News Staff The West Virginia Department of Tourism is releasing its fall foliage map. For the best views this weekend, head to north-central and eastern West Virginia where fall colors are between 75 and 100-percent.
The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department is urging people to be cautious this Labor Day weekend. Dr. Sherrie Young is reminding us to wash our hands, remain socially distant, and wear a mask indoors. The Health Department will have an additional holiday testing event on Sunday at their offices on Lee Street East.
West Virginia University’s Faculty Senate is approving a resolution that supports mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for all students and employees. It calls for mandatory vaccinations by January 1, 2022. More than 75-percent of students are already vaccinated, and over 70-percent of employees are vaccinated.
The West Virginia coronavirus task force is concerned that the spike in COVID-19 cases will overwhelm hospitals and force other procedures to be postponed. There are more than two-thousand new positive cases of the virus, and the number of active cases is almost 20-thousand. More than seven-hundred patients are in the hospital. A new model … Read more
This week marks the one-hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Blair Mountain in Logan County. It was the largest labor uprising in US history. The United Mine Workers of America retraced the miners’ march from Marmet to Racine. At least sixteen men died in the twelve-day battle.
Two men are dead after a pickup and motorcycle crashed on Thorofare Road in Clendenin. One of the vehicles crossed the center line. Both drivers died at the scene.
A Lewis County Sheriff’s Deputy shot and killed a robbery suspect after a high speed chase that ended in Weston. The suspect tried to rob a Hot Spot and led police on a chase. He rammed a police cruiser before officers used stop sticks to end the pursuit. Then he took off on foot and … Read more
State Police are looking for a mother and daughter who left Cross Lanes Thursday morning, and haven’t been heard from since. Eighty-one-year-old Brenda Curry and 56-year-old Wanda McClung were traveling to Ritchie County to pick up a grandchild, and no one has heard from them. A cell phone ping places them in Jackson County Thursday … Read more
A new lawsuit is being filed against a former teacher, and two former classroom aides at Horace Mann Middle School. They are now charged with abusing a third special needs child at the school. The Kanawha County Board of Education is also named as a defendant. The three are accused of dozens of instances of … Read more
Both Marshall and West Virginia are in Maryland to kick off the 2021 football season. The Mountaineers are in College Park to take on the Maryland Terrapins at 3:30…And the Thundering Herd is in Annapolis to open their season against Navy.