t’s been a year and a day since active COVID-19 cases have been as low as they were Friday, but a new threat has popped up with the Delta variant. The growing threat from the variant comes just as the state’s numbers have started to look good. Active cases dropped below 1,000 on Friday. So … Read more
Governor Justice is ordering state police to step-up speed limit enforcement on major highways after two fatal work zone accidents in Berkeley County. Justice wants more officers stationed in work zones, and he’s directing the DOT to go above and beyond the national safety standards for signage and traffic control.
Public hearings are set for West Virginia’s redistricting process. The Legislature’s joint redistricting committee will hold 12 in-person hearings and three virtual hearings. The first hearing is July 27 at the Putnam County Judicial Building in Winfield. Lawmakers will decide on legislative district boundaries as well as how to split the state into two congressional … Read more
The West Virginia Speaker of the House of Delegates is calling Putnam County Delegate Joe Jeffries an “embarrassment” and is stripping him of his committee vice-chairman post. Jeffries posted a vulgar and sexually explicit video on his Tik Tok account. The Governor says Jeffries should either be “kicked out of the House,” or forced to … Read more
West Virginia is ranked sixth in the Big-12 Football Preseason Poll. For the sixth year in a row, Oklahoma is projected to win the conference, followed by Iowa State and Texas. The Mountaineers are scheduled to play the Sooners September 25th in their Big-12 opener.
A Putnam County man will spend fifteen-years in prison for shooting and killing his wife in 2019. Newton Blevins will be eligible for parole after five-years. He pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the death of 47-year-old Kim Blevins.
A correctional officer in Scioto County is accused of being paid to bring drugs and tobacco into the jail. Forty-three-year-old John Aeh is accused of conspiring with several inmates and their friends and family to bring the contraband into the jail. Investigators found fentanyl, heroin, and meth with a street value of over two-thousand-dollars.
A 17-year-old girl is pleading guilty to four counts of accessory after the fact to first degree murder in connection to the deaths of an Elkview family in their home in December 2020. Rebecca Walker entered a plea agreement, and her case was moved to adult status, unsealing the records. A 16-year-old boy is charged … Read more
The City of Charleston is shutting down two homeless camps after giving people two weeks to leave. Charleston police will offer services through the CARE program at a camp under the Virginia Street Bridge, and another camp site behind the Kanawha City Auto Zone.
A Clay County woman is pleading guilty to defrauding the federal government out of disaster assistance following the 2016 flood. She falsely claimed to be the owner of a home and received nearly five-thousand-dollar in home repair benefits from FEMA. She faces up to 30 years in prison.