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SCRIPT FOR EYEWITNESS NEWS NEWSCAST
Friday, July 3, 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
A MOTHER IS IN JAIL... HER TODDLER IN THE HOSPITAL FOR A BULLET WOUND... screaming at camera! NOW POLICE SEARCH FOR A JUVENILE INVOLVED IN THE CASE. AND, HEADING OUT FOR THE HOLIDAY?... WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT TO EXPECT ON THE HIGHWAYS. PLUS, THE SOCCER TOURNAMENT SCORES A GOAL WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES... THE EVENT IS AN ECONOMIC BOOST. JIM AD LIB ON TAPE 
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Return to Story IndexTODDLER SHOOTING
TONIGHT HIS MOTHER IS UNDER ARREST AND POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR HER 16-YEAR OLD BOYFRIEND WHO MAY ALSO FACE CHARGES. EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER KENNIE BASS TELLS US WHAT HAPPENED TODAY ON THE CITY'S WEST SIDE. NAT SOT Kennie Bass/Eyewitness News: 24-year old Hannah Workman of Charleston is led to a waiting paddy wagon, charged with felony neglect following what police think is the self-inflicted shooting of her 4-year old son. Hannah Workman/Charleston: Kennie Bass/Eyewitness News: Investigators say it appears the the toddler shot himself in the leg and that his injuries are not life-threatening. He underwent surgery at Charleston Area Medical Center to treat the wound. The shooting allegedly happened here at number 6 Hillcrest Drive on the city's west side. Police are still looking for a 16-year old male who they say was here when the toddler was shot. Det. Steve Cooper/Charleston Police Department: Hannah Workman/Charleston: Kennie Bass/Eyewitness News: Police say in addition to the injured 4-year old, another toddler and an infant were inside the home when the gun went off. Kennie Bass, Eyewitness News in Charleston. WORKKMAN IS BEHIND BARS AT SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL JAIL. SHE'S SET TO MAKE HER FIRST COURT APPEARANCE LATER TONIGHT.
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IT IS SIMILAR TO THE MALLO CHILD NEGLECT CASE FROM LATE LAST MONTH. THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT SAYS THE HOUSE ON HILLCREST DRIVE WAS FILTHY... POLICE SAY THERE WERE DIRTY DIAPERS UNDER THE FURNITURE. THE COUCH SMELLED LIKE URINE. FOOD WAS LEFT OUT AND COVERED WITH ANTS... EVEN WINDOWS IN THE CHILDRENS' ROOMS WERE BROKEN. WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THIS TONIGHT AT TEN AND ELEVEN.
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OFFICERS SAY JASON BALL WAS FLOWN TO CAMC IN CRITICAL CONDITION. . THE DRIVER OF THE CAR, PAUL JENKINS AND ANOTHER PASSENGER, WERE ALSO HURT POLICE SAY JENKINS' CAMARO WAS HEADING SOUTH ON ROUTE 10 NEAR ARACOMA (AIR-A-COMA) WHEN HE LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED THROUGH A CAR WASH. THEY SAY SPEED WAS A FACTOR AND CHARGES ARE PENDING.
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BUT EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER BOB AARON FOUND SOME PEOPLE HEADING OUT DESPITE THE BAD ECONOMY. WHILE PRICES AT THE PUMP ARE HOLDING STEADY FOR THE 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND, TRIPLE-A SAYS THE POOR ECONOMY WILL DECREASE THE NUMBER OF AMERICAN'S TRAVELING THIS 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY BY ALMOST TWO PERCENT. THE AUTO CLUB SAYS 700-THOUSAND FEWER PEOPLE WILL BE ON THE ROAD THAN DURING THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. INTERVIEW. EVEN WITH HOLIDAY TRAVEL DOWN, A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL STILL BE ON THE ROAD. TRIPLE-A ESTIMATES MORE THAN 37 MILLION WILL MAKE A TRIP OF 50 MILES OR MORE. IT WAS BUSY AT THESE TURNPIKE TOLL BOOTHS AND AT A NEARBY REST AREA WHERE IT WAS HARD TO PARK. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL LUNDBERG SURVEY THE PRICE OF A GALLON OF GASOLINE IS STICKING AT TWO-66 FOR REGULAR UNLEADED.THAT SOUNDS A LOT BETTER THAN LAST YEAR WHEN IT WAS ABOUT 4-10 A GALLON. PLANE TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE UP ALMOST FIVE PERCENT DUE TO DECLINING AIRFARES. INTERVIEW. THIS HOLIDAY IS TYPICALLY THE BUSIEST TIME OF THE YEAR OF AUTO TRAVELERS BECAUSE ALMOST ALL SCHOOL AGE KIDS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL. BOB AARON, EYEWITNESS NEW, CHARLESTON. IT'S ALSO A BIG CAMPING WEEKEND. THE RECREATION VEHICLE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION SAYS 18-MILLION AMERICANS ARE ON THE ROAD IN THEIR R-V, CAMPERS AND TRAILERS.
Return to Story IndexSOCCER ECONOMICS
BUT WHAT KIND OF TOLL IS IT TAKING ON THE WALLETS OF THOSE WHO HAD TO PAY TO GET HERE? EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER BRYANT SOMERVILLE TALKED WITH ONE COUPLE WHO SAYS IT'S A CRUNCH. (14:14:50 - alleycats, wildcats!) TEAMS ARE REVVED UP AND READY TO GO. AFTER FIFTEEN MONTHS OF PREPARATIONS...THE NEW 16 SOCCERFIELD COMPLEX IN BARBOURSVILLE IS FINALLY GETTING SOME ACTION. 14:15:40 14:16:10 MORE THAN 270 TEAMS ARE TAKING PART IN THIS YEARS REGION ONE YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS - AND THOSE COMING FROM OUT OF STATE...SAY THE HOSPITALITY HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING. BUT SOMETHING THATS UNEXPECTED AND WELCOMED AT THE SAME TIME...THE ECONOMIC BOOST THIS TOURNAMENT IS GIVING NOT ONLY TO BARBOURSVILLE...BUT SURROUDING AREAS AS WELL. ITS THE OLD IDEA THAT EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS, AND FOR SOME OF THESE PARENTS...THATS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT. IN BARBOURSVILLE, BSO, EYEWITNESS NEWS. THE TOURNAMENT WRAPS UP TUESDAY.
