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SCRIPT FOR EYEWITNESS NEWS NEWSCAST
Thursday, March 11, 2010.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
A GRANDMOTHER TAKES ACTION AFTER HEARING AN ALLEGED THREAT AGAINST STUDENTS BY A BUS DRIVER... THAT'S OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT... GOOD EVENING, I'M DEBORAH LINZ... AND I'M RICK LORD... THANKS FOR JOINING US...ON EYEWITNESS NEWS. 
Return to Story Index BUS DRIVER
KANAWHA COUNTY SCHOOL OFFICIALS *SUSPENDED A BUS DRIVER FOR HIS ALLEGED COMMENTS. EYEWITNESS NEWS ANCHOR GILBERT CORSEY BREAKS THE STORY. THESE COMMENTS WERE OVERHEARD IN A PRIVATE CONVERSATION. BUT IT WAS ENOUGH TO GET THIS DRIVER IN THE HOT SEAT. NAT:bus driving through WATCH YOUR MOUTH...MAY BE THE LESSON OF THE DAY AT DUNBAR MIDDLE SCHOOL. STUDENTS FOUND A SUBSTITUTE DRIVER ON BUS 804. THEIR NORMAL DRIVER IS UNDER INVESTIGATION NAT:door opens AN INVESTIGATION THAT STARTED WHEN CAROL BASS OVERHEARD A CONVERSATION. 17:05:42 his remark that if he worked there he would line them all up and shoot them. and I though that's inappropriate. SHE SAYS SHE WAS PICKING HER GRANDCHILDREN UP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE DRIVER HAD JUST EXITED THE BUILDING AFTER SCHOOL LEADERS TELL US HE HAD A MINOR ALTERCATION WITH SOME OF THE KIDS INSIDE. WE'RE TOLD THE DRIVER WAS DISCUSSING THE ENCOUNTER WITH ANOTHER ADULT, WITH NO KIDS IN SIGHT, BUT BASS OVERHEARD. 17:06:18 I was concerned that he would say something like this when they're there to protect our kids and get them home safely. SHE TOOK THESE CONCERNS TO SCHOOL LEADERS WHO IN TURN SUSPENDED THE DRIVER WHILE THEY REVIEW THE BUS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO...LOOKING TO SEE IF THIS THREAT WAS REAL OR PERCEIVED. 16:51:35 what was said and what was the intent of what was said. NAT: BASS ADMITS HER GRANDCHILDREN RIDE THIS BUS OCCASIONALLY AND HAVE HAD RUN INS WITH THE DRIVER IN THE PAST. 17:07:20 Adam is a difficult child I admit it. 17:08:00 THEN ONE HAS TO ASK IS THIS IN RETALIATION. Oh No, I would never. I heard what the man said it scared me. WE MUST SAY CAROL BASS IS THE MOTHER OF EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER KENNIE BASS. KENNIE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE WRITING OR EDITING OF THIS PIECE. LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM GILBERT CORSEY EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexPARENT THREATENS UPDATE
ANDRE COLEMAN HAS SINCE BEEN RELEASED FROM SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL JAIL AND THE BUS DRIVER IN THAT INCIDENT HAS BEEN DISCIPLINED. YOU MAY RECALL COLEMAN WENT TO ANNE BAILEY ELEMENTARY IN ST. ALBANS ANGRY AFTER HIS 6-YEAR OLD SON WAS PUT ON THE WRONG BUS AND THEN ALLOWED OFF AT THE WRONG BUS STOP WITHOUT HIS PARENTS THERE TO PICK HIM UP. THE SCHOOL WAS PLACED ON LOCKDOWN AFTER A STAFF MEMBER SAID COLEMAN THREATENED TO SHOOT EVERYONE INSIDE. ONE OF THE KANAWHA VALLEY'S MOST DISTURBING CASES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS DRAWING TO AN END FARLEY RHODES PLEAD GUILTY TO MURDER THIS MORNING. RHODES SAYS DURING AN ARGUMENT IN AUGUST 2008 HE SPRAYED STARLENA PRATT WITH LIGHTER FLUID AND LIT HER ON FIRE. RHODES WILL BE SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON -- BUT THE JUDGE HAS THE OPTION OF GIVING HIM MERCY. THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE SAYS THEY WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MAKE SURE RHODES IS LOCKED UP FOR GOOD WHEN HE'S SENTENCED IN MAY. MEANWHILE -- THE STARLENA PRATT FOUNDATION WILL BE SET UP AT THE OLD COURTHOUSE IN CHARLESTON -- IT WILL GIVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS SOMEWHERE TO TURN TO GET HELP. IT SHOULD BE OPEN IN A FEW MONTHS.
