Gov. Jim Justice announced he is reducing the permitted crowd size allowed in the state from 100 to 25 due to concerns about rising coronavirus numbers and will close bars in Monongalia County for 10 days. Justice said any fairs, festivals and outdoor concerts will be stopped as of today, unless they are operating with … Read more
Crews responded Monday morning to a structure fire in the Rutledge area of Kanawha County. Metro 911 said crews have control of a trailer fire that was reported just before 10 a.m. in the 1000 block of Valley Grove Road. Pets were inside the home during the fire and were retrieved by firefighters. A dog … Read more
Along with Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, Sen. Joe Manchin has introduced a proposal to reduce the cost of special adaptive vehicle equipment for severely disabled veterans. The senators said their proposal would make the veterans eligible to receive a grant to help them purchase their equipment once every ten years. Adaptive vehicles, which some … Read more
Dozens of people enjoyed outdoor dining over the weekend as the city shutdown several blocks of Capitol and Hale Streets. City officials are considering expanding the street closures to other restaurants throughout the city.
There are almost forty new cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, bringing the total to over 42-hundred. More than sixty people are hospitalized with virus. That number has doubled in a week. The positive test rate is over two-percent.
The Kanawha County Circuit Clerk’s Office is closed until the end of the week after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. The worker has not been in the building since July 2nd, and all other employees who had contact with the person are being quarantined.
St. Albans police are investigating after a body was found in the Kanawha River. Emergency crews recovered the body near the boat ramp at Roadside Park. The Medical Examiner’s office will make a positive identification.
A Logan County man is under arrest for threatening Walgreens employee and demanding 400-thousand-dollars he claimed to have won from the lottery. Thirty-six-year-old Clifford Caldwell Jr. later admitted to being under the influence, and police determined he was unarmed.
Police are looking for a person of interest in a robbery and carjacking in Dunbar. Forty-year-old Timothy Walding Jr. is wanted for robbing the Hot Spot on Washington Street and then stealing a car a few hours later. Walding was last seen when he crashed the car and ran off in Sissonville.
Police are looking for the suspect who shot and wounded a woman on 7th Avenue. She was shot in the neck and the leg, and was taken to a local hospital. There is no word on her condition.