WQBE News

WVU is coming off a win at the Crossover Classic. After a three-and-oh start the Mountaineers are getting ready for the Jimmy V Classic. They’ll take on Gonzaga Wednesday night in Indianapolis.

West Virginia Navigator is shifting to online assistance to help you enroll in the state’s health insurance exchange. It is a free service. The enrollment deadline is December 15th.

There are over 11-hundred new cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, and eleven more people have died. Active cases of the virus are over 16-thousand.

Five counties are in the red and seventeen are in the orange on the latest weekly school re-entry map. Mason, Wirt, Ritchie, Mineral and Wyoming counties remain in the red. Kanawha County is in the yellow, Putnam is in the orange, and Cabell County is gold.

Classrooms are closed for the first three days of this week to slow down the potential spread of COVID-19. In-person classes won’t return until Thursday.

The West Virginia Super Six championship football games are canceled. The state’s COVID-19 metrics map wiped out all three semifinal games. The winners for each class are South Charleston in Class AAA, Fairmont Senior in Class AA and St. Marys in Class A.

Dunbar Mayor-Elect, Scott Elliott, lost his arm in a hunting accident. He accidentally shot himself, and after several hours of surgery, doctors could not save Elliot’s arm.

A woman who was shot in the leg says she made up the story about being shot in a drive-by, and accidentally shot herself. Her injuries are not life-threatening.

A west side house was hit by gunfire. Two bullets hit the house on Delaware Avenue. The shots came from a dark colored Dodge Charger. No one was hurt. No arrests have been made.

The Mountain State is bracing for its first significant snow fall. Steady rain today will turn into snow tonight as temperatures fall throughout the day. The lowlands and river valleys may get up to two inches of snow. Up to four inches is possible in the northern parts of the state and the mountains.