W.Va. man gets 30 years in ex-wife's murder

A Huntington man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing his ex-wife, whose body was found inside a trash can.

Sixty-two-year-old Wayne Burton Brown pleaded guilty Friday in Cabell County Circuit Court to second-degree murder in the November 2007 shooting of Mary Joe Brown. Wayne Brown entered a Kennedy plea, in which the defendant doesn't admit guilt...

Man Convicted on 48 Sex Abuse Counts; Sentencing Thursday

Sentencing is set for Thursday for a Mason County man found guilty on multiple charges of sexual abuse.

A jury found 49-year-old Dennis Knopp of Leon guilty Friday evening after a three-day trial.

Knopp was charged with 64 counts of sexual abuse against three minor females. He was convicted on 48 of those counts. The victims are are Knopp's two biological daughters and his stepdaughter...

Owensboro man gets 40 years for child rape

A Kentucky man convicted of a federal charge stemming from the abduction and rape of an 11-year-old West Virginia girl will spend 40 years in prison.

U.S. Attorney Sharon Potter says 29-year-old Joshua Ridings of Owensboro, Ky., will be on supervised release for the rest of his life when he completes his prison sentence.

U.S. District Judge Frederick P. Stamp Jr. sentenced Ridings today...