West Virginia has the third-highest rate of COVID-19 spread in the country. The state’s RT Value is one-point-one-three, trailing only Maine and California. There are over a thousand new cases of the virus, and over 22-thousand active cases, and six more people have died.
Governor Justice says West Virginia is leading the country in COVID-19 vaccine distribution. More than 15-thousand people have received the Pfizer vaccine. That’s an over 90-percent administration rate. More doses of the Moderna vaccine will arrive today.
WVU is accepting an invitation to play in the Liberty Bowl in Memephis on New Years Eve. The Mountaineers will face the Tennessee Volunteers.
The Greenbrier is offering a chance to “buy out” the seven-hundred-room luxury resort for 250-thousand-dollars per night. You get the place all to yourself during select dates in January and February.
Governor Justice and the State Board of Education announced the creation of the Extracurricular Equity Fund that will provide four-million-dollars to support extracurricular programs impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Wellston man is facing abduction charges for forcing a woman into a vehicle on State route 683. He crashed the car twice and the woman was able to get away. She wasn’t hurt.
Appalachian Power is asking the West Virginia Public Service Commission for permission to create a surcharge to recover costs associated with infrastructure improvements. The company says the annual fee would be smaller and the effect on rates would be lower and more gradual. They’re asking for a nearly fifty-million-dollar increase.
Charleston police officers released the name of a man found dead Friday afternoon. 20-year old Nathaniel Spivey was found with multiple gunshot wounds when police responded about 2:30 p.m. to a shooting in the 200 block of Wertz Avenue. Officers said police and firefighters attempted life-saving measures, but Spivey was pronounced dead at the scene. … Read more
Lawyers are asking to delay the sentencing of Reta Mays, the former staffer the VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, who pleaded guilty to intentionally killing seven patients with fatal doses of insulin. Attorneys for Mays filed a motion asking that her sentencing, which is scheduled for Feb. 18-19, be put off until mid-May because of … Read more
Sen. Joe Manchin said over the weekend that the Dept. of Veterans Affairs has given the okay for all four VA Medical Centers in West Virginia to receive initial doses of the Moderna vaccine. Manchin said he sent a letter this week calling on the VA to explain why many rural Veterans were excluded from … Read more