The 2020 ChiliFest in Huntington has been canceled. The event is typically held in September and had been held continuously for 36 years. It served as a qualifier for the International Chili Society’s World Championship, which has been delayed until the spring of 2021.
The entire town of Gary was without running water for a week, and though their water is now back, there are still issues. WCHS TV reported the pump stopped working due to old age, but water came back on Tuesday night after crews fixed it. There’s one working pump at the Grape Vine pump station … Read more
West Virginia schools are preparing their re-opening plans for the fall, and state school Superintendent Clayton Burch says that most families prefer the live classroom option, which may include reduced days in the classroom during the week or staggered class times.
Senator Joe Manchin wants some answers from the Post Service. He sent a letter to the U.S. Postmaster General asking why there are several Post Offices around the state that are scheduled to be closed or will significantly reduce hours and services.
Five more people have died from COVID-19, raising the state’s death toll to 111. There are more than one-hundred new positive cases, for a total of over six-thousand. The number of hospitalization has climbed to over ninety.
The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department is addressing a spike in COVID-19 cases. There have been one-hundred-fifty new cases in the past week, for a total of almost seven-hundred. Health officials say the virus is spreading through families that have been exposed on vacation.
A fifth lawsuit has been filed against the Clarksburg VA. Archie Edgell was among several veterans who died after being given a fatal dose of insulin. The lawsuit claims the hospital made no effort to protect Edgell from former nursing assistant Reta Mays.
An inmate died at the Western Regional Jail. Forty-one-year-old Thomas Oxley was found unresponsive in his cell. There is no evidence of foul play.
A Charleston man, accused of hitting another man in the head with a hammer, has been sentenced to a year in prison. Michael Bellew pleaded guilty to batter to battery for hitting the victim at his home last August.
The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department is looking for a burglary suspect. There is a warrant out for the arrest of thirty-year-old Jamie Logan.