Thomas Health operates Thomas Memorial Hospital in South Charleston and St. Francis Hospital in Charleston, and said it will relax its limitations on visitors. The health system’s visitor policy is changing to allow one visitor per patient from the hours of 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Many hospitals stopped allowing visitors at the height of … Read more
Commissioners in the West Virginia county where Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson was born are set to discuss a request to remove his statue. The Harrison County Commission is responding to a community member’s request to remove the statue from courthouse plaza in Clarksburg. Stonewall Jackson was born in Clarksburg in 1824 and the United Daughters … Read more
The West Virginia Wildlife Center has resumed its regular hours and admission rates. The state Division of Natural Resources said the center in French Creek is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The looping trail around the facility has been changed to one-way, and visitors are required to follow social distancing guidelines. The … Read more
Nine colleges and universities in West Virginia will not require SAT or ACT test scores for admission this fall. Officials say the COVID-19 pandemic has made it difficult for many to take the tests this year.
The West Virginia Department of Education is creating a new office that will help kids find options after they graduate. Office of Student Support and Well-Being will bring together several agencies to provide children with the skills they need to be successful.
There are nine new cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, for a total of over 23-hundred. The state’s positive test rate dropped to just over one-point-seven-percent.
West Virginia’s unemployment rate fell to just below 13-percent last month as many business reopened, but the overall number is still high. More than one-hundred-thousand people are out of work.
Richwood Mayor Chris Drennen has been indicted on three felony counts. She’s accused of getting paid a month before a flood recovery organization existed and months after the organization disbanded. Drennen and two other Richwood officials were arrested in 2019 for misappropriating millions of dollars in federal flood relief money.
Sheriff’s deputies are looking for an Elkview couple who are wanted for hiding their children. Child Protective Services tried to remove the children from their home when the parents failed to find someone to care for the kids. The ten, eight, and one year old are currently missing.
Two people are facing DUI charges following a crash over the weekend. A car ran into a home on Washington Street West. Two people in the house were hurt, and the driver and passenger were injured, as well.