The West Virginia Legislature passed two notable bills Saturday including a $4.4 billion budget bill after debate over funding cuts to Marshall University and West Virginia University. The bill would call for a $28 million combined general revenue cut for the two institutions. State departments across the board are expected to see cuts under the … Read more
A Kanawha County grand jury handed down a murder indictment that stems from a case in St. Albans from December 2020. 44-year old George Wesley Call Jr. is accused of killing Andrea Springstead after he allegedly shot her in the face with a crossbow.
A West Virginia bill that would regulate needle exchange programs passed the state legislature on Saturday. Critics have said more stringent requirements for the programs will constrain the number of providers who give clean syringes to injection drug users not able to quit the habit altogether. Supporters said the legislation would help those addicted to … Read more
West Virginia health officials are encouraging you people to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Age groups from 10-to-29 have recoded the most virus cases in the state since March 19th. The Kanawha Charleston Health Department says there are fewer cases among the older population, likely due to vaccination efforts.
West Virginia is double down on firearms and threatening a court fight after President Biden announced several measures to curb gun violence after a series of mass shootings nationwide this week. West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey says one of his “principal duties is to defend the Constitution, and protect citizens’ gun rights,” Morrisey is … Read more
The House of Delegates did pass a budget bill. The nearly four-and-a-half-billion-dollar bill came in over seventy-million-dollars below what the governor proposed. WVU’s funding was cut by almost one-and-a-half-million-dollars and Marshall’s funding was cut by 300-thousand-dollars. Their funding could be made up by end-of-year surplus.
Governor Justice’s state income tax cut bill is dead. The House of Delegates unanimously voted down the bill zero-to-one-hundred. House Speaker Roger Hanshaw says he’s only seen that kind of margin when the House has been asked to take a vote. He says delegates prefer to work together and talk constructively to come to a … Read more
Outdoor dining is back in downtown Charleston. The city started the initiative almost a year ago when the pandemic first started. Capitol and Hale Streets will be shutdown every Friday and Saturday through Labor Day.
Ohio troopers are investigating after a Benton Township fire truck crashed and overturned on Lapperell Road. The fire crew was responding to a structure fire at the time. The driver is in critical condition. No one else was hurt.
A Logan County man is under arrest after police found him slumped over the wheel of his SUV parked at a home near Buffalo Grade School. Officers found a needle on the floorboard, and what appeared to be meth.