News Staff There are two confirmed case of COVID-19 in West Virginia. The new case is in Mercer County, and the original is in Shepherdstown. Both cases are linked to travel. The state public health lab has tested 148 West Virginians for the virus, 143 test results were negative, and three are pending.
Governor Jim Justice ordered restaurants and bars to close down dining room service, but many of them are still offering takeout and delivery service. Restaurant owners are trying to keep employees working as much as possible. On top of carry out and delivery services, some restaurants will also use Charleston 2 Go, an online delivery … Read more
West Virginia University Medicine said it is setting up five drive-through collection points in state to collect specimens from pre-screened patients to test for COVID-19. The collection points will be in Morgantown, Parkersburg, Bridgeport, Wheeling, and Martinsburg. The testing will be supported by Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp, which will process the specimens that WVU Medicine … Read more
Ohio University announced Wednesday it is postponing all spring commencement ceremonies. Those had been planned for May 1-2 and graduation recognition activities were to be on all regional campuses. The university said when it’s safe to be together again, they’ll immediately begin planning a postponed Commencement celebration.
One of the largest festivals in the state will not happen this May. The 79th annual Strawberry Festival in Buckhannon will have to wait until 2021. Festival organizers say more than 75,000 people come to the festival every year. Organizers said the only time the festival has been canceled or postponed was during World War … Read more
West Virginia has its second confirmed case of the coronavirus. The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources said the individual is from Mercer County and is being treated at home.
A felon involved in a police pursuit is under after pawning a shotgun. Thirty-nine-year-old Brian Smith was arrested in a police pursuit last week. Police obtained a search warrant and seized several firearms from Smith’s house.
A man is under arrest for threatening a Starbucks employee with a spatula he stole from McDonalds. Thirty-eight-year-old Bryan Walker grabbed the employee by the neck and threated to kill her with the spatula if an officer came any closer. Police used a stun gun to take him into custody. The woman wasn’t hurt.
Charleston Mayor Amy Goodwin, and other local officials, are taking exception to President Trump’s remarks that West Virginia doesn’t need federal resources. They sent a letter to Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito asking for federal help, and that those resources are needed now.
The Clendenin Health Center is using a triage tent in their parking lot to screen patients for COVID-19 symptoms before going into the clinic. Symptoms include an over 100-degree fever, shortness of breath, or a dry cough, or if you’ve been to an area where you could have been exposed to the virus.