Tom Williams officially began his tenure Wednesday as Kanawha County Schools superintendent. The South Charleston graduate has spent 35 years working in the school system, including 10 as principal at St. Albans High School. Williams’ first school year as superintendent will be unusual, having to navigate the school system through its first full school year … Read more
Charleston city officials are asking residents to watch fireworks from their homes or to watch from Kanawha Boulevard if they can’t see the display from their back yard. Kanawha Boulevard will be closed for “socially-distant viewing.” The city will launch Fourth of July fireworks at 10 p.m. July 4. The 20-minute show will take place … Read more
Governor Justice is defending his proposal to use federal COVID-19 relief funding for road projects. Senator Joe Manchin is questioning Justice’s priorities for the funding. The governor set aside one-hundred-million-dollars for “COVID-19 related highway projects.” He says the highway department will vet the projects through EMS.
Contact tracing is underway after four people, who tested positive for COVID-19, went to three crowded downtown Morgantown bars last week. Almost thirty cases of the virus have been reported in Monongalia County in the past ten days.
There are nearly fifty new COVID-19 cases in West Virginia, bringing the total close to three-thousand. The death toll remains at 93, and the positive test rate is below two-percent.
A Beckley woman, who faked her own death to avoid sentencing, will spend more than three-years in prison for health care fraud. Julie Wheeler’s family reported that she fell into the New River Gorge National River and died. After a two-day search authorities found her hiding in a closet.
All city owned outdoor recreation fields and courts are now open in Charleston. Social distancing guidelines will remain in place, face masks are required, and gatherings of more than one-hundred are prohibited. The city is also offering free outdoor classes and virtual programming for the summer.
New Kanawha County Schools Superintendent Tom Williams is officially on the job. He says his goal is to have students and staff inside school buildings in the fall, but it’s unclear what that will look like. Williams isn’t ready to release a COVID-19 re-entry plan yet, but officials are planning for several different scenarios.
A new study shows the least effective face covering is the bandana. Scientists studied a sneeze or cough from a mannequin head wearing different face coverings and used lasers to detect the respiratory droplets. Cone style masks were the most effective in containing the spread of respiratory droplets. Droplets from a cough were able to … Read more
A West Virginia woman who faked her own death to get out of a fraud charge has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison. Julie M. Wheeler was sentenced for defrauding a federal health care program and now faces local charges for reporting a false emergency, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Mike … Read more