Schools in Kentucky and Ohio are closing because of illness. Several schools will be closed Monday and Tuesday so classrooms can be disinfected. One-fifth of students at George Washington High School, in Kanawha County, were absent due to the flu, strep throat and other viruses.
A family drug treatment court opened in Spencer on Friday at the Roane County Courthouse. Family treatment courts are aimed at protecting abused and neglected children while helping parents facing the potential loss of custody to overcome substance use disorders. The Legislature approved the new court system last March and the first family treatment court … Read more
More than a fifth of students at a West Virginia high school missed classes as illnesses such as the flu and strep throat make the rounds. George Washington High School in Charleston had 242 absences last Thursday. Kanawha County Schools spokeswoman Briana Warner said some parts of the county have also had high numbers of … Read more
One person was hospitalized Saturday morning after a stabbing in the 100 block of Campbells Creek Drive. The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office says two men were fighting when one was stabbed in the abdomen about 3 a.m. Saturday. The victim was transported to the hospital and the investigation is ongoing.
State troopers have been out in force recently trying to curb drug trafficking in four coalfield counties. State Police drawn from Charleston, Beckley and Logan have been on the road the last three days in Mingo, Logan, Boone and Lincoln counties. WCHS TV reported they are not working undercover but instead rely on uniformed officers … Read more
Gunnoe Farms says it will end its Charleston-based salad production after a dispute with West Virginia American Water. The company claims it’s owed over a million-dollars in damages from a 2014 chemical spill that affected production. The company’s sausage production is based out of Virginia, and will not be affected.
Two West Virginia casinos have relaunched sports betting just in time for the Super Bowl. Wheeling Island Hotel and Casino, and Mardi Gras Casino and Resort started accepting wagers on Friday. Sports’ betting was put on hold last March when the casinos parent company, Delaware North, terminated a contract with its service provider. They agreed … Read more
A bill has been introduced in the West Virginia House that would limit gender reassignment surgery and hormone replacement therapy to those over the age of eighteen. Delegate S. Marshall Williams says it’s an attempt to prevent a minor from making a decision they may regret.
FEMA approved over 130-million-dollars to build new schools in Nicholas County that were destroyed in the 2016 flood. The plan includes building a new Richwood High School and Middle School, and a new Nicholas County Middle School, Nicholas County High School and technical education center. The state expects to pay about 18-million-dollars of the total … Read more
The United States Senate voted to not hear witnesses in the impeachment trial against President Trump. West Virginia’s Senators were split on the vote. Joe Manchin voted for the motion, and Shelley Moore Capito voted against calling witnesses. A final Senate vote on Trump’s fate is set for Wednesday.