WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Sgt. Kester B. Hardman, 22, of Smithville, West Virginia, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for May 2, 2024. In Dec. 1950, Hardman was assigned to M Company, 3rd Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action after his unit engaged in intensi  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2024: A Henrico man was sentenced today to 27 years in prison for fentanyl distribution and being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to court documents, from Feb. 10, 2022, to March 3, 2022, law enforcement in Richmond conducted three controlled purchases of fentanyl from Jason Dominic Coley, 38. On March 22, 2022, law enforcement execute  more

ROANOKE, Virginia, Aug. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia issued the following news release: A Pulaski County, Virginia man, who is prohibited from possessing firearms due to his previous felony convictions, will serve more than 11 years in federal prison for illegally possessing firearms and approximately 1,200 grams of methamphetamine. Lardadian Javon Banian, 32, of Fairlawn, Virginia, was sentenced last week to 138 months in federal prison. He pled g  more