There is a growing nationwide trend of grandparents raising their grandchildren. More than 50-percent of students in some West Virginia counties are not being raised by their parents. The state is second in the nation in the percentage of children being raised by grandparents, primarily driven by the opioid crisis.
Lawmakers, on the first day of the legislative session, heard WVU’s state economic forecast for the next four years. The report calls for the economy to expand just over point-two-percent, and job growth will be volatile for the next two years, dropping thousands of jobs, as construction on the Mountain Valley Pipeline is completed.
The economy, taxes and health care highlighted Governor Jim Justices’ State of the State address. The Governor laid out a positive vision for 2020 that includes a leaner budget, and programs to help seniors, families, and children.
Former Charleston Mayor Danny Jones is getting back into the restaurant business. Danny’s BBQ Stand will open in February on Quarrier Street. Jones served 16 years as Charleston’s Mayor.
A Hardy County couple is under arrest in connection to a storage facility fire last month in Petersburg. Thirty-four-year-old Hunter Largent and 45-year-old Marci Lyn Largent are facing arson charges. Additional charges are pending for causing injury to several firefighters who put out the fire.
Infant Dylan Groves’ foster mother took the stand in the trial against his parents Jessica and Daniel Groves. They’re accused of killing their six-month-old son, who was found in a well last June. Foster mother Andrea Bowling gave emotional testimony about the 12 days spent with the baby.
A man and a woman are facing drug charges for supplying large amounts of meth to three different counties. Thirty-six-year-old George Stacy and 33-year-old Brittany Cassady were taken into custody after officers seized more than one-thousand doses of meth during a traffic stop.
After the New Year’s Day shooting at Kulture Hookah Bar in Huntington, WCHS TV filed Freedom of Information Act request to see the permits and emails related to those permits. The documents show the bar’s owner Charon Reese first obtained a retail business permit in May 2019. She then applied for a special permit license … Read more
He was the longest serving mayor of Charleston and has been a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates. He also served as a Kanawha County sheriff. Now Danny Jones is getting back to his role as a chef and restaurateur and said Wednesday he will be returning to the restaurant business. Jones said … Read more
Kanawha County nonprofits are preparing for colder weather. They’re asking for volunteers to help staff Charleston’s warming stations for when it’s 15 degrees or colder outside, including wind chill. The Kanawha Valley Collective said last year, a total of nine warming stations opened their doors at some point in the winter and at least 12 … Read more