Republicans outnumber Democrats for the first time since 1932 in West Virginia. Republicans have the edge by over four-thousand registered voters. GOP officials say the Trump factor helped turn the tide in the past year.
A Fairmont woman is under arrest after police found meth in her apartment. They found moldy baby bottles in the sink, and she was unable to care for the child. She admitted to smoking meth the night before. Child Protective Services took custody of the baby.
A fugitive from Georgia is under arrest for trying to grab a teenage girl and push her into a restroom at a downtown book store. She wasn’t hurt. Twenty-eight-year-old Shaheed Patton is wanted in Georgia for failure to register as a sex offender.
A man is under arrest for running from police during a traffic stop. Thirty-six-year-old Cecil Green took off in his pickup when police tried to pull him over. When the truck got stuck in yard, he tried to run away, but officers caught up to him. Green was wanted for a parole violation.
Appalachian Power is dealing with thousands of power outages as ice coats trees and power lines across five counties. It may be Sunday before power is restored in parts of Cabell, Wayne, and Putnam counties.
The Hartley case has been dismissed after forty years of litigation and negotiations. The case was originally filed to address mental health patients’ rights to humane conditions and treatments. The state Department of Health and Human Resources said the original lawsuit was filed in 1981 and has been under the purview of several judges, with … Read more
West Virginia middle and high school students will get more time to improve grade point averages to become academically eligible for extracurricular activities. State School Superintendent W. Clayton Burch approved a waiver this week that will allow the change to help many students who have struggled academically during the pandemic, according to a news release … Read more
The U.S. attorney for West Virginia’s northern district is stepping down. U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced his resignation effective Feb 28. The move will allow President Joe Biden to appoint a successor. Powell was nominated by former President Donald Trump and began his term as U.S. attorney in October 2017. His office helped coordinate drug … Read more
Wayne County moved from orange to red, but only three counties were in that most severe color on the West Virginia county alert map and 10 were in green. Kanawha County moved from gold to yellow. The state Department of Health and Human Resources map showed nineteen counties in orange including Mingo, Boone, Raleigh, and … Read more
There are almost four-hundred-thirty new COVID-19 cases statewide, and the number of active case dropped to just over 14-thousand. Active cases have dropped nearly every day for the past month. Three counties are in the red on the state’s COVID-19 alert map.