WHEELING, W.Va. — City council has approved $75,000 from its opioid settlement funds for Life Hub and the Salvation Army to provide additional temporary housing for the homeless.
The Tuesday night vote followed a long discussion.
Wheeling Councilwoman Connie Cain said the city needs to continue to deal with the homeless issue.
“We have to worry about what we have now,” Cain said. “If we don’t we’re going to be like California that nobody can get around nowhere because of so many people.”

KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. — A Kanawha County man has been arrested following a reported domestic incident.
Alexander Franklin Rhodes, 27, of Sissonville, was arrested Tuesday at a residence on Rich Fork Road. The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team executed a search warrant and arrested him without incident.
The warrant was obtained for felony wanton endangerment involving a firearm, strangulation, and domestic assault.
Deputies recovered multiple firearms and several pounds of suspected

Today on MetroNews This Morning:
–The Morrisey Administration defends their handling of the child welfare system
–Toyota will invest over $450 Million in its Putnam County plant
–A Wyoming County teacher gets a big surprise
–In Sports; WVU lands a big name recruit and Tony Gibson talks about the Appalachian State game this weekend
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LOGAN COUNTY, W.Va. –Logan County Board of Education members heard from the public and addressed questions about the proposed closure of one of their elementary schools and the consolidation of its students into another school.
The board has proposed closing Verdunville Elementary School after a rockslide occurred on April 8 due to heavy rainfall. The rockslide forced the school to close until after Spring Break on April 21. If the closure is approved, students would be consolidated into Omar

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State officials responding to failures in the Child Protective Service system said they knew there were areas of concern and have implemented some corrective action.
Alex Mayer
The state DoHS and cabinet secretary Alex Mayer said the report by the Office of Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services spans a period of time prior to the Morrisey administration—from the fall of 2023 to the fall of 2024. But, he said they took over the agency and began