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Groundhog Day festivities will be virtual this year. French Creek Freddie’s predicitonwwill be shown online February 2nd.

The Kanawha County Commission is supporting the state Public Service Commission in a move to dismiss a rate increase request from Appalachian Power. Commissioners say the five-to-nine-dollar increase in most customers’ bills is not feasible.

Police are asking for any surveillance video that might help in a vandalism investigation in Kanawha City. Graffiti was spray painted on several garage doors. Seven homes and a vehicle were damaged between 53rd and 55th streets along Virginia, Venable and Staunton Avenue.

Police are investigating after shots were fired on Grant Street. Several shell casings were found at the scene. Investigators are looking for two men who were caught on security cameras driving away in a silver Nissan. No one was hurt.

Emergency sirens were activated early this morning across Kanawha County. Metro 911 says it was an accidental activation and there is no emergency. A monthly test is scheduled for today at noon.

The West Virginia Board of Education canceled a special meeting that had been scheduled yestereday. The meeting had been scheduled to address the counties that were out of compliance with the requirement to offer an in-person learning. All 55 counties have resumed classes in person so the meeting wasn’t necessary. The West Virginia Board of … Read more

Groundhog Day is coming up next week, but the pandemic won’t allow for an official celebration in West Virginia. The state’s famous groundhog, French Creek Freddie, will still offer a prediction on social media, but the DNR said its annual West Virginia Groundhog Day celebration at the Wildlife Center in Upshur County has been canceled. … Read more

Former Charleston mayor Danny Jones is downsizing. Jones served four terms as the mayor of the capital city, and announced on his Facebook page that he’s trading in his five-bedroom, seven bath, 7,355-square-foot South Hills home for a downtown apartment. Jones said he will moving to Atlas apartments on Quarrier Street, which is the same … Read more

The West Virginia Department of Education has named its Teacher of the Year for 2021. Erin Anderson has been a teacher for 20 years and currently teaches at Tennerton Elementary School in Upshur County. As part of her award, she gets the use of a 2021 Toyota RAV4 for a year and more than $13,000 … Read more

Former Charleston mayor Danny Jones is downsizing. He posted on his Facebook page that he is moving out of his seven-thousand-square-foot South Hills home and is moving into at downtown apartment that is closer to his Quarrier Street BBQ stand.