Across the nation, police departments are having problems recruiting officers and keeping departments fully staffed. WCHS TV reported that between Charleston and South Charleston, there are around 20 openings for police officers. Both city departments are trying multiple things to fill the open spots. Charleston Police Chief James “Tyke” Hunt said the low recruitment numbers … Read more
A popular summer symphony orchestra performance in West Virginia will return this year at a new location after it was canceled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra’s Symphony Sunday is set for June 6 at Appalachian Power Park in Charleston. The symphony said in a news release that details, … Read more
Five to seven tons of donated firefighting supplies and equipment came to West Virginia last week. WCHS TV reported that six Pittsburgh area fire departments – the West Homestead VFD, Homestead VFD, West Mifflin VFD, Swissvale, city of Pittsburgh and Whitehall VFD – made the donations and the items were trucked to the Malden VFD … Read more
Kanawha County Schools will offer a free summer academy to help kids get back on track after months of virtual learning. The program will give students the opportunity to retake a class or catch up on credits. The free summer academy is available to all students pre-K through high school for the month of June.
The Huntington City Council is considering two ordinances to put a stop to illegal bars. The city attorney says there has been a surge of businesses opening as “game rooms,” in an effort to circumvent the West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration and city requirements for bars.
There are almost three-hundred new cases of COVID-19, and 75-hundred active cases of the virus in West Virginia. That’s the highest number of cases since late February, and Governor Justice says, we can’t let down our guard. More than 460-thousand West Virginians are fully vaccinated.
West Virginia is trying to lure remote workers to the state. Ascend WV offers a relocation package valued at more than twenty-thousand-dollars, which includes twelve-thousand-dollars cash and a year’s worth of free passes for outdoor recreation, like whitewater rafting and golf. The goal is to stem population loss in the state that has people now … Read more
Former Nelsonville deputy auditor, Stephanie Wilson, will spend almost five years behind bars, and will pay over two-hundred-thousand-dollars in restitution, for embezzling money from the city. She directed money into fake accounts, and overpaid herself.
An Alkol homeowner came face-to-face with a naked man trying to break into his home and two o’clock in the morning. The homeowner shot the suspect in the shoulder. He’s in stable condition. No charges are being filed against homeowner.
A forty-year-old woman is facing child neglect charges for leaving her nine-year-old son home alone for an extended period of time while she went to the store to buy cigarettes. While she was out a grease fire sparked in the kitchen. The boy made it out safely, he’s being cared for by his great-grandmother.