Marshall grad and Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich will call the plays for Tom Brady in Super Bowl fifty-five this Sunday. Leftwich was a legendary quarterback for the Thundering Herd and went on to play in the NFL before becoming a coach.
The City of Charleston is settling a one-point-one-million-dollar lawsuit after a woman was killed in a hit-and-run by a man fleeing from police. It happened last March on the city’s west side when Heather Ross was walking her children to school.
Police are investigating the death of Alexa Randolph as a homicide. She was reported missing last Thursday, and found dead a day later in her car in the parking lot of a Morgantown Walmart.
Charleston City Council approved a resolution to name a street in honor of fallen police officer Cassie Johnson. Johnson was killed in the line of duty in December on Garrison Avenue, which will honorarily be named Patrolman Cassie Johnson Avenue.
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced COVID-19 vaccinations clinics that will be held in all 55 counties this week. The clinics will be held Wednesday through Saturday for those are age 65 and older. The majority of the clinics have filled their appointment allotment this week and are using a wait … Read more
Potential medical cannabis patients have been waiting since the law passed in 2017 and starting tomorrow (Wednesday) they’ll be able to register for a card. Starting Wednesday at noon, they will be able to go to www.medcanwv.org to sign up. There are 15 medical conditions that qualify you to receive medical cannabis and they are … Read more
The West Virginia DHHR recently issued permits for dispensaries across the state. The City of Ravenswood will have a medical cannabis dispensary at their old City Hall. Holistic WV Farms I, LLC will operate dispensaries in Charleston, South Charleston, Bridgeport, and Elkins. Harvest Care Medical LLC will operate in Charleston and St. Albans. And Mountaineer … Read more
The Boone County sheriff’s office got a new X-Ray machine donated by the US Postal Inspection Service. Sheriff Chad Barker said they will use it to scan suspicious packages. The X-Ray machine scans packages and an image of the contents pops up a computer nearby. The sheriff’s office hopes it saves time in potentially dangerous … Read more
For the second year in a row, the National Youth Science Camp will be a virtual event. The camp for graduating high schoolers interested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, will take place between June 28th and July 21st. The application deadline is February 28th.
Appalachian Power is asking the Public Service Commission for permission to expand broadband service in Mingo and Logan counties. The plan calls for installing over four-hundred miles of fiber optic cable on existing power poles. The project is expected to cost around sixty-million-dollars.