News Staff The West Virginia House of Delegates rejected a bill to push back the start of the school year. The bill called for the school year to start no earlier than September 1st, and end no later than June 7th. Delegates against the say it should be left up to the counties to decide.
West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin says there are witnesses with pertinent information and they should be called to testify in President Trump’s impeachment trial. Manchin says he hasn’t decided how he will vote. He’s viewed as moderate democrat in the Senate.
Authorities are looking for an inmate who escaped from the Parkersburg Correction Center. Twenty-eight-year-old Jeremey Johnson removed his ankle monitor while he was out on a pass. Johnson is serving up to 40-years for breaking and entering.
A stolen West Virginia State Police Humvee was found in the garage of an abandoned home in Campbell’s Creek. Troopers are trying to determine if the vehicle was sold as surplus, and the markings were never removed, or if it was stolen from a detachment.
The suspect in a shooting at Kulture Hookah Bar during a New Year’s Eve party is facing a federal indictment. Thirty-year-old Kymonie Davis is charged with malicious wounding and wanton endangerment, and a felon in possession of ammunition. Seven people were shot and injured at the Huntington bar.
The Kanawha County School Board has a new superintendent. Dr. Tom Williams will take over are current superintendent, Dr. Ron Duerring, retires in June. Williams has been deputy superintendent for six years.
A possibly stolen West Virginia State Police vehicle was recovered Wednesday morning in the Campbells Creek area. Kanawha County deputies got a tip about its location and found the Humvee in the garage of an abandoned house along Clover Drive. The investigation has been handed back over to troopers who are working to determine if … Read more
Families in Lincoln County are looking for answers after what they are calling a string of bullying incidents. At Tuesday’s School Board meeting, parents pleaded for the school board’s help to put an end to bullying. WCHS TV reported most guardians agreed bullying is an ongoing issue throughout the school system and kids don’t feel … Read more
A health director in Cabell County says new data shows the spread of HIV is slowing following an outbreak of the disease over the past year. The Herald-Dispatch reports the Cabell-Huntington Health Department Medical Director said that from October to January only two new HIV cases were documented in Cabell. That is down compared to … Read more
After much debate, the West Virginia House of Delegates has rejected a bill to set a school calendar in the state. House members shot down the measure 50-47. It called for the first day of the school year to start no earlier than Sept. 1 and no later than June. 7. In West Virginia, 54 … Read more