Governor Justice is trying to convince younger West Virginians to get the COVID-19 vaccination. He says they have an obligation to protect their families and neighbors, and he says, he’ll go door to door if he has too, to get people to take the shot. More than eighty-thousand people in Kanawha County have had at … Read more
A landmark trial against the “big three” pharmaceutical distributors is underway at the Byrd Federal Courthouse in Charleston. The City of Hunting and Cabell County Commission are suing the drug wholesalers for fueling the opioid crisis in West Virginia, and shipping nearly one-hundred-million pills to Cabell County over ten years.
The boys state high school basketball tournament starts today the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center. The first games of the quarterfinals tip-off at 9:30 Tuesday morning.
One person was injured when a tornado touched down in Ranson. A roof collapsed at Universal Forest Products, and several homes were damaged in a nearby subdivision. At least two structures in Berkeley County also collapsed.
A Kanawha County jury returned a guilty verdict in the Joshua Drennen trial. He was convicted on all eight counts including the murder of a 77-year-old woman and attacking a Charleston police officer.
Police recovered the body of thirty-five-year-old Cheyenne Johnson from a deep well in the Sissonville area. She’d been missing since last Thursday. Forty-one-year-old Michael Smith is in custody and charged with her murder.
Charleston Mayor Amy Goodwin is calling for mandatory training and certification for all police officers. She wants officers trained in de-escalation tactics and use of non-lethal force, and wants an inventory of all tasers, and a recommendation buy more. This comes after an officer-involved shooting last week.
The Natural Resources Commission is putting some changes in place for West Virginia’s bear-hunting season this fall. The Gazette-Mail reported the most significant change will take place in Boone, Fayette, Kanawha and Raleigh counties, and they’ll get 10 extra days of hunting this fall, split into two parts: Aug. 28-Sept. 6, and Oct. 30-Nov. 5. … Read more
An Athens County, Ohio, firefighter died in the line of duty. Jeff Armes was a senior firefighter for the Nelsonville Division of Fire, and his department said he collapsed and died at the scene of a fire Sunday. The Nelsonville fire department was responding to a fire on Pleasantview Avenue when Armes collapsed. EMS administered … Read more
The City of Charleston is hosting listening sessions to talk about the American Rescue Plan —one of the largest pieces of spending legislation ever passed by the U.S. Congress. The legislation is centered around economic recovery, but the city says on its website that many infrastructure and social safety net projects and programs are key … Read more