News Staff

There are close to four-hundred new cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, and three more people have died. The state’s daily positive test rate jumped to almost five-percent.

Governor Justice says his successful run for office will not change the way he handles the COVID-19 pandemic. He is again, urging people to get tested, saying it’s the best weapon to keep the virus from spreading until there’s a vaccine.

Republicans were big winners in the West Virginia House and Senate, going from 59 to 76 Republicans in the House of Delegates, and Republicans now have a two-thirds majority in the Senate.

Fresh off his Election Night victory, Governor Justice is talking about his agenda for the next four years. Justice says his number one priority is eliminating the state income tax.

Marshall University is changing plans for its football memorial rededication. The 50th anniversary ceremonies will be online only due to COVID-19 restrictions, including the annual Memorial Fountain ceremony, and the posthumous degree ceremony.

The state Fire Marshal is investigating a suspicious fire at a Huntington apartment building. It’s the second time the building on 3rd Street has caught fire in a month. Tenants were forced out after the first fire, and no one was hurt.

Police are investigating a Clay County shooting. One person is dead, and two people are in custody for questioning. A witness says, her son’s roommate got into a fight with another person, when shots were fired.

Firefighters battled a house fire on MacCorkle Avenue. A woman was at home, and made it out safely. The house is a total loss. The cause of the fire is under investigation, and investigators are labeling it a “suspicious fire.”

West Virginia University said its Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute is partnering with Virgin Hyperloop to study how traveling at excessive speeds may impact the brain and body. The Virgin Hyperloop will build a facility in Tucker and Grant counties for a high-speed transportation system that can move people and goods in pods through a vacuum tube … Read more

Roane County Schools confirmed a positive COVID-19 test for an additional staff member associated with Roane County High School. The staff member is in the same core group as the staff member who tested positive on Friday, Oct. 30. The school system said the staff member was already in quarantine and was not at school … Read more