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SCRIPT FOR EYEWITNESS NEWS NEWSCAST
Friday, November 20, 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.
OPEN
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DOUG TALKS ABOUT WEATHER
Return to Story IndexWELCOME
WELCOME TO EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexSOUTH CHARLESTON SHOOTING
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER DARRAH WILCOX IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH MORE DETAILS. DARRAH WHAT'S THE LATEST? JENIFER... POLICE SAY A MAN WAS SHOT DURING AN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY. TWO MEN TRIED TO ROB 30-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL EALM IN THE ALLY BETWEEN 9TH AND 10TH STREET IN SOUTH CHARLESTON AROUND 3 THIS MORNING. ONE OF THE ROBBERS SHOT HIM IN THE BACKSIDE AS HE RAN TO THE OVERTIME LOUNGE. SOMEONE THERE CALLED 9-1-1 FOR HIM. he collapsed POLICE SAY HE WAS TAKEN TO GENERAL AND HAS BEEN UPGRADED FROM CRITICAL TO STABLE CONDITION. SOUTH CHARLESTON POLICE SAY THEY ARE INTERVIEWING PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THE AREA... THEY ARE LOOKING INTO A COUPLE "PERSONS OF INTEREST"... AND WILL CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE.
Return to Story IndexLONDON SHOOTING
IT HAPPENED AROUND 10:30 IN THE COMMUNITY OF LONDON-- ABOUT 25 MILES OUTSIDE CHARLESTON. AUTHORITIES SAY 23-YEAR-OLD FRANKLIN PROCTOR AND A WOMAN WERE AT AN APARTMENT WHEN TWO MEN BUSTED IN WITH GUNS. THEY ORDERED THE WOMAN TO THE FLOOR... AND THAT'S WHEN THEY SHOT PROCTOR SEVERAL TIMES. THE SUSPECTS GOT AWAY... AND PROCTOR WAS FLOWN TO C-A-M-C GENERAL. THE KANAWHA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING. WE'LL BRING YOU THE LATEST INFO... AS IT'S RELEASED.
Return to Story IndexHUNTINGTON ROBBERY
CABELL METRO 9-1-1 SAYS THE DRIVER WAS HELD AT GUN POINT AFTER MAKING AN EARLY MORNING DELIVERY FROM JIMMY JOHN'S ON NEEL STREET. THE DRIVER TOLD POLICE THAT THE SUSPECT WHO HE DESCRIBED AS A BLACK MAN ABOUT 6'4 WITH WHITE TENNIS SHOES DEMANDED HIS JACKET AND CASH.
Return to Story IndexMARY STROJIA
SAY IT WAS AN ACCIDENT NOT MURDER. BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO CONVINCE A JUDGE TO RELEASE MARY STROJIA ON BOND TODAY. POLICE ALLEGE SHE KILLED ROBERT RICHARDSON IN SOUTH CHARLESTON LAST MAY AFTER AN ARGUMENT OVER A CRACK COCAINE DRUG DEAL. THE JUDGE AGREED TODAY TO DELAY HER TRIAL FROM NOVEMBER TO JANUARY 11TH. DEFENSE LAWYERS WILL USE THAT TIME TO HAVE HER EVALUATED BY A PSYCHIATRIST AND TO HIRE THEIR OWN TRAFFIC ACCIDENT EXPERT.
Return to Story IndexBONHAM CLOSURE
THE SCHOOL BOARD VOTED, UNANIMOULY, TO CLOSE THE FLOOD PRONE SCHOOL... AND SET THEIR SISSONVILLE SCHOOL REORGANIZATION PLAN INTO MOTION. IT WILL SEND MOST BONHAM CHILDREN IN GRADES K-4 TO FLINN ELEMENTARY AND CHANGE SISSONVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL TO A 5th GRADE THRU 8th GRADE CAMPUS. ADMINISTRATORS SAY NO CHILDREN WILL BE MOVED UNTIL RENOVATIONS AT THE 2 SCHOOLS ARE FINISHED. EYEWITNESS NEWS IS TOLD BONHAM MAY CLOSE BY THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR. BUT THAT HINGES ON WHEN THE RENOVATIONS ARE FINISHED AT THE OTHER SCHOOLS.