Return to Story Index11 SCHOOL BUS BILL
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE MEMBERS APPROVED A MEASURE STIFFENING PENALTIES FOR DRIVERS WHO IGNORE SCHOOL BUS STOP SIGNS AND WARNING LIGHTS. THE BILL CALLS FOR FELONY CHARGES IF A DRIVER WILLFULLY DISREGARDS THE SIGNALS AND ANYONE IS HURT OR KILLED AS A RESULT. IT'S NAMED "HAVEN'S LAW," AFTER SIX-YEAR OLD HAVEN MCCARTHY OF LINCOLN COUNTY. SHE WAS KILLED IN DECEMBER 2007 AFTER GETTING OFF OF HER BUS BY A MOTORIST WHO FAILED TO STOP. PRESIDENT TOMBLIN SAYS THE BILL IS SCHEDULED FOR A FINAL SENATE VOTE ON SATURDAY. IF APPROVED IT GOES BACK TO THE HOUSE, WHERE DELEGATES MUST AGREE TO THE SENATE'S AMENDMENTS TO THE MEASURE.
Return to Story IndexKANAWHA COMMISSION
COMMISSIONERS PASSED A VERY TIGHT BUDGET. THERE WILL BE NO RAISES THIS YEAR. NO NEW SHERIFF'S CARS... NO NEW EMPLOYEES WILL BE HIRED... AND THERE WILL BE NO COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS THIS YEAR. COMMISSIONERS SAY THEY WORKED VERY HARD TO HOLD THE LINE AND NOT LAY ANYONE OFF OR CUT SALARIES.
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Return to Story IndexWINFIELD BRIDGE
EYEWITNESS NEWS "PUTNAM COUNTY" REPORTER RUDI RAYNES JOINS US LIVE IN OUR NEWSROOM WITH MORE ON HOW THE CLOSURE WILL AFFECT SCHOOLS IN THE AREA. RUDI... PEOPLE THROUGHOUT PUTNAM COUNTY SAY THE ROSS BOOTH MEMORIAL BRIDGE DESPERATELY NEEDS REPAIRS, BUT THERE WILL BE A LOT OF HEADACHES BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL. Leslie Delapas: It is a nightmare. You have two or three consturction projects going on at once and then the bridge is right here." LESLIE DELAPAS SAYS DROPPING OFF AND PICKING UP HER SON AT WINFIELD ELEMENTARY IS A HEADACHE. Leslie Delapas: i live about 5 minutes away and to get throught tow in half an hour now to bring him to school. BUT IT'S NOT NEARLY AS BAD AS WHAT SOME PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE TO DEAL WITH ONCE THE ROSS BOOTH MEMORIAL BRIDGE BETWEEN ELEANOR AND WINFIELD IS SHUT DOWN. Leslie Delapas: it stinks. they'll have to go down to buffalo or nitro. COMMISSIONER JOE HAYNES SAYS THE SHUTDOWN IS A NECESSARY INCONVENIENCE. Joe Haynes: 57:18 the work needs to be done we're gonna have a better rbidge. it'll have a sidewalk and we'll fix the overpass over 817 :nats: buses ALTHOUGH COMMUTERS WILL HAVE TO FIND NEW ROUTES TO GET TO SCHOOL, THE COORDINATOR OF TRANSPORTATION FOR PUTNAM COUNTY SCHOOLS SAYS SCHOOL BUSES WILL ONLY HAVE TO MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS. Charlie Tribble: "The vocational kids it affects them mainly. Evening pickup around lunchtime, they'll probaly lose a little lunchtime but not so much classtime. The