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SCRIPT FOR EYEWITNESS NEWS NEWSCAST
Monday, November 16, 2009.from Eyewitness News Online Note: Because breaking news happens fast, you may find typographic errors within news scripts. Odd punctuation, visual cues, anchor and producer notes may also appear with the scripts since these are the actual files that the news anchors present to you on Eyewitness News.
WELCOME
GOOD EVENING, I'M RICK LORD.... AND I'M DEBORAH LINZ... THANKS FOR JOINING US...ON EYEWITNESS NEWS. 
Return to Story Index CARTER COUNTY
POLICE SAY THE BODIES OF 49-YEAR-OLD VIRGINIA MASSARD AND 27-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH COX WERE FOUND IN A HOUSE IN THE MOCABEE CREEK AREA EARLIER THIS EVENING.. RIGHT NOW POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING.. BOTH OF THE BODIES HAVE BEEN SENT OFF FOR AUTOPSIES.. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THIS INVESTIGATION, CALL THE ASHLAND DETACHMENT OF THE STATE POLICE AT (606) 928-6421.
Return to Story IndexJACKSON CO GAS LEAK
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER ELIZABETH NOREIKA JOINS US LIVE IN THE STUDIO WITH THE LATEST...ELIZABETH? RICK....IT ALL STARTED AROUND 4:30 TONIGHT.....CREWS IN RIPLEY WORKED FOR HOURS AFTER THAT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO RETURN HOME. IT'S A SITUATION MANY SAY THEY FIND BOTH SCARY AND UNSETTLING. JM 38:45 "IT WAS LOUD, IT'S THE LOUDEST THING I WAS EVER NEXT TO ID IMAGINE." JIM MILLER IS ONE OF DOZENS OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE WALTERS RUN AREA OF JACKSON COUNTY WHO WAS FORCED TO LEAVE HIS HOME WHEN A NATURAL GAS HIGH PRESSURE INJECTION LINE RUPTURED. MILLER SAYS HE WITNESSED THE WHOLE THING. JM 38:40 'I WAS ABOUT 50 YARDS FROM IT I JUMPED RIGHT STRAIGHT IN THE AIR AND LEFT." JM 40:20 "IT LOOKED LIKE A STEAM PIPE..LIKE THEY WERE RELEASING STEAM FROM SOMEWHERE." MILLER SAYS HE KNEW INSTANTLY IT WAS A NATURAL GAS LEAK....AND QUICKLY RUSHED TO HELP HIS NEIGHBORS. JM 39:10 "I WENT AND GOT EVERYONE I COULD THINK OF AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD THERE..AND WE GOT OUT." 31:20 'THIS IS WHERE IT HAPPENED RIGHT HERE......OFF OF ROUTE 21." THE DIRECTOR OF JACKSON COUTY 911 WALTER SMITTLE SAYS THEY HAD TO EVACUATE THE AREA AND ADVISE SOME PEOPLE TO SHELTER IN PLACE AS A PRECAUTION. 32:09 "WE HAD A WELL HEAD BLOW...RELEASING A BAD ODOR AND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF GAS...." A SITUATION THAT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE...... 34:27 "IF WE HAD AN IGNTION THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A SIGNIFICANT EXPLOSION." POLICE OFFICERS HAD TO TURN PEOPLE AWAY AS THEY UNKNOWINGLY ATTEMPTED TO GO HOME.... 36::55 "IT'S PRETTY SCARY." JM 40:37 "JUST WAITING FOR THEM TO TELL ME I CAN GO BACK UP THE ROAD THERE." AND MILLER ALONG WITH HIS NEIGHBORS WERE ABLE TO RETURN HOME ABOUT TWO HOURS AGO. WE'RE ALSO TOLD THAT 2MILE STRETCH OF ROUTE 21 THAT WAS CLOSED IS NOW OPEN. REPORTING LIVE IN THE STUDIO ELIZABETH NOREIKA EYEWITNESS NEWS A MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY MURDERED AN EXOTIC DANCER OVER THE WEEKEND WILL REMAIN BEHIND BARS. 21 YEAR OLD TOMMY VANCE WAS NOT GRANTED BOND WHEN HE WENT IN FRONT OF A JUDGE FACING A MURDER CHARGE. VANCE ALLEGEDLY RAN OVER AND KILLED 29 YEAR OLD MALE DANCER JASON LEE OF MYRTLE BEACH. ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS -- THE TWO MEN WERE FIGHTING IN THE PARKING LOT, VANCE TOLD LEE HE WAS A STATE POLICE TROOPER AND FLASHED A GUN BEFORE TAKING OFF AND EVENTUALLY RETURNING HITTING LEE WITH HIS VEHICLE AND AND DRAGGING LEE'S BODY ABOUT 30 FEET. POLICE AREN'T CERTAIN OF A MOTIVE -- BUT SAY IT MAY HAVE STARTED OVER A GIRL WHO WAS AT THE CLUB. DEPUTIES CAUGHT UP WITH VANCE WHEN HE RETURNED TO THE SCENE AND FLED ABOUT A MILE DOWN THE ROAD. VANCE IS ALSO FACING CHARGES OF DUI, FLEEING AND IMPERSONATING AN OFFICER. VANCE WILL HAVE AN PRE-LIMINARY HEARING IN ABOUT WEEK.
