West Virginia’s regional jails have a higher death rate than the national average, with most of those who died being pretrial detainees and over half of these deaths occurring within the ...

Read full article: Authorities investigating inmate death at Western Virginia Regional Jail An investigation is underway after an inmate at the Western Virginia Regional Jail was found ...

A former West Virginia State Senator has been arrested again. Michael J. Maroney was arrested on Tuesday at his home in Glen ...

Elaine Labenne was found dead inside the West Virginia home she shared with her daughter, Shanna Marie Vannorman, who's now ...

A Western Virginia Regional Jail inmate died after being found unresponsive in his cell, according to the facility. On Friday morning, Martin Scott Ransone, 64, was found and medical and ...

Dylan McCracken, 38, and Dawn Pietripaoli, 45, both of Lewis County, were arrested Wednesday and charged with third-degree arson ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Division of Corrections and several members of the staff at the North Central Regional Jail are the target of another lawsuit over the death of an inmate.

A man is facing 13 counts of animal cruelty and neglect after Great Danes were found decomposing outside a Putnam County ...

The person who found their bodies said they believed Michael Adkins, 58, of Duck, to be involved. According to the complaint, ...

An inmate in South Central Regional Jail was taken to the hospital after a reported stabbing incident Monday. According to the West Virginia Department of Commerce, the inmate was alert and ...

a 48-year-old pretrial detainee who died at the North Central Regional Jail in September 2023. Getty Images/iStockphoto A man detained at a West Virginia jail died within hours of booking ...