Thirty-eight-year-old Joshua Phillips has been indicted on a murder charge in connection to the December shooting death of Charleston Police Officer Cassie Johnson. She was shot while responding to a parking complaint on Garrison Avenue. Philips is also facing drug and weapons charges.
A man is under arrest for killing a woman and injuring her three-year-old daughter in a shooting at the Vista View Apartments on Renaissance Circle. The little girl is in stable condition. Forty-Six-year-old Dorian Clark fled the scene and was arrested a few hours later. He’s charged with first degree murder and malicious wounding.
Friends and family gathered for a vigil for KJ Taylor. The Capital High School senior who was gunned down earlier this week. They gathered at the corner of Glenwood Avenue and Central Avenue — the scene of the shooting on the city’s West Side.
The proposed special election this summer is not a slam dunk. Secretary of State Mac Warner is proposing a special election for July 24th. Several local clerks have raised concerns. The special election would decide a handful of proposed constitution amendments.
Senator Joe Manchin says he supports President Biden’s gun control measures. He’s in favor of common gun sense and supports background checks and control of “ghost guns.” Manchin says people need to calm down, and that he “doesn’t know a single Democrat or Republican who wants to take your guns.”
The state Senate passed a bill that would ban transgender athletes from participating in school sports. The bill bans transgender girls and women from playing sports at the elementary, secondary, or post-secondary level. The Human Rights Campaign says West Virginia is one of thirty states to introduce anti-LGBTQ legislation this session.
Governor Justice is praising the Senate for approving a tax cut bill, and now he hopes the House of Delegates will do the same. Delegates are concerned about how increasing the sales tax will affect middle-class and lower income households, and small businesses.
The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department will hold a COVID-19 vaccination clinic tomorrow at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center. There is a limited number of first dose appoints for anyone sixteen and older. Second shots are available for those who received their first dose in the first part of March.
A former employee at River Valley child Development Services is accused of stealing millions of dollars in federal funding. Sixty-eight-year-old Marie Philips is accused of funneling almost five-million-dollars into her own account over more than thirty-years.
A Ritchie County woman, who gave birth at home, is accused of not trying to resuscitate the infant or call for help. The baby was blue and not breathing, but she did not attempt to revive the child. She wrapped the baby in a towel and placed it beside her bed.