Some West Virginia homes and businesses that have been without power for more than a week aren’t expected to have their service restored until tomorrow. Appalachian Power said about 48,000 customers remained without electricity Friday, including 33% of Cabell county’s total customers. There were also major outages in Wayne County after three of four substations … Read more
Two students and one other person in Morgantown tested positive for the U.K. variant of COVID-19. West Virginia University said it believes the three individuals are related to one another and have not visited the WVU campus during their infectious period. The university said it is working closely with the Monongalia County Health Department in … Read more
WVU went into extra-innings to beat Georgia State 5-to-3 in the season opener. It was the Mountaineers first baseball game in 345 day.
Icy roads may have been factor when a train hit a coal truck. The truck was pulling away from a coal tipple and got stuck on the ice as it was trying to cross the railroad tracks. The driver jumped out of the cab before the train slammed into it. The train pushed the cab … Read more
A Charleston lawyer who missed a trial date and fled to Nicaragua is pleading guilty to fraud charges. Sixty-nine-year-old Bill Lester is accused of falsely reporting services to indigent clients, and overcharging for his services. He will lose his law license and face up to three years in prison.
General James Hoyer says several thousand doses of COVID-19 vaccine that were supposed to be delivered to Walgreens never arrived this week. He believes Walgreens will make-good with a double batch of doses next week.
The number of green counties continues to grow on the COVID-19 alert map, and no counties are in the red. Twelve more people have died. Hospitalizations dropped to below three-hundred for the first time since November.
The state Department of Health and Human Resources is confirming the first case of the UK variant of COVID-19 in West Virginia. The variant was detected in three cases in north central part of the state, and health officials say it’s motivation to double down on prevention efforts. The UK strain of the virus is … Read more
COVID-19 numbers are trending down and Governor Justice is easing some restrictions. Restaurants and bars can increase seating capacity to 75-percent, and retail shops and grocery stores can double the number of customers per square foot. Kids in grades kindergarten through eighth grade will return to in-person learning full time. Masks and social distancing will … Read more
A father and son are accused of stealing over 20-thousand dollars’ worth of steel anchor rods and fasteners from a Charleston construction company. Fifty-six-year-old Larry Mullins and 33-year-old Brian Mullins sold the steel for scrap for around 150-dollars. They are charged with grand larceny.