News Staff The Justice family has reached a settlement with longtime lender Carter Bank and Trust. Both parties are asking that a federal lawsuit be dismissed. Governor Justice says he is very pleased with the final outcome. No details have been released.
The “Do it for Babydog: Round 2” Vaccination Sweepstakes is underway. Governor Justice was on the road Thursday giving away more prizes, including a brand new BMW, a pontoon boat, and two full-ride college scholarships. Round two of the sweepstakes will last until October 3rd.
State InterAgency Task Force Director Jim Hoyer says that West Virginia is about to hit a “really bad patch.” There are over seven-hundred COVID-19 patients in the hospital, and over two-hundred in intensive care. Active COVID-19 cases are over 18-thousand.
Fireworks at Live on the Levee will affect traffic on both sides of the river tonight. Parts of Kanawha Boulevard will be shut down starting at 3:00 p.m., and Starting at 7:00 p.m. Porter Road and MacCorkle Avenue will shut down to westbound traffic.
Construction is under way on a new Frito-Lay distribution center in Teays Valley. The 70-thousand-square-foot facility is expected to be done in the spring. The center is bringing both construction jobs, and daily operations once it’s complete. Eight subcontractors are working on the building. Half of them are local companies.
Kanawha County deputies are investigating after a 32-year-old man was hit and killed on Kelley’s Creek Road in Cedar Grove. The driver stayed on the scene and is cooperating with police.
State Troopers are investigating after a woman was found in the back of a trash truck. Investigators believe she was trying to get out of the rain earlier this week and crawled into a dumpster in the Stollings area. She died at the hospital.
Long-term care facilities were once ground zero for COVID-19 outbreaks and community spread, but West Virginia’s data shows the number of active cases inside facilities is slowly trending down. Five facilities in the state have 10 or more residents with COVID-19, according to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. They said they … Read more
Project managers said blasting work will happen again today near the Interstate 64 St. Albans interchange (Exit 44). The blasting is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Five to 10 minutes prior to the blast, traffic will temporarily be paced on both I-64 eastbound and westbound. Traffic will be temporarily held at the I-64 eastbound/westbound on-ramps at … Read more
A man was killed after he was hit by a car early Thursday morning. Dispatchers said the call came in around 5:30 a.m. on Kelleys Creek Road in Cedar Grove. Kanawha County deputies said the man was hit by a truck as he was walking in the right land. The driver stayed at the scene … Read more