HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Marshall Health Network is confirming cases of pertussis, otherwise known as whooping cough, in West Virginia. Four cases were reported at Hurricane High School in Putnam County from an internal memo, as well as areas in Cabell County and Lawrence County, Ohio. A Marshall Health Network release reads, “Recently we have observed…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — On a day when temperatures were below zero to start the day Wednesday only one county across the state of West Virginia’s 55 made the call to have in-person classes. According to the West Virginia Department of Education website, Kanawha County students had classes on a two-hour delay. Every other county made…
CHARLESTON, W.Va.–The Kanawha Valley Collective will be one of 15 projects that will receive additional funding from the City of Charleston to help operate their warming centers. Tuesday evening, the city voted to allocate an additional $50,000 to warming centers if they go over their initial amount of $100,000 that they received last year. The…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The City of Charleston will be allocating $6.2 million from its unassigned fund balance towards a multitude of city projects. City council members voted to approve General Fund Budget Amendment No. 5 Tuesday evening, which will aid in many projects that were brought up during Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin’s State of the…
CHARLESTON, W.Va.— One of the defendants in the Sissonville abuse case trial testified Tuesday after the state rested its case. Jeanne Whitefeather said she and co-defendant Donald Lantz never forced the children into doing any physical labor and did not lock them up inside a shed. “I’ll just get some questions out of the way,…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A man wanted for sex trafficking is now in state custody after a five month long investigation. United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia Will Thompson held a press conference Tuesday afternoon to announce the arrest of Tiwan Robert Bailey, 48, of Charleston. Bailey, who also went by the…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The prosecution rested its case late Tuesday morning in the child abuse, human trafficking trial of a Kanawha County couple. Jeanne Whitefeather (WVRJA) Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz allegedly mistreated their adopted children including forcing them to work. Two children were found locked in a shed in October 2023. Kanawha…
Tuesday 11:30 a.m. update All lanes have reopened. CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Authorities closed four of six lanes of Interstate 64 near the Oakwood Road exit in Charleston Tuesday morning after a tractor trailer lost part of its load that caused a crash in the opposite lanes of traffic. The tractor trailer lost two large metal…
LETART, W.Va. — The state Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating a deadly fire that occurred Monday morning near Letart in Mason County. Investigators with the state Fire Marshal’s Office involved a father and his son. The son in his 50s died in the blaze. The father, in his 80s, is being treated at the burn…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A man under the influence crashed his vehicle into a West Virginia State Capitol complex Monday afternoon. According to the Charleston Police Department, the driver crashed into Building 11, otherwise known as the Central Chiller Plant that sits on California Avenue. The driver allegedly attempted to flee the scene before being apprehended…