Governor Justice has given the okay for public swimming pools to reopen, but many municipal pools have decided not to reopen. Dunbar is the latest to decide to not open the city’s pool this summer. City Council says there are not enough workers to safely run the pool.
A Ravenswood man will spend more than a year in prison for stealing guns. Nineteen-year-old James Evans pleaded guilty to breaking into the Old and New Sports Store and stealing more than twenty firearms.
A former Starbucks employee is accused of stealing five-thousand-dollars’ worth of gift cards. Eighteen-year-old Paige Gritt is charged with embezzlement. She admitted to giving away several Starbucks gifts cards to friends and family.
More rain is one the way later today…Heavy rain caused problems overnight. A man and child were rescued from a vehicle on South Pinch Road, water was over the tires. And a tree fell down on Kanawha boulevard East near the Belle exit.
Dunbar City Council voted Thursday not to open the city’s public pool this year. The city said on its Facebook page that they’ve not been able to secure the number of Life Savers and Managers to run the pool safely.
State officials have made it a little easier to schedule an appointment at West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles offices. The DMV has unveiled a new hotline to make appointments to take driver’s license tests, make changes to identification cards or driver’s licenses and obtain an identification card. The hotline, which can be reached at … Read more
South Charleston Police are asking for the public’s help identifying the driver of a pickup truck involved in a crash Wednesday morning at the Southridge Walmart, which caused a power outage in the store. Police said the truck struck a transformer and left the scene going toward the Trace Fork Road area. The truck is … Read more
The Kanawha County Public Library is transitioning into the Town Center mall during its massive renovations downtown. Movers have been putting together shelves and stocking them with hundreds of books inside the library’s new, temporary home across from Talbot’s on the second floor. More than 70% of the library’s inventory will be put away in … Read more
The City of Charleston’s Parks and Recreation Department is offering free morning yoga classes beginning next week on Magic Island. Social distancing will be enforced, and the classes will be limited to 25 people.
Spirit Airlines will resume seasonal service from Yeager Airport to Myrtle Beach in July. Airport officials say passenger traffic is up after record lows in April, but it could take up to two years for the airport to get back to normal.