News Staff A West Virginia woman who faked her own death to get out of a fraud charge has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison. Julie M. Wheeler was sentenced for defrauding a federal health care program and now faces local charges for reporting a false emergency, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Mike … Read more
The annual Charleston Boulevard Rod Run & Doo Wop has been canceled for 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The event’s board of directors voted to cancel the 15th annual event which was originally scheduled for Sept. 30 through Oct. 4. Anyone who is a registered participant, sponsor or vendor who already paid for the … Read more
It has been difficult for restaurants and other local businesses to make it during the pandemic, and some have been receiving help from their landlord. The Charleston Urban Renewal Authority has been forgiving rent for the four restaurant properties it owns: Black Sheep, First Watch and Subway on Summers Street in Charleston, as well as … Read more
Snowshoe Mountain Resort will open tomorrow for it’s summer season. Activities need to be prearranged to control crowdes, and masks are encouraged.
The Kanawha Public Library is now open in its temporary location at Charleston Town Center. The library will be at the mall for about two-years while their Capitol Street building undergoes a 24-million-dollar renovation.
The West Virginia Power won’t play ball. Major League Baseball is canceling the 2020 Minor League Baseball season. The MLB will have a sixty-game season starting later this month.
There are seventeen new cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, for a total of over 29-hundred. The positive test rate is up slightly to around one-point-seven-percent.
Governor Justice is moving money around to balance the state budget. Most of the money was moved from Medicaid funding to the general budget to cover the nearly 200-million-dollar shortfall. There won’t be any cuts to Medicaid, because of additional money from the federal government.
A Sissonville High School football coach has tested positive for COVID-19. The coach worked with a small group of athletes last week, and those players have been contacted. Practices are canceled for the rest of the week as a precaution.
Starting Sunday, drivers and passengers on KRT buses will be required to wear face masks. If you don’t have one, the driver will give you a free mask. Official say it’s “prudent” to slow down the spread of COVID-19.