The Boone Memorial Hospital Walk-In Clinic is closing this week to prepare for a temporary move to State Street. The clinic will be closed until Monday to protect patients from COVID-19 exposure. The clinic will off drive-thru COVID-19 testing.
A Raleigh County couple is facing drug charges after deputies found a large amount of drugs and cash at their home in Coal City. Marcus and Jessica Ross at charged with heroin possession with intent to deliver. Officers found nearly three-hundred-grams of heroin, two guns, and 35-thousand-dollars in cash.
A motion to remove the General Stonewall Jackson statue from in front of the Harrison County Courthouse failed after receiving no support during a Zoom conference call. During a public comment period most people spoke against removing the statue.
Signature verification is under way to put Kanye West on the ballot as an independent presidential candidate in West Virginia. The West campaign turned in more than 15-thousand signature this week. County clerks have up to ten-days to validate the signatures.
Senator Joe Manchin is introducing a bill to prevent post offices from closing. The Protect Our Services Today, or “POST,” Act will prevent post offices from closing during the pandemic. When Manchin heard some post offices around West Virginia could possible close or have their hours cut, he stepped in.
Seven more people have died from COVID-19 in West Virginia, and there are nearly eighty new cases of the virus. That’s the lowest number of new cases in nearly a month. There are over one-hundred people hospitalized with the virus.
Another round of COVID-19 testing will start today at a Princeton nursing home. Three deaths have been linked to the facility and more than sixty staff members and residents tested positive for the virus.
A man is under arrest for firing shots at state troopers during a marijuana bust. Officers spotted the marijuana plants from the air, and when the trooper got out of the helicopter one man started firing at him. No one was hurt and the man later surrendered.
A Logan County man is accused of stabbing his fiancé’s father to death during an argument on Yellow Bird Hill in Davin. Twenty-nine-year-old Joshua Gwinn faces a second-degree murder charge.
A Charleston man, wanted in connection to a Beckley murder, is under arrest in North Carolina. Twenty-seven-year-old Tremaine Jackson is accused of shooting a man in the Pet Supplies Plus parking lot in May. Jackson will be extradited to West Virginia to face a murder charge.