Lawyers

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  West Virginia Gravedigger Found Infant's Resting Place While Digging Another Site - Then He Threw The Casket Down a Hill

  A West Virginia gravedigger was apprehended after he reportedly accidentally dug up the grave of an infant while attempting to dig a different plot, proceeding to throw the child's clothes and casket over a hill while leaving the body above ground.

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  West Virginia White Couple Adopted Black Children Only to Force Them Into Labor, Live in Makeshift Sheds Outside: 'You're A Monster'

  A West Virginia couple received a sentence of hundreds of years in prison this week after turning their black adopted children into "slaves" and putting them through "hell."

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  Firefighters Responding to Shed Blaze Discover West Virginia Meth Lab

  A West Virginia man has been charged after authorities discovered an alleged methamphetamine lab following a shed fire near Belington on Tuesday.

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  West Virginia Mom Forced Her Adopted Black Children To Work as 'Slaves,' Locked Kids In Shed: Court Docs

  A white West Virginia woman, accused of forcing her black adopted children to work as "slaves," took the stand at her trial this week.

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  Newly Elected West Virginia Lawmaker Arrested, Accused of Making 'Threats of Terrorist Acts' Against Fellow Lawmakers

  A newly elected West Virginia lawmaker was arrested on Thursday after he was accused of making "threats of terrorist acts" against his fellow lawmakers.

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  West Virginia Woman Arrested for Bringing a Kid to a Gun Fight: Police

  A West Virginia woman is charged with felony neglect after allegedly driving a teenager to the home of a man who had just threatened him with a gun.

• West Virginia Lawmakers Pass Controversial Unemployment Bill in Eleventh Hour; Safety Net Frozen

  How might the new unemployment bill change life in West Virginia? Read about the shocking last-minute legislation and the state's frozen safety net.

• West Virginia House Unanimously Approves Social Security Tax Phase-Out, Aiming for Full Exemption by 2026

  Interested in how West Virginia is making history with its tax policy? Find out more about the state House's unanimous move toward a full Social Security Tax exemption by 2026.

• West Virginia Nonprofit Director Fired After Calling Michelle Obama ‘Ape In Heels’

  Clay County Development Corporation director Pamela Ramsey Taylor, who described Michelle Obama as "ape in heels" on her Facebook post last November, was fired four days after she returned to work.

• 2014 West Virginia chemical spill class-action trial delayed from mid-July starting date

  A federal judge has delayed the trial involving a lawsuit filed against a water company and a manufacturer that sold a chemical to a company involved in a massive spill in Charleston.

• West Virginia may become 3rd automatic voter sign up state in the U.S.

  The push for automatic voter sign up started with the new laws in Oregon and California. Now, it will most likely hit the notably less liberal state which is West Virginia.

• West Virginia approves drug-testing welfare recipients

  West Virginia will join the 13 states that imposes drug testing among people with substance abuse. The proposal is now heading to the governor's office for approval.

• Mississippi and West Virgina Submit New Law on Banning Abortion Procedure

  Those opposing abortion in the states of Mississippi, West Virginia and other states are submitting bills to ban a common abortion procedure commonly called as "D&E."

• Additional lawsuits filed by Kanawha County Commission on chemical spills

  The Kanawha County Commission has filed a lawsuit against several companies in regards to the 2014 water crisis. The lawsuit was filed Friday against West Virginia American Water Company, Eastman Chemical Company, and certain Freedom Industries Executives.

• Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $5.7 million in California mesh trial

  A California jury on Thursday ordered Johnson & Johnson's Ethicon Inc unit to pay $5.7 million in the first trial over injuries blamed on the TVT Abbrevo, one of numerous transvaginal mesh products that are the subject of thousands of lawsuits.

• Gay marriage advocates get victories in Kansas, South Carolina

  Gay marriage advocates won another two victories on Wednesday as the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Kansas to become the 33rd U.S. state where same-sex couples can wed and a federal judge struck down South Carolina's ban.