COVID-19 hospitalizations are at a record high in West Virginia. More than seven-hundred people are in the hospital, and almost two-hundred are in the ICU. There are over one-thousand new cases of the virus, and ten additional deaths.
Governor Justice is one of the country’s first elected officials to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Pfizer’s vaccine arrived on Monday at the two hub locations in Kanawha and Monongalia counties. More than one-hundred Thomas Health workers will get the vaccine this week.
Three men in a drug investigation with ties to the death of Charleston Police Officer Cassie Johnson are facing drug and conspiracy charges. The suspects are accused of selling drugs to Joshua Phillips, the man accused of shooting Officer Johnson.
A sixteen-year-old boy is charged with killing four of his family members. Thirty-seven-year-old Daniel Long, thirty-nine-year-old Risa Mae Saunders and their three and twelve-year-old sons were found dead at a home in Pinch Sunday morning.
Police are looking for a man who broke into Cross Lanes Child Care two different times. Surveillance video shows the man entering through the back door and stealing things inside. The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office posted pictures of the man on their Facebook page.
A Nor’easter is heading for the east coast, and will bring with it heavy mixed precipitation. A Winter Storm Watch is in effect from Wednesday morning through early Thursday morning. We could see an inch of snow and ice, and the mountains could get up to six-inches of snow.
An employee with the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Home Confinement Office has tested positive for COVID-19, and the office was closed as a precaution. The county said the home confinement office will be closed until further notice and the West Virginia National Guard will sanitize it. Home confinement officers will stay in contact with their clients … Read more
Three Metro 911 employees have tested positive for COVID-19 so far this week. The agency said Monday that the 911 system will not be affected by the positive tests. Phones will still be answered, and precautionary measures are being taken.
West Virginia State Police are giving you more time to apply to become a future trooper. State Police announced on the agency’s Facebook page that a makeup testing date will be offered Friday, Dec. 18 at 9 a.m. at the State Police Academy, 135 Academy Drive, in Dunbar. Walk-ins are welcome. Candidates who are accepted … Read more
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for southern and southeast West Virginia Wednesday morning through late Wednesday night. The weather service reports heavy mixed precipitation is possible with total snow accumulations of two to five inches, and ice accumulations up to a tenth of an inch is possible. The watch is … Read more