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One more person has died from COVID-19 in West Virginia, and there are over 280 new cases of the virus, for a total of over four-thousand. The statewide positive test rate is just under three-percent.

Kanawha County has moved from the orange into the gold category on the COVID-19 alert map. If it stays that way through tonight, when the school alert map is released, in person instruction could begin for the first time this school year. The school map uses a Thursday night cut-off, and Friday’s tests will not … Read more

Governor Justice says increased COVID-19 testing is paying off in Kanawha County. Eighty-five people tested positive for the virus this week, even though they weren’t showing symptoms. Justice says they would never have been identified, if weren’t for aggressive testing. More than two-thousand people have been tested in Kanawha County this week. The governor is … Read more

WVU will take on the Baylor Bears this afternoon at Milan Puskar Stadium. Kickoff is at noon. No fans, other than immediate family, will be allowed in the stadium.

Charleston police are investigating after twenty shots were fired on Glenwood Avenue. Some of the bullets went through a car. Officer didn’t find a victim but later learned a man was taken to the hospital in a personal vehicle. The victim was shot in the foot, and is in stable condition. Witnesses saw a black … Read more

A Charleston man will spend ten years behind bars after pleading guilty to manslaughter. Jeffrey Adam Wentz shot and killed a man at his West Dupont Avenue home in May 2019. The victim, 51-year-old Nelson Mitchell, was at the house to trade stolen property for drugs. He became upset and started throwing rocks at the … Read more

A Culloden man, who has been missing since Thursday, was found safe, and is now missing again. Sixty-six-year-old Rick Hensley was found sixty-miles south of Nashville. Police evaluated him, and found him to be “of sound mind,” and said he was going to Birmingham Alabama, and walked out. Hensley left his vehicle in Ohio and … Read more

The fall fire season has arrived in West Virginia. Through the end of the year, all outdoor burning is confined to between 5 p.m. and 7 a.m.

A new nine-mile section of the Coalfields expressway is open. The four-lane highway runs from Mullens to Slab Fork. It’s part of Governor Justice’s Roads to Prosperity program.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was in Jefferson County for a listening session with teachers, parents and students. She was greeted by a group of eighth graders from Charles Town Middle School over video conferencing. DeVos focused on how the unprecedented school year has been.