All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 28 2017 // A judge has given preliminary approval to a $4 million class action settlement over a January 2015 tanker truck diesel fuel spill in southern West Virginia that briefly shut down tap water supplies for about 12,000...
Nov 28 2017 // Three lawsuits seeking damages following the industrial warehouse fire that burned for a week in Parkersburg have been moved from state to federal court. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that the defendants sought the...
Nov 27 2017 // Elephant Insurance, the Henrico-based, direct-to consumer insurance specialist, has announced Alberto Schiavon as its new CEO.Founded in 2009, Elephant is a direct-to-consumer insurance company offering auto, home,...
Nov 22 2017 // A man, his ex-wife and two sons are accused of burning down two West Virginia homes and pocketing over $550,000 in insurance claims.The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports 66-year-old Windel Lester, his ex-wife, 41-year-old...
Nov 20 2017 // Rolling Stone is defending itself against a defamation lawsuit over a discredited article about a University of Virginia gang rape by arguing that members of a school fraternity knew about discrepancies in the...
Nov 9 2017 // Core Assurance Partners, a newly formed insurance and risk management firm based in Hampton Roads, Va., is expanding its core competencies across industries and building on specialized expertise in the real estate,...
Nov 9 2017 // County officials say the cost of the response to a warehouse fire in West Virginia is already more than $1 million.The Parkersburg News and Sentinel quotes Wood County Commission president Blair Couch in a Tuesday report...
Nov 7 2017 // Several West Virginia municipalities are suing The Joint Commission, claiming the Chicago-based health care accreditation group downplayed the dangers of prescription painkillers and helped fuel addictions. The Charleston...
Nov 2 2017 // A Virginia woman who faked her own death in connection with an elaborate fraud scheme has pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy and fraud charges.Forty-nine-year-old Alexandra Hatcher entered the guilty plea on Tuesday and...
Oct 31 2017 // West Virginia emergency officials say a large warehouse fire is fully extinguished more than a week after it broke out. The state Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety says it was informed by Lubeck Fire Chief...
Oct 25 2017 // State and federal investigators are trying to determine what killed a 48-year-old miner found Monday at a coal mining operation in Raleigh County.James Ray Adkins of Colcord, West Virginia, was discovered missing at...
Oct 23 2017 // Authorities have arrested three people after a burglary at a southern West Virginia coal company.Wyoming County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Jimmy White tells The Register-Herald the department heard two masked people were...
Oct 23 2017 // Police in Virginia are investigating after an explosive device was detonated in Williamsburg.News outlets report the device was found Thursday night in a parking lot. Firefighters and police were called to the scene near...
Oct 23 2017 // The retired coal company executive from West Virginia chosen by Republican President Trump to oversee U.S. mining safety says his first priority is preventing people from getting hurt and that he replaced the managers of a...
Oct 17 2017 // Residents and businesses in nine West Virginia counties left without tap water during a 2014 chemical spill can start filing claims.According to a website set up to handle claims, forms were being accepted both online and...
Oct 11 2017 // A fire official says a young girl was taken to a hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening after she fell from a Ferris wheel at a carnival in Virginia. Fire Department Battalion Chief Bailey Martin tells the...
Oct 11 2017 // Two West Virginia men have been sentenced for their roles in filing false insurance claims for vehicle accidents.Federal prosecutors say the accidents were staged from 2012 to 2014 in Taylor, Harrison and Marion counties....
Oct 10 2017 // It has been two months since heavy rain swelled the waters of Fish Creek and drenched the town of Hundred, West Virginia, and its residents under several feet of water.The night it happened is stuck in the minds of first...
Oct 9 2017 // Workers’ compensation benefits and employer costs in West Virginia have dropped sharply compared to the rest of the U.S., but remain nearly twice as high as the national average, according to a report released...
Oct 6 2017 // For the 11th consecutive year, West Virginia has topped State Farm’s list for the likelihood of vehicles crashes involving deer.Using claims data, the Bloomington, Illinois-based insurer released its annual deer...