Return to Story IndexWAYNE MURDER
ROY STEELE IS ACCUSED OF KILLING BRAD STAPLETON OF EAST LYNN DURING A FIGHT EARLY SATURDAY. INVESTIGATORS SAY DURING THAT FIGHT---STEELE HIT STAPLETON IN THE HEAD WITH A METAL OBJECT. STAPLETON DIED AT THE SCENE.
Return to Story IndexTHOMAS BESS
THOMAS "DREW" BESS PLEAD NOT GUILTY TO THE MURDER OF BRANDON GREENE. BESS AND HUBERT SCRUGGS ARE ACCUSED OF KILLING GREENE OUTSIDE CLUB MYSTIQUE IN AUGUST, 2005. SCRUGGS WAS SENTENCED TO 12 YEARS IN PRISON BACK IN APRIL FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER, AFTER SHOOTING ANOTHER MAN FOUR TIMES OUTSIDE OF A TENNESSEE NIGHTCLUB.
Return to Story Index11 SPECIAL SESSION
WEST VIRGINIA GOVERNOR JOE MANCHIN HAS CALLED LAWMAKERS TO CHARLESTON TO TRY AND FIND A WAY TO DEAL WITH UNDERFUNDED POLICE AND FIREFIGHTER PENSIONS. MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE STATE ARE FACED WITH MILLIONS IN LIABILITIES THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY. MANCHIN SAYS THE SOLUTION BEING PROPOSED, WHICH WOULD ALLOW CITIES TO VOLUNTARILY CLOSE THEIR EXISTING PENSIONS AND OPEN NEW PLANS UNDER STATE DIRECTION, DOESN'T RAISE ANYONE'S TAXES. THE SPECIAL SESSION IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN AT ONE O'CLOCK TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
Return to Story IndexBYRD MILESTONE
THE TRIBUTE TO BYRD WILL BE AT THE CAPITOL THIS WEDNESDAY. THERE WILL ALSO BE AN EXHIBIT SHOWING PHOTOS AND MEMORABILIA OF BYRD'S CAREER, INCLUDING HIS FAMOUS FIDDLE. BYRD WILL TURN 92 YEARS OLD THIS FRIDAY.
