News Staff The City of Charleston removed a plaque from Ruffner Memorial Park that had ties to the Daughters of Confederacy. Mayor Goodwin said the plaque “needed to be taken out.” It was part of the Kanawha Riflemen Monument that was dedicated in 1922.
A man from Barbour County was stopped by security at Yeager Airport Sunday after the Transportation Security Administration detected a gun in his carry-on bag. The man had a .22 caliber revolver loaded with 13 bullets with one in the chamber and 21 additional loose bullets in the bag. Yeager Airport Police were notified and … Read more
A small group met Sunday and talked about the change they want to see around town. The first ‘Charleston Community Talks’ meeting gave people the chance to talk about big things like the education and healthcare systems all the way down to community issues like the need for more trash cans in some neighborhoods. In … Read more
The West Virginia State Museum at the state Capitol Complex announced it will reopen to visitors on Tuesday, July 7. The museum will reopen under its normal business hours, which are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. The gift shop also will reopen that day. The maximum occupancy for the museum will be … Read more
Historic Powerball winner Jack Whittaker has died at 73. Whittaker won the $315 million Powerball jackpot on Christmas night in 2002, which at the time was the largest jackpot ever won by a single ticket in American lottery history. Before he won the lottery, Whittaker owned three construction companies. Following the win, Whittaker was robbed … Read more
Senior citizens who are not currently receiving any kind of meal assistance can get free meal boxes from a summer feeding program in Putnam County. The Senior Summer Feeding Program is available for anyone age 60 and older and their household members, regardless of their age. The Putnam County Aging Program, Inc. is partnering with … Read more
State education officials are releasing three surveys to get public input on reopening schools in the fall. The surveys are posted on the West Virginia Department of Education website.
Two people were hurt when a car crashed into a house in Dunbar. The vehicle hit a transformer, knocking out power to more than a thousand people. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
Hundreds of people are being asked to quarantine after someone at a gym in Morgantown tested positive for COVID-19 Anyone who was at the Planet Fitness on Fort Pierpont Drive should get tested.
There are fifteen new cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, for a total of almost three-thousand cases. The state’s positive test rate dropped to just over one-percent.