News Staff

The state Senate passed a bill that will allow Bible classes in public schools. The bill allows public high school to offer Bible-based social studies courses. It now heads to the Governor’s desk.

Governor Justice says people should go about their daily lives, and not cancel any travel plans because of fear over the coronavirus. Justice had a briefing from medical officials yesterday. Three people in the state are being tested for COVID-19, but there are no known cases of the virus in West Virginia.

The West Virginia House of Delegates passed an over four-and-a-half-billion-dollar state budget. The bill now goes back to the Senate, where more changes are expected. The budget includes funding to eliminate the waitlist for intellectual and developmental disabilities waivers, which is a top priority for Governor Justice.

A West Virginia State Trooper is okay after a head-on crash with a wrong way driver on I-79 north of Morgantown. The 87-year-old man was heading north in the southbound lane, and was confused about how to get on the correct side of the interstate. He wasn’t hurt in the crash.

The state Capitol building was evacuated yesterday morning when a fire alarm went off while the House and Senate were in session. There was no smoke or fire, but the building was cleared as a precaution. Charleston fire and Capitol police are investigating.

A man who sexually assaulted an infant will spend the rest of his life in prison. Richard Smith II was sentenced up to 775 in prison for abusing the baby at a South Charleston home in 2015.

A former postal service worker has been sentenced to six-months in jail for selling pot along his mail route. Fifty-five-year-old Michael Morton admitted to using his postal truck to deliver packages of marijuana that came in through the post office.

The state Division of Natural Resources is beginning a project to bring back bobwhite quail back into the Mountain State over a five-year period. The project is being done at the Tomblin Wildlife Management Area in Logan County, and the DNR is working with the Texas Parks and Wildlife agency. Last week, 48 birds were … Read more

Huntington has filled an empty seat on its City Council. At a special meeting Tuesday night the Council appointed Democrat Charles Shaw to the third district seat, which represents the downtown area. Five people were interviewed for that seat that was previously held by council vice-chair Alex Vence, who says he resigned in February.

There are nine new Gordman’s across West Virginia now providing new job opportunities. In Logan, dozens gathered for the grand opening of Gordman’s Tuesday morning. Gordman’s also made a donation to Logan High School for a $1,000.