News Staff Eight Charleston police officers are testing positive for COVID-19. The officers are quarantined at home with mild symptoms. The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department is working on contact tracing and identifying people with which the officers might have had contact.
For the first time in a month, the West Virginia Department of Health and human resources isn’t reporting any COVID-19 related deaths, and the number of new cases is down to less than 900. Health officials say the dip in numbers is due to a slowdown in testing events because of Thanksgiving. They are concerned … Read more
West Virginia’s high school football playoff championships will be played in Charleston for the first time in nearly thirty-years. The super six games will be played at the University of Charleston Stadium because Ohio County is in the orange category on the state’s COVID-19 metrics map. The games will be played at Laidley Field during … Read more
The Mountaineers were down ten points, and came back for a 70-to-64 win over Western Kentucky in the Crossover Classic Championship game in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Dunbar Mayor-Elect, Scott Elliott, accidentally shot himself in the arm in a hunting accident. He’s in the hospital with what the sheriff’s office says is a serious, but not life-threatening injury. It’s the second hunting accident this week. Another hunter was injured on Monday when a gun went off while it was being unloaded.
Kentucky State Police are investigating after a body was found in a truck on Flat Hollow in Greenup County. No foul play is suspected. Investigators say it looks like a crash that went unreported.
A two-year-old boy was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Three Forks. Police are looking for an older model, silver SUV with front end damage.
A Milton man died in a tractor accident on McComas Branch Road. Rescue crews found the victim pinned under the tractor. An investigation is ongoing.
A man is under arrest after leading police on a chase through multiple counties on I-64. Milton police tried to make a routine traffic stop when 24-year-old Austin Pierce took off. He led police on a chase down I-64, and then got off at the St. Albans exit. He crashed the car on Central Avenue … Read more
Firefighters battled a house fire on 5th Avenue. No one was home when the blaze broke out. Nearby buildings were also damaged. Investigators are trying to determine the cause of the fire.