News Staff A Williamson nurse who made headlines after she traveled to New York to help treat COVID-19 patients was found not guilty in connection with a shooting. The Mingo County Circuit Clerk’s Office said Amy Thorn, also known as Amy Ford, was found not guilty of a malicious assault charge in connection with shooting last October. … Read more
Two people died in a crash in South Charleston Tuesday afternoon after a vehicle went over a hillside. Metro 911 said the crash occurred about 1:30 p.m. at Spring Hill Avenue and Country Club Boulevard, and South Charleston police identified the victims as 79-year old Cyron Lawson and 77-7ear old Patricia Lawson. The bodies have … Read more
Guard Taz Sherman will return to West Virginia for his fifth season. Sherman had declared for the NBA draft process after the Mountaineers lost to Syracuse in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, but the university confirmed he’ll be back with the team. Sunday was the deadline for an early-entry player to apply for … Read more
A new recovery home is opening in South Charleston. Appalachian Behavioral Health Care is in the old Rock Lake Pool building in South Charleston and will house women struggling with addictionfor up to four months. They’ll have access to therapy, case management and live job training while they’re at the home. The ribbon-cutting was held … Read more
Hurricane police said an accident Tuesday afternoon killed one person and injured five others on Interstate 64 in Putnam County. Police responded to a crash involving three passenger cars and two commercial vehicles in the eastbound lanes near the Hurricane rest area. One of the injured victims had to be cut from his vehicle with … Read more
The CDC is on the ground in West Virginia to conduct a month long investigation into an HIV cluster linked to intravenous drug use. The number of HIV cases in Kanawha County is among the highest in the country. There were fifty new cases of HIV in 2019, and thirty-five more last year.
Moving the state’s income tax filing deadline to May 17th made a difference in the state’s revenue collections for the month. Collections came in more than 150-million-dollars above estimates. The fiscal year ends in a month, and the state is outpace estimates by nearly 390-million-dollars.
Governor Justice is rolling out the prizes in West Virginia’s vaccination lottery, including a million-dollar prize, two four-year scholarships to West Virginia colleges, custom pickups, hunting rifles, and more. The first drawing will be June 20th.
Governor Justice is responding to published reports that he is personally responsible for seven-hundred-million-dollars in loans his coal companies took from bankrupt Greensill Capital. Justice’s companies, in turn, are suing Greensill, accusing the company of “continuous and profitable fraud.”
The Southern District of West Virginia is charging nine men in connection to an online romance scheme that defrauded two-hundred people, many of them elderly, out of at least two-and-a-half-million-dollars. The men are accused of creating bogus online profiles to cultivate relationships with the victims and coerce them into sending to various bank accounts.