Senator Shelley Moore Capito’s COVID-19 test came back negative after she was exposed to someone who recently tested positive. Capito says she will follow CDC guidelines and quarantine for fourteen days as a precaution.
A shooting on Ohio Avenue has turned into a homicide investigation. Two men were shot, and one of them has died from his injuries. The other victim was shot in the leg and is in stable condition. Police are looking for a suspect.
WorkForce West Virginia is mailing out 57-thousand unemployment benefit checks this week. The 24-hundred-dollar lump sum payment covers the six-week period between August 1st and September 5th. There will only be one payment. FEMA has exhausted more than 40-billion-dollars set aside for additional benefits.
West Virginia is part of a 330-million-dollar multi-state settlement reached with a student loan company accused of pressuring students to accept loans they couldn’t repay. The settlement will erase more than one million-dollars in debt for West Virginia students who attended ITT Technical Institute.
Visitors to Gritt’s Farm at Buffalo in Putnam County announced in a Facebook post that it will open its Fun Farm for the season Sept. 26, and the corn maze will feature a design that includes a likeness of “Jeopardy!” game show host Alex Trebek. The farm will have staggered entry times windows. Masks will … Read more
One downtown Charleston business is letting the kids come to work with their parents. Warner Law Office told WCHS TV it’s a matter of taking care of its employees. With schools moving to virtual learning it puts a strain on some families, and the law office is doubling as a classroom. Before the kids can … Read more
Logan County deputies said two people were arrested after a traffic stop and a sawed-off shotgun, a pistol, suspected methamphetamine and cash were found in a vehicle. Terry Hodges and Terry Fields, both of the Whitman area, were taken into custody. The Logan County Sheriff’s Office said Hodges and Fields were charged with possession with … Read more
Gov. Jim Justice and state officials have created a new color designation. The gold color will be used on the county alert system map to signal that a county is between yellow and orange. The new gold color will be assigned when counties have 10 to 14.9 coronavirus cases per 100,000 or a positivity rate … Read more
Two Kanawha County student-athletes are being recognized for their hard work in the classroom and in their respective sports. Jacob Swecker has been selected as the Todd Judy Ford Scholar Athlete for Herbert Hoover High School, and Hannah Warden has been chosen for the same honor for Nitro High School. The two schools were set … Read more
Some 17-hundred former employees of the Blackjewel coal mining company could get more than 17-million-dollars in back pay under a proposed class-action settlement. Workers could get checks early next year depending on the outcome of bankruptcy court hearings this fall.