WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal to list the eastern hellbender as an endangered species throughout its range under the Endangered Species Act. Eastern hellbenders are found in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West  more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Dec. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Chidi Anthony Okafor, 26, of Charleston, was sentenced on Wednesday, December 12, 2024, to 10 years and one month in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on October 31, 2022, Okafor sold approxi more PR

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, Dec. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Two men have been sentenced for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy that stretched from Michigan to Monongalia County, West Virginia. Dorian Myles, 26, was sentenced to 97 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. John Thomas, 46, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced to 100 months for aiding  more PR

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, Dec. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Timothy Robert Wilson, 38, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 92 months in federal prison for the distribution of five grams or more of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, Wilson was selling methamphetamine in Clarksburg. He has prior convictions for drug trafficking, batter more PR

BECKLEY, West Virginia, Dec. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Jacqueline Brewster, 54, of Belfry, Kentucky, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, to obtaining a controlled substance by fraud and wrongful disclosure of individually identifiable health information. According to court documents and statements made in court, Brewster admitted that she unlawfully accessed and used individua more PR

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, Dec. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Drake D. Dodson-Williams, 33, of Southgate, Michigan, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, Dodson-Williams was the leader of a drug trafficking organization, operating from Michigan to Harrison County, West Virginia. During a more PR

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, Dec. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Anette Sanabria-Velez, 40, of Morgantown and Granville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 168 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine hydrochloride. According to court documents and statements made in court, Sanabria-Velez was trafficking cocaine in Monongalia County, sometimes from her home. S more PR