Health department violations were reported at seven bars in Morgantown last weekend for infractions, including a lack of social distancing, not wearing face coverings, overcrowding and for patrons drinking alcohol without ordering or consuming food. The Monongalia County Health Department said all of the citations were COVID-19-related, except for one that involved underage drinking. The … Read more
Kanye West has filed a lawsuit to get on the presidential ballot in West Virginia. West submitted more than 14,000 signatures to get on the ballot, but more than half of them were invalidated, leaving him nearly 800 signatures short. The lawsuit claims the campaign didn’t have the opportunity to appeal the decision by the … Read more
Additional unemployment relief is on the way. WorkForce West Virginia’s Lost Wages Assistance Program has received approval from FEMA. The program will provide an additional four-hundred-dollars-a-week to people receiving unemployment assistance.
Governor Justice is offering teams a chance to play if their games are canceled because of COVID-19. He says if players, band members and dance team members all test negative they have a one-time option to play or perform. Kanawha County schools quickly opted out of the testing, saying they are focused on opening schools … Read more
Mayor Goodwin is announcing the launch of “Food Truck Wednesdays.” Food trucks will be at Slack Plaza starting next Wednesday through the end of September for lunch and dinner.
RISE West Virginia has complete six more homes in Kanawha, Greenbrier and Nicholas counties. The program has completed over two-hundred homes.
Kanawha County Schools are bridging the Wi-Fi gap and upgrading school buses with stronger signals and 5-G speeds. The buses will park in rural and low income areas, so students can download the materials they need for virtual learning.
A man who was on the run for months after a fatal shooting in Charleston is under arrest in Philadelphia. Twenty-six-year-ol Braheem Griffin pleaded guilty to killing a teenager last July on Charleston’s West Side.
A Putnam County paramedic is pleading guilty to stealing from ambulance drug safes. Forty-nine-year-old Kelley Keene admitted to taking fentanyl and morphine. He faces up to four-years in prison.
COVID-19 deaths hit a record number in Kanawha County. Three people died from the virus on Monday, bringing the county’s death toll to over thirty. It’s the highest number of deaths since the pandemic began. Forty more people tested positive. The next drive-up testing event is planned for Wednesday at the Schoenbaum Family Resource Center.