A Charleston man is under arrest for starting a fire that killed one man and injured another person. Forty-three-year-old Jerry Walker is accused of setting a house on fire that spread to a second house. He’s charged with arson and murder.
A man was shot and wounded in an officer-involved shooting at an apartment at Renaissance Circle. Twenty-one-year-old Cole Sams stole a dump truck, and then tried to break-in to two apartments. He refused to drop his gun when he was shot. Sams is in stable condition. No officers were hurt.
Two more people in West Virginia have died from COVID-19, bringing the state’s death toll to eight. Nearly six-hundred people have tested positive for the virus statewide. A student living in the “Towers” at WVU has tested positive for COVID-19. The person who tested positive is in isolation, and all resident and workers at the … Read more
At least three West Virginia colleges have set up emergency funds to help students. West Virginia University, West Virginia State University and Concord University say they’re trying to help students who’ve taken financial hits to continue their education. West Virginia State University students must have been in good standing and can apply for up to … Read more
Additional pay for first responders during the COVID-19 crisis is in the works for Kanawha County and Charleston employees as city and county leaders work on a deal. Governor Jim Justice announced a $100,000 grant to be distributed to first responders in each county in West Virginia. Mayor Amy Goodwin asked the county for ‘hero … Read more
A 25-year-old man in Logan County died Saturday due to the coronavirus. The man had been hospitalized at Logan Regional Medical Center. Also over the weekend, a third patient from the Sundale nursing home in Morgantown died from the virus. The death pushes West Virginia’s total to eight.
West Virginia has one of the country’s lowest participation rates in the 2020 census. Data compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau shows only about a third of West Virginia households have responded so far and that’s the third worst behind only Alaska and Puerto Rico. Gov. Jim Justice and other state officials have repeatedly urged … Read more
Fire severely damaged a Whitesville Apartment building. No one was hurt, but the fire displaced about twenty people. The Red Cross is helping them find temporary housing. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a runaway teenager. Seventeen-year-old Melinda Atkins was reported missing from her Sissonville home. Atkins is 5’5”, 120 pounds, with long red hair and hazel eyes. She was last seen wearing gray sweatpants, a blue shirt and white Crocs. She may have left in a blue BMW.
West Virginia’s public colleges and universities will get 55-million-dollars from the U.S. Department of Education. Half the money must go to students as emergency aid grants to cover expenses related to the disruption caused by the coronavirus. Marshall University is refunding students nearly four-and-a-half million-dollars in fees for services they aren’t using while campus is … Read more