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An Ohio man is under arrest for shooting at his girlfriend’s car, with a 13-month-old inside, on I-64 near Milton. No one was hurt. He’s being held in Ohio on unrelated charges.

A bill moving through the state Senate would create a license application process for needle exchange programs in West Virginia, and would also require local government approval. Meanwhile, Charleston City Council will vote on a measure requiring needle exchange programs to be state certified.

The CIty of Charleston is sending a heads up to drivers about road work that will start next week. Work will begin to fix retaining walls along Barlow Drive on Monday, April 5th and Barlow Drive will be closed to all through traffic from Twilight Drive to Young’s Industrial Park. A detour will be provided … Read more

Boone Memorial Hospital is hosting a walk-in COVID-19 vaccination clinic today. It’s free, and anyone 18 and older can take and ID and be vaccinated from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Madison Civic Center today. Appointments are not required. It’s a first dose clinic. Those who miss today’s clinic can still pre-register for … Read more

More than 500,000 West Virginians have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the latest data update from the state Department of Health and Human Resources. The agency said Thursday that 509-thousand residents have received at least a first dose, and 323-thousand people have been fully vaccinated. There are 6500 active … Read more

Three drug distributors have been denied a request for summary judgment in a lawsuit filed by the city of Huntington and Cabell County over the opioid crisis. U.S. District Judge David Faber rejected the companies’ attempt to dismiss the case and the trial is set to start May 3 in Charleston. The lawsuit accuses drug … Read more

The West Virginia Lottery says ticket sales have been up since the pandemic started. Sales are up 25-percent from this time a year ago, but overall revenue is down by over nineteen-million dollars.

The Shawnee Sports Complex is back open for business, after being closed for nearly a year. The fields are booked, and nearly four-hundred reservations are booked for April. The US Youth Soccer Tournament is scheduled in June, and will bring in over one-hundred-fifty teams, and have an eight-to-ten million-dollar economic impact.

President Biden is proposing a two-trillion-dollar infrastructure program that would modernize roads, bridges, and aging schools. Senator Shelly Moore Capito says she hopes the plan will give West Virginia on projects to be able to finish Corridor H, and make the state’s bridges more stable.

Governor Justice says he does not support the West Virginia Senate’s proposal to cut state income tax. He says it puts too much of a burden on middle and lower income earners. The Senate’s proposal offsets the tax cut with almost 900-million-dollars in tax increases, and raises the sales tax to eight-and-a-half-percent.