News Staff Investigators are still trying to figure out what caused the explosion at a Belle chemical plant earlier this week. They say the explosion had minimal impact on air quality in the area. The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection looked at data from the time of the explosion and the hours following and didn’t see … Read more
A Charleston woman is under arrest in connection to a 2019 shooting death. Thirty-three-year-old Samantha Slater is charged with murder, robbery, and sexual assault. Forty-one-year-old Adam Swim was found shot to death at his home on Ash Street last summer.
An organization offering addiction recovery help is expanding its services after buying an old building in Huntington. Tri-State Addiction Recovery Resources bought the old YMCA building on 11th Street and 6th Avenue and said it will serve as its headquarters after being remodeled. Services provided by Tri-State Addiction Recovery Resources include outpatient care, peer coaching, … Read more
Marshall University’s first virtual commencement ceremonies are this weekend. The ceremonies will be livestreamed on the school’s website. The ceremony for spring 2020 graduates will be at 9 a.m. Saturday. Marshall alumna Jennifer Leslie Wells is the keynote speaker. She is the senior regional organizer for Community Change and Community Change Action. The second ceremony, … Read more
Three people were in an SUV Wednesday around 3 p.m. near the Haines Branch exit of I-77 heading southbound when deputies said the driver of the SUV that was in the right lane tried to move into the left lane and hit a tractor trailer. The impact of the crash caused the SUV to roll … Read more
Investigations are underway to figure out what went wrong at a chemical plant. An explosion happened at Optima Chemical at the Chemours plant in Belle Tuesday night, and one person died in the explosion. In preparation for emergency calls at the plant, Belle and Chemours firefighters train together and the fire department tours the site … Read more
The FDA authorized an at-home COVID-19 test this week that you’ll be able to get without a prescription. LabCorp’s Pixel COVID-19 Test Home Collection Kit will be available to those 18 and older. This is the first COVID-19 direct-to-consumer test. It’s a self-collected nasal swab sample to be sent to LabCorp for evaluation. To order … Read more
The West Virginia Power will not play ball in the 2021 season. Major League Baseball did not extend an invitation to the Power to be a Minor League Baseball team. They are one of eleven minor league clubs that were cut.
West Virginia is joining a lawsuit to break-up Facebook. Federal regulators want the social media giant to divest its Instagram and WhatsApp messaging services.
The Capitol Building Commission took public comments on removing the Stonewall Jackson statue from the state Capitol grounds, but didn’t take any action during the meeting.