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City Council is approving ninety tasers for the Charleston Police Department. The total price tag is just under three-hundred-thousand-dollars. Earlier this year, Mayor Amy Goodwin requested that Police Chief Tyke Hunt to submit a plan of action that would train all officers in de-escalation and use of non-lethal force. That request came after a use-of-force … Read more

Portsmouth police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 20-year old man. Timothy Perkins was shot multiple times on Eck Court. No arrests have been made.

The Sunday search for a missing woman in the Spruce Knob Recreation Area fails to provide any new clues. Twenty-four-year-old Cassie Sheetz went missing in March after she reportedly went for a hike with two men in that area. The mother of the missing woman said she was not surprised the search came up empty … Read more

The Senate Redistricting Committee will be looking over maps again tomorrow. The redistricting ideas continue to flow, there now 21 different map versions to select from. As early as next week, a special redistricting legislative session could be in the works.

The downward trend of hospitalizations is good news for everyone, however, several hospital systems are still at or above capacity. Mon Health President and CEO David Goldberg says some of their hospitals are still finding it difficult to find space for patients. Goldberg points out that certain pockets have a higher concentration of unvaccinated, and … Read more

As expected, the Monday morning report from the state Department of Health and Human Resources included several deaths. After a weekend with no deaths reported, nearly two-dozen names were added to the growing list yesterday. The total death toll from COVID keeps inching closer to the 38-hundred mark.

After 12 years, the Charleston Sternwheel Regatta is returning in 2022. Charleston Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin confirmed the return of the Regatta for July 1-4, 2022, according to a news release from the city. The event ended in 2009.

A man sought in connection with a stolen vehicle and a pursuit that ended with a police cruiser crash has been taken into custody. 25-year old Timothy Workman of Lincoln County, was arrested in Kanawha County on Friday. St. Albans Police Chief Joe Crawford said Workman was originally wanted in connection with a stolen vehicle … Read more

West Virginia University Medicine Wheeling Hospital is working to regain a higher designation for its trauma center. The hospital was downgraded recently from a Level II to a Level IV trauma center following a survey with the American College of Surgeons. The survey was done in 2019 and all gaps and deficiencies identified have been … Read more

Governors in West Virginia and Kentucky ordered flags on state property to be flown at half-staff over the weekend in honor of fallen firefighters who died in the past year. West Virginia honored James Ward of the Logan Fire Department; Mark Horwich of the Clover Roane Volunteer Fire Department; Zachary Blankenship of the Montcalm Volunteer … Read more