Coronavirus testing is happening across the state today. Twenty-one counties are holding testing events today, including Fayette, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Putnam, Wayne and Wood counties. The testing is free and available to all residents in selected counties, including those who are asymptomatic. Test sites today include the Quincy Center in Kanawha County from … Read more
A new WalletHub study shows West Virginia is considered the fattest state in America. The state is in the top-five for highest percentage of obese children and adults, and the highest percentage of adults with high cholesterol and high blood pressure.
The Memorial Fountain at Marshall University is quiet for another winter. It was turned off on Saturday at a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the plane crash on November 14th, 1970.
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources is releasing guidelines as Thanksgiving approaches. You should stay around immediate family members, and avoid large gatherings. One person should serve the food, and avoid passing plates around the table.
There are almost 870 new cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, and nine more people have died. Hospitalizations are up to 365, and the daily positive test rate is over five-percent.
Four West Virginia counties moved into the red on the state’s COVID-19 alert map. Jackson, Randolph, Marshall and Mineral counties all moved to from orange to red in the daily update. Sixteen counties are in the orange.
The first snow of the season is expected tonight. The National Weather Service is issuing a winter weather advisory from 10 p.m. tonight until noon tomorrow. We could see one-to-two inches of snow.
West Virginia State Police are looking for a two-year-old boy who was last seen in New Martinsville. Police think he was kidnapped by his 19-year-old uncle. Police are looking for a Honda Accord with Georgia plates.
Two more men are under arrest in connection to a murder investigation in Mason County. Three men were shot in a home near Hannan. Two of the victims have died and one is in critical condition. A third suspect was arrested earlier this week.
Three people were hurt in a shooting outside Big shots Bar in Jefferson. The shots were fired when a large group got into a fight. The injuries are considered non-life threatening. No arrests have been made.