There have been three more COVID-19 related deaths in West Virginia, bringing the statewide death toll to sixteen, and 775 people in the state have tested positive for the virus. The positive test result rate is just over four-percent.
Gas prices continue to fall. The average price for a gallon of gasoline in West Virginia is $1.81, down 86-cents from a year ago. Gasoline demand is at an over 50-year low, and experts say it could drop to a dollar-a-gallon.
County and City leaders are concerned about an emergency rule issued by state officials that allows three people per one-thousand-square-feet in grocery stores. That goes against Kanawha-Charleston Health Department rules allowing only two people per one-thousand-square-feet. City leaders say adding more foot traffic inside stores puts customers and front-line employees at risk.
West Virginia will receive one-and-a-quarter-billion-dollars in federal relief money. The United States Treasury will issue guideline today on how that money can be used. Governor Justice hopes to use some of the money to cover the states 376-million-dollar budget shortfall.
The PGA Tour at the Greenbrier has been canceled amid the pandemic. The event was to be played annually through 2026, but it will not return to the PGA calendar.
Police are investigating after more than five-thousand-dollars’ worth of baseball equipment and prizes for a fundraiser were stolen from Man High School.
A Charleston man is under arrest for stabbing his brother during an argument. The victim is in critical condition with stab wounds in his chest and back. Thirty-five-year-old Nathaniel Darby is charged with malicious wounding.
Nine more patients have tested positive for coronavirus at Riverside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Jefferson. And seven residents and eight staff members tested positive a nursing home in Ripley. Governor Justice says testing at nursing homes is a concern, and he plans to get to the bottom of several outbreaks across the state.
There are over one-hundred cases of coronavirus in Kanawha County, and fifty people have recovered and are no longer symptomatic. Statewide there are almost 740 positive cases, and thirteen people have died.
The Man High School baseball coach is thanking the public for helping spread the word about items that were stolen from the team’s facility this week. Some folks gave items back after unknowingly purchasing stolen items. The Man Hillbillies Baseball Facebook page said the team lost more than $5,000 worth of equipment and other items … Read more