News Staff a Preston County woaman will spend 100 years in prision for the death of a thirteen-month-old girl. A jury found 24-year-old Kelly Tusing guilty of shaking or hitting a toddler she was babysitting. The little girl was taken to the hospital and deid eight days later. Tusing’s lawyer says they will appeal the sentence.
A Huntington woman is recovering after she was shot in the leg. A masked man fired shots into her front door, and then realized he was at the wrong house, he left. The shooter is still on the run.
The Charleston Planning, Streets and Traffic Committee passed a bill that would eliminate panhandling with 25-feet of a road with a speed limit of 40-miles-per-hour, within a one block radius of a highway or bridge entrance or exit, or entering into the roadway and blocking traffic to collect money. The bill now goes to the … Read more
A puppy is recovering from a possible drug overdose. The Kanawha-Charleston humane association administered Narcan, and he responded to treatment in less than thirty-minutes. Technicians suspect he ingested heroine.
The Belle Fire Department responded to a brush fire near Midland Avenue and Hastings Drive. No one was hurt, and no structures were threatened. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
West Virginia still has around 730-million-dollars in Cares Act funding to spend. Congress is allowing the funds to carry over into next year. Three-hundred-million is reserved to payback the state unemployment trust fund, and the rest will be used at the descretion of the governor and legislature.
A fugitive is under arrest for shooting a Pennsylvania police officer. The Mountain State Fugitive Task Force captured Koby Francis at an apartment complex in Clarksburg. He’s charged with aggravated assault and attempted homicide.
There will be big changes in leadership when the 2021 West Virginia Legislative Session begins in February. All four leaders for the Democrats are new, and the Republicans are seeing a key departure. Republican Senate President Mitch Carmichael lost his primary, so fellow Republican Amy Nichole Grady will take over his seat. The new Senate … Read more
Thousands of unemployed West Virginians will be covered until mid-March. The stimulus package signed by President Trump on Sunday includes extending three-hundred-dollar-a-week unemployment benefits. WorkForce West Virginia says there is no need to reapply for the extension. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says you could see the six-hundred-dollar stimulus check in your bank account this morning. … Read more
West Virginia has administered over 34-thousand doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Now all nursing home and long-term care facilities in the state have received the vaccine. The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department is hosting their first COVID-19 vaccine clinic for first responders. Once they get the vaccine, they’re automatically scheduled for the second dose, which usually happens … Read more