It’s been nearly two weeks since Hurricane Laura made landfall, and after the devastating storm, emergency responders from our own backyard were sent in to help aid in the recovery. This week, they’re heading home. They were sent to a FEMA operations base in Gonzales, Louisiana, and from there they were deployed to a small … Read more
The West Virginia Hunting and Fishing Show has been running for 30 years, but it won’t happen in 2020. Organizers said the risk of getting 12,000 to 15,000 people together is too great, and they’ve canceled the show. It had been scheduled for January at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center. More than $500,000 from … Read more
Employees at a hardware store in Charleston said a gunman shot an employee after a shoplifting incident. Workers at Pile Hardware on Washington Street West said the suspect came into the store Thursday morning and was not wearing a mask. Two employees tried to detain him for shoplifting and that’s when one worker was shot … Read more
A South Charleston church is closing after six people tested positive for COVID-19. The Lincoln Drive Community Church’s last service was August 30th, and the church will remain closed until sanitizing efforts are complete.
A petition filed in Kanawha County is seeking to block enforcement of the state’s metrics and color-coded map. The petition claims the county alert system map discriminates against children by preventing them from receiving a free education and participating in sports and extracurricular activities.
WorkForce West Virginia will begin distributing an additional four-hundred-dollars-per-week in COVID-19 unemployment benefits. The state is approved to pay five-weeks of benefits retroactively. If you are eligible for all five-weeks, you will get a two-thousand-dollar check, minus any taxes.
A Charleston woman pleaded guilty to bank fraud and possession of stolen mail. Thirty-six-year-old Samantha Miller admitted to stealing thousands of dollars’ worth of checks out of mail boxes, and trying to cash them at various banks. She faces up to 35-years in prison.
A Cabell County jury found a Marshall University football player not guilty of attacking a woman last year. Brandon Drayton was accused of grabbing a woman around the neck in an incident last October.
The City of Charleston is making it easier to get online. Community Centers will open their doors for internet access. The Kanawha City, Martin Luther King Jr., Roosevelt Neighborhood, and North Charleston community centers will be open Monday through Friday starting at 7 a.m. All locations will offer free Wi-Fi
The West Virginia Board of Education is making some changes to improve communication. The state’s color coded map will now be released at five p.m. on Saturdays to give families and school leaders more time to prepare for the upcoming week.