The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at ...

A White couple were found guilty of abusing and enslaving their five adopted Black children. Their sentence is hundreds of ...

Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Lantz, a West Virginia couple, were sentenced to 375 years for human trafficking, child ...

West Virginia will begin prohibiting certain synthetic dyes and additives used in food items sold in the state following the ...

Senate Bill 474, introduced at the request of the governor, includes the executive branch, primary and secondary schools, and ...

Blossoming across the eastern U.S. in spring, redbud trees were notably important during the settlement of the Appalachian ...

Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Lantz were convicted of a slew of charges including forced labor, gross child neglect, and ...

On Wednesday, Jeanne Kay Whitefeather, 63, was sentenced to 215 years in prison for forced labor, human trafficking, child ...

Jeanne Whitefeather, 63, was sentenced to up to 215 years. Donald Lantz, 62, was sentenced to up to 160 years, the Kanawha ...

A white couple from West Virginia has been sentenced to a combined 375 years in prison for enslaving their five adopted Black children, forcing them into grueling labor while subjecting them to racial ...

Photo: West Virginia Regional Jail/Correctional Facility Authority The West Virginia couple accused of using their Black ...

A West VA couple convicted of abusing their adopted Black children and using them as slaves has each been sentenced.