News Staff State health officials say there are more than twenty positive COVID-19 cases associated with churches in West Virginia since in-person services resumed. Governor Justice is encouraging social distancing by sitting in every other pew and wearing a mask.
There are fourteen new cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, for a total of almost 22-hundred positive cases statewide. The death toll remains at 85, and the positive test rate is below two-percent.
The Kanawha-Charlesotn Health Department has tested close to 35-hundred people for COVID-19. Another free testing event will be held Friday and Saturday at Univesity of Charleston Stadium at Laidley Field.
The winner of the 136-million-dollar Powerball jackpot wants to remain anonymous. The winning ticket was sold at a convenience store in Hinton earlier this month.
A Raleigh County man is charged with murder after a woman was found dead in a house fire. Investigators found 44-year-old Joseph Davis with the woman’s car in Summers County. He was arrested after a standoff with police.
A former Fairland High School Spanish teacher has pleaded guilty to having sex with a student and selling Adderall to friends. Thirty-year-old Amy Adkins faces up to eight-years in prison.
It might be next week before an official winner is declared for one of the seats on the state Supreme Court. Beckley attorney Bill Wooton holds a slim lead over Joanna Tabit with absentee votes still to be counted. Chief Justice Tim Armstead and Justice John Hutchison won their races on Tuesday.
Fayette County deputies said a man whose blood alcohol limited was twice the legal limit is charged in a hit-and-run incident after he sideswiped a vehicle and was pursued by the victim. Alan Sullivan of Mount Nebo faces charges after an incident on Deepwater Mountain Road just outside Oak Hill. Sullivan is charged with aggravated … Read more
Officials with Charleston Moose Lodge 1444 announced they have reached a sale and purchase agreement with a private corporation, but the lodge will not be closing. A message on the lodge’s Facebook page said they look forward to “rightsizing” the lodge and will reopen when everything is in place. The lodge is located in the … Read more
When students return to West Virginia public schools in the fall, school officials say things will be much different. State School Superintendent W. Clayton Burch talked about the re-entry of students into school Wednesday during a state Board of Education meeting. Burch said school will likely not be five days a week at first. The … Read more