Governor Justice says he expects the first batch of COVID-19 vaccine to arrive in West Virginia in about two weeks. He says he’s so confident in the vaccine that he’s considering getting a shot during one of his press conferences. Nursing home residents and healthcare providers will be the first to get the vaccine.
West Virginia’s COVID-19 death toll climbed to over seven-hundred on Thanksgiving Day with seventeen more deaths. Hospitalizations hit a record high, with over five-hundred people in the hospital, and almost 150 in ICU. DHHR is reporting over one-thousand new cases of the virus in the past 24-hours.
Twenty-eight West Virginia counties are in the red, orange, or gold on the latest COVID-19 alert map. Four counties are in the red zone. Kanawha County remains in the yellow. Putnam County is orange, and Cabell County is in gold.
Saturday’s WVU football game against Oklahoma State is postponed because the Cowboys couldn’t meet the required COVID-19 thresholds. The game is rescheduled for December 12th.
Fire destroyed a home on Washington Street East. At least one person was hurt. The home was abandoned and boarded up. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
A bank robbery suspect is under arrest in Harrison County. Forty-three-year-old Clinton Utter is accused of robbing the Summit Community Bank in Salem last week. He was arrested during a traffic stop. The FBI and the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office are investigating.
A Point Pleasant man is under arrest after a string of break-ins over the last two weeks. Twenty-four-year-old Austin Coughenour is accused of breaking into several business and cars. Investigators are looking for additional suspects.
Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is warning West Virginians about the dangers of shopping online this holiday season. He says increased consumer activity is an opportunity for fraudsters to steal your money or identity.
The West Virginia bsketball team will replace Tennessee in the Jimmy V Classic on Dec. 2 against top-ranked Gonzaga. It will be the opening game of the men’s basketball doubleheader in Indianapolis. Baylor will face Illinois in the second game. The Mountaineers had been scheduled to host Youngstown State in their home opener on Dec. … Read more
Gov. Jim Justice said West Virginia may see its first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine by mid-December. Emergency workers and health care providers will be among the first to get the vaccines, along with the elderly in nursing homes. Nearly half of the state’s fatalities during the pandemic have come from nursing homes.