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CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY DECIDED TO PUT THE VOTE ON THE FEBRUARY 6TH BALLOT. THE LEVY FUNDS ALL MUNICIPAL SERVICES IN SOME WAY. THE NEW LEVY WILL NOT RAISE TAXES... IT IS DUE EVERY FIVE YEARS.
Return to Story IndexVERIZON/FRONTIER
UNION MEMBERS SHOWED UP TO HEAR ABOUT VERIZON'S PROPOSED SALE OF THE WEST VIRGINIA LANDLINES TO FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS. MEMBERS OF THE C-W-A UNION, SAY THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR FUTURE WITH THE NEW COMPANY. BUT THE PRESIDENT OF VERIZON WEST VIRGINIA SAYS, THERE'S NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. "It'll push broadband out further in the state. Frontier's already the second largest telecom provider in the state. They'll get bigger in this transaction. They'll extend their broadband out into the state. They have an unmatched broadband record in the state." ALL PARTIES INVOLVED IN THE TRANSACTION WILL TESTIFY IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION IN JANUARY.
Return to Story IndexWV TAX SYSTEM
STATE TAX OFFICERS GOT A CHANCE TO SHARE THEIR PROPOSALS ON WHAT SHOULD BE DONE IN THE AREAS. THEY WERE ALSO SEEKING PUBLIC INPUT ON THE ISSUES INLCUDING TELE-COMMUNICATIONS, TAX CREDITS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS, AND PERSONAL INCOME TAXES FOR LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS. we've eliminated, we are phasing out business franchise tax. We've lowered out corporated income tax, we created a family tax credit to provide relief to those that are working but aren't earning as much income. we have simplified things. THE PROPOSED CHANGES WILL MOST LIKELY BE PRESENTED TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE IN THE UPCOMING SESSION.
Return to Story IndexSEEDS
IT'S PART OF THE STUDENT EDUCATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUCCESS PROGRAM... OR "SEEDS". BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL IN THE COMMUNITY TEAM UP WITH SCHOOLS TO HELP STUDENTS LEARN MORE ABOUT OTHER PROFESSIONS. IT'S ALSO A GREAT WAY FOR SCHOOLS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO BUILD A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS PLAN FOR THE FUTURE. financial plans together FIVE PROFESSIONALS WERE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR EFFORTS THIS MORNING AT THE CAPTIOL.
Return to Story IndexBYRD TURNS 92
HE IS TURNING 92! BYRD WILL BE AT A GROUNDBREAKING IN CHARLES TOWN TODAY TO KICK OFF CONSTRUCTION OF ANOTHER SECTION OF THE NEW WEST VIRGINA ROUTE 9. THE ROAD WILL RUN FROM THE EAST BANK OF THE SHENANDOAH RIVER TO THE VIRGINIA STATE LINE. EARLIER THIS WEEK, AFTER SPENDING NEARLY 57 YEARS IN WASHINGTON, D.C., BYRD OFFICIALLY BECAME THE LONGEST-SERVING MEMBER OF CONGRESS IN HISTORY.
Return to Story IndexNEW MOON REACT
FIFTEEN HUNDRED "TWILIGHTERS" DESCENDED ON MARQUEE CINEMAS AT SOUTH RIDGE THIS MORNING TO SEE A SPECIAL MIDNIGHT SHOWING OF "THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON." THEY SHOWED IT ON EVERY SCREEN IN THE THEATER. THE STORY FOLLOWS THE LOVE TRIANGLE BETWEEN VAMPIRE EDWARD, WEREWOLF JACOB AND HUMAN BELLA. THIS IS THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF THE FILM SERIES. THEY ARE BASED ON THE WILDLY POPULAR TWILIGHT BOOKS BY STEPHENIE MEYER. SO FAR...ACCORDING TO PRE-RELEASE AUDIENCE SURVEYS..."NEW MOON" ALREADY HAS PRE-SOLD ABOUT $90 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF TICKETS FOR THIS OPENING WEEKEND. COMING UP A LITTLE LATER IN THE SHOW, WE'LL GIVE YOU A SNEAK PEEK OF THE MOVIE.
