Eight more people have died from COVID-19 in West Virginia. Three of those deaths were in Kanawha County, bringing the state’s death toll to over two-hundred-twenty. There are more than 250 new cases of virus, raising the total number of active cases to over two-thousand.
Police are investigating after a woman was shot in the leg on Washington Street East. A person of interest was seen getting into a dark colored SUV that took off down Greenbrier Street and got on to I-77 traveling north.
Testimony resumes today in Cynthia Gatewood’s trial. She’s accused of stabbing a woman to death in a tobacco shop parking lot in Sissonville in 2018. Jurors saw video of her confession yesterday. It’s the first jury trial in Kanawha County since the pandemic began.
Applications for the School Clothing Allowance Program are available online. The program provides families with a 200-dollar voucher per child to buy school clothes. The pandemic is causing some changes to the program. Instead of a paper voucher, the benefits will be available by EBT card or check.
Local law enforcement officials are kicking off “Operation GPA” to keep kids safe on the road when they head back to school next week. Ambulances and police cruisers will be in school zones to remind drivers to slow down.
Health department violations were reported at seven bars in Morgantown last weekend for infractions, including a lack of social distancing, not wearing face coverings, overcrowding and for patrons drinking alcohol without ordering or consuming food. The Monongalia County Health Department said all of the citations were COVID-19-related, except for one that involved underage drinking. The … Read more
Kanye West has filed a lawsuit to get on the presidential ballot in West Virginia. West submitted more than 14,000 signatures to get on the ballot, but more than half of them were invalidated, leaving him nearly 800 signatures short. The lawsuit claims the campaign didn’t have the opportunity to appeal the decision by the … Read more
Additional unemployment relief is on the way. WorkForce West Virginia’s Lost Wages Assistance Program has received approval from FEMA. The program will provide an additional four-hundred-dollars-a-week to people receiving unemployment assistance.
Governor Justice is offering teams a chance to play if their games are canceled because of COVID-19. He says if players, band members and dance team members all test negative they have a one-time option to play or perform. Kanawha County schools quickly opted out of the testing, saying they are focused on opening schools … Read more
Mayor Goodwin is announcing the launch of “Food Truck Wednesdays.” Food trucks will be at Slack Plaza starting next Wednesday through the end of September for lunch and dinner.