News Staff Governor Justice’s family companies received over six-million-dollars from a federal rescue package to keep small businesses afloat during the pandemic. At least six Justice family businesses received the Paycheck Protection Program loans, including the Greenbrier Resort.
There are more than one-hundred new cases of the virus statewide, bringing the total to over 34-hundred. The death toll remains at 95. The positive test rate is up slightly to one-point-eight-percent.
Governor Justice is making face masks mandatory when you enter any building, other than your own home. Governor Justice says it’s a necessary step because of the rising number of COVID-19 cases in West Virginia.
A Berkeley County woman is pleading guilty after fleeing to Mexico with classified national security documents. Elizabeth Jo Shirley pleaded guilty to willful retention of national security information that was classified at “top secret” She’s accused taking her six-year-old daughter to Mexico to make contact with Russian officials to resettle in a country that would … Read more
Former Richwood Mayor, Chris Drennen, pleaded not guilty to three felony charges linked to mishandling flood relief money. She’s accused of paying herself a month before a recover team was formed, as well as months after the team disbanded.
Charleston City Council unanimously passed Black Live Matter resolution that reaffirms the city’s anti-racism policies and ordinances. The council also approved donating the Kanawha Rifleman plaque to a museum. It was removed from Ruffner Park because of its Confederate history.
Stonewall Jackson’s name will be removed from a middle school on Charleston’s West Side. The Kanawha County Board of Education voted unanimously to change the name. A new name will be chosen by October.
One person has died and two others were injured after a shooting at a large party early Monday in Charleston. 33-year old Darius Lucas, of Charleston, was shot multiple times about 1 a.m. Sunday in the 600 block of South Park Road, according to a Charleston Police Department news release. He died on his way … Read more
The West Virginia State Museum is set to reopen today. The museum and its gift shop in the Culture Center at the state Capitol Complex in Charleston will be limited to 52 people at one time. Visitors will be encouraged to wear face masks, will have their temperatures taken upon entry, and will be asked … Read more
West Virginia Turnpike traffic shows that July 4 holiday travel was down from last year but trending better than Memorial Day when traffic showed a 26 percent decline. Compared to 2015 when July Fourth fell on the same day, it was off 20 percent, according to Parkways boss Greg Barr. Turnpike officials also looked at … Read more