west virginia
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W. Virginia Couple Charged With Adopting Black Children Solely to Work as ‘Slaves’
Jeanne Whitefeather and Donald Lantz have been charged with child neglect, human trafficking, and forced labor after they treated the children like “slaves.”
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West Virginia Lawmaker Who Recorded Himself Breaking Into the Capitol Faces Criminal Charge
Hey, real quick, remember the West Virginia lawmaker we recorded himself breaking into the Capitol during the failed coup on Wednesday? Well, ol’ boy is now facing a criminal charge. It turns out recording and identifying yourself while committing a crime probably isn’t the move. Who knew? CNN reports that Derrick Evans, who was voted…
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Video Shows West Virginia Lawmaker Was Among Those Who Rioted at the Capitol
Video uploaded to social media shows that a lawmaker from West Virginia was among those who broke into the nation’s Capitol to prevent Joe Biden’s Electoral College win from being certified on Wednesday. According to the Associated Press, Republican Delegate Derrick Evans uploaded a video to social media showing him among a mob of people…
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West Virginia Mail Carrier Charged With Election Fraud for Altering Absentee Ballot Applications
Many conservatives—including y’all’s president—have had a lot to say about mail-in voting and the potential it has to cause voter fraud. Of course, there’s not much evidence supporting the idea that absentee ballots will result in fraud on the part of voters, but in West Virginia, one case of election tampering happened before voters even…
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Sanctuary for the Devil: The Church Service That Birthed a COVID-19 Outbreak and the Black Women Who Fought It
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was to convince the world he didn’t exist. — Keyser Soze text Pastor Rahsaan Armand knows the devil exists. But as he sped through the rural roads near West Virginia’s Marion County-Monongalia County line, he had no idea he was headed in the devil’s direction. Armand didn’t even know…
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West Virginia Cadets Fired After Flashing Nazi Salute in Class Photo
Hail Hitler? Hell, no! West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announced Monday he has approved the recommendation to fire all of the corrections cadets who participated in a Nazi salute during a class photo taken in November. The report, conducted by the West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety, revealed that cadets of Basic…
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3 Fired, 34 Suspended After Picture of Corrections Employees Making Nazi Salute Surfaces
With blackface photos no longer en vogue, it appears that wayward white folks have moved on to the next best thing in order to jeopardize their livelihoods: Nazi salutes. NBC News reports that three West Virginia corrections trainees have been fired after a picture surfaced of well over a dozen idiots making a Nazi salute…
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West Virginia Is Charging Its Inmates $0.03 Cents a Minute to Read Free E-Books. Here's Why That Matters
On its face, it’s a welcome proposition: people incarcerated in West Virginia prisons will be given access to electronic tablets, allowing them to read books and articles, listen to music, write emails, and send photos and video chat with their friends and family. But it will cost them: $0.03-$0.05 a minute if they want to…
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West Virginia Woman Who Called Michelle Obama ‘Ape in Heels’ Headed to Prison for Embezzling $18,000 in FEMA Aid
Ah, karma. The ousted director of a West Virginia nonprofit who got the boot after referring to then (and always) first lady Michelle Obama as an “ape in heels” is now headed to federal prison for wrongly accepting monies meant for flood victims. Pamela Taylor, 57, was sentenced Thursday to 10 months in prison and…
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West Virginia GOP Targets Rep. Omar with Anti-Muslim Display, White-on-White Violence Ensues
Never to be outdone by its own bigotry, the GOP went peak GOP again. NBC News reports that chaos ensued upon the discovery of an anti-Muslim poster disparaging Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar in the West Virginia statehouse on Friday. While chairs reportedly weren’t thrown and assess deservedly weren’t whooped, a rash of arguments did occur, as…