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An inmate died at the Western Regional Jail. Forty-one-year-old Thomas Oxley was found unresponsive in his cell. There is no evidence of foul play.

A Charleston man, accused of hitting another man in the head with a hammer, has been sentenced to a year in prison. Michael Bellew pleaded guilty to batter to battery for hitting the victim at his home last August.

The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department is looking for a burglary suspect. There is a warrant out for the arrest of thirty-year-old Jamie Logan.

Govern Justice is sending in the National Guard to help in the City of Gary after a water system failure. The main pump serving the city water system stopped working last week, leaving about five-hundred customers without water. A new pump has been ordered.

A special election is coming up for voters in Cabell County to decide on a nearly $88-million bond to fund new schools and renovation projects. A new Milton Elementary School would be part of it, and a potential location would be the site of the old Milton High School. The Corps of Engineers is expected … Read more

A group of West Virginia attorneys are asking a judge to force the state to release the names of babies born exposed to drugs as part of the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy case. The lawyers want the names so they can send families a notice of pending litigation and seek compensation for them. The Herald-Dispatch reports … Read more

Gov. Jim Justice announced aid for the state’s fairs and festivals this week. The governor said he wants to help the state’s 392 fairs and festivals because he considers them a backbone of West Virginia’s counties. COVID-19 has caused the widespread cancellation of events at the local level, and also the West Virginia State Fair, … Read more

If you receive a call from someone who claims to be employed by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources offering free grant money, be on the alert. The DHHR said it has been notified of the scam calls being made to residents who live in the central counties of the state. Anyone … Read more

West Virginia University pushed back the start of its fall semester by a week and is switching some courses to online instruction. President Gordon Gee said the move is aimed at reducing the overall amount of people on campus while preserving the on-campus experience as much as possible. WVU had a fall 2019 enrollment of … Read more

WVU is planning a phased return to campus this fall, starting with freshmen and graduate students. The majority of upper-division undergraduate courses will be online or hybrid delivery. Officials say a full return to campus would place the campus and the community at greater risk of spreading the virus.