There is a bus driver shortage throughout the region, and transit directors said it could be due to COVID-19. Tri River Transit is down 10 drivers. It covers Lincoln, Boone, Mason, Logan and Wayne counties. Executive Director Paula Smith said the shortage happened when the pandemic began. WCHS TV reported social distancing on small busses … Read more
Funeral arrangements have been made for a Charleston firefighter and medic who died while on duty this week. The funeral for Jason Linwood Cuffee will be Friday, July 24, at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., and the funeral will start at 11 a.m. The funeral … Read more
The Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) at West Virginia University will not be in service this fall semester, according to the university’s Return to Campus plan. Instead, bus routes through WVU and Mountain Line buses will be available with safety measures in place, including a requirement to wear face masks. The university will offer additional buses … Read more
A Charleston police officer is recovering after police said a man attacked her with a rock and tried to disarm her. Anthony Gamble of Baltimore, Maryland. is charged with malicious assault and attempting to disarm a police officer. Early Wednesday morning, police say Patrolman Chelsea McCoy responded to the Greyhound bus station after getting reports … Read more
The head of one of West Virginia’s teachers’ unions says he doubts schools can reopen with face-to-face instruction in early September. He says based on COVID-19 trends, “If we were to start school today, it’s not safe.”
If you’re parking meter is about to expire, there’s an app for that. The City of Charleston is upgrading more than one-hundred parking meters on the west side that operate with a mobile app and offer “touchless” parking.
The City of Charleston is using Community Development Block Grant funds to create a new Mental Health Coordinator position. The position will act as a liaison to the police and fire departments responding to mental health issues.
Kanawha County’s COVID-19 cases continue to climb with nearly thirty new cases, and nearly sixty positive cases statewide, bringing the total close to 52-hundred. There are nearly eighty people hospitalized with the virus. A 67-year-old Cabell County woman has died, raising the state’s death toll to 101.
Governor Justice held a virtual meeting with more than two dozen of the state’s college and university presidents to discuss their reopening plans for the fall. Justice says there are some real challenges, but wants the schools to get back to as close to normal as possible.
A Charleston man is under arrest for skipping out on a circuit court hearing. Twenty-eight-year-old Qynell Bradshaw was supposed to appear via phone for a June 5th hearing. He’s facing malicious wounding and weapons charges. Police received a tip and arrested Bradshaw at Renaissance Circle.