A man said he was cleaning a gun Friday night when he accidentally shot his 11-year-old niece. The girl died after the shooting at Fisher’s Mobile Home Park in the Cottageville area. Jackson County deputies said Andrew Scott Jackson has been charged with felony child neglect resulting in death. Deputies said Jackson was not legally … Read more
An engineer error caused a CSX freight train to derail as it crossed the Potomac River near Harpers Ferry, sending two cars into the water and damaging a footbridge that is part of the Appalachian Trail, according to a report from the Federal Railroad Administration. Seven empty train cars in total derailed in the December … Read more
Three finalists have been selected in the search for a new West Virginia State University president. They are Nicole Pride, vice provost for academic strategy and operations at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Patricia Ramsey, senior executive fellow at the Thurgood Marshall College Fund; and Rodney Smith, president and CEO of the University … Read more
Boone Memorial Hospital employees will get a hero bonus for their work during the pandemic. More than three-hundred employees will receive at one-thousand-dollar check. Hospital officials say it’s well deserved, and their healthcare workers are truly heroes.
There are eighteen new cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, for a total of over 27-hundred cases. The death toll remains at 92. The positive test rate is below two-percent, and the state Department of Health and Human Resources says more than two-thousand people have recovered from the virus.
Governor Justice is addressing Dr. Cathy Slemp’s resignation as the state health officer and commissioner of West Virginia Bureau for Public Health. Justice says there were numerous things that caused his confidence level in Slemp to evaporate. Earlier this week he was upset about the inaccuracy of statistics in coronavirus reporting.
The City of Charleston will receive over three-and-a-half-million-dollars in CARES Act funding to cover COVID-19 related expenses for March and April. The money covers payroll expenses for police, fire, and sanitation workers, and expenses for cleaning supplies, PPE, and other essential items.
Governor Justice is outlining a plan to plan to spend West Virginia’s one-point-25-bilion-dollar federal CARES act money. Two-hundred-85-million will go to cover the budget short fall, and nearly 700-million-dollars will replenish the state’s Unemployment Fund. The plan also includes grants for city and county governments, and grants for small businesses. Justice says he believes the … Read more
A black bear is causing a buzz on social media. The bear has been spotted roaming around the Fort Hill community, and is gaining a following on Facebook. The state’s Division of Natural Resources is keeping an eye on it. Officials say, while it’s a cute, it’s dangerous for people and the bear. Another bear … Read more
State education officials are releasing three surveys to get public input on reopening schools in the fall. The surveys are posted on the West Virginia Department of Education website. The first survey gauges the impact of school closure, the second measures community reaction to possible reopening strategies, and third is for adult education.