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An inmate in federal prison has been charged in the death of another inmate. 34-year old Joenell Rice was indicted on charges of voluntary manslaughter and assault in the 2017 death of an inmate at U.S. Penitentiary Hazelton in Bruceton Mills. U.S. Attorneys said Rice is accused of hitting an inmate identified only as “D.G.” … Read more

The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office has temporary space now across the street while its facility is being remodeled and an addition is being built. For the next 1 1/2 to 2 years, the sheriff’s office location will be at #9 Court Street on the main road in the middle of Winfield. A Facebook post from … Read more

Mountain Health Network officials are warning that their hospitals have reached an all-time high level of COVID-19 patients, most of them unvaccinated. Both Cabell Huntington Hospital and St. Mary’s Medical Center had a combined total of 115 patients hospitalized last week going beyond the previous peak of 109 in December 2020. The hospital network said … Read more

Health officials in Kanawha County reported another COVID-19-related death Saturday along with 200 new positive cases. The latest death, a 69-year-old woman who was not fully vaccinated, increased the county’s death toll to 354 since the start of the pandemic, according to the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department. The new positive cases pushed the active total to … Read more

The Mountaineers kickoff their home opener this afternoon at 5:00 against the Long Island University Sharks. Pregame tailgating and other game-day activities will resume. A capacity crowd is expected at Milan Puskar Stadium.

If you took advantage of the three-year E-ZPass deal in 2019, you’ll need to renew for 2022. A few hundred-thousand people enrolled in the three-year program, but now buying an E-Zpass will be on a yearly basis. Turnpike officials say it’s still a deal, and pays for itself in just two trips.

Former state lawmaker Derrick Evans will continue negotiations in his not guilty plea in connection to the January 6th riots at the U.S. Capitol. Lawyers say that more time is necessary to pursue plea negotiations with Evans. The judge agreed to put off further courtroom discussion until November tenth.

West Virginia University is expanding its mask mandate, and will require everyone on its campuses to wear masks indoors starting Monday. The requirement will remain in place through October sixth.

The Kanawha Charleston Health Department is asking for a million-dollar grant from the state Department of Health and Human Resources to establish a Monoclonal Antibody Clinic. The treatment is an infusion of COVID-19 antibodies after a person tests positive. Health Department Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sherri Young calls the treatment the last line of defense … Read more

Governor Justice is voicing his opposition to President Biden’s vaccine mandate. Justice says he believes the president is overstepping. The Biden administration is requiring all federal workers and contractors to get vaccinated and private employers with one-hundred or more employees will have to require workers to be vaccinated or tested weekly. Justice says that should … Read more