Return to Story IndexRASCAL FLATTS
THE GROUP WILL PUT ON A FREE 30 MINUTE CONCERT AT THE KEITH ALBEE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER TOMORROW. ITS ALL PART OF OLIVERS FOOD FESTIVAL AT PULLMAN SQUARE. 500 TICKETS WERE GIVEN OUT ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS YESTERDAY. AND ANY REMAINING TICKETS WILL BE HANDED OUT AT THE FESTIVAL TOMORROW. THE FESTIVAL IS FROM 10AM UNTIL 4PM AND THE RASCAL FLATTS CONCERT IS AT 2:30PM.
Return to Story IndexART & CRAFT SHOW
ONCE AGAIN THE KANAWHA CITY LIONS CLUB IS SPONSORING THE EVENT. PROCEEDS FROM TICKET SALES HELP WITH THEIR CHARITABLE WORK. THERE ARE NEARLY 200 VENDORS, FROM ABOUT 8 STATES SET UP IN THE CIVIC CENTER... ALL READY FOR A WEEKEND OF SHOPPING FOR ONE-OF-A KIND GIFTS. THIS IS THE 42nd YEAR FOR THE CAPITOL CITY ART AND CRAFT SHOW... IT BEGINS AT 4 THIS AFTERNOON... AND RUNS THRU SUNDAY AT 6.
Return to Story IndexFOOTBALL EXTRA
Return to Story IndexFULL WEATHER
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Return to Story IndexBUFFALO CREEK
IN THIS WEEK'S TRAVELING WEST VIRGINIA, PHOTOJOURNALIST BRAD RICE TAKES US TO LOGAN COUNTY TO RELIVE THE DISASTER THROUGH THE EYES OF SOME SURVIVORS. THE STATE ARCHIVES HAS A VIRTUAL EXHIBIT OF THE BUFFALO CREEK DISASTER ON ITS WEBSITE. JUST GO TO THE WEBSITE ON YOUR SCREEN.
Return to Story IndexVIEWERS CHOICE
YOU CAN LOG ON, REGISTER AND VOTE FOR BUSINESSES IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES EVERY WEEK... AFTER YOUR VOTES ARE TABULATED, EVERY FRIDAY AT NOON THE AWARD IS GIVEN OUT. AND THIS WEEK'S CATEGORY IS FAVORITE PIZZA AND THE WINNER IS MONTY'S PIZZA. AND HERE TO ACCEPT THE AWARD IS ASHLEY SHAMBLIN RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE RIBS AND THEN ON MONDAY YOU CAN START VOTING FOR YOUR FAVORITE DESSERT. TO VOTE LOG ONTO OUR WEBSITE AT WCHSTV.COM FOR MORE INFORMATION.
Return to Story IndexTOP STORIES
STINGER STINGER
Return to Story IndexSOUTH CHARLESTON SHOOTING
HERE ARE SOME OF THE STORIES WE'RE WORKING ON FOR YOU TODAY... WE HAVE NEW INFORMATION ON AN EARLY MORNING SHOOTING IN SOUTH CHARLESTON. EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER DARRAH WILCOX IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH MORE DETAILS. DARRAH WHAT'S THE LATEST? JENIFER... POLICE SAY A MAN WAS SHOT DURING AN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY. TWO MEN TRIED TO ROB 30-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL EALM IN THE ALLY BETWEEN 9TH AND 10TH STREET IN SOUTH CHARLESTON AROUND 3 THIS MORNING. ONE OF THE ROBBERS SHOT HIM IN THE BACKSIDE AS HE RAN TO THE OVERTIME LOUNGE. SOMEONE THERE CALLED 9-1-1 FOR HIM. he collapsed POLICE SAY HE WAS TAKEN TO GENERAL AND HAS BEEN UPGRADED FROM CRITICAL TO STABLE CONDITION. SOUTH CHARLESTON POLICE SAY THEY ARE INTERVIEWING PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THE AREA... THEY ARE LOOKING INTO A COUPLE "PERSONS OF INTEREST"... AND WILL CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE.
Return to Story IndexLONDON SHOOTING
IT HAPPENED AROUND 10:30 IN THE COMMUNITY OF LONDON-- ABOUT 25 MILES OUTSIDE CHARLESTON. AUTHORITIES SAY 23-YEAR-OLD FRANKLIN PROCTOR AND A WOMAN WERE AT AN APARTMENT WHEN TWO MEN BUSTED IN WITH GUNS. THEY ORDERED THE WOMAN TO THE FLOOR... AND THAT'S WHEN THEY SHOT PROCTOR SEVERAL TIMES. THE SUSPECTS GOT AWAY... AND PROCTOR WAS FLOWN TO C-A-M-C GENERAL. THE KANAWHA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING. WE'LL BRING YOU THE LATEST INFO... AS IT'S RELEASED.
