’s...
Ex-health chief: Docs wrote excessive opioid prescriptions
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s former health commissioner described a culture of doctors for years writing more opioid prescriptions for their patients than necessary...
National champ Baylor adds 2nd transfer guard in Bonner
WACO, Texas — National champion Baylor is adding another transfer guard.
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Police in West Virginia capital city shoot, wound Black man
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The police chief of West Virginia's capital city said two officers shot and wounded a Black man wielding a knife Friday...
WVU defensive lineman Jeffery Pooler plans to transfer
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia defensive lineman Jeffery Pooler plans to transfer.
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West Virginia transgender athlete bill signed by governor
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia's governor signed a bill Wednesday that bans transgender athletes from competing in female sports in middle and high schools...