Day: April 23, 2020 Archives


ThursdayApril 23, 2020

Supreme Court dismisses petition to release inmates

ACLU West Virginia and judicial advocacy group Mountain State Justice argued certain inmates could serve the rest of their sentences at home in isolation because of health concerns related to being incarcerated.

US House passes additional funding for business loan program

The Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act is worth $484 billion.

South Charleston’s Zeiqui Lawton gaining Division I offers, including west coast powers

Lawton owns 13 Division I offers, including WVU, Marshall, Oregon and Boise State.

North Marion seniors get early surprise at cap and gown pickup

Parents of Class of 2020 says their children only had one normal year.

Treasury says states can’t backfill budgets with relief dollars, but Justice says no problem

West Virginia officials estimate the state could be behind $500 million on budget by end of fiscal year.

W.Va. has worked through backlog of 150,000 claims

Acting commissioner says a few thousand claims had issues and people must be contacted.

Oliver Luck sues Vince McMahon

Former WVU AD alleges "breach of contract."

WVU considering employee furloughs as pandemic continues; Gee takes voluntary pay cut

Vice President Rob Alsop says WVU faces an "uncertain fall."

Matt Moore hoping to make up for lost time with the WVU offensive line

The assistant head coach says schemes may look different in the fall based on how much work they get in during the summer.

Wood County fire claims life

Fire happened Wednesday afternoon.

MetroNews This Morning 4-23-20

A hotspot for Covid 19 in Jackson County reports nearly 100 residents and staff are infected with Covid 19. The virus death toll in West Virginia rises to 29. Municipal governments across the state are in a financial free fall after the shutdown orders, and Yeager Airport is in a similar situation. The Memorial Day

WV Supreme Court gets it right on right-to-work

This week the West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the state’s right-to-work law. It is sometimes said that the wheels of justice turn slowly. In this case, the pace was glacial. The West Virginia Legislature passed the Workplace Freedom Act in 2016. Labor unions challenged the law and Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge Jennifer Bailey did her