News Staff The bodies of a man, woman, and dog were found inside a van in a parking lot at Eastern Heights on route-60 in Huntington. Investigators say it appears they were trying to stay warm and were overcome by carbon monoxide. The van’s ignition was on, but it was out of gas.
Huntington police arrested a robbery suspect with an extensive criminal history. David Michael Weaver is accused of robbing two men at gunpoint and stealing their car at Sheetz on 18th Street West earlier this week. Weaver’s criminal history spans numerous states. He was previously charged with grand theft auto, carjacking, and armed robbery.
The Kanawha County School system is reminding students, parents, and teachers that in-person learning starts Monday. The schools will continue with a blended model, and eLearning and virtual students will stay remote. Students whose last name begins with A-L will attend Monday and Tuesday. Students whose last name begins with M-Z will attend Wednesday and … Read more
A federal judge is postponing a sentencing hearing for former nursing assistant Reta Mays, who killed at least eight veterans at the Clarksburg VA Medical Center. Sentencing was set for February, but is being pushed back to May. Attorneys filed a motion in December to postpone the hearing because the impact COVID-19 was having on … Read more
There are over nine-hundred new cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, but the number of active cases is going down, with less than 23-thousand. Twenty-three more people have died, pushing the state’s death toll to over two-thousand. Over five-hundred patients are hospitalized with the virus. That’s the lowest number since November.
Senator Joe Manchin visited a Kanawha-Charleston Health Department vaccination event at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center. He says West Virginias vaccination efforts can be a model for the country, and he plans to take it back to Washington for others to copy. Twenty-eight-hundred people were vaccinated on Friday. Manchin says vaccinations should be able … Read more
School workers under the age of fifty will have to wait for the COVID-19 vaccine. Governor Justice is urging younger teachers to pre-register online, and they will be given priority when the state gets through the elderly population. One-hundred-thirty-thousand people have register since the system went online earlier this week.
The state Public Service Commission will hold a hearing today on proposed solar farm in Jefferson County. EDF Renewables wants to use almost eight-hundred-acres near Washington High School to build the Wild Hill Solar Farm that include nearly 240-thousand solar panels.
Health officials are reporting almost eight-hundred new cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, and thirty more people have died. Hospitalizations are down with just under five-hundred-forty people in the hospital. That’s the lowest number since November.
The West Virginia Department of Education is hoping to have all school employees, who are 50-years-old or older, vaccinated by the end of the day. You need to sign up online at the state’s registration site. School employees are categorized as essential workers in the state’s vaccination plan.