News Staff Ryan’s buffet, in Charleston, is permanently closed. The restaurant was temporarily closed in March due to the pandemic. Impacted furloughed employees have been notified and have been paid for their remaining vacation and sick time off.
A Vinton County man is under arrest for punching an officer in the face, and then leading them on a chase. Officers found 41-year-old Keith Burris hiding in the woods behind his mother’s house. He’s charged with assaulting a police officers, escape, and drug trafficking.
Police are still looking for a Georgia man who escaped after a police chase in the Malden area. There were erroneous reports that 32-year-old Eric Nelson had been captured, but investigators say they are still looking for him. He is wanted on federal charges.
A Williamson nurse, who made national headlines when she traveled to New York to treat COVID-19 patients, is under arrest for shooting another woman. Thirty-nine-year-old Amy Thorn is accused of shooting another woman during an argument. The victim suffered non-life threatening injuries. Thorn says it was self defense.
West Virginia ranks highest in the nation for animal collision including deer, dogs, and farm animals. West Virginia drivers have a 1-in-37 chance of hitting an animal.
Two more people in Kanawha County have died from COVID-19, and there are almost 190 new cases of the virus statewide. The daily positive test rate is over two-and-a-half-percent. On the county map, Harrison, Upshur and Mingo are in the orange.
Kanawha County Schools are set to return to a regular schedule next week, and one teacher’s union says over 85-percent of its members do not agree with the school board’s decision to return to five-day, in-person, classes.
Virgin Hyperloop will build a 500-million-dollar certification facility for its super high-speed travel system in Tucker and Grant counties. The facility will be a hub for research and regulation. It will create 150 to 200 full time jobs, and thousands of construction jobs, and the economic impact of the center is expected to be close … Read more
The remains of a Buckhannon man, who went missing nearly a year ago, have been found in a remote Utah forest. Sixty-nine-year-old Carl Crumrine separated from his hunting group in October 2019, and never returned.
Morgantown police are investigating after human remains were found near the Decker’s Creek Rail-Trail. The State Medical Examiner’s Office is working to make a positive ID and determine the cause of death.