News Staff Police are investigating after a man walked into the emergency room at CAMC General with a gunshot wound. The shooting happened on Patrick Street, and someone drove the victim to the hospital, but he is not cooperating with police.
A man is under arrest after a stabbing in Mingo County. Two men got into a fight and stabbed each other in Dingess, then one the men forced a woman to drive him to Charleston. While she was pumping gas, he sped off with a baby in the backseat. He crashed the car on the … Read more
West Virginia State University President Nicole Pride has resigned. The school’s Board of Governor’s accepted her resignation immediately. Earlier this month, senior cabinet members called for Pride’s removal after accusing her of using condescending and abusive dialogue. West Virginia State University Vice President and Chief of Staff Ericke Cage will take over until an interim … Read more
The federal eviction moratorium ends today. People who are behind on their rent could face eviction. Social service agencies in West Virginia have been preparing for the worst. Nearly 24-percent of West Virginians are at risk. If you are behind on rent or utility bills, you can all 211 for help, and reach out to … Read more
West Virginia’s Sales Tax Holiday is underway. You will not be charged the state’s six-percent sales tax on items like clothes, school supplies, sporting equipment, and computers. The Sales Tax Holiday runs through Monday.
Miners from West Virginia, Alabama, Pennsylvania and Ohio are in New York City, striking against investors of Warrior Met Coal. The United Mine Workers of America says miners gave over one-billion-dollars in concessions while the company emerged from bankruptcy and made over three-billion-dollars.
The West Virginia National Guard is expecting a six-million-dollar reimbursement check. Congress passed a bill to reimburse the National Guard for responding to Washington D.C. after eh January 6th riot at the U.S. Capitol. The Senate approved over 500-million-dollars for National Guard units across the country.
Governor Justice says a new vaccine booster study will begin immediately. The goal is to help health experts determine if antibodies are diminishing for people who were vaccinated early in the pandemic. Participants in the trial will get a booster shot of the Pfizer vaccine. One-hundred cases of the Delta variant have been confirmed in … Read more
The Basketball Tournament, that took place at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center earlier this month, had an over eight-and-a-half-million-dollar impact on the areas economy. Best Virginia, a West Virginia University alumni team, and Herd That, a Marshall alumni team, were the host teams for the regional.
A 20-year-old South Charleston man is facing animal cruelty charges. Police conducted a welfare check at a home on East Village Drive, when he told officers he overdosed his cat and decapitated it with a machete.