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Police in Charleston said they recovered about $4,000 in shoplifted merchandise and arrested 23 people during a weeklong operation. The Charleston Police Department said the Lowe’s in Kanawha City has lost thousands of dollars in merchandise from shoplifting. Through Operation Low Down in late October, the police department was able to arrest 23 people – … Read more

The West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission has adjusted its stance slightly on the high school football playoffs. Teams from orange and red counties will now be included in the initial playoff fields. The counties of those teams will have to be green, yellow or gold in the Saturday, Nov. 14, school re-entry map update. … Read more

A Charleston tire shop was destroyed by fire Saturday morning. Metro 911 dispatchers said the fire was reported at Mountaineer Tire on Kanawha Blvd. around 4:30 a.m. Saturday. By the time firefighters got there the fire had spread from a pile of tires outside the building to the structure itself.

The West Virginia Department of Education released its weekly school re-entry map Saturday night after a delay. Football and volleyball teams were eager to get the information to learn if they could play in the postseason. Counties in orange include Lincoln, Putnam, and Jackson. Mingo county is in red. Kanawha, Boone, Fayette, and Clay counties … Read more

Kroger employees have been voicing concerns about working during the pandemic and are taking issue with their benefits and safety. The union voted overwhlemingly on Friday to reject a contract offer from Kroger and approved a strike. Kroger workers have raised concerns about long hours and COVID risks with exposure to customers who don’t wear … Read more

Kroger workers are rejecting a contract offer from the grocery store chain, and voted to approve a strike. Health care coverage is the main sticking point. A strike has not been scheduled.

The Charleston Fire Department has a new Chief. Mayor Amy Goodwin appointed Shawn Wanner to the position. He is the current Assistant Fire Chief, and has been with the department since 1996. Wanner succeeds Jeff Jackson, who is retiring.

Charleston Area Medical Center will give employees who worked full-time during the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic a one-thousand-dollar bonus. More than 450 staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 since the pandemic began.

The state Supreme Court says that AAA prep soccer teams can play in the state championship this weekend. The high court reversed a lower court ruling halting the tournament over COVID-19 testing disparities. The boys championship games is this morning at 10 a.m., and the girls at 1:30 p.m.

There are over five-hundred new cases of COVID-19 for the second day in a row, and there are over six-thousand active cases of the virus. Seven more people have died, raising the death toll to 487.