Following the Coronavirus

Pennsylvania Halts School Sports, Indoor Dining

By The Associated Press Pennsylvania moved Thursday to temporarily halt school sports and other extracurricular activities, close gyms, theaters and casinos, and ban indoor dining at restaurants as state officials respond to the worsening pandemic with a series of new restrictions. A day after revealing his own COVID-19 diagnosis, Gov. Tom Wolf announced the widely expected clampdown in what he said was an effort to slow the accelerating spread of the coronavirus and prevent hospitals from becoming overrun. Wolf asserted the tighter restrictions were unavoidable after weeks of ...

W.Va. Breaks Record for Single-Day COVID-19 Deaths

CHARLESTON — With COVID-19 death numbers climbing to record levels, the death of a legend, the funeral of a police officer shot in the line of duty and the explosion at a chemical plant Tuesday night that left at least one dead, Gov. Jim Justice encouraged West Virginians to keep these ...

McKinley Bill Would Offer $1K Per Person in COVID Relief

A bill co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., would, among other things, put $1,000 in direct COVID-19 relief into the hands of adults and children. The bill, co-sponsored by Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D.-Del., is a companion bill to one introduced by a group of Repbulican ...

US panel endorses widespread use of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. government advisory panel has endorsed Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, in a major step toward an epic vaccination campaign that could finally conquer the outbreak. The Food and Drug Administration is expected to follow the recommendation issued Thursday by its ...

W.Va. AG Patrick Morrisey diagnosed with COVID-19

CHARLESTON - West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced Monday he has COVID-19. "Fellow West Virginians, last week I was diagnosed with COVID-19 and pneumonia. I am currently quarantining at home, where I am receiving breathing and medical treatments," he said in a news ...