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A man is under arrest after leading police on a chase, crashing his truck, and then taking off into the woods in Kanawha County. A K9 was able to track him down. He was treated for minor injuries.

More than one-thousand gas stations across the Southeast are running out of fuel because of what analysts say is unwarranted panic-buying after a gang of hackers shutdown a major east coast pipeline. People are flocking to the pumps, despite the fact that West Virginia uses a different fuel pipeline, which was not affected.

The Kanawha County HIV Task Force met on Monday for the first time since the CDC called the county’s outbreak the most concerning in the U.S. Since then, the CDC has sent in a team of disease intervention specialists to Kanawha County that currently has 60 positive HIV cases. Dr. Sherri Young, executive director and … Read more

West Virginia will receive nearly $1.4 billion from the federal government to offset economic setbacks from the coronavirus pandemic, but likely not all at once. Because West Virginia’s current unemployment rate is not significantly higher than its pre-pandemic level, the state is eligible to receive half of its allotment immediately, with the rest being provided … Read more

A federal judge gave Reta Mays the maximum sentence on Tuesday. Mays will serve seven life terms consecutively after admitting to giving fatal insulin injections to veterans at the VA Medical Center in Clarksburg. Mays was also sentenced to 240 months in prison to run consecutively with the life sentences for one count of assault … Read more

A judge has denied requests from a Morgantown man to be released from jail before his trial. George Tanios was indicted on charges related to the U.S. Capitol riots on Jan. 6 and the judge denied requests from Tanios and Julian Khater on Tuesday. Both will remain in jail. Court records said Tanios and Khater … Read more

City of Morgantown officials say a West Virginia University student died last week. City spokesperson Andrew Stacy said a male student died Thursday, May 6 at Central Place Apartments on Baird Street. Morgantown Police are investigating.

Reta Mays sentencing is scheduled for today. Her attorneys are trying to block some evidence from publication. She pleaded guilty to the murder of seven veterans at the Clarksburg VA Medical Center and faces multiple consecutive life sentences.

Senator Manchin says he had a productive meeting with President Joe Biden over the proposed infrastructure plan. Manchin says he has serious concerns about the two-trillion-dollar price tag. Manchin’s Republican counterpart, Senator Shelley Moore Capito will meet with the president on Thursday.

First Lady Jill Biden will visit West Virginia on Thursday, and she’s bringing a celebrity guest. Actress and West Virginia native Jennifer Garner will join Biden on a tour of Arnoldsburg Elementary School and a vaccination center at Capital High School.