Work on I-64 will get underway this fall. The interstate will be widened between Teays Valley and Nitro, and the bridge over the Kanawha River will be replaced. The project is expected to take about three years.
Marshall University will allow fans at football games this fall. Seating capacity at Joan C. Edwards Stadium will be reduced, and limited to season ticket holders, with some single-game tickets available to the public. The Thundering Herd kicks off the season against Eastern Kentucky on September 5th.
A day after the West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission said marching bands would not be allowed to perform at football games; Governor Justice is stepping in, and will allow bands to perform. Band members won’t be allowed in the stands, and will have to follow social distancing guidelines.
West Virginia’s unemployment rate is going down. The state’s overall jobless rate in July was under ten-percent for the first time since the pandemic began. Unemployment went down in forty-nine counties. The unemployment rate still tops fifteen-percent in McDowell and Mingo counties.
Nearly 200 West Virginia National Guard soldiers are back home with their families. They were deployed in the Middle East for a year as part of Operation Spartan Shield.
A Boyd County woman is facing theft and cruelty to animal charges. Thirty-seven-year-old Danielle Childers was supposed to be training the dogs, but when the owners arrived to pick them, she no longer had them. Childers faces up to five-years in prison.
Kanawha County deputies continue to search for a robbery suspect who robbed Amber’s Hot Spot in Cross Lanes last week. The Sheriff’s Office posted surveillance video of the suspect on Facebook.
Police are investigating a shooting on 7th Avenue. One person was shot. The extent of the victim’s injuries hasn’t been released, and no arrests have been made.
The cleanup begins this morning, after strong storms move through last night knocking down trees and power lines. At one point, more than 40-thousand people were in the dark.
One person is dead and another is missing after a motorcycle crash early Tuesday morning. It happened around 2 a.m. on the WV Turnpike South in the Chelyan area. State police said two riders were involved and 31-year old Chelsea Atha of Columbus, Ohio was found dead at the scene. Troopers found the driver’s license … Read more