Return to Story IndexART & CRAFT SHOW
ONCE AGAIN THE KANAWHA CITY LIONS CLUB IS SPONSORING THE EVENT. PROCEEDS FROM TICKET SALES HELP WITH THEIR CHARITABLE WORK. THERE ARE NEARLY 200 VENDORS, FROM ABOUT 8 STATES SET UP IN THE CIVIC CENTER... ALL READY FOR A WEEKEND OF SHOPPING FOR ONE-OF-A KIND GIFTS. THIS IS THE 42nd YEAR FOR THE CAPITOL CITY ART AND CRAFT SHOW... IT BEGINS AT 4 THIS AFTERNOON... AND RUNS THRU SUNDAY AT 6.
Return to Story IndexNATIONAL NEWS
STINGER
Return to Story IndexFORT HOOD UPDATE
Return to Story IndexBLOOMBERG
HERE'S MORE IN YOUR BLOOMBERG MARKET UPDATE.
Return to Story IndexAOL JOB CUTS
THE INTERENT COMPANY IS ASKING FOR 25-HUNDRED VOLUNTEERS TO ACCEPT BUYOUTS. THE OFFER IS AVAILABLE TO ALL EMPLOYEES FROM DECEMBER 4th THOUGH DECEMBER 11th. A-O-L SAYS IT WILL RESORT TO LAYOFFS IF IT DOES NOT GET ENOUGH PEOPLE TO ACCEPT BUYOUTS.
Return to Story IndexIPHONE DRIVES CAR
BUT WHAT ABOUT AN APPLICATION THAT WOULD ALLOW THE I-PHONE TO DRIVE A CAR? SOME ENGINEERS HAVE COMBINED THEIR LOVE OF REMOTE CONTROL CARS WITH I-PHONE TECHNOLOGY. HERE'S HOW IT WORKS.
Return to Story IndexHEALTHY FOR LIFE
STINGER
Return to Story IndexMEDICAL TEST CONFUSION
Return to Story IndexVICKS RECALL
THE RECALL AFFECTS THE 15 MILLI-LITER NASAL SPRAY AND TWELVE HOUR DECONGESTANT ULTRA FINE MISTS. THE COMPANY SAYS IT FOUND BACTERIA IN SAMPLES DURING ROUTINE TESTING AT A GERMAN PLANT. NO ONE'S BEEN REPORTED SICK. HERE IS THE LOT NUMBER TO LOOK FOR-- 923-902-8831. YOU CAN CALL P-AND-G FOR A REPLACEMENT COUPON OR A REFUND AT 877-876-7881.
Return to Story IndexFULL WEATHER
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BUT THERE'S ALSO, THE STORY OF AN NFL PLAYER'S TOUGH START AND AN ANIMATED MOVIE ABOUT ALIENS. THE MUCH-ANTICIPATED SEQUEL TO THE FILM "TWILIGHT" IS BACK! IN "THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON," EDWARD, THE VAMPIRE, LEAVES TOWN IN ORDER TO KEEP HIS LOVE, BELLA, SAFE FROM HIS ENEMIES. BELLA TURNS TO HER FRIEND JACOB FOR COMFORT, BUT A NEW DANGER IS AROUND THE CORNER. ROBERT PATTINSON AND KRISTEN STEWART RETURN IN "NEW MOON," WHICH IS RATED PG-13. IN "THE BLIND SIDE," A FAMILY TAKES IN A HOMELESS TEEN, OFFERING HIM LOVE AND A SECOND CHANCE. THEIR KINDNESS HELPS MICHAEL OHER (pronounced oar) SUCCEED, AND HE BECOMES AN NFL PROSPECT. Do you have any place to stay tonight? Don't you dare lie to me. BASED ON THE TRUE STORY OF THE BALTIMORE RAVENS' RIGHT TACKLE, "THE BLIND SIDE" STARS SANDRA BULLOCK AND TIM MCGRAW. IT'S RATED PG-13. IN "PLANET 51," HUMANS BECOME THE ALIENS WHEN AN ASTRONAUT, VOICED BY DWAYNE JOHNSON ARRIVES FROM EARTH. HE BEFRIENDS A YOUNG RESIDENT WHO MUST HELP HIM RECOVER HIS SPACESHIP AND TRY TO GET HOME. THE ANIMATED "PLANET 51" IS RATED P-G. FOR NOW SHOWING, I'M JIM RIBBLE.
