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
Police have charged a juvenile with the murder of four people whose bodies were found Sunday at a home in Elkview. A family member discovered three bodies after going to the home and Kanawha County Sheriff Mike Rutherford said 37-year old Daniel Dale Long, 39-year old Risa Mae Saunders, 12-year old Gage Ripley, and 3-year … Read more
A memorial for aviation legend Chuck Yeager is being planned for mid-January in Charleston. The West Virginia native died earlier this month at the age of 97. Yeager will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
The West Virginia National Guard is preparing for the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccine. They conducted distribution drills over the weekend. The vaccine is expected to arrive today in the Mountain State.
There are over one-thousand new cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia and two more people have died. More than seven-hundred patients are in the hospital with the virus. More than half of West Virginia counties are in the red or orange on the state’s COVID-19 alert map. Over forty of the state’s fifty-five county school … Read more
West Virginia’s five members of the Electoral College are in Charleston today to cast their ballots in the 2020 Presidential election. All five votes will be cast for President Donald Trump.
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection is investigating an oil spill in a stream leading to Lake Chaweva in Cross Lanes. Residents reported a fish kill and the strong smell of petroleum. Officials say about fifty-gallons of oil spilled into the creek.
The body of one of the men who has been missing since Wednesday morning when a building collapsed has been found. Doug Gray’s body was found in the rubble of the Killen Generating Station near Manchester. One other man is still missing.