special needs kids may have to get up a little earlier, probably get home a little later." BUT TRIBBLE SAYS THE INCONVENIENCE SHOULDN'T LAST TOO LONG. Tribble: 52:52 It came down to the fact of do we want to close the bridge 4 1/2 months or stretch it out 2 or 3 years with one lane. And we've all felt it was best to just shut it down four months and get it over with. Leslie Delapas: When im driving over it I hold my breath. I hope they do a good job so it doesnt have to be done again THE BRIDGE IS DOWN TO ONE LANE FROM 9 PM TO 6 AM NOW AND WILL OFFICIALLY CLOSE ON APRIL 5TH. IT'S SCHEDULED TO RE-OPEN AUGUST 20TH. REPORTING LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM... RRA... EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexHOME ENERGY AUDIT
THE CAPITOL CONSERVATION DISTRICT IS OFFERING AN "ENERGY AUDIT" THAT COULD CUT YOUR ELECTRIC AND GAS BILLS! THE GROUP SUGGESTS INSTALLING ITEMS NOW LIKE ENERGY EFFICIENT FAWCETT HEADS, A WATER HEATER INSULATION JACKET, AND A COMPACT LOW ENERGY BULBS. IF YOU DO.... YOU COULD QUALIFY FOR FEDERAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY TAX CREDITS. HOMEOWNERS CAN GET MORE INFORMATION BY CALLING (304) 539-0736.
Return to Story IndexCABELL UNEMPLOYMENT
AS EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER BRYANT SOMERVILLE REPORTS TONIGHT, THAT'S A GOOD THING.. .BUT THERE'S STILL MORE WORK TO BE DONE. (nats) TAKE A DRIVE IN HUNTINGTON...AND YOU'LL SEE AT LEAST ONE. NOW HIRING, HEAT UP YOUR CAREER...HELP WANTED. DESPARATE PLEAS...FOR HOPEFUL EMPLOYEES. BUT IF HIRING IS UP...WHY ARE JOBS DOWN? MAKING CABELL COUNTYS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE CLOSE TO EIGHT AND A HALF PERCENT. BUT CABELL COUNTY COMMISSIONER NANCY CARTMILL SAYS ITS TAKE GRX BETTER THAN MOST, IN FACT CABELL COUNTY IS ONE OF FOUR OUT OF THE STATES 55 COUNTIES THAT IS BELOW THE STATE UNEMPLOYMENT AVERAGE OF TEN AND A HALF PERCENT. THE OTHER THREE BEING KANAWHA COUNTY JUST ABOUT EIGHT AND A HALF. PUTNAM COUNTY AT JUST OVER 8, AND MARION COUNTY AT EIGHT AND A HALF PERCENT. TAKE GRX IN CASE YOURE WONDERING WHERE THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES ARE IN OUR REGION. 16 AND A HALF PERCENT OF PEOPLE IN CLAY COUNTY ARE UNEMPLOYED. ROANE COUNTY IS NOT MUCH BETTER AT NEARLY 17 PERCENT. BUT THE WORST IN THE STATE...CALHOUN COUNTY...OVER 21 PERCENT. HOLDING OUT FOR SOMETHING THAT MORE FITS THEIR AREA OF EXPERTISE, WHILE THE UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS CONTINUE TO RISE. IN HUNTINGTON; BSO; EYEWITNESS NEWS. CARTMILL ALSO SAYS WITH KENTUCKY AND OHIO SO CLOSE, SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING ACROSS STATE LINES TO GET JOBS.
