If you’re parking meter is about to expire, there’s an app for that. The City of Charleston is upgrading more than one-hundred parking meters on the west side that operate with a mobile app and offer “touchless” parking.
The City of Charleston is using Community Development Block Grant funds to create a new Mental Health Coordinator position. The position will act as a liaison to the police and fire departments responding to mental health issues.
Kanawha County’s COVID-19 cases continue to climb with nearly thirty new cases, and nearly sixty positive cases statewide, bringing the total close to 52-hundred. There are nearly eighty people hospitalized with the virus. A 67-year-old Cabell County woman has died, raising the state’s death toll to 101.
Governor Justice held a virtual meeting with more than two dozen of the state’s college and university presidents to discuss their reopening plans for the fall. Justice says there are some real challenges, but wants the schools to get back to as close to normal as possible.
A Charleston man is under arrest for skipping out on a circuit court hearing. Twenty-eight-year-old Qynell Bradshaw was supposed to appear via phone for a June 5th hearing. He’s facing malicious wounding and weapons charges. Police received a tip and arrested Bradshaw at Renaissance Circle.
Kanawha County commissioners are discussing a one-hundred-thousand-dollar proposal to fund the county’s volunteer fire departments. The county wants to recognize the service the departments have provided during the pandemic.
Police found a Dunbar woman who appeared to be impaired and trying to start her cars, so she could take her son to get ice cream. Then, officers found her husband had overdosed inside their home. Twenty-four-year-old Jessica Lizotte is charge with child neglect.
The City of Charleston announced Monday night it will hire its first mental health coordinator. The position will be funded with Community Development Block Grant funds and that person will work as a part of Mayor Amy Goodwin’s CARE Office and will be responsible for coordinating the work of a mental health response team comprised … Read more
A train excursion that takes visitors to see fall foliage in southern West Virginia has been canceled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Autumn Colors Express takes passengers round trip from Charleston and Huntington to Hinton. The Charleston Gazette-Mail said tickets for trips originally scheduled for Oct. 22 through 25 will carry over … Read more
West Virginia University announced that students who don’t take a coronavirus test and/or complete the COVID-19 education module will be charged a $250 fee and will be referred to the Office of Student Conduct. The university also said that students who don’t comply with the Student Code of Conduct related to personal protective equipment could … Read more