News Staff An Ohio man was stopped by TSA officers at Yeager Airport this week before carrying a firearm onto his flight. The man had a .380 caliber firearm that was not loaded and told officers he forgot that he had the gun with him. He faces a possible federal civil penalty for bringing a gun to … Read more
West Virginia health officials reported two new COVID-19 deaths Wednesday and 382 new positive cases. The state Department of Health and Human Resources reported the deaths of a 75-year-old man from Cabell County and an 86-year-old man from Morgan County. Active cases were at 2,848 with 118 of those the Delta variant.
Kentucky State Police drive the best looking police cruisers in the country. Kentuckky won the “2021 Best Looking Cruiser Contest,” Ohio finished second, and West Virginia State Police came in just out of the top ten in 11th place.
The registration deadline for the “Do it for Babydog” vaccination sweepstakes is being extended because a system glitch caused registration to close early. The new deadline is this Sunday at midnight. The final round ow prize winners will be announced on Tuesday, August 10th.
Active COVID-19 cases in West Virginia have more than doubled in two weeks. DHHR is reporting almost 26-hundred active cases, and five additional deaths. Fewer than twenty counties are in green on the state’s COVID-19 alert map. Marshall County is the only red county.
The Center for Disease Control and prevention is recommending access to sterile syringes to control the HIV outbreak in Kanawha County. The CDC’s Epi-Aid report recommends expanding access to clean syringe services through harm reduction programs.
A man is under arrest for stealing an ambulance from CAMC General. Twenty-nine-year-old Christopher Werhle drove off from the hospital’s ER entrance and ditched the ambulance near the Greyhound Bus Station. He was later found on Leon Sullivan Way.
A Nelsonville, Ohio police officer is dead after crashing his car while responding to a shots fired call. Officer Scott Dawley got into a three-vehicle crash near the Rocky Boots Outlet store. The driver of the second car is in serious condition. The driver of the third car suffered minor injuries.
A man, accused of killing his 94-year-old grandfather, is back in West Virginia. Thirty-six-year-old Seth Donald was arrested in California over a year ago and was finally extradited back to Huntington. Donald confessed to the crime to California authorities. A hearing is scheduled for Thursday.
The state Board of Education is expected to release guidance on masks this afternoon. The Kanawha Board of Education is requiring elementary school students to wear masks, but several counties like Putnam, Cabell, Lincoln and Logan are waiting for guidance from the state.