One person is dead and two others are in the hospital after shootings in the Oak Hill area. A man was killed at a home on Dark Hollow Road, and a few hours earlier, two people were found with gunshot wounds on Ohio Avenue. Investigators say the shootings are connected. Two suspects are in custody.
The Huntington Fire Department responded to a fire at the police station. Smoke was detected on the second floor, in the detective’s unit. Sprinklers went off and put out the fire. Investigators say it looks like a desk lamp caught some papers on fire. No one was hurt. There was significant water damage.
Police are investigating a shooting in Dunbar. A woman who had been shot in the arm walked into the GoMart on 16th Street. Investigators say the shooting appears to be accidental. The victim is expected to be okay. No arrests have been made.
Nearly a third of registered voters in Kanawha County have already cast their ballots. More than thirty-eight-thousand people have already voted. Early voting wraps up tomorrow night at five o’clock.
A Court of Appeals is considering whether a juror’s social media exposure, during the trial of former West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry, could have biased her. Loughry’s attorneys say a district court in Charleston erred by denying a hearing based on the juror’s Twitter usage.
There are more than four-hundred new cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, and seven more people have died. Wyoming County showed enough improvement to move out of the “red.” Mingo County is the only red county on the daily COVID-19 alert map.
Dr. Anthony Fauci is optimistic about a possible COVID-19 vaccine, and says we should know by early December if it will be safe and effective. Fauci participated in a virtual event hosted by the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute.
Tamarack is temporarily closing after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. The arts and crafts center will undergo a deep cleaning. No reopening date has been set.
A Georgia man was sentenced to four life sentences plus ten-years for drug distribution that resulted in a Fairmont woman’s death. Thirty-five-year-old Terrick Robinson was found guilty in January on eight charges after the body of Courtney Dubois was found in a Georgia landfill in 2018.
Three people are under arrest after leading police on a pursuit reaching speeds of more than one-hundred-miles-per-hour on I-77. The SUV stopped when it hit spike strip that blew out the front tires. All three are facing drug charges. Officers found heroin and meth in the car.