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A 38-year-old man drowned in the pool at the Tri-County YMCA in Scott Depot. Workers found the man with special needs floating in the pool. They pulled him out and started CPR, but he died at CAMC.

As many as one-hundred West Virginias are planning to be at the U.S. Capitol today for a protest calling on Senator Joe Manchin to support President Biden’s over two-trillion-dollar American Jobs Plan.

Basketball fans have something to look forward to this coming weekend, with The Basketball Tournament coming to Charleston on July 17. Charleston’s CVB president Tim Brady told WCHS TV that he’s looking forward to the capital city being on a national stage. Games will be shown live from the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center on … Read more

Gov. Jim Justice and the state Department of Tourism announced the launch of a new program Monday that will showcase chefs across the state. Nominations are open for the inaugural class of the West Virginia Chef Ambassador Program which will be a partnership between the Department of Tourism and the top nine chefs in the … Read more

Job seekers might find their next gig at a Career Expo and Hiring Event this coming Friday in Charleston. The job fair will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Embassy Suites on Court Street in Charleston, according to organizers. The event is presented by Embassy Suites, Generation Charleston, Region 3 Workforce … Read more

Monongalia County health officials say they are seeing two to four new cases daily of Lyme disease. Symptoms include low grade fever, fatigue ad joint pain. The Monongalia County Health Department said it’s seeing new cases every day of the tick-borne illness. Lyme disease is usually caused by the bite of a blacklegged deer tick. … Read more

The man accused of murdering a Charleston police officer in the line of duty won’t go to trial until later this year. Joshua Phillips was indicted in April by a grand jury and faces the murder charge for the death of Charleston Patrolman Cassie Johnson last December as she was responding to a parking complaint … Read more

The charity known as the Long Live Will Washburn Foundation held it’s inaugural charity golf tournament in May at Sleepy Hollow Golf Club in Hurricane, and they’ve got another event coming up in September. The foundation will host 5k, 10k, or Half Marathon races in Will’s honor on September 25th. Registration is open now. The … Read more

Marshall University’s presidential search committee will begin a listening tour today to get input on who should be the successor President Jerome Gilbert. Most of the meetings will be held on the Marshall campus in Huntington but there are a few scheduled at the South Charleston campus.

Attorneys for the big three opioid distributors say they could wrap up their case a month ahead of schedule. The federal bench trial in the lawsuit filed by Cabell County and the city of Huntington was scheduled to last through mid-August, but company attorneys expect to finish questioning witnesses next week.