The state is hoping to complete COVID-19 vaccinations at long-term care facilities by next week. Officials say they are making good progress, and vaccinated more than eight-thousand people at over 70 facilities in the first week. West Virginia is leading the nation in COVID-19 vaccine distribution and administration.
The number of new COVID-19 cases in West Virginia is just under one-thousand, and a 93-yearold man from Wayne County has died. There are almost 23-thousand active cases of the virus.
West Virginia health officials say you should stay home for the holidays. More than thirty-counties are now in the red on the state’s COVID-19 alert map. Officials are concerned about another surge directly linked to large gatherings and travel.
The New River Gorge will become the country’s 63rd National Park. Congress approved the designation in year-end funding legislation. The designation is expected to increase visitation by twenty-percent.
A Kanawha County Circuit judge sentenced Cynthia Gatewood to life in prison. She was convicted of stabbing and killing a woman outside a Sissonville convenience store in 2018.
Students at West Virginia State University are off lockdown. Campus police are investigating after several shots were fired in the Sullivan Hall parking lot. One vehicle was hit three times. No one was hurt. Police are looking for the shooter.
Police are investigating after a woman was shot and killed with a crossbow at a home in St. Albans. Several people are being detained for questioning to determine if the shooting was an accident or intentional.
Fire destroyed a house in Huntington. The home on 7th Avenue is a complete loss and at least three homes nearby were damaged. No one was hurt.
The Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association hosted an adoption event last weekend after receiving a donation in honor of Officer Cassie Johnson, who died this month in the line of duty. Police Chief Tyke Hunt said Officer Johnson had a profound love for animals, and she have been thrilled seeing so many animals adopted. The city of … Read more
A woman convicted of stabbing and killing a woman outside a Sissonville convenience store has been sentenced to life with no possibility of parole. Cynthia Gatewood was sentenced Monday in Kanawha County Circuit Court after being found guilty of first-degree murder for stabbing Cheryl Fisher. The two strangers had a brief argument outside of the … Read more