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DOJ: Kentucky violating civil rights of adults with serious mental health illnesses
Kentucky is violating residents' civil rights by "unnecessarily segregating adults with serious mental illness" in psychiatric hospitals in the Louisville area, rather than providing them with care in community settings, according to a U.S. Department of Justice investigation released Tuesday. The investigation, which began in 2022, found the state is violating the Americans...
Inpatient mental health treatment now available to more Kentucky boys in state care
Eligible boys in the care of the Kentucky Department for Community Based Services or Juvenile Justice system who need “complex mental and behavioral health care” can now access inpatient treatment in Owensboro, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services announced Tuesday. Called The BIRCH, the 10-bed inpatient program operates out of RiverValley Behavioral Health’s adolescent […]
LC youth football update August 27, 2024
(Head coach Shane Fitzpatrick and assistant coach Ronald Young huddle their offense. All photos courtesy of LCYFL Facebook page). The Lawrence County youth football teams traveled this weekend to Barboursville, Wv to take on the Pirates. The games were played on the turf at Barboursville park on a scorching hot day.
Community breaks ground on Summersville Athletic Complex
SUMMERSVILLE, WV (WOWK) – After decades of planning and preparing, the community broke ground Friday on what will eventually be the new Summersville Athletic Complex. This $12 million, 128-acre complex is going to offer a wide variety of athletic opportunities to Nicholas County, such as new hiking trails and dirt bike paths. There will also […]
Watch For Warning Signs Of Heat-Related Illness
The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for many portions of West Virginia. With temperatures expected to reach triple digits, a heat advisory or hazardous weather outlook will be in effect from noon until 8 p.m. Wednesday for Clarksburg, Parkersburg, Huntington, Charleston, Sutton and surrounding areas. According to...
Great Kanawha River Cleanup to be held by the WVDEP
CHARLESTON, WV (WVNS) — The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s (WVDEP) Make It Shine Program is holding the annual Great Kanawha River Cleanup. According to a press release from the WVDEP, the event is set for Saturday, September 7, 2024 from 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. The sites being cleaned up are Winfield Beach, […]
Huntington, Hurricane high schools name Downtown Ford Scholar Athletes of the Week
CABELL COUNTY/PUTNAM COUNTY, W.Va. — The high school football season is here in West Virginia and Eyewitness News is kicking off our Par Mar Friday Night Rivals Game of the Week. Our series begins in Putnam County with the Hurricane Redskins taking on the Huntington Highlanders. That game kicks...
Law enforcement searching for suspect following armed robbery reported in Nitro
NITRO, W.Va. (WCHS) — An armed robbery was reported Wednesday in Kanawha County, sparking a search for a suspect. Kanawha County dispatchers said the incident occurred outside a Lowe's location in Nitro shortly after 10 a.m. Nitro Police Chief Chris Flemming told Eyewitness News the victim was a contracted...
Police looking for side-by-side reportedly stolen
LOGAN COUNTY, W. Va. (WYMT) - Police in West Virginia are looking for a side-by-side that was reportedly stolen on Aug. 25. According to the Mingo County Sheriff’s Office, a 2022 Polaris RZR was taken from the Holden area in Logan County. If have any information regarding where the...
From The Herd to The Crimson
In the 1996 football season, Marshall won the NCAA Division I-AA National Championship against Montana 49-29. Marshall was in the national spotlight—and caught the attention of a young Jeff Tessier from outside of Providence, Rhode Island. So, as a 17-year-old in the summer of 1998, Tessier came to Huntington...
New records on shooting at Ohio prisons training reveal instructor's deadly mistake
An Ohio prisons firearms instructor didn't follow a "cardinal" safety rule during a training exercise in April and that cost Lt. Rodney Osborne his life, according to new records released to Osborne's family. David Pearson, the lead instructor in the class, stepped in front of Osborne to offer pointers on what was supposed...
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