Return to Story IndexSPORTS
Return to Story IndexHEADLINE SPORTS
LINE-UP. I'M ADAM ANSHELL FOR HEADLINE SPORTS WITHOUT STAR RUNNING BACK RONNIE BROWN, RICKY WILLIAMS PICKED UP THE SLACK TO LEAD THE DOLPHINS OVER THE PANTHERS 24-17. WILLIAMS FINISHED WITH 119 YARDS RUSHING, TWO RUSHING SCORES AND A T-D RECEPTION-- IT'S THE FIRST TIME WILLIAMS CAUGHT AND RAN FOR A SCORE IN A GAME. NOW, AFTER AN 0-3 START, THE DOLPHINS HAVE CLIMBED BACK INTO THE PLAYOFF PICTURE WITH A 5-5 RECORD. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS OFFICIALS ARE WILLING TO TALK WITH FORMER PLAYERS ABOUT ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSIVE BEHAVIOR BY HEAD FOOTBALL COACH MARK MANGINO. FORMER JAYHAWK RECEIVER RAYMOND BROWN CLAIMED THAT MANGINO TOLD HIM THAT HE WOULD SEND HIM QUOTE, "BACK TO ST. LOUIS WHERE YOU CAN GET SHOT BY YOUR HOMIES." ANOTHER FORMER PLAYER CLAIMED THAT MANGINO MADE INSENSITIVE COMMENTS ABOUT HIS FATHER BEING AN ALCOHOLIC. THE UNIVERSITY CONFIRMED THAT IT IS INVESTIGATING THE ALLEGATIONS THIS WEEK. THE CHRIS PAUL-LESS HORNETS HOSTED THE SUNS AND HANDLED THEM 110-103. PEJA STJAKOVIC LED THE WAY SCORING 25 POINTS AND GRABBING 13 REBOUNDS-- AND ROOKIE POINT GUARD DARREN COLLISON ADDED 15 POINTS AND FIVE ASSISTS. STEVE NASH POSTED 13 POINTS AND 10 ASSISTS IN THE LOSS. PAU GASOL MADE HIS TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO THE LAKERS LINEUP ON THURSDAY. GASOL SCORED 10 OF HIS TEAM'S FIRST 13 POINTS AND FINISHED THE GAME WITH 24 POINTS AND 13 BOARDS. KOBE BRYANT MADE LAKER HISTORY, PASSING KAREEM ABDUL JABBAR FOR 2ND ON THE ALL-TIME TEAM SCORING LIST IN THE LAKERS 108-93 WIN OVER THE BULLS SCOOP JARDINE SCORED A CAREER-HIGH 22 POINTS AND DISHED OUT SIX ASSISTS TO LED UNRANKED SYRACUSE TO A 95-73 BEATDOWN OF NUMBER 13 CALIFORNIA. THIS GAME WAS NEVER IN DOUBT AS THE ORANGE OUTSCORED THE BEARS BY 11 POINTS IN EACH HALF. NUMBER SIX NORTH CAROLINA HAD TO HANG ON LATE TO BEAT 15TH-RANKED OHIO STATE 77-73. THE BUCKEYES RALLIED FROM BEING DOWN AS MANY AS 19 POINTS, BUT COULD NOT PUT IT AWAY IN THE END. TAR HEEL FORWARD DEON THOMPSON LED THE WAY WITH A 15-POINT 10-BOARD DOUBLE-DOUBLE. THE NATIONAL LEAGUE CROWNED HARD-THROWING RIGHT-HANDER TIM LINCECUM WITH THE CY YOUNG AWARD FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR. THE GIANTS ACE ONLY WON 15 GAMES THIS SEASON-- THE FEWEST BY A CY YOUNG WINNER IN A FULL SEASON-- BUT LED THE N-L WITH 261 STRIKEOUTS AND TIED FOR THE LEAGUE LEAD WITH FOUR COMPLETE GAMES AND TWO SHUTOUTS. FOR HEADLINE SPORTS, I'M ADAM ANSHELL.
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