Overall, the rate of spread of the coronavirus in West Virginia is dropping. The state now has the third lowest rate of spread in the county, with an Rt value of point-92. Any number under one, means the virus is not spreading.
Two more people have died from COVID-19 in Kanawha County, bringing the county’s death toll to one-hundred. Statewide, there are over 270 new cases of the virus, and nearly 47-hundred active cases. The state’s daily positive test rate is over four-percent.
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man wanted as part of a two state drug sweep that led to nearly a dozen arrests. Zachariah Wilson is accused of selling more than 100-thousand-dollars-a-year in heroin and opioids for more than a decade.
A man in jail in California is being indicted for the murder of a Beckley school teacher. Sixty-four-year-old Earl Robbins is accused of shooting Cynthia Miller on the eve of her wedding in 1981. A cold case task force dug up new leads in the case.
Cabell County Schools will continue blended learning for the rest of the fall semester. Cabell County is reporting nearly 350 active COVID-19 cases, and both Cabell Huntington Hospital and St. Mary’s Hospital have closed to visitors due to the recent uptick.
State school officials say immediate response to COVID-19 outbreaks has limited the spread of the virus, and has been critical to “keeping schools safe and open.” More than twenty schools in the state are experiencing outbreaks, including Ruffner Elementary, and South Charleston Middle School.
An ammunition company could bring more jobs to the Kanawha Valley. Ranger Scientific is a start-up ammunition company that specializes in harmonically tuned ammunition, and WCHS TV reported it has targeted the Kanawha Valley for production. It plans to develop two sites – putting administrative offices in the old Montgomery High School in spring 2021 … Read more
The Secretary of State’s Office reported Tuesday that more than 65,000 state residents have cast absentee ballots so far. More than 120,000 absentee ballots have been requested. The deadline to request an absentee ballot is Oct. 28. Applications must be received by the county clerk by that date to be accepted, and you can request … Read more
A Kanawha County man accused in a fatal shooting pleaded guilty in the case. Douglas “Fatty” Kidd III of Nitro pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and he’ll be sentenced Nov. 2. Kidd was arrested in the fatal shooting of James Taylor Morris of Jefferson, who was shot in the neck at a home in the … Read more
A West Virginia health system is again banning visitors from its hospitals over COVID concerns. Mountain Health Network announced that most visitors will not be allowed in its medical centers, including at St. Mary’s in Huntington. Essential caregivers will be allowed for patients in labor and delivery, in the pediatrics unit and in the neonatal … Read more