More than 20-thousand West Virginia voters have requested absentee ballots since the application period opened last week. The state is allowing the pandemic as a reason for receiving a mail-in ballot. More than 200-thousand people voted by mail in the June primary.
West Virginia’s unemployment rate fell below ten-percent in July. WorkForce West Virginia says 46-hundred people went back to work last month. More than 75-thousand people are still out of work.
Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races is laying off over five-hundred employees. Parent company, Penn National, is reducing staff at a dozen other casinos in eight different states.
A woman is under arrest for a string of car break-ins in St. Albans. As many as twenty-five vehicles have been broken into since Saturday night. The suspect ransacked unlocked cars and stole thousands of dollars’ worth of property.
A Lucasville woman is facing child endangerment charges. Thirty-nine-year-old Mary Carver is accused of breaking out a window at a house on Greenbrier Road. She was bleeding and police found her standing down the street with two naked children covered in blood, and a baby lying in a ditch unconscious. The baby is still in … Read more
A Charleston firefighter who died on duty last month died of an accidental overdose. Police are launching an investigation into firefighter Jason Cuffee’s death. The medical examiner found fentanyl and xylazine in his system.
The trial has been scheduled for a Clendenin man accused of murdering a 77-year-old woman on Charleston’s West Side and then committing various crimes including attacking an officer with an antique iron. Joshua Drennen will be on trial beginning at 9 a.m. Oct. 26. Drennen is charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder of a police … Read more
West Virginia University had 96 positive coronavirus test results among students and faculty between July 21 and Aug. 16. The university said out of 16,000 tests, 92 students and 4 staff members tested positive. WVU officials expressed concern about reports concerning numerous off-campus parties that have been hosted recently by students. The Office of Student … Read more
All U.S. and West Virginia flags at the Capitol Complex and all state-owned facilities in Wood County were displayed at half-staff on Tuesday in honor of a former state delegate. The flags honored the life and service of former West Virginia Delegate Robert Goldenberg. Goldenberg practiced law in West Virginia for 69 years. At the … Read more
WVU officials are concerned about reports of several off-campus parties. The university says it will not tolerate behavior that violates health and safety guidelines, which prohibits gatherings of more than twenty-five people. It could result in a charge and sanctions under the Student Conduct Code.