A Michigan resident was sentenced Friday to more than nine years in federal prison after pleading guilty to distributing fentanyl and methamphetamine in Huntington.

This summary was written by the reporters and editors who worked on the story. CHICAGO — Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan reported to a West Virginia federal prison on Monday to begin his 7 ½-year sentence for public corruption — nearly ...

Former Rep. Robin Smith has been directed to report to a federal prison in West Virginia by 2 p.m. on Jan. 5. The letter from the Bureau of Prisons assigns her to the prison in Alderson.

Villa, a Mexican national, sentenced to nearly 4 years in prison for transporting drugs from Houston to West Virginia.

Nearly 100 years ago on Nov. 24, 1928, the first federal prison for women in the country, the Federal Industrial Institution, opened in Alderson, West Virginia.

A group of incarcerated people and their family members have filed a federal class action lawsuit against Aramark Corporation, alleging that the company is using its exclusive control over food provisions in West Virginia prisons to exploit a captive consumer market and unlawfully profit from inadequate food service.

Nearly six decades after becoming a lawyer, former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has been disbarred following his convictions on federal corruption charges i