Dozens of people enjoyed outdoor dining over the weekend as the city shutdown several blocks of Capitol and Hale Streets. City officials are considering expanding the street closures to other restaurants throughout the city.
There are almost forty new cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, bringing the total to over 42-hundred. More than sixty people are hospitalized with virus. That number has doubled in a week. The positive test rate is over two-percent.
The Kanawha County Circuit Clerk’s Office is closed until the end of the week after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. The worker has not been in the building since July 2nd, and all other employees who had contact with the person are being quarantined.
St. Albans police are investigating after a body was found in the Kanawha River. Emergency crews recovered the body near the boat ramp at Roadside Park. The Medical Examiner’s office will make a positive identification.
A Logan County man is under arrest for threatening Walgreens employee and demanding 400-thousand-dollars he claimed to have won from the lottery. Thirty-six-year-old Clifford Caldwell Jr. later admitted to being under the influence, and police determined he was unarmed.
Police are looking for a person of interest in a robbery and carjacking in Dunbar. Forty-year-old Timothy Walding Jr. is wanted for robbing the Hot Spot on Washington Street and then stealing a car a few hours later. Walding was last seen when he crashed the car and ran off in Sissonville.
Police are looking for the suspect who shot and wounded a woman on 7th Avenue. She was shot in the neck and the leg, and was taken to a local hospital. There is no word on her condition.
Police in St. Albans are investigating after a body was found in the Kanawha River. The body was spotted by boaters about 6:15 p.m. at Roadside Park near the boat ramp. St. Albans and water rescue crews worked to recover the body.
The Huntington Comic & Toy Convention is rescheduling. Organizers said it’s a monumental task to reschedule, but it was necessary, and the event is set for June 5-6, 2021, at Mountain Health Arena in Huntington. Tickets for the 2020 comic-con can be applied to the 2021 event and refunds are also available on a case-by-case … Read more
As state education officials plan for students to potentially return to in-person classes this fall, traditional band camps have been ruled out. The West Virginia Department of Education said Friday marching bands can begin practicing under current West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission guidelines, but daylong camps will not be allowed. Bands can rehearse in … Read more