Four West Virginia counties moved into the red on the state’s COVID-19 alert map. Jackson, Randolph, Marshall and Mineral counties all moved to from orange to red in the daily update. Sixteen counties are in the orange.
The first snow of the season is expected tonight. The National Weather Service is issuing a winter weather advisory from 10 p.m. tonight until noon tomorrow. We could see one-to-two inches of snow.
West Virginia State Police are looking for a two-year-old boy who was last seen in New Martinsville. Police think he was kidnapped by his 19-year-old uncle. Police are looking for a Honda Accord with Georgia plates.
Two more men are under arrest in connection to a murder investigation in Mason County. Three men were shot in a home near Hannan. Two of the victims have died and one is in critical condition. A third suspect was arrested earlier this week.
Three people were hurt in a shooting outside Big shots Bar in Jefferson. The shots were fired when a large group got into a fight. The injuries are considered non-life threatening. No arrests have been made.
Nurses at Cabell-Huntington Hospital are rejecting a contract offer after months of negotiations. The union says it didn’t do enough to address health insurance costs or safe hospital staffing. Union officials are asking for additional negotiations.
West Virginia reached a new daily high in coronavirus cases Saturday morning with the addition of 1,153 positive tests. The active case total climbed to 9,141 with the new cases, according to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. The overall positive test rate jumped from 3.14% to 3.20% after a 5.43% daily … Read more
It was an invitation-only crowd at Marshall University on Saturday as the school held its annual Memorial Fountain Ceremony. This was the 50th anniversary of the plane crash that killed 75 people. The featured speaker this year was Lucianne Kautz Call, whose father, Charlie E. Kautz, died in the crash. Call has become an unofficial … Read more
The West Virginia Department of Education released its highly-anticipated weekly map Saturday evening that included one county in red and 16 in orange. Barbour County moved to red in the update while Mingo, Wyoming, Logan, Wayne, Lincoln, Putnam, Jackson, Wood, Fayette, Tyler, Marshall, Ohio, Mineral, Hardy, Randolph and Jefferson counties were all orange. The orange … Read more
The Kanawha County Assessor’s Office will be closed until Nov. 30 following an additional positive COVID-19 test within the department. Assessor Sallie Robinson was notified of the positive test recently and decided to close the office for two weeks to further prevent the spread. Robinson said her staff will be working from home by phone … Read more