Reducing the number of chronically absent students has been important for Kanawha County Schools. Attendance director, Kim Legg, told WCHS TV that two years ago they were at 20.58% and last year, it was 17.701%, or a 3% improvement. This comes after a law was changed in July of last year to implement a support … Read more
Ruth “Jean” Cunningham has been found dead, according to deputies.Deputies said it appears something in the home fell on Cunningham and killed her. Cunningham, 88, was reported missing after she was last seen in Cross Lanes on Thursday.Deputies said they responded to Cunningham’s home after family said they hadn’t heard from either family member who … Read more
Students will return to Cabell County’s Explorer Academy next week, school officials announced.Temporary classrooms were established at the county’s central office after mold was detected inside the academy. Deep-cleaning efforts and air quality testing followed. Cabell County Schools announced the central office will hold another day of classes on Monday, Aug. 25 before students transition … Read more
Ruth “Jean” Cunningham has been found safe, according to a Facebook post update by the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office.Cunningham, 88, was reported missing after she was last seen in Cross Lanes on Thursday.
Community protests and union demonstrations have failed to save a Braxton County grocery store. Gassaway’s Kroger is one of 60 locations across the county slated for closing over the next 18 months as the company streamlines its operations and shifts emphasis to higher-performing outlets. On Friday, the deli was the only part of the Gassaway … Read more
School and with that comes a possible bus driver shortage.”We started out last year with not enough drivers,” Boyd County Superintendent Bill Boblett said. That meant consolidating and even canceling some bus routes – so mechanics pitched in to drive. In some cases, they were working 12-hour days Boblett said the tide started to turn … Read more
Several law enforcement officers in West Virginia have been recognized for their involvement in apprehending a high-profile fugitive. A Distinguished Group Award for Heroism has been given to 13 members of the Southern District of West Virginia Cops United Felony Fugitive Enforcement Division Task Force, according to a news release from the U.S. Marshals Office. … Read more
Though the Guzman lawsuit in Raleigh County is attempting to pave the way for religious exemptions for childhood immunizations, and the Hess lawsuit in Kanawha County is attempting the opposite, West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey wants them both to be combined. In a recent filing asking for consolidation and transfer to Raleigh County, he … Read more
As school districts return to the classroom, special education programs are preparing for a year that will be impacted by a shortage in staffing who help develop Individualized Education Programs. Crystal Adkins, a Marion County special education teacher, spoke with Eyewitness News and said the amount of students has doubled and the needs of the … Read more
The new Richwood High School took five years to build, but all the work has paid off and students are finally moving in for the first day of classes. After flooding devastated Nicholas County in 2016, Richwood students attended classes in pods in Craigsville for years. Construction on the new school is finished, and students … Read more