News Staff Senator Joe Manchin is offering a compromise on a sweeping election reform bill. The deal would make Election Day a federal holiday, ban partisan gerrymandering and strengthen voter ID laws. Republicans are not on board with the proposal.
A West Virginia mail carrier will spend six months on home confinement and five years on probation for manipulating absentee voter requests. Forty-eight-year-old Thomas Cooper altered eight absentee ballot requests in Pendleton County. He changed the party affiliation on five ballots from Democrat to Republican.
So far, Yeager Airport is not being impacted after American Airlines canceled hundreds of flights across the country through mid-July. American says labor shortages and increase in customer demand are the main reasons behind the cancellations.
A man is under arrest after officers found him in a condemned building crushing drugs on top of a can. When he saw police, he threw the can and hit a deputy. The officer wasn’t hurt. More drugs were found on the suspect when he was being arrested.
One person is in the hospital after a stabbing on Artisan Avenue in Huntington. Police are investigating, so far no arrests have been made.
A ten-year-old boy died in ATV crash in the Bird Hollow area, and a girl, who was a passenger, is in serious condition. The ATV ran off the road and hit a rock wall.
Local businesses are trying to adjust after Governor Justice lifted the mask mandate over the weekend. Some businesses are still requiring employees to wear masks as a matter of perception and responsibility. Health officials say 44-percent of people in West Virginia are fully vaccinated.
Transportation Security Administration officers found a loaded handgun during security screening Saturday at Yeager Airport. A passenger from Charleston was found with a loaded .22 caliber gun and was stopped before boarding the flight. The gun was loaded with seven bullets and the man is facing a possible civil penalty. This is the second firearm … Read more
Councilwoman Tiffany Wesley-Plear announced her resignation from Charleston City Council this month as she takes a job with the State of West Virginia. Larry Moore was nominated and unanimously approved by the council to take her place as representative for Ward 4. Larry Moore is a 1997 graduate of Capital High School, went to Marshall … Read more
West Virginia State Police said a 10-year-old boy died and another juvenile was injured after an ATV crash over the weekend in Clay County. It happened at around 5:20 p.m. Sunday in the Bird Hollow area. Troopers said a 10-year-old boy was taken to Montgomery General Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The boy is … Read more