The Marshall men’s basketball home series with FAU that had been scheduled for Friday Jan. 29 and Saturday Jan. 30 has been postponed over COVID contact tracing within the FAU program. Both programs are working with the Conference USA league office to reschedule the games. Marshall is scheduled to play again Feb. 5 and Feb. … Read more
West Virginia would typically be at the height of flu season right now, but this year, the numbers tell a different story. WCHS TV reported the precautions people have taken for COVID-19 have been a key factor in keeping flu spread to a minimum. Based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s interactive flu … Read more
A Charleston home for women in recovery reached a milestone this week. Rea of Hope teaches abstinence, helps people how to live without drugs and alcohol, and gives them a place to go for support. The sober living program has become the first program in the state to receive the West Virginia Alliance of Recovery … Read more
With frigid temperatures expected, the city of Charleston is opening a warming shelter tonight. Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin said city emergency services, the United Way of Central West Virginia and Kanawha Valley Collective will provide staffing for the warming shelter, which will be located at the Salvation Army on Tennessee Avenue. The shelter will be … Read more
Health officials are reporting an uptick in COVID-19 numbers, reporting more than 11-hundred new cases of the virus, and twenty-nine more people have died. Almost 170-thousand people have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
A section of Garrison Avenue in Charleston is moving closer to having a new name. The city council’s Planning, Streets and Traffic Committee passed a resolution this week to rename the street in honor of Patrolman Cassie Johnson. She was shot and killed in the line of duty last month.
Delegate Derrick Evans resigned earlier this month after he posted video of himself illegally entering the U.S. Capitol. Now the head of the Wayne County Republican Committee is filing a lawsuit against Governor Justice over filling the vacant seat. The suit claims that the Governor created an illegal second list of candidates. The seat still … Read more
A Kanawha County judge is denying West Virginia Teachers Unions’ requests for an injunction seeking to halt in-person learning. The teachers unions wanted to delay returning to the classroom until school employees have received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Groundhog Day festivities will be virtual this year. French Creek Freddie’s predicitonwwill be shown online February 2nd.
The Kanawha County Commission is supporting the state Public Service Commission in a move to dismiss a rate increase request from Appalachian Power. Commissioners say the five-to-nine-dollar increase in most customers’ bills is not feasible.