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A St. Albans man is under arrest for burglarizing a home on High Street, and fighting with deputies during his arrest. Thirty-year-old Craig Scott tried to take an officer’s stun gun.

Clay County Sheriff Donald Triplett resigned abruptly to deal with personal family matters. Former Sheriff Randy Holcomb will fill the position on an interim basis.

State Senator John Unger is proposing that voluntary COVID-19 testing should be made abatable for free to all West Virginians. He wants the cost covered by the one-and-a-quarter billion-dollars the state received from the federal government.

There are four more positive cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, bringing the total number of cases to 12-hundred, and the death toll remains at 50. The positive test reault rate is still below three-percent.

Kanawha County deputies said a man was taken into custody after he burglarized a home, fought with deputies and tried to take an officer’s stun gun. 30-year old Craig Scott of St. Albans was charged after an incident Tuesday on High Street near St. Albans. A security camera and alarm caught a man breaking into … Read more

Marshall University will debut an online degree in general business this fall. The bachelor of art’s degree will be designed specifically for students who work or have family responsibilities. It’s also aimed at transfer students who may not be able to regularly attend classes on the Huntington campus. The university said academic advisers will tailor … Read more

West Virginia’s COVID-19 positive test rate continued to hold under the 3% mark Tuesday, with 14 new positive cases and no new deaths. The state Department of Health and Human Resources said the state’s cumulative percent positive test rate was at 2.26%. According to the DHHR’s website, 630 have recovered.

Huntington will give its employees a one-time extra payment for continuing to work with the public during the coronavirus pandemic. Mayor Steve Williams said $900 will go to all the members of unions representing city police, firefighters and administrative employees who did not work remotely during the virus outbreak. Nearly 285 employees will receive the … Read more

Three people charged in connection with the killing of a Maryland man are now in jails in West Virginia. Emily R. Day was transferred to Eastern Regional Jail in Martinsburg after her arrest in Maryland by state police on April 24. Day is being held without bond on charges of accessory in the murder of … Read more

The Tour de Coal and the St. Albans YakFest are officially canceled this year. The events were scheduled for June and normally attract thousands of people to the area. Organizers for the events hope to reschedule in the fall.