A House of Delegates employee has tested positive for COVID-19. The employee was at the Capitol on Monday for the Health and Human Resources Committee meeting, and the person had contact with employees in the Clerk’s Office, which is closed until it can be sanitized. People who attended the meeting are being asked to self-quarantine, … Read more
Governor Justice is against a special session, but legislators continue to push for one, to oversee aspects of the state’s COVID-19 response, including the allocation of one-point-twenty-five-billion-dollars in federal relief funds. Delegate Mick Bates held a virtual town hall with Senator Joe Manchin, where he said the state shouldn’t receive any money from the federal … Read more
A man is in critical condition after a shooting on Central Avenue, nearly Copley Garage. An investigation is ongoing and no arrests have been made.
The investigation at the Clarksburg VA Hospital is not over, according to Senator Shelley Moore Capito. Earlier this week, 46-year-old Reta Mays pleaded guilty to seven counts of second-degree murder. She admitted she didn’t have a medical license, degree, or certification, and she has not explained why she injected veterans with fatal doses of insulin. … Read more
The West Virginia State fire Marshal’s Office is investigating a deadly fire in Williamstown. Fifty-six-year-old Wayne Cunningham died in a fire at his home on Williams Highway. Two other people escaped with minor injuries.
A Raleigh County woman will spend up to 25-years in prison for the death of her five-month-old daughter. Ariel Bennett was convicted of child neglect. She claimed to have rolled over her daughter and suffocated her. The prosecutor said Bennett was in a “drunken stupor” when it happened.
Three Mount Olive Correctional Center inmates are being charged in connection to a cold case murder that happened in 1989 at the former Harrison County Correctional Center. John Perry was in Cell-E when he was beaten and strangled to death by three other inmates. Those inmates are still incarcerated and are now facing additional charges … Read more
Four mine employees were burned when a propane tank exploded during a cook out at a Logan County mine. It happened at the Greenbrier Mineral Sanders Prep Plant in the Buffalo Creek area. One of the victims was airlifted to Cabell Huntington Hospital. The other three were taken to a local hospital, and all four … Read more
The Kanawha County Board of Education voted to change the name of Stonewall Jackson Middle School to West Side Middle School. The board voted three-to-two in favor of the name change. The new name was among the five most popular suggested in an online survey.
The National Scout Jamboree won’t happen next July at the Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve located in Fayette County. The Boy Scouts of America is postponing the event due to the “uncertain nature of future conditions” of the COVID-19 pandemic. The original dates were July 21-31, 2021. No new dates were announced.