News Staff Major General James Hoyer says unvaccinated West Virginians are filling up hospital beds at an unsustainable rate. More than five-hundred people are hospitalized with the virus, and there are almost twelve-thousand active cases statewide. Twenty-four counties are red and twenty-six counties are orange on the COVID-19 alert map.
Charleston Area Medical Center is requiring all employees to get the COVID-19 vaccination. Workers will have to provide proof of vaccination by October 15th. The hospital says about 65-percent of its roughly eight-thousand workers are already vaccinated.
The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources is reviewing a study that shows one-third of deer in four states tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies. They suspect similar results in West Virginia, and will continue to monitor the local deer population, but it’s not enough to discourage deer hunting season that is only a few months … Read more
A five-year-old Cottageville boy who was found locked in the trunk of a car is off a ventilator and doing better at Women and children’s Hospital. His parents are charged with child neglect. Three other children were removed from the home.
A West Virginia Walmart worker is admitting to stealing over 120-thousand-dollars in gift cards over a five-month period. Sixty-three-year-old Kenneth Werkau is pleading guilty to wire fraud. He faces up to twenty-years in prison.
State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey was in U.S. Bankruptcy Court during closing arguments in the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy case. West Virginia is opposing a plan on how money from the maker of OxyContin should be distributed. Morrisey says it’s unfair to split up the more than four-billion-dollar settlement based on population.
Charleston Mayor Amy Goodwin wants to give $500 to all city workers who are fully vaccinated. Mayor Goodwin announced this week that she sent a letter to the City Council requesting approval for either a cash payment or a $500 health savings account contribution to eligible employees. Workers must have at least two doses of … Read more
The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department was closed for about fifteen minutes Wednesday morning after a vehicle hit a gas meter near the building. Metro 911 said the incident happened around 11 a.m. The building is located on Lee Street in Charleston. The fire department checked the building and advised that it could reopen.
Court records said a mother and her boyfriend were charged in Jackson County after a 4-year-old boy was found wandering alone, and a deputy found his empty apartment in disarray with the door open. Justin Casto and Aaliyah Pauley, both of Ripley, were both charged with child neglect creating risk of serious injury or death, … Read more
One person is in the hospital after an accident involving a Cabell County ambulance. The accident happened at the 5th Street intersection, right before the I-64 entrance Tuesday evening. Dispatchers said the ambulance and another vehicle were involved in the crash. There were no patients in the ambulance.