Marshall University’s athletic director announced this week that a member of the athletic department tested positive for COVID-19. Mike Hamrick said 196 student athletes, coaches and staff were tested on Sunday as part of department protocol. There was one positive test result. Hamrick did not indicate if the case was a student athlete, coach or … Read more
The Big-12 conference in on the clock, and the 2020 football season hangs in the balance. There are multiple reports that the Big-12, for now, is planning to play football. Both the Big-10 and Pac-12 conferences are cancelling all fall sports.
Fayette County Delegate Margaret Staggers, who is an emergency room doctor, has tested positive for COVID-19. She attended a meeting last month where a member of the House Clerk’s staff tested positive a few days later, but there’s no reason to believe that is where Staggers became infected.
There are over 120 new cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, and six more people have died. One-hundred-thirty patients are in the hospital with the virus, and almost fifty are in ICU. The daily infection rate is close to two-and-a-half-percent.
The Kanawha County School District says parents are split on sending kids back to school this fall. The deadline was yesterday to select an in-person mode, or an on-line model. There are more in-person students, but just less than half opted for e-learning. The first day of class is September 8th.
Huntington police are investigating an armed robbery at the Shell Station on 8th Avenue. A man with a gun demanded money from the register, and ran from the scene with cash.
A Massachusetts man is under arrest for threatening a Kanawha County judge. Forty-year-old Keith Lessard is accused of mailing threatening letter to the judge in a scheme to extort money.
Two men are under arrest for child trafficking and soliciting minors. Both men are accused or luring teenagers and traveling to engage in sex acts with a minor. They’re facing up to thirty-years in prison.
The trail of a former Marshall student, accused of raping two students, will continue today in Cabell County. Twenty-two-year-old Joseph Hardin is charged with sexual assault against two women in 2018. The jury heard open arguments yesterday.
A vape pen and bottle of hand sanitizer caused a car fire in nitro. The vape pen overheated and burst into flames and a nearby bottle of hand sanitizer help spread the fire. It melted the center console and filled the car with smoke. No one was hurt.