A broken water main flooded MacCorkle Avenue, near the Patrick Street Bridge. Service was disrupted to some customers, and a detour is setup around the break. West Virginia American Water says repairs will be finished this morning.
Demonstrations continue in reaction to George Floyd’s death. Protestors blocked traffic at the corner of Pennsylvania and Washington Street. Charleston police are coordinating with protestors to keep them safe.
Charleston police are investigating a stabbing on the East end. The victim was stabbed at the Living AIDS Memorial Garden, and taken to a local hospital in unknown condition. A person is in custody.
A third lawsuit was filed Monday involving the deaths of patients over wrongful insulin injections at a West Virginia veterans hospital. Charleston attorney Tony O’Dell filed the federal lawsuit in the death of John William Hallman. The 87-year-old Navy veteran died at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg in June 2018. O’Dell … Read more
A Winfield police officer has been asked to resign from his position, according to Winfield’s Chief of Police Ron Arthur. Noah Garcelon resigned after admitting to making several derogatory comments about protesters across the country. Arthur said he was alerted about the posts and investigated them as soon as he found out. Arthur said the … Read more
A man faces charges in Fayette County after he was accused of burglarizing the homes of two elderly residents. Felony warrants for two counts of burglary were obtained for Robert Masesie of Oak Hill after an investigation of two separate burglary incidents in May. The Fayette County Sheriff’s Office said the victims were 84 and … Read more
Gov. Jim Justice announced that a company will be taking over a facility in Clarksburg, saving 140 jobs. Amsted Industries has recently become the majority owner of Advanced Graphite Materials and will expand the production of synthetic graphite at the existing site. The material will be used in products like electric vehicle batteries and missile … Read more
Two student athletes and an employee and Marshall University have tested positive for COVID-19. The University has established a COVID-19 testing protocol for athletes return to campus for voluntary workouts. All three are in quarantine.
A Preston County man has died from COVID-19, bringing the state’s death toll to 76. The total number of positive coronavirus cases is up by 11, for a total of over two-thousand positive cases. The positive test rate is just over two-percent.
Governor Justice says state revenue numbers are better than projected. West Virginia has an over 236-million-dollar budget shortfall, but revenue collection was over 30-percent higher than expected in May.