A Charleston firefighter is recovering after accidentally shot himself in the leg. It happened at Fire Station number-seven on Cora Street. The firefighter was trying to secure his personal firearm in his locker when it went off. He was treated at the hospital and discharged.
A Ranson man is accused in a cospiracy against the U.S. government and with selling machine gun conversion devices online to followers of a far-right extremist movement. Thirty-year-old Timothy Watson is facing federal charges, and if convicted, could be sentenced to 35 years in prison.
A Charleston firefighter accidentally shot himself in the leg Tuesday night while he was on duty. It happened just after 11:30 p.m. outside of Charleston Fire Department #7 on Cora Street, according to Metro 911. Charleston city officials are looking into it.
Some improvements are coming to the Nitro pool. Nitro City Council set aside money to rebuild the bath house at the pool. The new plans also call for a workout facility and a splash pad. City Council also passed a resolution Tuesday to apply for a land and water conservation grant to cover the additions. … Read more
Pfizer says that more interim results from its ongoing coronavirus vaccine study suggest the shots are 95% effective and that the vaccine protects older people most at risk of dying from COVID-19. Pfizer initially had estimated its vaccine was more than 90% effective after 94 infections had been counted. With Wednesday’s announcement, the company now … Read more
The coronavirus has infected 260 inmates at West Virginia’s McDowell County Corrections, by far the largest outbreak at a state prison. The state reported numbers on Tuesday showing six more people were confirmed positive. Gov. Jim Justice said on Monday 28 staff members also were sick. He said the facility was on lockdown, and state … Read more
Kanawha shifted from orange to gold in the latest West Virginia county alert system map, while Putnam and Cabell stayed in orange. The state Department of Health and Human Resources posted the map that showed fifteen counties in orange including Putnam, Cabell, Wayne and Boone. Counties in gold included Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Clay, and … Read more
The Capitol dome will be unveiled by the end of November. The restoration project has reached the point where the protective covering can be removed and it will take a couple more months to remove the scaffolding.
The third annual “State of Lung Cancer” report is out, and West Virginia has the highest adult smoking rate in the country, at more then 25-percent. The number of new lung cancer cases is second worst to Kentucky.
WVU is shifting classes to online starting Monday through the end of the fall semester. Originally classes were supposed to go online after Thanksgiving, but officials moved up the date because of spiking COVID-19 numbers.