News Staff West Virginia education officials will let college seniors who are studying to become educators apply for immediate substitute teaching jobs in public schools due to a critical shortage. State Schools Superintendent Clayton Burch told the state Board of Education that seniors in their student teaching semester can apply as paid substitutes and forgo student teaching. … Read more
State police are looking for two people captured on surveillance video at Walmart. The pair is wanted for allegedly using a stolen credit card at the Cross Lanes Walmart store Sept. 18. West Virginia State Police ask anyone with information to call the WVSP South Charleston Detachment at 304-558-7777.
Nearly one-fifth of West Virginia children are obese. A new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation shows that nearly 20-percent of children between the ages of ten and seventeen are obese. That rate is the seventh highest in the country.
the WVU Bureau of Business & Economic Research says the state’s economy could be in for a quick recovery when the pandemic ends. The bureau unveiled its 2020 West Virginia Economic Outlook that shows the state will benefit from a “v-shaped” recovery.
The Governor says West Virginia is not sitting on federal CARES Act funding. Justice says every last dollar of CARES Act money will be disbursed before the December 30th deadline. The state received one-point-25-billion-dollars in federal relief, and so far, just over 280-million-dollars has been spent.
The West Virginia Supreme Court heard arguments about whether Governor Justice should live in the state capital. Delegate Isaac Sponaugle filed a lawsuit challenging the governor’s residency requirement, that the constitution requires him to reside at the seat of government. Justice lives in Lewisburg. His lawyers appealed to the state Supreme Court after a lower … Read more
The Appalachian Regional Commission is awarding over two-million-dollars to Huntington broadband project. Thundercloud is a nonprofit organization that plans to build infrastructure to connect Barboursville to downtown Huntington.
A Hurricane man is recovering after he was shot in the head when he answered his door. Dale Mauntel called 911 and said that someone knocked on the door of his Marina Drive home and shot him. Mauntel is in serious, but stable condition. No arrests have been made.
A 74-year-old man is in the hospital with life threatening injuries. He was trying to stop traffic on Teays Valley Road to let a vehicle out of a parking lot when he was hit. The driver stayed on the scene and is cooperating with police.
Last month was the hottest September on record. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says last month was the hottest since records began in 1880. In Charleston the average temperature was just over 78-degrees, which is about half-a-degree above average.