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An 18-year-old woman was hit and killed on Sisson Drive, near the Top Spot restaurant. The driver stayed on the scene.

Kroger workers are demanding the company negotiate a fair union contract. They held a car caravan protest at the Kanawha City Kroger on MacCorkle Avenue. Negotiations on a new union contract have been underway since August. They’re at odds over healthcare for retirees and better working conditions.

Police are investigating after a man was shot on Charleston’s West Side Thursday morning. Metro 911 dispatchers said it happened around 3 a.m. near the intersection of Grant Street and Glenwood Avenue. Charleston police found shell casings on Glenwood Avenue and officers said they found a trail of blood leading to a black sedan, which … Read more

The union representing Kroger workers staged protests in Parkersburg, Beckley and Charleston Thursday, calling on the company to negotiate a fair union contract. Protestors met at the store at 5700 block of MacCorkle Avenue in Charleston to urge for a deal. Negotiations over a new union contract have been underway since August. The previous union … Read more

The Drug Enforcement Administration said it dismantled an illegal steroid manufacturing and distribution facility in Huntington. The DEA said the facility was operating out of a home in an affluent neighborhood and using a lab to make illegal steroids that were distributed throughout the country. Agents seized a large amount of raw chemicals and vials … Read more

West Virginia forestry officials said fall fire season began Thursday, Oct. 1, with limited hours on burning leaves and brush. The season runs through Dec. 31 and burning is limited to the hours of 5 p.m. to 7 a.m. and fires must be attended at all times. A safety strip of at least 10 feet … Read more

Charleston police say the rearview mirror is not the place for your face mask. It can block your view, and it’s illegal to hang things from your mirror. If you get pulled over, you could get a 100-dollar ticket.

Senator Shelley Moore Capito is speaking highly of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. They met yesterday, and Capito is confident the Senate can get through the confirmation process before Election Day.

U.S. Education Secretary Betsey DeVos will be in Jefferson County today to take part in a roundtable discussion about the county school system’s reopening plan.

Two more people have died from COVID-19 in Kanawha County, and total of five statewide, raising the death toll to 350. There are nearly 160 new cases of the virus, and nearly 170 patients are in the hospital.