A Winfield police officer has resigned after making inappropriate Facebook posts about protestors across the country. Patrolman Noah Garcelon admitted to making the posts. He’s also a member of the West Virginia National Guard, and faces disciplinary action.
A woman missing at the Grandview Overlook in the New River Gorge National River has been found alive and well. Forty-three-year-old Julie Wheeler went missing Monday.
The state’s COVID-19 death toll is up to 78. A 70-year-old Berkeley County woman died from the virus. There are fifteen new cases of coronavirus for a total of over two-thousand positive cases.
State revenue collection was off nearly 40-million-dollars in May, but Governor Justice says that’s better than expected. There’s one month left in the fiscal year, and Justice says he has a “rock solid plan” that the state is going to be cash positive by the end of June.
Kroger is hiring. The grocery store chain has over one-hundred-forty openings across West Virginia. You can apply at jobs.kroger.com.
Meds2Go Express Pharmacy in Alum Creek has been convicted of money laundering in a scheme between the pharmacy and Hope Clinic to dispense opioids for no legitimate medical purpose. The pharmacy was shut down and will pay 250-thousand-dollars in restitution.
A broken water main flooded MacCorkle Avenue, near the Patrick Street Bridge. Service was disrupted to some customers, and a detour is setup around the break. West Virginia American Water says repairs will be finished this morning.
Demonstrations continue in reaction to George Floyd’s death. Protestors blocked traffic at the corner of Pennsylvania and Washington Street. Charleston police are coordinating with protestors to keep them safe.
Charleston police are investigating a stabbing on the East end. The victim was stabbed at the Living AIDS Memorial Garden, and taken to a local hospital in unknown condition. A person is in custody.
A third lawsuit was filed Monday involving the deaths of patients over wrongful insulin injections at a West Virginia veterans hospital. Charleston attorney Tony O’Dell filed the federal lawsuit in the death of John William Hallman. The 87-year-old Navy veteran died at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg in June 2018. O’Dell … Read more