News Staff The trucking industry is short some 80,000 drivers and President Joe Biden is highlighting his efforts to address a truck driver shortage. The President pointed to new apprenticeship programs and efforts to attract veterans and women to the key part of the supply system undermined by the pandemic. Schooling is still required at places like … Read more
West Virginia has removed dozens of deaths from its official COVID-19 count after a review found nearly all of them were not related to the coronavirus. The Department of Health and Human Resources lowered its death count since the start of the pandemic from 6,839 to 6,716. Three percent of the deaths reported in 2021 … Read more
Some of the top high school football seniors in West Virginia from the 2021 season will hit the field June 11 at South Charleston High School’s Black Eagle Stadium. The annual WCHS-TV/FOX 11 North-South All-Star Football Classic will feature 76 of the top players. The 2022 North team will be guided by Musselman High School’s … Read more
Charleston voters will get a chance to hear from at-large City Council candidates running for office in the May 10 primary at an upcoming forum. The town hall forum will be streamed live starting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, on wchstv.com, the Eyewitness News Facebook page and Charleston Main Streets’ social media platforms. There … Read more
Students, parents and community members went to the Cabell County Board of Education meeting on Tuesday to voice their concerns about things that were allegedly said during a dress code assembly at Huntington East Middle School on Friday. Students tell Eyewitness News that the principal, De Perry, called all girls to an assembly where she … Read more
Julio Almonte from Bronx, New York pleaded guilty this week to his role in a wire fraud scheme that ued stolen identities buy two new trucks worth more than $100,000 from a pair of Charleston dealerships. Court documents show Almonte traveled to West Virginia in June 2018 to buy the trucks using fraudulent ID cards … Read more
Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge Joanna Tabit issued a stern warning Monday to lawyers in the ongoing murder case of a man accused of killing a Charleston teenager that she will not push the trial back any further. Dekotis Thomas was indicted last year for first-degree murder in the April 2021 shooting of Capital High … Read more
State Fair of West Virginia’s entertainment lineup expanded this week with the announcement that country star Walker Hayes will take the stage. Fair officials announced in a tweet that country music star Hayes and special guest Tigirlily will wrap up the fair’s concert series on Aug. 20. Classic rock group Foreigner also is performing at … Read more
Supply chain issues continue to impact West Virginia and President Joe Biden believes his administration’s Trucking Action Plan will help. The goal is to improve access to trucking jobs and fair compensation as it helps ease supply chain issues. The President said this week there are now 35,000 more trucking jobs than there were before … Read more
One person was injured in an lawn mower crash in the Cross Lanes area Monday. Kanawha County deputies said the crash was reported in the 5000 block of Luray Lane and a man was injured when his lawn mower rolled over a hillside. The incident was initially reported as an ATV crash. The extent of … Read more