Three staff members at a children’s ministry of Church at the Depot in Teays Valley have tested positive for COVID-19, prompting the ministry to close for two weeks. Camp Appalachia is closed until Aug. 10 after a staff member first tested positive July 22. The staff member stayed home after first having symptoms and did … Read more
Marshall University announced this week it will move more fall courses to live, remote instruction due to the rising numbers of COVID-19. Virtual class sessions will be held live on the university’s learning management system, Blackboard and the university will continue to monitor the status of the pandemic. The fall classes will be offered in … Read more
With the start of school looming, there are talks of teachers going on strike across the country over re-entry plans. The American Federation of Teachers said it would support any local chapter that decides to strike. While several counties in West Virginia have unveiled their re-entry plans, Kanawha hasn’t yet. School is scheduled to start … Read more
The City of Charleston will close Kanawha Boulevard from Court Street to Green brier Street every Sunday in August. Mayor Goodwin says that closing the street has been extremely successful for outdoor dining, and provides people with safe outdoor recreation.
A 74-year-old woman in Mercer County has died from COVID-19. Her death is linked to the nursing home, raising the state’s death toll is at 112. There are over 150 new cases of the virus, and hospitalizations continue to climb to 98, with forty-people in ICU.
Two West Virginia nursing homes are fighting COVID-19 outbreaks. The Princeton Health Care Center in Mercer County and the Grant County Rehabilitation and Care Center in Petersburg are reporting over sixty cases of the virus.
Governor Justice and Senator Joe Manchin are sparring over the use of federal CARES Act money. Manchin accuses the governor of using the money as a political slush fund. Justice says, “it’s a lie,” and Manchin should “concentrate on the job he has in D.C.”
The West Virginia Department of Agriculture is asking anyone who receives unsolicited seeds in the mail from China to send them to the USDA. Don’t open them or plant them. The seeds could be an invasive species.
A Huntington woman is under arrest for hitting a pedestrian on Euclid Place. Sixty-four-year-old Lori King was trying to park in front of her home when she pinned a man between her car and a tree. The victim is hospitalized with a leg injury. King is charged with DUI.
Charleston police are looking for a woman wanted in connection to the murder of a Charleston man in June 2019. Thirty-three-year-old Samantha Slaters is wanted for the death of Adam Swim, who was found with a gunshot wound at his home on Ash Street.