Two West Virginia nursing homes are fighting COVID-19 outbreaks. The Princeton Health Care Center in Mercer County and the Grant County Rehabilitation and Care Center in Petersburg are reporting over sixty cases of the virus.
Governor Justice and Senator Joe Manchin are sparring over the use of federal CARES Act money. Manchin accuses the governor of using the money as a political slush fund. Justice says, “it’s a lie,” and Manchin should “concentrate on the job he has in D.C.”
The West Virginia Department of Agriculture is asking anyone who receives unsolicited seeds in the mail from China to send them to the USDA. Don’t open them or plant them. The seeds could be an invasive species.
A Huntington woman is under arrest for hitting a pedestrian on Euclid Place. Sixty-four-year-old Lori King was trying to park in front of her home when she pinned a man between her car and a tree. The victim is hospitalized with a leg injury. King is charged with DUI.
Charleston police are looking for a woman wanted in connection to the murder of a Charleston man in June 2019. Thirty-three-year-old Samantha Slaters is wanted for the death of Adam Swim, who was found with a gunshot wound at his home on Ash Street.
The water is back on in Gary, West Virginia. The entire town of about five-hundred people has been without running water for a week. Crews replaced a broken pump, but another pump is still leaking, and the city is looking at quotes to get additional pumps.
West Virginia University has postponed the deadline to pay some fall charges to Sept. 1. The July eBills had been due on Aug. 1, but the change was made after a phased return for students was announced this week. The phased return will mean fewer students on the Morgantown campus for in-person classes, with plans … Read more
Charleston police are searching for a woman wanted on a murder charge. Samantha Slater, also known as Samantha O’Brien, of Charleston is wanted in connection to the death of Adam Swim, who was found dead in his home on June 17, 2019 in the 100 block of Ash Street. Swim had a gunshot wound to … Read more
Jackson County Schools released a re-entry plan for the coming school year. They’re opening Sept. 8 with in-person instruction for students with the last names beginning with A-D and E-K. On Wednesday, Sept. 9, students with the last names L-R and S-Z will attend school in-person. The students are split into the four groups based … Read more
There are three options for students in the Lincoln County School system this fall, and board members held a meeting this week to talk about it. The three options include a completely virtual option, a blended virtual and in-class instruction option and a third option that is all in-person. After a survey was sent to … Read more