The West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission has released more guidance on fall sports. The agency is asking student-athletes and coaches to avoid giving handshakes, hand slaps or high fives to others and band and cheerleaders not travel to away games. Volleyball teams won’t switch benches during games. Pre-game meals will include more grab and … Read more
A man accused in a West Side homicide and of going on a crime spree that included striking a Charleston police officer in the head with an antique iron has had his trial date postponed so a psychiatric report can be finalized. Joshua Drennen of Clendenin was charged with first-degree robbery and first-degree murder in … Read more
Morgantown City Council unanimously approved an emergency ordinance that OKs fines for those ages 9 and up who don’t wear face coverings indoors. Violation of the face covering ordinance can result in a a fine of no less than $25 or more than $500. Also, businesses with three new positive COVID-19 cases will be required … Read more
Major developments surfaced Tuesday in a case that has drawn national attention, an FBI investigation and an outcry of concerns about the mysterious deaths of multiple veterans at the VA Medical Center in Clarksburg. Court documents indicate that Reta Mays, a former nursing assistant at the medical center, entered guilty pleas in seven of the … Read more
The governor is pleading with residents to obey his mandatory face mask order after seeing images of a packed church service where worshipers were not wearing face coverings. Justice announced the mask directive last week but stopped short of imposing any penalties for noncompliance. At least 96 people have died from the virus and more … Read more
WorkForce West Virginia says that if you’ve exhausted your regular state unemployment and pandemic emergency unemployment compensation benefits, you can now apply for extended benefits. The state is offering a thirteen-week extension. The state’s unemployment rate is almost 13-percent.
Marshall University is providing financial assistant to students who prefer to take online courses because of the pandemic. Anyone who registers for an e-course will receive emergency assistance funds to offset the e-delivery fee of forty-dollars-per-credit-hour.
An 85-year-old Ohio County woman has died from COVID-19, raising the state’s death toll to 97. There are over 43-hundred confirmed cases of the virus statewide. West Virginia’s “Rt value,” which represents the rate at which the virus is spreading, is second highest in the nation.
Governor Justice is closing bars in Monongalia County for ten days because of a spike in COVID-19 cases. The governor is also limiting crowd sizes to 25 people or less, and shutting down fairs and festivals.
An officer-involved shooting is under investigation in Summersville. Fifty-year-old Carl Raines fired shots at several people, and when officers arrived, he fired on them. Officers returned fire and hit Raines. He was flown to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The officers weren’t hurt.