News Staff Clay County High School seniors were honored over the weekend with a parade. Balloons, streamers and signs were on dozens of cars were on cars that moved through the parade for high school seniors, along with rising eighth graders and fifth graders.
Two more day care workers have tested positive for the coronavirus The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department said the two tested positive at drive-up clinics. The workers were from different facilities in Kanawha and Putnam County: Zion Child Development Center in Charleston and My Family Preschool and Childcare Center in Hurricane. Zion Child Development Center has been … Read more
#moms4masks is a social media campaign encouraging you to wear a mask when you are out in public. There is currently no requirement to wear masks in public in West Virginia, but health officials encourage their use. The campaign says you should wear a mask to keep mom safe this Mother’s Day weekend.
State health officials say they are ramping up testing of minority populations in West Virginia. Statewide more than seven-percent of COVID-19 cases have been African-American, while just over four-percent of the state’s population is African-American.
Governor Justice will open the Hatfield McCoy Trails on May 21st, just in time for the Memorial Day Weekend. He says there will be restrictions, including facemasks, and social distancing. Justice says he’s happy about reopening the trails, and the state has to strike a balance to maintain economic activity and safeguarding against spreading the … Read more
The WVU Athletic Department is cutting staff. Coaches and staff that make more than one-hundred-thousand-dollars will take a five-percent pay cut, and staff members making less than 100-thousand-dollars will see a two-and-a-half percent reduction. Sixty-five athletic employees were furloughed.
West Virginia University will furlough about 875 employees as a cost cutting measure in response to the coronavirus. The university expects to save around four-million-dollars. The temporary furloughs will go into effect May 24th, and employees will return to work June 28th or July 26th depending on operational needs. President Gordon Gee and other senior … Read more
Beckley police are looking for a man wanted in connection to a deadly shooting earlier this week. Twenty-seven-year-old Tremaine Jackson is wanted for shooting and killing a man in the Pet Supplies Plus parking lot Wednesday night.
A man died in a house fire in White Sulphur Springs. The blaze broke out in a garage apartment and the man left to get a fire extinguisher. When he returned he was injured and couldn’t escape. The state Fire Marshal’s Office says the cause of the fire was accidental.
A Kenna man is accused of threatening to break a boy’s legs. Twenty-four-year-old Tyler Smith is charged with child abuse. He was caught on video throwing the boy onto a couch and putting him in a leg lock. The child is expected to be okay.