The total number of COVID-19 cases in West Virginia has topped five-thousand. There are more than one-hundred-twenty new cases of the virus, and the state’s positive test rate is over two-percent. Nearly eighty people are in the hospital, and more than thirty are in ICU.
If you live near Morgantown, but your house is outside the city limits and buy from Amazon, you may have been charged too much sale tax. You may have been charged an extra one-percent. Morgantown and state officials are working to address the problem. You’ll have to be reimbursed through the West Virginia State Tax … Read more
Ashland police are investigating after a man’s body was found in a wooded area of U.S. 23, behind a Ruby Tuesday’s restaurant. The Boyd County corner says the man is in his 50’s, but has not release his name. An investigation is ongoing.
A Georgia man, who’s wanted in Texas, was arrested during at traffic stop in Fayette County. Forty-one-year-old Jonathan Campen was arrested driving a vehicle that was stolen in Georgia. There was a shotgun on the front seat when officers pulled him over, and Campen refused to get out of the car and became combative. A … Read more
A South Carolina man was killed in Huntington when his motorcycle crashed off the 31st Street Bridge. The motorcycle ended up on the bank of the Ohio River on the Huntington side. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
State Police are looking for a missing teenage girl. Fifteen-year-old Caitlyn Hamilton was last seen leaving a home on Falls Creek Road near Tornado. She’s believed to be in the Tornado or St. Albans are, but has not contacted friends or family.
Police and DNR officers are looking for a boat that was involved in a hit-and-run on the Tygart River. The boat hit a 22-year-old swimmer and took off toward the Benton’s Ferry Bridge. Witnesses say there were five men aboard. The swimmer is in serious condition at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown.
Two men are charged with attempted murder after chasing and shooting at a vehicle. Thirty-year-old Corey Perkins and 24-year-old Robert Barner followed on car on Route-60 from St. Albans to Hurricane and fired multiple shots. No one in the other car was hurt.
Former West Virginia Legislator and local TV personality, Shirley Love, has passed away at 87-years-old. He served one term in the House of Delegates and in the West Virginia Senate for over ten years. He was well known for hosting Saturday Night Wrestling on TV.
You can dine outside again this weekend in downtown Charleston. Capitol and Hale streets will be blocked off for restaurants to set up tables, chairs, and tents. Quarrier Street will be reserved for anyone picking up take out orders.