News Staff A college student from Hurricane pleaded guilty to entering the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 with supporters of former President Donald Trump. Gracyn Dawn Courtright entered the plea Monday to the misdemeanor count. Prosecutors agreed to dismiss a count of stealing government property. The FBI said Courtright was seen taking a “Members Only” sign near … Read more
Frontier Communications plans to hire 100 employees in West Virginia by the end of the year to support the company’s upcoming network expansion. Frontier said in a news release that it will hire cable splicers and outside plant technicians throughout the state. It’s part of the company’s national fiber-optic network expansion over the next three … Read more
The West Virginia Division of Highways said the Oakwood Road intersection project is nearly completed, and drivers soon will have a new traffic pattern on Corridor G in Charleston. The DOH said the project opens today and will be the first “R-Cut” in the state. “R-Cut” stands for restricted crossing U-turn. The design is meant … Read more
West Virginia State Police said two convicted felons face charges after a multi-county chase on the Turnpike in which the suspect vehicle struck a cruiser and reached speeds of 120 mph. Andre Lee of Lorain and Tamario Washington were taken into custody after an incident that began about 8:15 a.m. Sunday, according to a criminal … Read more
A man wanted for two Charleston murders who was arrested in Ohio after a violent standoff with police pleaded not guilty to an 8-count indictment against him via virtual hearing in Kanawha County Circuit Court on Monday. Dekotis Thomas of Charleston was indicted in May for murder in the April 7 shooting of Capital High … Read more
West Virginia has seen its highest number of weekly cases of the coronavirus in seven months, fueled by the more contagious delta variant. The 5,333 new positive cases reported statewide for the six-day period ending Saturday were the highest since more than 5,900 cases were reported for the seven-day week ending Jan. 17, according to … Read more
Virginia Tech rallied in the second half to beat top ranked Marshall 3-to-2 in the final soccer match of the Fairfield by Marriott Invitational hosted by James Madison at Sentara Park…WVU will host third ranked Pittsburgh tonight at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium.
More than half of West Virginia’s counties are red on the COVID-19 alert map. There are more than 12-hundred new cases of the virus, bringing the total to over 15-thousand active cases. Hospitalizations are up to almost 580.
The president of the American Federation of Teachers says Governor Justice should implement statewide mask and vaccine mandates for West Virginia schools. AFT President Randy Weingarten says its not new to require vaccines at schools. Last week Capital High School moved to virtual learning after reporting more than two-dozen positive COVID-19 cases.
The woman who took a five-year-old boy from his family and threw him into the Ohio River is being charged with kidnapping. A bystander rescued the boy and he wasn’t hurt when he was taken from his family at Harris Riverfront Park in Huntington.