Return to Story IndexRUN REPORT TWO
SOME OF KANAHWA COUNTY'S FINEST EMS WORKERS HAVE TEAMED UP WITH EYEWITNESS NEWS TO BRING YOU THE RUN REPORT. EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER RUDI RAYNES JOINS US LIVE AT THE KANAWHA COUNTY EMERGENCY AMBULANCE AUTHORITY WITH THE SECOND PART OF HER SERIES. RUDI. LAST WEEK WE TOOK YOU TO THE SCENE OF A CAR ACCIDENT.. THIS WEEK WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU HOW EMS WORKERS HANDLE A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT AND A CARDIAC EMERGENCY. WHENEVER THERE'S AN EMERGENCY PARAMEDICS LOG EVERYTHING THEY SEE. THIS IS THE RUN REPORT. :nats: sirens IT'S THE END OF THOMAS ROBINSON AND DARREN JOHNSON'S SHIFT, BUT SUDDENLY THEIR RELATIVELY CALM DAY TAKES A TURN. cardiac arrest? ok... THE KANAWHA COUNTY EMS WORKERS FIND A WOMAN EXPERIENCING A CARDIAC EMERGENCY... AND BEGIN ASKING HER A SERIES OF QUESTIONS. have you ever had this happen before? havin trouble talkin? haven't taken any new medicine or anything have ya? no. THE WOMAN IS CONSCIOUS AND ABLE TO PERFORM A SERIES OF SMALL TESTS TO SHOW THE SEVERITY OF HER PROBLEM. Now I want you to pull back on my hands with your feet. Ok... good job. Feels like I got stung? Feels like you got stung...ok. I'm gonna start an IV... gonna give you some oxygen. I haven't eaten. You haven't had anything to eat. huh-uh. ok, you just got the dry heaves were you siCk at your stomach before this started? You may be having a mini stroke or a stroke. FINALLY THE AMBULANCE IS OFF AND JOHNSON CONTACTS THE MED BASE. This is Darren Johnson Kanawha medic 259. I'm gonna have a stroke protocol for Charleston General. ETA should be about 10 minutes. THE PATIENT BEGINS SHOWING SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL. squeeze my fingers with this hand now. now your'e doing a little better. starting to get some of it back. do em both at the same time. squeeze hard. your'e doing better. AND WHILE JOHNSON AND ROBINSON ARE ENDING THEIR SHIFT, SOME ARE JUST BEGINNING THEIRS. :nats: motorcycle accident SHAWN PETTRY AND HIS PARTNER MARK HARRISON ARE RESPONDING TO A CALL INSIDE THE CITY OF CHARLESTON. A MOTORCYCLE HAS HIT A CAR. Hospital call here.. I have a 21 year old male who's involved in a motorcylce accident Said he was traveling about 20 miles an hour when he struck a vehicle. Said the vehicle was almost at a standstill. he's not complaining of any back pain, neck pain, anything like that. only complaint he has is shoulder pain. has a knot on his right shoulder. we have it in a sling at this time. he has a full face helmet it does have some scratches on it. but he had negative loss of consciousness. LUCKILY, THIS CALL ISN'T TOO HIGH STRESS. AND THE HOSPITAL IS JUST A COUPLE MINUTES AWAY. Goin to charleston general we got about 2 minutes. HOWEVER, IT'S STANDARD PROCEDURE IN THE BACK OF AN AMBULANCE TO BE GIVEN AN I-V. SOMETHING THE MOTORCYCLIST DOESN'T REALLY WANT ANY PART OF. I'm gonna start an IV on ya, oh you dont' want an IV? No... some pain meds probably We're here now... I'm just gonna have you sign a refusal for me. A RELATIVELY QUIET START TO THE NIGHT... AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL STAY THAT WAY. BUT JOHNSON SAYS THOSE TWISTS AND TURNS ARE SOMETHING THEY'RE USED TO. it's great greatest feeling i the world to know you made a difference in someone's life that's why you get into this that's the feeling that keeps you coming back. we're the eyes and ears of the doctor YOU COULD PROBABLY TELL THE MOTORCYCLIST WAS A LITTLE BANGED UP BUT NOTHING TOO SERIOUS... HOWEVER THE WOMAN WAS IN FACT SUFFERING FROM A STROKE. NEXT MONDAY WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU ONE OF THE MOST IN-DEPTH LOOKS IN THE BACK OF AN AMBULANCE YET WITH OUR RUN REPORT. REPORTING LIVE AT THE KANAWHA COUNTY EMERGENCY AMBULANCE AUTHORITY IN CHARLESTON, RUDI RAYNES, EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexAFRICAN AMERICAN STUDY
DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY, "REACH" WEST VIRGINIA, OR THE RACIAL AND ETHNIC APPROACHES TO COMMUNITY HEALTH, PRESENTED FINDINGS FROM A RECENT STUDY. THE PARTNERSHIP OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCHES SAYS BLACK PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE IN THE AREA BECAUSE OF SOCIOECONOMIC ISSUES. "" FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS STUDY, AND RECOMMENDATIONS.... YOU CAN LOG ONTO THE PARTNERSHIP OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCHES WEBSITE AT WWW.PAAC2.ORG.
