News Staff The Williamson Fire Department said an alleged murder weapon used before an apartment fire has been recovered from Laurel Lake. The fire department’s dive team, as well as the Williamson Police Department, recovered a hammer Wednesday from the lake. The department said the weapon was used in the murder of John Jackson on May 16, … Read more
The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources is teaming up with fish and wildlife agencies in other states including Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and Wisconsin on a musky mortality project. Several fish have been implanted with radio transmitters and the project’s goal is for local anglers to catch half of the tagged fish on rod … Read more
The West Virginia Public Service Commission said its chairman has directed Suddenlink Communications to file a plan with the PSC in about a month to correct insufficiencies in customer service. The PSC has received nearly 1,900 complaints from West Virginia customers regarding Suddenlink’s telephone and cable television service since 2019. Suddenlink has been directed to … Read more
The New River Gorge National Park and Preserve unveiled its new sign. The New River Gorge is officially the 63rd national park in the United States. The new sign will hang at the Canyon Rim Visitors Center at Lansing near Fayetteville.
Former state Health Officer Dr, Rahul Gupta took the stand in the landmark opioid epidemic trial. Gupta said when he took office the epidemic of overdose deaths in West Virginia were “a tsunami of death and suffering.” The “big three” opioid distribution companies are on trial for fueling the epidemic with millions of pills.
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources is reporting over four-hundred new cases of COVID-19 and twelve more deaths. Active cases of the virus are around 72-hundred. Over 36-percent of West Virginians are fully vaccinated, and over 40-percent have had at least one shot.
The state Department of Education estimates there are 78-thousand students between the ages of 12 and 15 who will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine once it’s received federal approval, which is expected next week. Governor Justice says all fifty-five county school systems will be prepared to give shots to students and parents.
Charleston’s first Food Truck Friday event of the year is being pushed back to next Friday, May 14th. The city is postponing the event because of inclement weather expected tomorrow. Food trucks will set up from 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Kanawha Boulevard between Capitol Street and Court Street.
Prestonburg police are looking for the vehicle that picked up an inmate who escaped from Highlands ARH medical center. Matthew McMahan got away in an older, dark colored Chevrolet TrailBlazer with tinted windows and possibly a “Friends of Coal” license plate.
A suspect is under arrest in the fatal shooting and an 18-year-old Woodrow Wilson High School student. Twenty-year-old Jeriamyah Fortner turned himself in to Beckley police. Investigators say he was recklessly handling an AR-15 rifle and accidentally shot Dwayne Richardson, Jr.