News Staff The state Higher Education Policy Commission is revoking the ability of Vienna-based Ohio Valley University to confer degrees. The school says it will not offer classes in the spring semester. OVU has been on probation for a number of issues, including financial and record keeping problems.
Walmart in Ashland is closed for the weekend to sanitize the store. The company says it’s part of an ongoing initiative to clean and sanitize their stores in response to an uptick in COVID numbers. The store will reopen Sunday morning.
West Virginia’s COVID-19 numbers are sky rocketing. Active cases have doubled since Thanksgiving to over nine-thousand. That’s up from around 76-hundred last week. The number of COVID patients in the hospital has jumped to over six-hundred. Governor Justice is sounding the alarm for COVID booster shots as cold weather forces more people indoors, specifically during … Read more
Ramp harvesting will no longer be allowed within New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, Gauley River National Recreation Area, and Bluestone National Scenic River starting on Jan. 1. Park biologists determined the ramp population is too small to support harvesting, and that continued collection would jeopardize the spcies.
The state’s director of the office of Emergency Medical Services is off the job. Brian Shreves was suspended this week while an investigation is on-going. The Department of Health and Human Resources Bureau for Public Health is no saying why Sreves was suspended, or the nature of the investigation.
A man is under arrest for falsely reporting a student at Vinton High School had a gun. The school was placed on lockdown as a precaution. Thirty-nine-year-old Lonnie Mace Jr. made the call. Investigators say the false accusation stemmed from a family dispute.
A Logan County woman is under arrest after a bag full of drugs fell out of her jacket. Police responded to a C-and-L station in Mallory after a woman was found passed out in her vehicle. When officers searched the woman, they found the bag containing almost ten-thousand-dollars’ worth of meth, fentanyl, and Suboxone, and … Read more
One of the suspects accused of vandalizing the memorial for fallen Charleston police officer Cassie Johnson, is now facing additional charges. Twenty-six-year Michael White is accused of breaking and entering into a home on Garrison Avenue, in a separate incident. The victim says White used a hammer and pry bar to break into his home … Read more
A Hurricane man is under arrest for abusing his girlfriend’s 23-month-old toddler. Twenty-nine-year-old Justin Boggs turned himself in. He was watching the boy on Wednesday, and texted his girlfriend to tell her that the toddler had fallen down the steps, but doctors say the boy’s injuries told a different story. Both eyes were bruised; he … Read more
Greenbrier Street is open this morning…It was shut down last night after a pedestrian was hit and killed at Elkhart Drive. The driver stayed on the scene and is cooperating with police. No charges have been filed.