Return to Story IndexSTONEWALL HUNT
THE CONTROLLED KILL AT STONEWALL RESORT IS THE SECOND STATE PARK HUNT IN 50 YEARS THAT KILLED 70 DEER LAST YEAR. THE ANIMALS HAVE CAUSED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGE. ABOUT 50 HUNTERS ARMED WITH BOTH BOWS AND RIFLES HIT THE WOODS AND THE GOLF COURSE TODAY. THE HUNT AT STONEWALL RUNS THRU WEDNESDAY.
Return to Story IndexMISSION COAT GIVEAWAY
THIS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY FROM 9:00 A.M. TO 2:00 P.M. MOUNTAIN MISSION WILL BE HANDING OUT COATS.. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS COME TO THE PARKING LOT OF THE ACTIVITIES BUILDING LOCATED ALONG 7TH AVENUE ON CHARLESTON'S WEST SIDE. YOU WILL HAVE TO BRING IDENTIFICATION WITH A CURRENT ADDRESS ON IT.. COATS WILL BE HANDED OUT TO IMMEDIATE HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS.
Return to Story Index6 BLIND MECHANIC
BUT IMAGINE DOING IT WITHOUT YOUR SENSE OF SIGHT. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT ONE MAN IN SOUTHERN OHIO IS DOING. ED RIFE LOST BOTH OF HIS EYES IN A WORK RELATED EXPLOSION BACK IN 1995---HE'S BE BLIND EVER SINCE. SINCE THAT TIME---HE'S CONTINUED HIS PASSION OF REBUILDING CARS---AND HAS REBUILT NEARLY 200 VEHICLES WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO SEE HIS WORK. INSTEAD HE USES HIS KNOWLEDGE OF CARS AND A KEEN SENSE OF TOUCH---HE ALSO HAS SOME HELP FROM HIS GIRLFRIEND'S SON. RIFE PLANNED TO RETIRE AFTER HE FINISHES HIS CURRENT PROJECT---BUT HAS NOW ORDERED A FEW MORE CARS TO REPAIR.
Return to Story IndexGAZETTE HEADLINE
STATE AGENCY DOESN'T LIKE DEAL FOR VERIZON TO SELL ALL OF ITS LINES IN WEST VIRGINIA PLUS, QUESTIONS ARISE AFTER A LOCAL WOMAN DEVELOPS A RARE DISEASE SHORTLY AFTER GETTING HER FLU SHOT AND, TWO-WEEK BREAK FOR WVU'S FOOTBALL TEAM LEAVES PLENTY OF TIME FOR SECOND-GUESSING YOU CAN READ ALL ABOUT THESE STORIES AND MORE IN TUESDAY'S EDITION OF THE CHARLESTON GAZETTE.
Return to Story IndexFULL WEATHER
JIM PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS Join Jim Barach and the entire Storm Team at the Weather Center Online for the only regional web site that provides live, local updates, 24 hours a day!
Return to Story IndexIWITNESS NEWS
IF IT'S A GOOD PICTURE OF A GOOD STORY... WE'LL USE IT ON THE AIR!
