News Staff The governor announced this week that West Virginia is selling its four state-owned long-term care facilities to Marx Development Group for $60 million. The development group’s purchase includes plans to build a minimum of three and up to five new facilities to replace the old ones, according to Eyewitness News. The facilities – located in … Read more
A Georgia man who pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm has been sentenced. 43-year old Jeremiah Gray of Blue Ridge, Georgia, has been sentenced to one year and four months in prison, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia. Police … Read more
A Fayette County man is facing serious charges after deputies found a large amount of copper wire in his vehicle during a traffic stop. According to the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office, Lawson Shaffer of Oak Hill was pulled over on August 6th for several alleged traffic violations. But when deputies looked inside the vehicle, they … Read more
A man killed in a crash on Interstate 79 last week is believed to have fallen asleep while driving. 19-year old Devan Lawson of Ohio was killed in a crash while driving northbound near Elkview on Aug. 4, according to a news release from the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators think he fell asleep while … Read more
A long-awaited roadwork project is set to undergo more construction, according to the West Virginia Department of Highways website. Roadwork that started Monday closed the entrance to Jefferson Road/WV 601 south from US 60. The closure will not affect the Southbound sections of WV 601 past the South Charleston Community Center, according to the DoH. … Read more
Officials held the ribbon cutting this week for the new Meadows Elementary in Huntington. The new school replaces the old building on Washington Boulevard which was built in the 1930s. Eyewitness News said the school’s design pays tribute to Huntington’s railroad history, with floors that look like tracks and walls shaped like train tunnels. The … Read more
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection is giving you more time to share comments on the state’s water quality report after revisions were made. The changes cleard up a dataflow issue between WVDEP’s and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s databases, according to a news release. The issue caused some delisted streams to be excluded. … Read more
A former day care director in Cross Lanes has pleaded no contest to failing to report child abuse at the facility she once ran. 48-year-old Amy Williams had been set to stand trial, but instead took a plea deal of no contest to a single charge of failing to report abuse. Originally, she faced four … Read more
School is starting back, but one major change has been made. No cell phones will be allowed in West Virginia classrooms starting this school year. Governor Patrick Morrisey signed the bill nto law which prohibits cell phones in schools and gives the counties the power to decide how they’re going to do it. WCHS TV … Read more
Investigators are asking for the public’s help following a burglary and arson last week outside of Huntington. The incident was reported in the early morning hours of Aug. 8 in the 3500 block of James River Road in the Huntington portion of Wayne County, according to a news release from the West Virginia State Fire … Read more