News Staff A Williamson woman who made headlines after she traveled to New York to help treat COVID-19 patients has been indicted in connection with a shooting. Amy Jolene Thorn, also known as Amy Jolene Ford is accused of shooting another woman on Oct. 8, 2020, near the 800 block of Vinson Street in Williamson. Williamson Police … Read more
West Virginia’s active COVID-19 cases dropped to just over twenty-thousand. That’s the lowest number since early December. Hospitalizations dropped to just over four-hundred. Twelve counties are in the “red” on the COVID-19 alert map.
There’s been another vaccine mix-up…The West Virginia Department of Human Resources say a patient was given a second dose from a different manufacturer than their first dose. Medical experts say the vaccines are not interchangeable, but there should not be any serious side effects, and the individual will still develop immunity.
Governor Justice is supporting President Biden’s one-point-nine-trillion-dollar American Recovery Plan over scaled back Republican alternative. Justice says the 600-billion-dollar proposal is insufficient to help people who are “still hurting badly.”
The Wayne County Republican Executive Committee is suing Governor Justice over the appointment of Joshua Booth to fill a vacant House of Delegates seat. Booth was not on the list submitted by the county GOP. Lawyers for the state contend the wrong local political committee submitted the initial letter, rendering it invalid.
Marshall grad and Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich will call the plays for Tom Brady in Super Bowl fifty-five this Sunday. Leftwich was a legendary quarterback for the Thundering Herd and went on to play in the NFL before becoming a coach.
The City of Charleston is settling a one-point-one-million-dollar lawsuit after a woman was killed in a hit-and-run by a man fleeing from police. It happened last March on the city’s west side when Heather Ross was walking her children to school.
Police are investigating the death of Alexa Randolph as a homicide. She was reported missing last Thursday, and found dead a day later in her car in the parking lot of a Morgantown Walmart.
Charleston City Council approved a resolution to name a street in honor of fallen police officer Cassie Johnson. Johnson was killed in the line of duty in December on Garrison Avenue, which will honorarily be named Patrolman Cassie Johnson Avenue.
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced COVID-19 vaccinations clinics that will be held in all 55 counties this week. The clinics will be held Wednesday through Saturday for those are age 65 and older. The majority of the clinics have filled their appointment allotment this week and are using a wait … Read more