A slight bit of improvement in COVID cases. Kanawha County shifted from red to orange, but Putnam and Cabell counties remained in the red on the West Virginia county alert map along with 43 other counties. The state Department of Health and Human Resources posted the map Thursday based on Wednesday’s data. Other counties in … Read more
The seats will remain empty at WVU home basketball games. The ban on fans is extended until January 24th due to increasing COVID-19 infections. There are four women’s games and three men’s games on the schedule between now and the 24th.
West Virginia health officials are reporting over 15-hundred new cases of COVID-19, and thirty-nine more people have died. There are over 800 people hospitalized with the virus, and more than two-hundred are in ICU. The state’s daily COVID-19 map is almost all red. There are eight counties that are orange.
Governor Justice is pushing a vaccination effort called, “Save Our Wisdom,” that focuses on people above 80-years-old. It comes as local health departments say the demand for the vaccine among those eighty and older is far outpacing the supply.
Governor Justice says he’s open to talking with teachers about his push to open schools in less than two weeks. He says their concerns are legitimate. Vaccinations for teachers and staff will begin today.
The upside down flag hanging outside the state capitol building was an “honest mistake.” Governor Justice says it was the General Services worker’s first time hanging the flag, and he feels badly about the mistake.
A drunk driver slammed into a South Charleston police cruiser that was responding to a call. The officer wasn’t hurt when the drunk driver ran a red light. Kanawha County Sheriff’s deputies took the suspect into custody.
Both West Virginia senators are responding to the protests at the Capitol. Senator Manchin said, “These thugs cannon and will not run us off.” And Senator Capito responded, “We don’t do this. It’s not who we are.”
One of those who stormed the U.S. Capitol yesterday is a newly sworn in Delegate from Wayne County. Republican Derrick Evans recorded and posted on social media his experience once inside the capitol building. On the 17-second recording you hear him cheer, “We’re in, we’re in! Derrick Evans is in the Capitol.” House Speaker Roger … Read more
A West Virginia delegate issued a statement Wednesday evening after video appeared to show him among the group of protestors at the U.S. Capitol. State Del. Derrick Evans, R-Wayne, who livestreamed many of the events throughout the day on his Facebook page, said he was there as an independent member of the media to document … Read more