Return to Story IndexGIRLS NIGHT OUT
HARLEY DAVIDSON OF WEST VIRGINIA OPENED THEIR DOORS TO JUST WOMEN THIS EVENING. LADIES INTERESTED IN MOTORCYCLES TOOK NO-PRESSURE CLASSES AND EVEN GOT TO RIDE A DEMO MODEL. OVER THE PAST DECADE, WOMEN HAVE INCREASINGLY EMBRACED MOTORCYCLING... IT'S A TREND BIKE SELLERS HOPE WILL CONTINUE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HARLEY-DAVIDSON, GO TO www.wvharley.com OR CALL THEM AT (304) 768-1600.
Return to Story IndexGUITAR GIVEAWAY
SAMANTHA HALE IS THE PROUD OWNER OF A NEW GUITAR THANKS TO A DONATION BY THE APPALACHIAN FIDDLERS ASSOCIATION AND ROUTE 60 MUSIC IN BARBOURSVILLE. NOT ONLY DID SHE GET A NEW GUITAR BUT A FREE CONCERT. THE GROUP SAYS THEY ARE HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO HELP CHILDREN GET INTO MUSIC. THE APPALACHIAN FIDDLERS IS A NON-PROFIT GROUP THAT PROMOTES MUSIC IN THE REGION.
Return to Story IndexGAZETTE HEADLINE
CENTURY ALUMINUM SAYS IT'S MORE OPTIMISTIC THAN IT'S BEEN IN A WHILE ABOUT REOPENING ITS PLANT IN JACKSON COUNTY. AND, LAWMAKERS CONSIDER EARLY PAROLES FOR SOME INMATES AND RAISING THE SCHOOL DROPOUT AGE AS THEIR SESSION WINDS DOWN. PLUS, MORE HOOPS HYSTERIA: AS WVU, MARSHALL AND LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS ALL HIT THE FLOOR THURSDAY NIGHT. YOU CAN READ ALL ABOUT THESE STORIES AND MORE IN FRIDAY'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 IndexKITCHEN DOOR
HERE'S EYEWITNESS NEWS ANCHOR PATRICK MCMURTRY WITH THIS WEEK'S BEHIND THE KITCHEN DOOR. We're coming to you this week from Chef Robert Wong's new place on Virginia Street in Charleston. Unlike the Bridge Road Bistro, you can pick up a good breakfast here before you start your day-and you can get lunch and dinner to. You can also get all three meals at the IHOP in Kanawha City, but Kanawha Charleston health inspectors found they need to do a little work. The IHOP had a total of 8 violations, including 1 critical. There was an open drink in the food prep area, no towels at the sink, not enough sanitizer in the wiping cloth bucket and the shelves in the walk in cooler were dirty. Up next, the Applebee's right down the road at the Kanawha Mall. Inspectors found 5 violations, but three were critical. There was mold growing in the ice machine, no sanitizer in the bar sink and an employee didn't wash his hands between handling dirty and clean utensils. Now for the good news, and there's plenty of it. All five of these places were absolutely perfect: Sushi Atlantic, Sahara, Taste of India, Alladin's and Ichiban. That's the first time that's happened since we've been doing these reports. Don't forget, you can get your first look at Behind the Kitchen Door Thursday on Eyewitness News This Morning. I'm Patrick McMurtry, I'll see you then.
Return to Story IndexBREAST CANCER TEST
FIRST, A BLOOD TEST TO SPOT BREAST CANCER MAY BE ON THE HORIZON. THE COMPANY "CHRONIX BIOMEDICAL" SAYS IT'S WORKING ON A TEST THAT SPOTS D-N-A THAT LEAKS OUT OF DEAD AND DYING CELLS. THE TEST IS BASED ON DECODED GENOMES FROM BREAST CANCER PATIENTS, AS WELL AS FROM HEALTHY WOMEN. THE THEORY IS, IF A CELL IS EXPRESSING D-N-A BECAUSE IT'S DYING... THERE MUST BE SOMETHING KILLING IT. THE BLOOD TEST WILL LIKELY DETECT CANCER AS SOON AS IT APPEARS. DOCTORS SAY THE TEST IS VERY EXPENSIVE AND A FEW YEARS AWAY... BUT COULD BE A GREAT ALTERNATIVE FOR MAMMOGRAMS.
