News Staff The state will offer more options for WIC families affected by a recall of powered infant formula. The program will offer Similac, Enfamil, and Gerber products as well as some private label brands to help combat the formula shortage. The Department of Agriculture and the CDC are investigating four complaints of sick babies related to … Read more
The state Senate approved a budget bill that closely mirrors the governor’s four-point-65-billion-dollar budget request. Senators made just over nine-million-dollars in tweaks, allocating two-million-dollars to the Department of Tourism, over a million-dollars for sexual assault intervention, and almost two-million-dollars to WVU. It was a different story in the House. The finance committee made significant changes … Read more
Another sign that we might be turning the corner in the pandemic is that the National Guard is making plans to leave hospital duty. Since mid-January hundreds of guard members have been assisting with staff shortages at hospitals across the state. That tour of duty will end on March 11th.
A man is under arrest for intentionally hitting a task force agent with his car, and then ramming into a Pike County Sheriff’s cruiser. Two officers were hurt. Forty-eight-year-old Keith McGuin was wanted on weapons charges and is now facing attempted murder charges.
A man led police on a high-speed chase across state line, and one point reaching speeds of over one-hundred-miles-per-hour. It started in Mason County and ended when Cody Kinzel crashed into a telephone pole in Pomeroy. He hit at least one car on his way into Ohio. Kinzel is being treated for a head injury.
A U.S. Marshal task force agent is in critical condition after being injured while executing an arrest warrant in Pike County, Ohio. A suspect is in custody.
There’s still no sign of a missing Mason County woman who disappeared over a week ago. Volunteers spent the day searching for Grace Smith in the McClintic Wildlife Management Area, where her car was found. The family is offering a five-thousand-dollar reward for information to help find Smith.
A Putnam County postal worker was hurt when she was attacked by two dogs on Riffie Ridge Road in the Red House area. She suffered severe lacerations to her face, arms and chest, and is in stable condition. Both dogs were put down at the scene.
The investigation into a fire at the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind is closed. Investigators were not able to determine the cause of a blaze that destroyed an administration building. More than thirty state and federal investigators were unable to determine a cause, citing extensive damage from the February 26th fire, which … Read more
Spring is just days away, and it’s time to clean up Charleston. Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin announced the dates for this year’s citywide spring cleanup in Charleston. The city teams up with the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection to help clean up and beautify the neighborhoods. Goodwin said this has been a priority for … Read more