Gov. Jim Justice has instructed emergency officials to be ready for more flooding this week as another round of heavy rain is expected to continue. The governor said officials are monitoring water levels in the state’s rivers and streams and will be on standby if local governments need help. The National Weather Service has issued … Read more
State health officials said a child in West Virginia has died from an influenza-associated illness. The last influenza-associated pediatric death was reported during the 2017-18 flu season. The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources said to protect the family’s privacy, no details of the death will be released including the child’s name, hometown, … Read more
Charleston police have been investigating a shooting that happened Tuesday near the GoMart near Pennsylvania Avenue. Officers said one suspect was shot by police. Police also blocked off a separate scene on Georgia Street Tuesday morning that they believe is connected to the shooting on Pennsylvania Avenue. Anyone with tips on either incident should contact … Read more
Several Kanawha County Schools will participate in lockdown drills today that could last up to thirty-minutes. School officials say the drills are routine, and there is no cause for alarm.
Several pieces of art that were stolen out of a delivery truck in Huntington have been recovered from a home in Guyandotte. A suspect is under arrest. Paul Johnston, of Huntington, has been charged with grand larceny.
Rescue crews in Barbour County are searching the banks of the Middle Fork River for a kayaker who’s been missing since Sunday. Witnesses saw the kayaker get swept under a rock at Audra State Park and never resurfaced.
The state Senate unanimously passed the “Born-Alive” bill that requires physicians to provide the same kind of medical care to a baby born during an abortion procedure as they would to a baby born prematurely. The bill now goes to conference committee, and Governor Justice says he will sign the bill.
A Cross Lanes man is accused of running a massive shoplifting network in Kanawha County. Nedeltcho Vladimirov ran a money laundering scheme and paid shoplifters pennies on the dollars for stolen merchandise, and then he sold the items online. The shoplifters stole nearly 370-thousand-dollars in merchandise over a two year period.
Three people were hurt when a boulder hit a WVU PRT vehicle and a car on the road. A rock slide came down between the Engineering and Transportation stations on U.S.19. All three victims suffered minor injuries.
A 79-year-old man wasn’t injured when he lost control of his truck and ran into the backwater in Milton. He went down a ravine between Ohio Valley Bank and Gino’s. He was able to get out of the himself, and bystanders helped him out of the ravine.