Kanawha County School District parents are questioning the districts drug testing policy after a bus driver was arrested for DUI. Six kids suffered minor injuries when the bus crashed on Thursday morning. Police believe Susan Lipscomb was under the influence of an anti-depressant. Kanawha County Schools says employees are drug tested before being hired, and … Read more
Two lanes were closed on Interstate 77 southbound near the Greenbrier Street exit in Charleston Thursday morning after a school bus crash. Three people, including two students, were transported to the hospital. There were six students on board the bus at the time, and two students had injuries that were described as minor. The investigation … Read more
The Charleston Fire Department is accepting applications for firefighters through Feb. 14. Testing will be March 9, according to the job posting on the department’s Facebook page. The applications can be found at the Charleston Fire Department’s Administration Office at 808 Virginia St. West. or at the City Clerk’s Office at City Hall at 501 … Read more
Madison City Council moved to fire a city employee Wednesday in a special session discussing an auditor’s report that found significant irregularities. The city’s attorney, Chip Shaffer, said the report from the West Virginia Auditor’s Office found that the wage withholdings to the IRS had not been made in several years. WCHS TV reported the … Read more
A new app aims to help some WIC participants. Those in West Virginia’s Women, Infants and Children program will soon be able to receive free breastfeeding support 24 hours a day. Pacify is an app that’s launching to provide access to certified lactation consultants to address questions and concerns about breastfeeding. Breastfeeding rates in West … Read more
An investigation is underway after a vacant house fire Wednesday night in Charleston. Flames took down a home in the 1800 block of Coral Drive, but the house was empty so no one was hurt. Charleston firefighters said the home had working utilities at the time. They’re looking into the cause of the blaze.
The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department will off free flu shots on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The vaccine will be available from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday at the health deparment.
City of Charleston Community Relations Coordinator Alexandra Gallo is taking a plea deal in an incident last November when she tried to force her way into a babysitter’s home to get her child. She’s charged with battery, trespassing and public intoxication. Gallo will serve a year’s probation and complete fifty-hours of community service.
A judged denied former coal executive Don Blakenship’s request to overturn his 2015 conviction on a mine safety conspiracy charge in connection to an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine that killed 29-workers. Blankenship argued that errors and undisclosed evidence violated his constitutional rights.
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals heard arguments challenging the state’s “right to work” law. At question is whether non-union workers can benefit from union protections without paying dues. West Virginia is one of 28 Right to Work states.