Return to Story IndexOVARIAN CANCER TEST
QUEST DIAGNOSTIC'S "OVA-ONE" IS A BLOOD TEST THAT HELPS DOCTORS DISTINGUISH WHETHER GROWTHS IN THE CERVIX ARE CANCEROUS OR NOT. IT LOOKS FOR FIVE PROTEIN BIOMARKERS IN THE BLOOD. THE COMPANY SAYS IT CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED 92- PERCENT OF CERVICAL CANCER CASES IN TRIALS, WHEN USED WITH RADIOLOGICAL IMAGING AND STANDARD PATIENT WORK UPS. USUAL DETECTION METHODS FOUND 72-PERCENT. ONE DOWNSIDE THOUGH IS A RISK OF "FALSE POSITIVES."
Return to Story IndexTEA OVARIAN CANCER
A NEW UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON STUDY SAYS DRINKING AT LEAST ONE DAILY CUP OF GREEN TEA REDUCES THE RISK OF OVARIAN CANCER BY 54-PERCENT. AND BREW UP SOME BLACK TEA AS WELL, A SIMILAR STUDY FOUND TWO OR MORE CUPS SLASHES THE CANCER RISK BY NEARLY 50-PERCENT. PREVIOUS RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT BOTH TEAS ALSO HELP REDUCE THE RISK OF HEART DISEASE, AS WELL AS BOOSTS BRAIN POWER.
Return to Story IndexSPORTS TEASE
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Return to Story IndexPOCAHONTAS-C.CATHOLIC
-1ST QTR-CC MEG WHALEN FOR 3 -CC ERIN CASEY TO ALI HOYER LAYIN......ASHLEY SHEPLER -CC WHALEN DRIVE AND LAYIN....IRISH UP 13-1 AT END OF 1ST -2ND QTR-PC KAREN WILFONG LAYIN -PC SHELBY SNEAD FOR 3......TIM MCCLUNG -CC VICTORIA THOMAS FOR 3......
Return to Story IndexMBRIDGE-ST. JOE
--1ST HALF... LAKIAH SMITH LAYUP... --DUSTY CHAPMAN STEAL/LAYUP... ONE OF 25 STEALS FOR ST. JOE... --THEN STEPHANIE DORSEY FOR 3.. HUNTINGTON ST. JOE UP 47-10 AT THE HALF... --2ND HALF.. INSIDE TO BROOKE KEATON... --SMITH AGAIN...
Return to Story IndexM'BURG-HUNTINGTON
-1ST QTR-H'TON LEAH CHING LAYIN -M'BURG JACQUELINE BREWER FOR 3....14 POINTS.....MIKE MACKEY -H'TON ERIN BAILES JUMPER.....12 POINTS...HIGHLANDERS UP 5 AT HALF -3RD QTR-H'TON BAILES TO TALEQUIA HAMILTON LAYIN -H'TON CHING TO HAMILTON LAYIN.....17 POINTS....LONNIE LUCAS -4TH QTR-BAILES TO HAMILTON TO CHING FOR THE LAYIN.....19 POINTS....HUNTINGTON GETS THE WIN 56-43 AFTERWARDS COACH LONNIE LUCAS WAS HAPPY WITH THE EFFORT.....
Return to Story IndexCHAPMANVILLE-SISSONVILLE
-chapmanville's zac maynard... -sissonville's cody williams -lucas walker
Return to Story IndexPOCA-TUG VALLEY
-1ST QTR-TV CHANNING PREECE FOR 3 -POCA JASON CUFFEE FLOATER -POCA CUFFEE DRIVE AND LAYIN....ALLEN OSBOURNE -TV MICHEAL EVANS TURNAROUND JUMPER....GARLAND THOMPSON -POCA CUFFEE DUNK -TV AUSTIN VANCE LAYIN.....PANTHERS GET THE BIG WIN 67-39
Return to Story IndexMAGNOLIA-RAVENSWOOD
-devils bobby rymer hits the three. -luke murray -jared blatt...16 -murray---19 -magnolia wins it 47-44
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craig ponder 56
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