The president of West Virginia’s largest gun-lobbying group has been appointed to fill the seat of a lawmaker-elect who was ...

A West Virginia lawmaker who was charged with making terroristic threats wasn't permitted to take the oath of office required ...

Gov. Patrick Morrisey appointed Gerrardstown attorney Ian Masters to the 91st District House of Delegates seat forfeited by Joseph de Soto while a pending court case could determine if a Democrat ...

(AP) — A newly elected state lawmaker in West Virginia is facing at least one felony and is accused of making terroristic threats. Joseph de Soto, 61, was arrested by state police Thursday in ...

(AP) — A West Virginia lawmaker who was charged with making ... the southern part of Berkeley County as a Republican. He was arrested in December after saying God had called him to kill several ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia delegate-elect was ousted Wednesday while confined to his house on charges related to terroristic threats against his colleagues. Joseph de Soto, who ...

A West Virginia delegate-elect was ousted this week while confined to his house on charges related to terroristic threats against his colleagues.