News Staff It was an invitation-only crowd at Marshall University on Saturday as the school held its annual Memorial Fountain Ceremony. This was the 50th anniversary of the plane crash that killed 75 people. The featured speaker this year was Lucianne Kautz Call, whose father, Charlie E. Kautz, died in the crash. Call has become an unofficial … Read more
The West Virginia Department of Education released its highly-anticipated weekly map Saturday evening that included one county in red and 16 in orange. Barbour County moved to red in the update while Mingo, Wyoming, Logan, Wayne, Lincoln, Putnam, Jackson, Wood, Fayette, Tyler, Marshall, Ohio, Mineral, Hardy, Randolph and Jefferson counties were all orange. The orange … Read more
The Kanawha County Assessor’s Office will be closed until Nov. 30 following an additional positive COVID-19 test within the department. Assessor Sallie Robinson was notified of the positive test recently and decided to close the office for two weeks to further prevent the spread. Robinson said her staff will be working from home by phone … Read more
Police are investigating after a body was found in the Kanawha River. A worker at the London Locks building found the body of a man and investigators say it appears to have been in the water for some time. The Medical Examiner’s Office is working to determine a positive ID.
COVID-19 numbers are skyrocketing across the state. There are more than 740 new cases of the virus, and eleven more people have died. The positive test rate is over three-percent, and there are a record number of people in the hospital with the virus. More than three-hundred are in the hospital, and over one-hundred are … Read more
The governor is taking some heat on social media for his new mask mandate. He responded, and says the answer is simple, “don’t go into any businesses or any other public buildings and risk harming your fellow West Virginians.” Justice says, “if you refuse to wear a face covering, you are violating the law, and … Read more
Governor Justice is revamping his mask order. It’s now mandatory to wear a mask at all times inside any public or private building other than your home. The governor also announced that winter sports are being pushed back to January 11th, and there will be no in person classes for a week following Thanksgiving. Medical … Read more
The state Fire Marshal’s Office has determined the 2018 deaths of two Wayne County men was a double homicide. William Copley, and his son Robert, died in a fire at their home in Crum. Investigators say the fire was intentionally set. There is a ten-thousand-dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of … Read more
A Hurricane family is displaced after a fire at their home on Foster Road, off Hurricane Creek. A couple, their three children, and two pets made it out safely. The fire started around a gas space heater. The farmhouse was built in the 1890s, and sustained considerable damage.
A Mingo County man is facing drug charges after officers found him walking outside his vehicle in just his underwear. The man told officers there was a snake inside the vehicle. When they looked inside they found a plastic bag filled with cocaine in the front seat.