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Kanawha and Cabell counties remain the yellow and Putnam County is in the green on the latest alert map. The map will determine if trick-or-treating can happen in Charleston on Saturday.

The Nitro Police Department will reopen today for early voting. The site was closed yesterday after a poll worker tested positive for COVID-19.

A third employee at the Kanawha County Assessor’s office has tested positive for COVID-19. The employee had limited access to the public, and proper protocols are being followed.

West Virginia’s COVID-19 numbers are spiking with more than three-hundred new cases, and two more people have died. Governor Justice is ordering more testing. The goal is to test at least ten-thousand people every day.

The Senate confirmed Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. West Virginia’s senators split their vote on the nomination. Republican Shelley Moore Capito voted to confirm Barrett, and Democrat Joe Manchin voted with the opposition. She was sworn-in last night at a White House ceremony.

The Rocket Boys Festival is being held virtually this year. The three-day event starts tomorrow. Author Homer Hickam will lead Zoom discussion on creative writing and motivation discussion with kids.

The trial for a man accused of murder, carjacking, and an officer-involved shooting, is being pushed backed to next month. Joshua Drennen’s trial is being delayed because a criminal responsibility evaluation is not complete. Results of the evaluation are expected by the end of the week.

A man wanted in a Pike County shooting is under arrest. Patrick Jackson evaded deputies for most of the day on Monday before being taken into custody at a home in Cynthiana. He’s accused of shooting a man on Greenridge Road. The victim is in serious condition.

Nearly one-hundred people are under arrest in an operation targeting violent gang crime. The U.S. Marshals Service and local law enforcement agencies conducted a month long operation and arrested five gang members, three people accused of murder, and found three missing children from California.

The trial for man accused of brutally killing an elderly woman and trying to kill a Charleston police officer has been pushed back until next month. In February, Joshua Drennen was indicted on charges related to the death of Barbara Steele on Charleston’s West Side. On Monday, Drennen’s attorney, John Sullivan, requested a continuance in … Read more