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A woman walked into CAMC General with multiple gunshot wounds. The shooting happened on 7th Avenue. So far, no arrests have been made.

All Kanawha County parks are closed to help combat the spread of COVID-19. Coonskin Park, Meadowood Park, and Pioneer Park are shutdown. Kanawha State Forest is still open.

An 88-year-old woman in Marion County has died from COVID-19. It’s West Virginia’s first coronavirus related death. The state now has 124 confirmed coronavirus cases. Two more workers at the Kanawha County Judicial Annex have tested positive for the virus, bringing the total to 28 confirmed cases in Kanawha County.

West Virginia emergency officials found more than a dozen ventilators and other important equipment in the shuttered Ohio Valley Medical Center. The hospital also has negative pressure units and more than a dozen ventilators, including an infant ventilator. Emergency managers will work with surrounding counties and will share resources.

County health officials say two more employees from the Kanawha Judicial Annex have tested positive for the coronavirus. The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department said the new cases move the total to seven employees from the building who have tested positive. The county’s total remains at 28. Dr. Sherri Young, executive director and health officer at the … Read more

An 88-year-old from Marion County passed away over the weekend, and that was West Virginia’s first coronavirus-related death, according to a West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. The state confirmed 11 news cases of COVID-19 Sunday evening and te state’s total is now at 124 positive tests.

Cabell County health officials announced the county’s first positive case involving a resident Saturday night. The person is male in his thirties and he is isolating at home, according to the Cabell-Huntington Health Department. The first from a county resident, while at least five other cases from surrounding counties have been diagnosed at Cabell County … Read more

The West Virginia Attorney General said he is sending warning letters to landlords who are threatening to evict tenants who can’t pay rent during the coronavirus pandemic. The Gazette-Mail reported Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said a landlord cannot evict a tenant without first filing a petition for eviction in magistrate or circuit court and a … Read more

An Elkins police officer is out of the hospital after he was shot in the arm and leg. Officer Daniel Sayer tried to arrest a man for carrying a rifle in an alley. The suspect resisted and fired several shots. Officers were able to take control and took the gunman into custody. Jerry Isner II … Read more

Kanawha County courtrooms are going virtual after the Kanawha County Judicial Annex closed because of a coronavirus outbreak. The court used Skype for the first time to conduct a preliminary hearing on a murder charge. Thirty-eight-year-old Lasalle Burnett is charged with murder for killing a man last year inside his home on Ash Street.