News Staff Gas prices in West Virginia are jumping to some of the highest rates in the country. The price for a gallon of unleaded regular is $3.11. That’s below the U.S. average of $3.20 a gallon. But AAA said if this were a race to increase prices, West Virginia would be tied for 9th with a … Read more
SNAP benefits are increasing. Families should notice a difference in their October benefits. The increase comes as part of the USDA’s review of the food stamp program required under the 2018 farm bill. The increased benefit will be around 36-dollars per person, per month. The maximum benefit for a family of four with be 835-dollars … Read more
The overall well-being of children in the state is improving. New data from West Virginia Kids Count shows the state 43rd overall in economic well-being, which is up from 48th last year. There are gains in education with more seniors graduating from high school. Poverty is still the biggest challenge among low ranking counties like … Read more
WVU is extending its indoor mask mandate until October 20th. The vaccination rate for students and staff is less than eighty-percent. The number of positive cases on campus remains much lower than the state-wide average.
The state Department of Health and Human Resources is reporting almost nine-hundred new case of COVID-19. There are over eleven-thousand active cases, and five more people died. There are just under nine-hundred patients in the hospital. All those numbers are improving, and more than 24-thousand West Virginians have received a booster shot.
West Virginia’s congressional delegation is asking for additional Regeneron monoclonal antibody doses as health care facilities remain overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients. The state is asking for three-thousand weekly doses, but federal health officials denied the request.
A special session is anticipated next week to consider new legislative maps. The Senate Redistricting Committee plans to meet this afternoon to discuss over twenty proposed congressional maps. The legislature is trying to split the state in half after losing a third congressional seat when the Census determined West Virginia’s population is shrinking.
The Charleston Boulevard Rod Run and Doo Wop car show rolls into the capital city this afternoon with a parade beginning at 4 p.m. The parade starts at Magic Island and will wind its way through downtown and end at Cabela’s. There will be rolling road closures. Doo Wop events will continue through Saturday.
A Berkeley Springs man will spend the rest of his life in prison for killing his girlfriend’s teenage daughter. Jurors in Morgan County Circuit Court sentenced Andy McCauley Jr. to life in prison for the 2019 slaying of 15-year-old Riley Crossman.
A young mother is asking the public for help in finding her stolen minivan. Someone swiped the van last month from her driveway on Garrison Avenue. She says without transportation, she hasn’t been able to work or take her son to daycare. Charleston police are investigating. They are looking for a silver 2008 Chrysler Town … Read more