 With the Metro News Minute, I'm Chris Lawrence. The Department of Health Services reports that for the first time since 2017, the number of children in foster care has dropped below 6,000 in West Virginia, down about 300 kids since last year. The peak was 7,400 children in April of 2020. New highway in Roan County to drive this morning, a four-mile-plus Scott Miller Hill bypass on Route 33 to help motorists get around a hilly, curvy stretch near Spencer. Transportation Secretary Jimmy Wriston says this new road provides a lot of opportunity. This is a new section of roadway.