A father and son are accused of stealing over 20-thousand dollars’ worth of steel anchor rods and fasteners from a Charleston construction company. Fifty-six-year-old Larry Mullins and 33-year-old Brian Mullins sold the steel for scrap for around 150-dollars. They are charged with grand larceny.
Ohio State Police are looking for a man who stole a police cruiser in Lawrence County, and then stole another car after pulling it over and conducting a traffic stop. Troopers pulled over Bryce Hogan in Hanging Rock and discovered he was driving a stolen car. They cuffed him and put him in the back … Read more
The power outages are affecting municipal water systems. West Virginia American Water says less than four-hundred customers are being impacted. Most outages are on the terminal ends of the company’s water service into the Salt Rock, Lincoln County, and Milton areas. Around fifteen pumping stations lost power, and crews hope to have generators online today.
Tens of thousands of Appalachian Power customers are still in the dark. App Power says they hope to have power restored to most customers by Monday night, and it may not be until Tuesday in Wayne and parts of Cabell Counties. There are over five-hundred broken poles that need to be replaced and around 24-hundred … Read more
Toyota is making an over two-hundred-million-dollar investment in its Buffalo plant. The motor manufacturing plant will add one-hundred workers and upgrade equipment and machinery to turn out almost 70-thousand engines a year.
Four state run nursing homes could be shutting down. The House of Delegates Health and Human Resources Committee says the facilities are in disrepair, and it would be cost prohibitive to build new ones. The state would pay to move patients to private long-term care facilities.
Governor Justice is submitting a bill to the legislature to reform corporate income tax laws, making the state a magnet for remote workers from across the country.
The House of Delegates is considering a bill that would place time constraints on the governor’s emergency powers. It comes as Governor Justice is strongly hinting that he will relax some COVID-19 restrictions. He’s expected to make an announcement today.
A State of Emergency is being declared in two more counties. Governor Justice added Jackson and Mason counties to the list which already includes hard hit Cabell, Wayne, Lincoln and Putnam counties.
A Fayette County man is under arrest for shooting and killing a man at his home in the Robson area. Doug Green confronted the man with small caliber handgun. He’s charged with first-degree murder.