News Staff West Virginia is double down on firearms and threatening a court fight after President Biden announced several measures to curb gun violence after a series of mass shootings nationwide this week. West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey says one of his “principal duties is to defend the Constitution, and protect citizens’ gun rights,” Morrisey is … Read more
The House of Delegates did pass a budget bill. The nearly four-and-a-half-billion-dollar bill came in over seventy-million-dollars below what the governor proposed. WVU’s funding was cut by almost one-and-a-half-million-dollars and Marshall’s funding was cut by 300-thousand-dollars. Their funding could be made up by end-of-year surplus.
Governor Justice’s state income tax cut bill is dead. The House of Delegates unanimously voted down the bill zero-to-one-hundred. House Speaker Roger Hanshaw says he’s only seen that kind of margin when the House has been asked to take a vote. He says delegates prefer to work together and talk constructively to come to a … Read more
Outdoor dining is back in downtown Charleston. The city started the initiative almost a year ago when the pandemic first started. Capitol and Hale Streets will be shutdown every Friday and Saturday through Labor Day.
Ohio troopers are investigating after a Benton Township fire truck crashed and overturned on Lapperell Road. The fire crew was responding to a structure fire at the time. The driver is in critical condition. No one else was hurt.
A Logan County man is under arrest after police found him slumped over the wheel of his SUV parked at a home near Buffalo Grade School. Officers found a needle on the floorboard, and what appeared to be meth.
Thirty-eight-year-old Joshua Phillips has been indicted on a murder charge in connection to the December shooting death of Charleston Police Officer Cassie Johnson. She was shot while responding to a parking complaint on Garrison Avenue. Philips is also facing drug and weapons charges.
A man is under arrest for killing a woman and injuring her three-year-old daughter in a shooting at the Vista View Apartments on Renaissance Circle. The little girl is in stable condition. Forty-Six-year-old Dorian Clark fled the scene and was arrested a few hours later. He’s charged with first degree murder and malicious wounding.
Friends and family gathered for a vigil for KJ Taylor. The Capital High School senior who was gunned down earlier this week. They gathered at the corner of Glenwood Avenue and Central Avenue — the scene of the shooting on the city’s West Side.
The proposed special election this summer is not a slam dunk. Secretary of State Mac Warner is proposing a special election for July 24th. Several local clerks have raised concerns. The special election would decide a handful of proposed constitution amendments.