Thomas Health is experiencing network issues related to a bombing in Nashville where an A-T-and-T hub was damaged. Thomas Health is able to provide care locally, and is trying to connect to a backup data center in Texas. The FBI is investigating the bombing, and says the bomber died in the explosion.
Police have identified the body of a woman who was found in Mason County. Thirty-year-old Kaitlyn Zerkle was found dead along Admasville Road. Investigators say the death appears to be suspicious.
Six Marshall University students are displaced after a fire destroyed their house on Hal Greer Boulevard. No one was home when the fire broke. The students were off campus for winter break. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
The man accused of killing a Charleston police officer earlier this month is out of the hospital. Thirty-eight-year-old Joshua Phillips is charged with first degree murder in the shooting death of patrolman Cassie Johnson. Phillips was shot and wounded in the altercation. He’s being held at the South Central Regional Jail.
The fire that killed a West Virginia Air National Guard firefighter has been ruled arson. The state Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating two structure fires that were intentionally set, about three miles apart near Martinsburg. There is a five-thousand-dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the fire.
WVU men’s basketball is filling a hole in their schedule for a third time. The Mountaineers will play Northeastern on December 29th. West Virginia was originally scheduled to host Buffalo on Tuesday, but the Bulls were unable to play due to COVID protocols.
The Veteran’s Administration is making changes at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg after an internal investigation following the murders of sever patients at the facility. Medical Center Director Dr. Glenn Snider Jr. is being replaced. VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Deputy Director Barbara Forsha becomes acting director in Clarksburg after January 4th. … Read more
Hino Motors is pausing production of its trucks until next fall, impacting the company’s large manufacturing plant in Mineral Wells. The Wood County plant employs about five-hundred people. Production was curtailed after the pandemic began in March. The company says this pause is due to issues with engine certification testing for new models in North … Read more
West Virginia has the second highest rate of COVID-19 spread in the country. The state’s Rt rate, which is the measurement of how much the virus can spread from a single person, is at one-point-one-nine. Second to only Maine, which is at one-point-two-four.
West Virginia continues to the lead the nation in COVID-19 vaccinations. Almost 29-thousand people have received the vaccine. The state is continuing vaccinations at long-term care facilities, and hopes to be completed by Monday. Next up, a group of ten-thousand, that includes primary care providers, rural and free health clinics, hospice providers, and urgent care … Read more