From Staff Reports
A Northern Panhandle plumbing contractor is now barred from doing any future home improvement work following a recent court order in a lawsuit filed by West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey.
The order permanently blocks Charles P. Waterman and his company, Waterman Plumbing LLC, from engaging in any capacity of plumbing or contracting work. It also requires Waterman to pay $14,133.72 in restitution.
The attorney general’s lawsuit had alleged Waterman violated the state’s consumer protection laws by accepting thousands of dollars for deficient and unfinished work.
“Contractors who don’t follow the law must be stopped,” Morrisey said. “Consumers deserve to get the services they pay for in a timely manner and satisfactory condition.”
From Staff Reports
The Northern Panhandle’s bouncing through the spectrum of the colors on West Virginia’s COVID alert map continued Wednesday, as Ohio County climbed back into the map’s safest category.
Ohio County returned to green on the Department of Health and Human Resources map Wednesday, while Hancock and Brooke counties were in yellow, the second-safest category, and Marshall County was gold, a rung under yellow on the map. All four counties were green on Sunday’s DHHR map.
Hancock County had an infection rate of 19.83 cases per 100,000 residents and a percent positivity of 3.93. Brooke County had an infection rate of 17.58 cases per 100,000 residents and a percent positivity of 3.07.
From STAFF REPORTS
The Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department reported one new COVID-19-related death in its Tuesday night update, the 88th such death in the county since the pandemic began.
That also marked the third COVID-related death the county had reported since last Wednesday. The department also announced seven new positive COVID-19 cases in the county, which brought that total to 4,354.
The Marshall County Health Department reported three new confirmed positive COVID-19 cases and one new probable case in its Tuesday evening update. The department is sending people to the DHHR website for its latest totals, which were 2,484 confirmed positive cases, 901 probable cases and 76 related deaths.
From Staff Reports
This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. (NIAID-RML via AP)
The Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department reported another COVID-19-related death Sunday, the third death the department has reported in the last five days.
That death marked the 87th in Ohio County since the pandemic began. The department also reported 17 new COVID-19 cases between Saturday and Sunday. That brought the county’s total to 4,341 cases since the pandemic began.
If you haven’t noticed, things are really starting to open up.
In case you’re still not sure, take a look at the daily pages produced by our community editor, Janice Kiaski. They are filled with details about events and gatherings that recently have been held, and, even more important, events that have been scheduled.
It’s a list that seems to grow each day, and one that now includes in-person commencement ceremonies for most of our region’s colleges and universities as well as all of our area’s high schools. Attendance might be limited, and participants likely will be required to wear masks, but graduates will have the opportunity to walk across stages and receive their diplomas during a real, live celebration.