The Public Employees Insurance Agency will not raise premiums for state employees next year. The Board approved 2021-22 coverage plans with no changes in benefits. The agency is looking ahead to the following year, and anticipates a rate hike.
East Division champion Marshall hosts West Division champ UAB at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in tonight’s Conference USA Football Championship Game.
South Charleston Police are spreading some holiday cheer. They are giving away Chick-Fil-A gift cards instead of traffic tickets. The Fraternal Order of Police bought 500-dollars’ worth of gift cards and donated them to the police department.
An Ohio jury convicted a Crown City woman of murder for the shooting death of her sixteen-month-old daughter earlier this year. Twenty-five-year-old Joyceann Louise Ruane faces up to life in prison without parole.
Former state Supreme Court Justice, Allen Loughry, is out of prison. He spent the last two years behind bars for mail and wire fraud connected to his personal use of state cars and fuel cards. He’ll be on probation for three-years.
The Kanawha County School District is already planning for next year. The first day of school for student will be August 9, 2021. The calendar still has to be approved by the state Board of Education.
The West Virginia Board of Education has approved new appointments to oversee financial and transportation troubles at Lincoln County schools. The board had declared a state of emergency for the county’s schools in November as they reviewed problems including inadequate purchasing procedures, excessive overtime and poor record keeping for bus repairs. The board appointed Terry … Read more
West Virginia is rapidly deploying doses of the coronavirus vaccine to residents and workers at long-term care centers, and has a target of vaccinating all nursing homes within three weeks. Officials are working with small and local pharmacies to reach long-term care communities across the state. The West Virginia Health Care Association said nearly 2,000 … Read more
Holiday meal packs will be distributed to students in Cabell County on Wednesday, Dec. 23. Bus drivers will distribute the meal packs at the usual summer food service sites, according to a news release from Cabell County Schools. The packs will have enough meals to feed a student breakfast and lunch each weekday from Dec. … Read more
One person was hospitalized after a shooting Wednesday night in Charelston. It happened near the 7-Eleven station along Washington Street East not far from the Capitol Complex. Initial reports were that the injuries were not non-life threatening. Police are investigating.