Property crime, like car theft, breaking and entering, and burglary are down over thirty-percent over the last three years in Kanawha County. Sheriff Mike Rutherford contributes the decline to a division he created in 2018 that focuses on property crime investigations.
Property crime like car theft, breaking and entering and burglary are down 31% over the last three years in Kanawha County, according to Sheriff Mike Rutherford. The change came in 2018, when Rutherford created a division of deputies solely dedicated to focusing on property crime investigations. WCHS TV reported property crime has gone down 31% … Read more
Restricted visitation policies are being revised for Cabell Huntington Hospital and St. Mary’s Medical Center. Mountain Health Network said the new guidelines go into effect Tuesday, September 29, for adult inpatient and intensive care unit visitation. Adult patients can designate one primary and one alternate visitor during the hours of noon to 6 p.m. and … Read more
Again on Saturday, no West Virginia counties were in the red under the color-coding system used for the school alert map and only two were in orange. Kanawha and Wayne counties were the only counties in orange in this Saturday’s map. If a county is in orange, only remote learning is possible for schools and … Read more
After three more COVID-19 related deaths reported over the weekend, Kanawha county’s death total since the start of the pandemic is at 77. The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department confirmed in a news release the deaths of a 72-year-old man and a 70-year-old female on Saturday, and the death of a 70-year old man on Sunday. Active … Read more
Now is a good time to volunteer to be a hero. Volunteer fire departments across the Kanawha Valley are struggling to find recruits, and the Kermit and Clendenin volunteer fire departments are among the agenices looking for new folks to step up. WCHS TV reports some volunteer firefighters are aging out and are not being … Read more
A new WVU study finds that men are more likely to die from COVID-19 than women. Researchers found that men have a less robust immune system response to the virus, making it harder to get rid of, which results in more damage to the lungs. Women tend to clear the virus faster, causing less damage.
Five more people have died from COVID-19 in West Virginia, raising the death toll to 330. There are nearly 250 new cases of the virus, and 36-hundred active cases. More than 175 patients are in the hospital.
A Kanawha County judge is throwing out a lawsuit challenging the state’s color-coded map system as unconstitutional. The case claimed that COVID-19 restrictions were unevenly applied to public schools. The parent who filed the case has two children in private school, and the state Board of Education challenged his standing and the judge agreed.
The state Department of Education is now posting confirmed COVID-19 outbreaks at public school. There are outbreaks in Kanawha, Putnam, Grant, Marshall, Monongalia and Raleigh counties. The Kanawha cases listed three cases at Dunbar Primary and four at Mary Ingles Elementary. In Putnam County, West Teays Elementary had two cases and George Washington Elementary School … Read more