A jury found a Cabell County man guilty of drug and gun charges. Police found more than one-thousand-kilograms of fentanyl at a home in Barboursville last year. Forty-six-year-old Steven McCallister was found guilty of distribution of fentanyl and faces ten years to life in prison.
Two men are under arrest after a traffic stop on I-77. Police found drugs and a gun in the car, and after booking the suspects learned that one of them was wanted on a murder charge in Ohio.
A man was hit and killed by a train in South Charleston. The victim was hit by an Amtrak train on Chestnut Street near McClung Street. South Charleston police and CSX are investigating.
Economic analysts say the U.S. retail economy is on track to return to normal levels in the fourth quarter. Cyber sales this fall and winter are expected to provide a big boost, and those retail sales have the potential to bring the economy back to pre-pandemic levels. The outlook assumes there won’t be any major … Read more
West Virginia’s attorney general sued Walmart and drugstore chain CVS on Tuesday, saying they failed to monitor and report suspicious orders of prescription painkillers to their retail pharmacies. Patrick Morrisey’s lawsuits allege violations of the state’s Consumer Credit and Protection Act and conduct that caused a public nuisance. Morrisey said Walmart and CVS each were … Read more
West Virginia officials have decided to cancel elk tours this year due to concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. Logan State Park naturalist Lauren Cole, who leads the tours, told the Gazette-Mail that there would be too many risks involved if the tours were allowed. Division of Natural Resources officials have allowed up to 24 public … Read more
Doctors and dentists are buying PPE for themselves and their employees. WCHS TV reported that some offices are taking new measures to help pay for all of this equipment by adding a surcharge to their patient bills. The dentists that are doing it hope to drop the extra charge by October. Some insurances may cover … Read more
Marshall University will now open their season at home on September 5th against Eastern Kentucky. Appalachian State has also been added to the schedule. Earlier, Marshall lost games against Pitt, Boise State, Ohio University and Old Dominion University.
Four more people have died from COVID-19 in West Virginia, including an 86-year-old Kanawha County man. There are just under one-hundred new cases of the virus, and the state’s positive test rate is over two-percent.
A COVID-19 outbreak at a Taylor County nursing home is being traced back to a local church. A care provider contracted the virus through an outbreak at the West Hill Methodist Church. Nearly thirty residents and six staff members have tested positive for the virus.