News Staff With frigid temperatures expected, the city of Charleston is opening a warming shelter tonight. Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin said city emergency services, the United Way of Central West Virginia and Kanawha Valley Collective will provide staffing for the warming shelter, which will be located at the Salvation Army on Tennessee Avenue. The shelter will be … Read more
Health officials are reporting an uptick in COVID-19 numbers, reporting more than 11-hundred new cases of the virus, and twenty-nine more people have died. Almost 170-thousand people have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
A section of Garrison Avenue in Charleston is moving closer to having a new name. The city council’s Planning, Streets and Traffic Committee passed a resolution this week to rename the street in honor of Patrolman Cassie Johnson. She was shot and killed in the line of duty last month.
Delegate Derrick Evans resigned earlier this month after he posted video of himself illegally entering the U.S. Capitol. Now the head of the Wayne County Republican Committee is filing a lawsuit against Governor Justice over filling the vacant seat. The suit claims that the Governor created an illegal second list of candidates. The seat still … Read more
A Kanawha County judge is denying West Virginia Teachers Unions’ requests for an injunction seeking to halt in-person learning. The teachers unions wanted to delay returning to the classroom until school employees have received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Groundhog Day festivities will be virtual this year. French Creek Freddie’s predicitonwwill be shown online February 2nd.
The Kanawha County Commission is supporting the state Public Service Commission in a move to dismiss a rate increase request from Appalachian Power. Commissioners say the five-to-nine-dollar increase in most customers’ bills is not feasible.
Police are asking for any surveillance video that might help in a vandalism investigation in Kanawha City. Graffiti was spray painted on several garage doors. Seven homes and a vehicle were damaged between 53rd and 55th streets along Virginia, Venable and Staunton Avenue.
Police are investigating after shots were fired on Grant Street. Several shell casings were found at the scene. Investigators are looking for two men who were caught on security cameras driving away in a silver Nissan. No one was hurt.
Emergency sirens were activated early this morning across Kanawha County. Metro 911 says it was an accidental activation and there is no emergency. A monthly test is scheduled for today at noon.