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What stores, restaurants in West Virginia are open for Easter 2024?
Did you forget a basket-stuffer or part of the meal you’re serving? Or maybe you’re on the road and need a quick snack. Either way, here’s a look at what stores and restaurants are — and are not — open for Easter.
Active and Stormy Pattern coming to West Virginia and Ohio
WHEELING, W.Va. (WTRF) – A stretch of active and stormy weather looks to return to the Ohio for the weekend and the first week of April. Rounds of a few storms have the potential to be strong to severe Saturday through Tuesday. Beginning on Saturday March 29th, rain and or storm chances are in the […]
Junior man arrested on drug charges
JUNIOR, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A man faces charges following the execution of a search warrant on Thursday. According to the Barbour County Sheriff’s Office, in the early. Morning hours of Thursday, March 28, 2024, Deputies with the Barbour County Sheriff’s Department, assisted by members from the West Virginia State Police and the Belington Police Department, […]
Woman enters trooper’s home claiming she was in a relationship with him
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A woman is facing charges after entering the home of a West Virginia State Police officer claiming to be in a relationship with him. According to investigators, on March 25, 2024, a WVSP member stated a woman, Sherry Carpenter, entered his home and scared his wife. The officer said […]
Police searching for shoplifting suspect
BRIDGEPORT, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Police need your help in identifying a shoplifting suspect. According to the Bridgeport Police Department, Officer Davisson is asking for your assistance in identifying a male who was involved in a shoplifting offense The offense occurred at the Home Depot in Bridgeport in Harrison County on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Anyone […]
Woman admits to fentanyl trafficking in West Virginia
ELKINS, WV (LOOTPRESS) – One woman has admitted to supplying fentanyl to dealers in West Virginia. Daniela Marie Giancoli, age 34, of Baltimore, Maryland, has pled guilty to a charge of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, Giancoli supplied large amounts of fentanyl to dealers in Grant County […]
Volunteer fire departments in West Virginia finally have a permanent funding source
Scratch-off and Powerball tickets will become the newest funding source for volunteer fire departments, after Gov. Jim Justice signed off on a bill Wednesday. With little fanfare — and near unanimous approval — lawmakers passed a bill earlier this month to provide an extra $12 million for volunteer fire departments in the state each year […] Volunteer fire departments in West Virginia finally have a permanent funding source appeared first on Mountain State Spotlight, West Virginia's civic newsroom.
West Virginia lawmakers pass bill to maintain weekly unemployment insurance benefit amounts and change taxable wage bases
The West Virginia House passed an amended version of Senate Bill 841 on Mar. 9, which changed the wage base on which employers pay state unemployment insurance taxes to the first $9,500 of employees’ wages. It also kept the maximum weekly benefit amount for workers at $662. The West Virginia Senate concurred with the changes to the bill on Mar. 9 and sent the bill on Mar. 19 to Governor Jim Justice (R) for approval.
Active Weather Week Ahead
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) - Starting this morning there will be chances for rain from today until the middle to end of next week. Our rain chances remain throughout the morning with snow showers possible in the mountains, until skies clear this afternoon leading to a sunny, but windy afternoon. There is a Wind Advisory in effect until 8 pm in the mountains as a result of wind gusts picking up throughout the day. Rain begins tomorrow afternoon and continues overnight into Easter Sunday, luckily it seems most of the day on Easter will just remain overcast before rain picks back up again overnight into Monday morning. Expect more chances for rain into next week with temperatures cooling down in the middle of next week we could see some of those rain showers turn to snow showers later in the week. Michael Moranelli has the details in your First Alert Forecast.
West Virginia native and former local head coach headed back to national championship
West Virginia native and former local head coach Jim Crutchfield is headed back to the National Championship. Crutchfield, the Clarksburg native and former basketball coach at Cameron High School and West Liberty University, has his Nova Southeastern Sharks back in the Division II National Championship. The Sharks won the National Championship last season when Crutchfield […]
West Virginia’s biggest Gold Rush Giveaway announced by Governor Justice
CHARLESTON, WV (WVNS) — Governor Justice announced that the 2024 West Virginia Gold Rush will be bigger than ever. The West Virginia Gold Rush returns on April 1, 2024, and there will be five times the chances to win prizes. 2024 marks the seventh year of the event, which started in April 2018. Since the […]
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