Return to Story IndexUSA UPDATE
WASHINGTON... AN IRONIC CRASH IN SPOKANE - AS A STOLEN S-U-V PLOWS RIGHT THROUGH A JAIL!.. POLICE GOT A CALL SAYING A BLACK LINCOLN NAVIGATOR HAD BEEN STOLEN... A SHORT WHILE LATER - THE S-U-V RAMMED RIGHT THROUGH THE WALLS OF THE COUNTY JAIL, CAREENING THROUGH THE PRISONER INTAKE AREA... NO ONE INSIDE WAS HURT... THE SUSPECT STRUGGLED WITH OFFICERS AS THEY ARRESTED HIM... DAMAGE IS ESTIMATED AT FOURTEEN-THOUSAND DOLLARS... PENNSYLVANIA... A BRIDGE COMES FALLING DOWN IN PORT MARION, AS HUNDREDS MADE SURE THEY GOT A GOOD SPOT TO SEE IT... THE SPAN WAS DEMOLISHED AFTER STATE OFFICIALS FOUND IT TO BE STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT... IT HAD BEEN USED FOR SEVENTY-NINE YEARS TO CARRY TRAFFIC ON ROUTE EIGHTY-EIGHT ACROSS THE MONONGAHELA RIVER... IT WAS ATRICKY IMPLOSION... THE GOAL WAS NOT TO DAMAGE THE NEW BRIDGE THAT WAS JUST BUILT RIGHT NEXT TO THE OLD ONE... NEW JERSEY... WOULD YOU RECYCLE MORE OFTEN IF IT MEANT DISCOUNTS AND GIFT CARDS TO YOUR FAVORITE STORES?... AND WHAT ABOUT IF THOSE RECYCLABLES WERE PICKED UP FOR YOU... FROM YOUR FRONT STEP? THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON IN CHERRY HILL... IT'S SORT OF LIKE EARNING POINTS WHEN YOU USE YOUR CREDIT CARD... YOU GET POINTS BASED ON POUNDS THAT YOU RECYCLE, AND YOU GET TO REDEEM THOSE POINTS AT LOCAL STORES AND RESTAURANTS... AND THAT'S AN ECO-FRIENDLY USA UPDATE...
Return to Story IndexNEED TO KNOW
STINGER
Return to Story IndexDOGGIE CARS
FOR MORE EXAMPLES OF PET FRIENDLY VEHICLES...GO TO PETSIDE.COM..AND THAT'S SOMETHING YOU NEED TO KNOW.
Return to Story IndexSPORTS TEASE
JOSH LEWIS CHECKS IN WITH THE RAVENSWOOD RED DEVILS NEXT ON EYEWITNESS NEWS...
Return to Story IndexWVU-DEFENSE
WEST VIRGINIA'S DEFENSE DID A BETTER-THAN-EXPECTED JOB AGAINST CINCINNATI FRIDAY NIGHT.... THE MOUNTAINEERS GOT U-C TO TURN IT OVER TWICE...A RARE OCCOURENCE FOR BRIAN KELLY'S TEAM.... JEFF CASTEEL'S UNIT WAS PROUD TO HOLD THE BEARCATS HIGH POWERED OFFENSE TO JUST 24 POINTS...
Return to Story IndexDEFENSE SOUND
Return to Story IndexMARSHALL FB 10-11
WE SHOULD KNOW THE RESULTS SOMETIME TOMORROW MORNING... BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD... IN HIS ABSENCE WILL BE FELLOW SENIOR LEE SMITH....WHO HOPES TO KEEP FROM HAVING TO CHANGE THE HERD'S GAMEPLAN UP A WHOLE LOT...
Return to Story IndexMARSHALL FB SOUND 10-11
Return to Story IndexRAVENSWOOD FOOTBALL
SATURDAY RAVENSWOOD WILL TAKE ON TOP SEEDED WAYNE... MARK MARTIN HAS MORE WITH THE RED DEVILS ON THE "ROAD TO WHEELING....."
Return to Story IndexUK-MIAMI HOOPS
--KENNY HAYES FOR 3... THAT TIES IT WITH 6 SECONDS TO PLAY... --BUT THE FRESHMAN-- JOHN WALL-- BEATS THE BUZZER FOR THE CATS!! UK SURVIVES A SCARE 72-70...
Return to Story IndexSTATE-SALEM
-1ST HALF-STATE COOKIE MILLER TO FRED HARRIS FOR THE DUNK -DARREN JONES FOR 3 -IN TRANSITION....JONES FOR 3 AGAIN.....35 POINTS -MILLER MISSES HARRIS FOLLOWS WITH A SLAM......14 POINTS -MILLER FADEAWAY JUMPER.....13 POINTS -SALEM-CAPTAL'S RIO BERKELY FOR 3....32 POINTS -STATE-JONES TO BO KING FOR 3.....16 POINTS
Return to Story IndexSAMANTHA SNODGRASS
TODAY SHE SIGNED THE DOTTED LINE TO ATTEND YOUNGSTOWN STATE..... SHE SAYS TODAY IS THANKS TO YEARS OF HARD WORK AND DEDICATION...
Return to Story IndexSAMANTHA SOUND
Return to Story IndexWAKE UP WEATHER
Return to Story IndexCLOSE
HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYONE.
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