Guilty Hearing Set for Former Freedom Exec

A judge has scheduled a guilty plea hearing for former Freedom Industries executive Dennis Farrell, the last executive charged the 2014 chemical spill. In Charleston federal court Wednesday, Judge Thomas Johnston set an Aug. 18 hearing for Farrell, who faces spill-related federal pollution charges. The bankrupt company and four ex-officials have pleaded guilty to pollution charges. Ex-Freedom President Gary Southern has a guilty plea hearing scheduled for Aug. 19. He faces bankruptcy fraud and pollution charges.