HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The number of cases of cyclosporiasis in West Virginia continues to grow.
Liz Chambers
West Virginia is among several states which has seen a sharp uptick in cases of the intestinal infection caused by a microscopic parasite.
The state Department of Health, which issued a health advisory last week, said that as of July 10, there were 69 cases in West Virginia. New numbers will be released at 10 a.m. Friday.
In Cabell County, as of Thursday, there were 33 cases reported.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Traffic in the Capital City will soon have to adjust as the busiest bridge in West Virginia draws closer to undergoing a rehabilitation project.
The West Virginia Division of Highways recently awarded a $74.5 million contract for the rehabilitation of the Eugene A. Carter Bridge to Triton Construction. The bridge, also known as the Fort Hill Bridge, is located in the Capital City and carries Interstate-64 over the Kanawha River.
Around 100,000 vehicles travel across the

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Officials hope to make significant positive change within the Kanawha County Ambulance Authority after a reshuffling of the organization’s leadership last month.
Ben Salango
KCEAA has experienced strife in recent months following the death of John Lucas, an Elkview man who was struck and dragged by an ambulance, in April and the resignation of executive director Monica Mason in May.
Alyssa Middleton, the 19-year-old ambulance driver, faces charges of voluntary manslaughter,

When President Trump addresses the nation tonight, Senator Shelley Moore Capito hopes he doesn’t dive into theories about the 2020 election being rigged.
Shelley Moore Capito
“I hope that tonight, that when he talks about the 2020 election or the 2026 election that he can have a positive spin on on what he thinks the future is and how important it is — obviously, I’ll speak politically here — for the Republicans to retain control for his own presidency,” Capito said during a briefing today in

TUNNELTON, W.Va. – One person was fatally wounded in a West Virginia State Police shooting Friday in Tunnelton.
Troopers initially responded to a report on South Preston Highway of Joshua Tyler Roberts, 33, of Tunnelton, was threatening a neighbor with a machete at 9:35 a.m.
Troopers located Roberts who was in a van and armed with a weapon.
The suspect refused repeated verbal commands from troopers and raised the firearm toward the two officers. Both officers discharged their service weapons to

CHARLESTON, W.Va – A Kanawha County woman will spend ten years in prison for providing her boyfriend with access to children that he sexually abused.
Vanessa Beauvais, age 38, was sentenced to a decade behind bars on Thursday after pleading guilty to employment or use of a minor to produce obscene matter. Kanawha County Circuit Judge Tera Salango issued the maximum sentence.
Beauvais operated a daycare from her home in South Charleston where she allowed her boyfriend, Christopher Rush, to

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