A coalition of concerned teachers and parents held a virtual town hall discussion Sunday calling for a safe return to schools. The Our Students First town hall featured nearly a dozen participants who said the school year should begin with remote learning and begin in-person classes only after 14 consecutive days of no new COVID-19 … Read more
Our friends at WCHS TV have teamed up with Encova Insurance, and West Virginia American Water to help the United Way of Central WV with the Tools for School 2020 school supply drive. From now through Aug 28, you can donate backpacks and school supplies at United Way of Central WV, 1 United Way Square, … Read more
Kanawha County deputies located and arrested a suspect from a shooting Sunday night in Putnam County. Scott Snook was arrested early Monday morning by Kanawha County deputies. A 33-year-old man was taken to a Charleston hospital with a gunshot wound to his back after a shooting along Manilla Creek Road near Poca about 7 p.m. … Read more
West Virginia has a new online unclaimed property management system. The state currently has over 300-million-dollars worth of unclaimed property. You can find out if any of it belongs to you at www.wvtreasury.com.
Governor Justice is extending the bar closure in Monongalia County another ten days, and the governor is sending resources to two hospitals experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks. The outbreaks involve patients and staff at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital and Logan Regional Medical Center, The National Guard is deep cleaning the facilities and setting up testing events in … Read more
A 79-year-old Kanawha County man has died from COVID-19, raising the state’s death toll to 117. There are nearly 120 new cases of the virus, for a total of over 68-hundred. The daily positive test rate is three-percent.
Kanawha County health officials are moving a COVID-19 testing site today due to bad weather. The event was originally scheduled for the Shawnee Sports Complex, and is being moved to the parking garage of the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center.
A woman is facing child neglect charges after she was found unresponsive with a child in her care. South Charleston police found 27-year-old Lindsey Paul not breathing on the floor with drug paraphernalia and guns within reach of her eight-year-old daughter.
A Charleston man is under arrest for refusing to leave a Walmart while carrying a pistol and a shotgun. Twenty-seven-year-old Dennis Lanaham III is charged with Tresspassing.
A Kanawha County couple is facing child neglect charges. Fifty-year-old Howard Crouch is accused of driving with a blood alcohol level more than twice the legal limit with three children in the car. Forty-eight-year-old Angela Stamper was also in the car and showed signs of impairment. The kids are with family members.