The West Virginia State Museum at the state Capitol Complex announced it will reopen to visitors on Tuesday, July 7. The museum will reopen under its normal business hours, which are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. The gift shop also will reopen that day. The maximum occupancy for the museum will be … Read more
Historic Powerball winner Jack Whittaker has died at 73. Whittaker won the $315 million Powerball jackpot on Christmas night in 2002, which at the time was the largest jackpot ever won by a single ticket in American lottery history. Before he won the lottery, Whittaker owned three construction companies. Following the win, Whittaker was robbed … Read more
Senior citizens who are not currently receiving any kind of meal assistance can get free meal boxes from a summer feeding program in Putnam County. The Senior Summer Feeding Program is available for anyone age 60 and older and their household members, regardless of their age. The Putnam County Aging Program, Inc. is partnering with … Read more
State education officials are releasing three surveys to get public input on reopening schools in the fall. The surveys are posted on the West Virginia Department of Education website.
Two people were hurt when a car crashed into a house in Dunbar. The vehicle hit a transformer, knocking out power to more than a thousand people. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
Hundreds of people are being asked to quarantine after someone at a gym in Morgantown tested positive for COVID-19 Anyone who was at the Planet Fitness on Fort Pierpont Drive should get tested.
There are fifteen new cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, for a total of almost three-thousand cases. The state’s positive test rate dropped to just over one-percent.
The City of Charleston will receive three-point-six-million-dollars in CARES Act funding to cover COVID-19 related expenses in March and April. The money will cover payroll expenses for police, fire, and sanitation workers, and expenses for cleaning supplies and personal protective equipment.
Police are investigating after two fisherman found a body in the Kanawha River. The body was found about 50-feet from the Mountain Pie Company. The medical examiner’s office is working to identify the man and the cause of death.
A Cottageville man says he was cleaning his gun when he accidentally shot and killed his 11-year-old niece. Thirty-six-year-old Andrew Jackson shot himself in the hand during the incident. He is a convicted felon and not legally permitted to own a gun.