A second West Virginia University football player has tested positive for the coronavirus. School officials said the student-athlete will enter a self-isolation period for the next two weeks. Additional members of the football team were identified as possibly having been exposed to the virus by the player. Those students have been mandated to self-quarantine. Voluntary … Read more
A push to remove Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson’s name from a Charleston middle school is growing. Those who support changing the name of Stonewall Jackson Middle School marched at the Kanawha County Board of Education on Saturday. The school’s student body is 42% African American, which is the highest proportion among public middle schools, according … Read more
Kids of all ages got the chance to have an Easter egg hunt Saturday after the coronavirus pandemic shut down the originally scheduled event in April. The hunt was held Saturday morning at St. Albans City Park.
More drive-thru COVID-19 testing events are scheduled for Kanawha County this week. The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department and the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority will host testing from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today (Monday, June 22) at the health department. Health officials are urging anyone who has traveled recently to get tested. No appointments or … Read more
Yeager Airport is resuming a nonstop flight to Atlanta that was put on hold eariler this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Delta will restore a second flight to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport starting on July 3. The airport has previously announced it was resuming nonstop flights to Chicago, Philadelphia and Washington D.C. in early … Read more
Thomas Health has signed an agreement with a new financial partner and hopes to emerge from bankruptcy by September. Thomas, which operates Thomas Memorial Hospital in South Charleston, and Charleston’s St. Francis Hospital, announced the deal worth 145-million-dollars with New York based Hamlin Capital Management.
Delegate Isaac Sponaugle is taking the weekend to decide if he’ll seek a recount in the Democratic race for state Attorney General. Sponaugle finished just 145 votes behind Sam Petsonk, who is declaring victory. He has until 10 p.m. on Tuesday to decide if he wants a recount.
An inmate has died at a federal prison in West Virginia. Thirty-three-year-old Jensy Mendoza was found unresponsive at the Secure Female Facility Hazleton. The cause of death is under investigation. There is no indication it was COVID-19 related. Mendoza was serving a three sentence on drug charges. She had been at Hazelton since February.
A crash involving a West Virginia National Guard convoy is under investigation in Harrison County. An armored military carrier ran off I-79 near the Stonewood exit and hit a tree. A passenger vehicle was also involved. Two guard members suffered minor injuries. The driver of the other vehicle was also hurt.
There are over thirty new cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, and the number of active cases has climbed to over seven-hundred. The state’s total number of positive cases is almost 25-hundred. The higher numbers are tied to outbreaks at six churches across the state, including more than thirty people at the Graystone Baptist Church … Read more