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Jackson County man convicted in drug case
CHARLESTON — A Jackson County man was convicted this week of conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine following a two-day trial. According to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia, evidence at the trial proved that Mark Leslie Lively, 57, of Kenna, participated in a drug-trafficking organization that operated in the Charleston area from about November 2022 to in or about March 2023. Members of the conspiracy commonly obtained their controlled substances on consignment, paying their suppliers with proceeds from distributing them to customers.
Woman who awakened from two-year coma in 2022 to identify her brother as her attacker dies
JACKSON COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — A woman who awakened from a two-year coma in 2022 to identify her brother as the person who brutally beat her has died. Wanda Palmer, 53, of Ravenswood died on July 12 at WVU Thomas Memorial Hospital, according to an obituary. Jackson County Sherriff...
Jackson County needs more drug treatment. They’re spending opioid settlement cash on a shooting range
RIPLEY — When Brittany Camp was a teenager, she was prescribed opioid painkillers after giving birth and having dental surgery. She didn’t know much about the pills. She just knew they made her feel good, and that she could get them all over the streets of West Virginia. She started taking them recreationally in the […] Jackson County needs more drug treatment. They’re spending opioid settlement cash on a shooting range appeared first on Mountain State Spotlight, West Virginia's civic newsroom.
West Virginia woman dies two years after waking up from coma, saying her brother attacked her
Wanda Palmer was attacked where she was hacked and left for dead in June 2020 near Cottageville. She had been hospitalized and was in a coma as a result of the incident.
4 injured after driver crashes into medical building
JACKSON COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) – Emergency officials in Jackson County confirmed on Wednesday that a driver has crashed into a medical building in Ripley, West Virginia, trapping several people. According to the Ripley Volunteer Fire Department, the incident happened at the CAMC telemedicine building on Clay Lick Road in...
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