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

(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 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 ...

Joseph de Soto, who recently became a Democrat, was elected in November to represent the southern part of Berkeley County in West Virginia’s 91st district as a Republican. He was arrested in ...

The West Virginia Democratic Party has asked the state Supreme Court to determine if House Republicans, who hold a ...

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(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 ...