Portsmouth police are investigating after a man was found dead. Thirty-three-year-old Derick Holsinger was found dead inside a Wayne Avenue apartment. The medical examiner’s office is working to determine the cause of death.
A man is under arrest in connection to a shooting last week in Huntington. Twenty-six-year-old Alonzo Harden is accused of shooting a 30-year-old man last Thursday on Oney Avenue. The victim is recovering. Harden is charged with malicious wounding.
West Virginia University said 29 students are being placed on immediate interim suspension for reported COVID-19 violations. All are members of a fraternity and have been charged with failure to comply with isolation or quarantine orders. They are banned from campus and cannot take classes, including those offered online. The university said it investigating several … Read more
Public access sites along the Elk River in Kanawha County are getting an upgrade, and some new locations are being added as well. The projects are part of a West Virginia Division of Natural Resources initiative to improve river access for anglers and kayakers. Governor Jim Justice said the Elk River is a good resource … Read more
School starts today, and classes in nine of West Virginia’s 55 counties will be held remotely after the state issued an updated color-coded map. The nine counties were in orange or red and they’ll have to reduce their virus case rates to yellow or green before schools there can conduct in-person learning. Athletic contests in … Read more
A Kanawha County church said several people from its congregation tested positive for the coronavirus, including the lead pastor. King’s River Worship Center was notified that an individual tested positive following an Aug. 30 service and the church announced on its Facebook page that other members have tested positive. The church’s lead pastor Chris Kimbro … Read more
After CAMC made the move to reinstate its no-visitor policy, another hospital has done the same. Thomas Health announced it is also implementing a no visitor policy in response to a rise in COVID-19 cases. The policy is in effect until further notice. No one else will be allowed for inpatients, outpatient testing, surgery patients … Read more
West Virginia University announced Monday all undergraduate classes at the Morgantown campus will be online through Friday, Sept. 25. The only exception is classes already engaged in clinical rotation. Graduate and professional courses will be available in person. The change is in response to a recent increase in positive COVID-19 cases in students on campus … Read more
Five new counties were added to the orange category Saturday night in West Virginia’s latest school re-entry map. Putnam, Wayne, Mingo, Mercer and Monroe counties joined Kanawha, Logan and Fayette counties in orange. Monongalia replaced Monroe as the state’s only county in red. The orange designation means those eight counties will be required to start … Read more
Thousands of people in Jackson County will benefit from a new project that replaced an old dam that failed. The Mill Creek dam in Ripley is nearing completion and will supply water to the Ripley Water Treatment Plant. The old dam failed in April 2019, and the new one has gone up just downstream. Crews … Read more