A Nitro man wanted on several charges was arrested this week in Kanawha County. 35-year old Samuel Manriquez was wanted for robbery, wanton endangerment and being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm after a Jan. 8 incident in the Cross Lanes area. The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office said deputies found Manriquez hiding in … Read more
The winter storm warning that has been in effect since Wednesday is set to expire this morning. The system brought more snow to most of the state, along with a tenth of an inch to a half inch of ice in spots. Travel is still difficult today, but improvement is expected this weekend. More than … Read more
The state House of Delegates approved a bill that would elevate the state’s tourism and economic development agencies to cabinet-level positions. Governor Justice made it one of his priorities in his State of the State address last week.
Governor Justice is hinting that he may relax some COVID-19 restrictions by the end of the week. Justice wasn’t specific, but did mention restaurants and schools. Active COVID-19 cases dropped to below eleven-thousand, and no counties are in the “red” on the state’s COVID-19 alert map.
COVID-19 vaccination clinics are being force to cancel events, but Governor Justice says no doses will go to waste. The West Virginia Inter-Agency Task Force for Vaccines is meeting three times a day to coordinate vaccine distribution. The state is expecting more than forty-thousand first-doses of the vaccine next week.
Broken tree limbs and ice are pulling down power lines. Appalachian Power restored power to nearly thirty-thousand customers yesterday, but more than twice that number are still in the dark. App power says eight substations are offline, and more than two-dozen distribution circuits are down.
More than seventy people are under arrest in one of the largest warrant sweeps in over twenty-years. “Operation Delta 146” was named in honor of fallen officer Cassie Johnson. Almost forty guns, about six pounds of meth, two pounds of marijuana, and a significant amount of money were seized as part of the sweep.
A man accused of killing a 77-year-old woman and then trying to kill a Charleston police officer last February, was in court Wednesday. Twenty-eight-year-old Joshua Drennen’s trial is set for next month. His attorneys say a psychological evaluation isn’t complete, and the trial date may need to be pushed back.
The Boyd County Coroner’s Office says an elderly woman died from hypothermia. She was found dead in an Ashland apartment building where the electricity has been out for several days.
The snow continues this morning, and will mix with rain later today, then turn back to snow tonight and early Friday. More than 15-hundred crew members are working sixteen-hour shifts to repair power lines and substations. At least fifteen warming centers are open.