News Staff West Virginia is getting a jump start on the nation “Click-it or ticket” campaign in May. The Governor’s Highway Safety program is conducting a mini-blitz this month in hopes of increasing the 90-percent seat belt usage rate.
Almost sixty independent pharmacies are now part of the state’s COVID-19 vaccination plan. About five-thousand doses are being distributed to pharmacies in the Medicine Shoppe-Leader Network. So far, just over ten-percent of the state’s population is fully vaccinated.
Conditions are returning to normal in the Cheat River and Muddy Creek after a blowout from the former T-and-T Mine Complex dumped thousands of gallons of highly acidic water into the waterways. The state Department of Environmental Protection is working with several agencies to determine what caused the blowout and possible solutions.
Governor Justice isn’t happy about restrictions on how states can use federal relief built into the nearly two-trillion-dollar COVID-19 relief plan. The package includes restrictions that states can’t use the money to directly or indirectly offset reductions in net tax revenue. Justice has proposed setting aside any “surplus” into a reserve.
For the second time this season the Baylor women’s basketball team ran away from WVU in the second half. The Bears beat the Mountaineers 96-to-73 to end the regular season for both teams.
The South Charleston Community Center will be closed for several weeks for cleaning after it was flooded last Monday. There was nearly six feet of water in the building, and the power is still out. The city hopes to have a reopening date soon.
Huntington police are looking for a Peeping Tom. A man was spotted peering through a window in the backyard of a home at 8th Street and 12th Avenue, and then later inappropriately solicited a woman and threatened to assault her.
A Logan County woman is facing charges after wrecking her van with two kids inside. Jordan Vickers failed a field sobriety test. The two children were treated for injuries, and child protective services was contacted in the case.
Kanawha County Circuit Judge Tod Kaufman is stepping down. He submitted his letter of resignation to Governor Justice, and says his resignation will be effective at the end of the month. He was elected to the bench in 1988.
Boone County deputies completed their first “directed patrol” that targets hot spots across the county. The sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post last weekend that the patrols consist of deputies working overtime shifts. The most recent patrols took place in the Jeffrey, Ottawa and Hewett areas. Deputies made 31 traffic stops, issuing six citations … Read more