Charleston police have arrested a woman they said was an accessory after the fact in the murder of a Charleston man last week. Ariel Waldorf of Sissonville is charged with one count of accessory after the fact in the murder of Charles “CJ” Thaxton. Beau Hodge of Clendenin has already been charged with first-degree murder … Read more
One of the first big events to get canceled at the beginning of the pandemic is returning this week to the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center. The much-anticipated West Virginia state high school basketball tournaments started Tuesday. The girls tournament runs through Saturday and the boys tournament will start next week. City officials are looking … Read more
It’s tournament time at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center. It’s been more than a year since the state high school basketball tournament was abruptly ended because of the pandemic. Fans will be allowed in the stands this year with masks and social distancing. The girls tournament starts today through May 1st, and the boy’ … Read more
Former state Supreme Court Justice John McCuskey is donating one-and-a-half-million-dollars to his alma mater, West Virginia Wesleyan College. The donation will be part of the McCuskey Family Fellowship, and will be awarded annually to two incoming freshman and one rising sophomore.
A cargo plane landed safely at Yeager Airport after losing hydraulics in the air. The plane had to be towed from the runway after it touched down. Two pilots were onboard, and no one was hurt.
The U.S. Census Bureau is releasing data from the 2020 Census, and it shows that West Virginia’s population dropped over three-percent. That’s the largest decline in the country. The decline will cost the Mountain State one of its three seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
A Scioto County couple is pleading guilty to the death of their granddaughter, and abusing two other grandchildren. Richard and Sonja Greene will both spend life in prison.
Two people are under arrest for firing shots at officers during a police chase in Sissonville. One deputy was hurt when he crashed his cruiser into another car. Shots hit the windshield of another deputy’s car, but the officer wasn’t hurt.
West Virginia public health officials are reducing the number of COVID-19 deaths in the state by over 160. After reviewing the death certificate, officials found that those individuals did not die from COVID-19. The pandemic has claimed the lives of more than 26-hundred West Virginians.
Governor Justice says about 380-thousand West Virginians between sixteen and thirty-five are not getting vaccinated as quickly as health officials would like. As an incentive to get the shot, the state will give a one-hundred-dollar savings bond to everyone in that age group who gets vaccinated.