The West Virginia Board of Education held a meeting to discuss back to school plans, and addressed some concerns about special education and mental health. The meeting was met with a protest from a group called the “Our Students First Coalition.” The group says the Department of Education guidelines, “just aren’t good enough.”
A couple who lost custody of a young daughter through their drug addictions have become the first graduates of a family treatment court in West Virginia. Sabrina Ward and Matt Blackshire attended a ceremony with their daughter, family and friends Tuesday in Boone County. The couple began participating in the program last October when the … Read more
The Southside Bridge in Charleston will be temporarily closing this weekend while crews make repair work. The bridge will be shut down from 9 p.m. Friday through 4:30 a.m. Monday. The city says the work is part of a planned $2.3 million bridge rehabilitation project. Alternate routes across the Kanawha River include the Eugene A. … Read more
The last thing hospitals need right now is to be overwhelmed with flu patients. To avoid a bad flu season, the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department is encouraging everyone to get a flu shot. COVID-19 and the flu are two viruses with similar symptoms. Dr. Sherri Young with the KCHD said thousands of flu shots are on … Read more
Logan County deputies say a woman died after being struck by a vehicle Monday night on U.S. 119. 24-year old Courtney Brown of Logan was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Logan County Sheriff’s Office. The accident happened when it was dark Monday around 9:45 p.m. and the driver, 26-year old Phillip Workman … Read more
Marshall University’s athletic director announced this week that a member of the athletic department tested positive for COVID-19. Mike Hamrick said 196 student athletes, coaches and staff were tested on Sunday as part of department protocol. There was one positive test result. Hamrick did not indicate if the case was a student athlete, coach or … Read more
The Big-12 conference in on the clock, and the 2020 football season hangs in the balance. There are multiple reports that the Big-12, for now, is planning to play football. Both the Big-10 and Pac-12 conferences are cancelling all fall sports.
Fayette County Delegate Margaret Staggers, who is an emergency room doctor, has tested positive for COVID-19. She attended a meeting last month where a member of the House Clerk’s staff tested positive a few days later, but there’s no reason to believe that is where Staggers became infected.
There are over 120 new cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, and six more people have died. One-hundred-thirty patients are in the hospital with the virus, and almost fifty are in ICU. The daily infection rate is close to two-and-a-half-percent.
The Kanawha County School District says parents are split on sending kids back to school this fall. The deadline was yesterday to select an in-person mode, or an on-line model. There are more in-person students, but just less than half opted for e-learning. The first day of class is September 8th.