Bargain hunters who look forward to the Old Colony Realtors East End Yard Sale will have to wait another year. Organizers said the event that had already rescheduled once due to COVID-19 has been canceled. The sale originally had been set May 9 and had been moved to Aug. 8, but now they’ve made the … Read more
Several big changes are coming for hunters this fall. Special youth classes will be open for bear season in October. Also the youth squirrel season has been extended to include Sunday, Sept. 6th. Black bear, buck firearms and fall wild turkey seasons now include Sunday closing days. Antlerless deer and wild turkey season dates and … Read more
The board for the West Virginia Pumpkin Festival voted this week to cancel the 2020 event because of COVID-19 concerns. Festival organizers made the announcement on social media and said the cancelation included the festival and all pre-festival activities, like pageants and the parade. Vendors that have already paid for booths will be refunded their … Read more
A restaurant in Hurricane is giving customers and staff the choice of whether or not to wear a mask. In a message posted Wednesday on Facebook, Bridge Cafe and Bistro said the business will not turn away customers who choose not to wear a mask. The post said the restaurant is providing social distancing opportunities … Read more
Governor Justice says his target date to reopen West Virginia schools is September 8th, three weeks later than the original start date. Justice says it will depend on how things develop between now and then.
A former Harrison County deputy will spend five-years in jail for drug charges. Timothy Rock was found guilty of distributing heroin He gave confidential informants heroin that came from an evidence locker.
A Kenna man, who confessed to murdering his wife, will spend twenty-years in prison. James Kiser pleaded guilty to killing his wife after she told him she wanted a divorce following years of abuse.
A Cross Lanes man is under arrest for holding a couple hostage in his mobile home. It was a drug deal gone wrong. Thirty-four-year-old Jonathan Brewer held the couple at gunpoint and fired at least one shot. Brewer is accused of sexually assaulting the female victim.
A Charleston man is pleading guilty to defrauding the federal government out of 2016 disaster relief funds. Forty-six-year-old Randall Butler admitted to applying for FEMA relief funds, even though he knew he wasn’t eligible because he’d received rent payments from another agency. Butler faces up to thirty-years in prison.
COVID-19 has led to the cancellation of another gathering that attracts thousands. The Bridge Day Commission announced Wednesday that it has decided to nix Bridge Day scheduled Oct. 17 in Fayette County over uncertainty about mass gatherings. Bridge Day is West Virginia’s largest single-day festival and one of the largest extreme sports events in the … Read more