In West Virginia, there is not currently a state law against torture. After the verdict of a human trafficking trial in ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia couple accused of neglect and forced labor involving their adopted children was ...

January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, and the Wheeling YWCA is hoping to get the word out on one of the ...

The mother of children who were found locked in a Sissonville barn was found guilty on all charges and the father guilty of ...

A West Virginia jury convicted Donald Lantz and Jeanne Whitefeather of forcing their adopted children to perform hard labor and live in squalid conditions. The couple faced charges including forced ...

Jeanne Kay Whitefeather, 62, and Donald Ray Lantz, 61, went on trial earlier this month, each facing a slew of child neglect charges related to the treatment of their five adoptive children.

Jeanne Kay Whitefeather was convicted of a forced labour, civil rights violations, human trafficking and child neglect. Her ...

Trump expressed condolences for the plane crash, before proceeding to attack political opponents and unleash grievances about ...

A Raleigh County man faces 20 years in prison for his role in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed illegal drugs in Beckley and elsewhere within the Southern District ...

Israel has formally banned the main United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees from operating on its territory ...

A Livingston-based attorney is overseeing a new anti-human trafficking program funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of ...

ASHLAND While most of the partying has already occurred, Ashlander Okey Wiley marks his 100th birthday today, with plans to have lunch with friends. His party, though, was Saturday at Rose Hill ...