News Staff Construction got underway Monday on a FedEx Ground distribution center in south Parkersburg. A 250,000-square-foot facility is planned to be operational at the site in 2022, according to The Parkersburg News and Sentinel. It will employ a mix of full- and part-time workers and also will contract for package pickup and delivery services. A Fed-Ex … Read more
The Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association has had another successful year rescuing pets from various situations. When Hurricane Ida approached Mississippi and threatened animal shelters there, representatives from the local shelter traveled to Mississippi to move more than three hundred dogs and cats out of the storm’s path. The shelter says it still has a few Hurricane … Read more
The number of active COVID-19 cases in West Virginia dropped during the holiday weekend despite the addition of nearly 3,500 new positive cases in the three-day span. The state added 3,450 new positive COVID-19 cases since Friday, according to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. Despite the additions, active cases in West … Read more
A man in Kenova has been charged after an altercation with a family member led to a gunshot being fired. 19-year old Jeremiah P. Estep is accused a firing a single shot toward two family members during an altercation last Wednesday, according to the Kenova Police Department. He has been charged with two counts of … Read more
A West Virginia businessman has filed pre-candidacy paperwork for the governor’s race in 2024. The filing this week means Chris Miller, the son of U.S. Rep. Carol Miller, can begin raising funds for the gubernatorial race. The Gazette-Mail pointed out that Miller is part of the management team of Dutch Miller Auto Group, along with … Read more
A Fayette County man was arrested after deputies said he allegedly beat a woman with baseball bat. 74-year old Arnold D. Maddy of Scarbro is accused of striking his wife with a baseball bat while she slept at their home along Plum Orchard Lake Road. The Fayette County Sheriff’s Office said when deputies arrived the … Read more
A man in Logan County has been charged after deputies said he broke into a woman’s home Friday morning. 23-year old Kenneth Ray Farley is accused of breaking a sliding glass door and another door inside a home along Guyandotte River Road. The Logan County Sheriff’s Office said Farley was charged with burglary, petit larceny, … Read more
Police connected two St. Albans men to a larceny report at a church where damages exceeded $10,000. The incident occurred Saturday morning at the St. Albans Church of the Nazarene on Hansford Street, and St. Albans Police said they arrived on the scene to discover Rocco DeLeonardis of St. Albans fleeing the area. A short … Read more
West Virginia election officials will mail postcards this week to nearly 170,000 registered voters to confirm their address. Secretary of State Mac Warner said voters can respond by scanning the QR code on the postcard, online at ovr.sos.wv.gov or by mailing the postage-paid card to their county clerk. The cards are going to registered voters … Read more
A Civil War veteran is getting his gravestone, nearly 120 years after his death. At Mt. Zion Cemetery in Wheeling, there’s a history that dates back to 1863 – with veterans of different wars buried there. WCHS TV estimated two thousand veterans are buried there and one of those is Charles James Fonner, a Civil … Read more