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TODAY THEY'RE DOING TRAINING SESSION THAT INCLUDED COOKING, ROLLAR SKATING AND BASIC RESTARUANT ETIQUETTE. THE RETRO GRILL SERVES UPS BURGERS AND SPECIALTY DRINKS. THE NEW RESTAURANT OPENS MONDAY IN SAINT ALBANS
Return to Story IndexDOLLAR TREE
THE STORE IS OPENING UP IN THE RENOVATED KANAWHA MALL. IT HAS 10-THOUSAND FEET OF MERCHANDISE AND IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST OF THE SIX STORES IN THE AREA. IT WILL OFFICIALLY OPEN ON JULY 10TH.
Return to Story IndexALBAN THEATRE
THE NEXT ONE IS NATIONAL TREASURE NEXT THURSDAY. THE THEATER IS LOCATED AT OLDE MAIN PLAZA. THE CITY BOUGHT THE THEATRE TO REVILATIZE THE BUILDING AND USE IT FOR MOVIES AND FOR MEETINGS SPACE.
Return to Story IndexJULY 4TH IN CHARLESTON
THE CITY'S FESTIVITIES KICK OFF AROUND 9:30 TOMORROW NIGHT AT HADDAD RIVERFRONT PARK. AND THEN ANOTHER SHOW WILL TAKE PLACE AT APPALACHAIN POWER PARK...IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE GAME. .
Return to Story IndexLIVE ON THE LEVEE
THE SOUL DOCTORS AND COMPARSA WILL TAKE THE STAGE AT HADDAD RIVEFRONT PARK AT 6:30 P.M. AS ALWAYS... THE CONCERT IS FREE.
Return to Story IndexART & CRAFT FAIR
THE MOUNTAIN STATE ART AND CRAFT FAIR IS GOING ON IN RIPLEY. FROM POTTERY TO PAINTINGS, THERE ARE TONS OF THINGS TO SEE AND DO. AND DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE TASTY FESTIVAL FOOD. VISITORS SAY THE EVENT IS A GREAT WAY TO LEARN A NEW CRAFT. NOW, ALL THE FUN WILL RUN THROUGH SUNDAY.. TICKET PRICES RANGE FROM SIX DOLLARS FOR ADULTS AND TWO DOLLARS FOR CHILDREN. PARKING IS FREE. FOR INFORMATION ON THE FAIR AND A DAILY EVENT SCHEDULE GO ONLINE AT WWW.MSACF.COM OR CALL 1-800-CALLWVA.
Return to Story IndexERNIE SALVATORE
OUR VERY OWN JOSH LEWIS JOINS US LIVE IN THE STUDIO WITH MORE... JOSH. HE WASN'T BORN IN WEST VIRGINIA...BUT HE CERTAINLY MADE A HOME HERE.... SALVATORE DIED AT HIS HOME IN HUNTINGTON TODAY AT THE AGE OF 87.... ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING HANDLED BY KLINGEL CARPENTER MORTURARY.... HE WAS BORN IN GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT...BUT HE SPENT MORE THAN A HALF-CENTURY IN HUNTINGTON... FIRST AT THE HERALD-ADVISER AND THEN THE HERALD-DISPATCH...THE TWO NEWSPAPERS THAT CONSOLIDATED... THE PRESS BOX AT JOAN C. EDWARDS STADIUM WAS NAMED AFTER HIM IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR... HE WAS ALSO PORTRAYED IN "WE ARE MARSHALL".. SALVATORE LOVED MARSHALL UNIVERSITY...BUT HE WASN'T AFRAID TO BE CRITICAL WHEN NEEDED... MARSHALL UNIVERSITY RELEASED A STATEMENT REGARDING THE PASSING OF SALVATORE TODAY.... "ON BEHALF OF THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES TO THE SALVATORE FAMILY. FOR NEARLY HALF A CENTURY, ERNIE COVERED MARSHALL ATHLETICS AND BROUGHT OUR STORY TO THE FAN LIKE NO OTHER AND IN THE PROCESS, HE BECAME A PART OF OUR FAMILY. HE WILL BE MISSED." THAT FROM INTERIM A-D DAVID STEELE... MORE THIS LOSS LATER IN SPORTS....PLUS, LOTS OF SOCCER AS DAY ONE OF THE U-S YOUTH SOCCER REGION ONE CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE UNDERWAY.... THAT AND MORE IN JUST A FEW...
Return to Story IndexVOTE BY MAIL
THE LEGISLATURE PASSED A BILL THAT WILL ALLOW UP TO FIVE COMMUNITIES TO CONDUCT THEIR ELECTIONS BY MAIL INSTEAD OF IN PERSON. THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE SAYS INTERESTED TOWNS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON BALLOT SECURITY AND DROP BOXES, AND ON PREVIOUS ELECTION TURNOUTS AND COSTS. THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ENDS JULY 27TH. THE PROPOSED RULES ARE ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S WEB SITE.
Return to Story IndexBLOOD DRIVE
THAT WAS THE CASE EARLY TODAY AT THE AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE IN HUNTINGTON. EVERY DONOR WALKED OUT WITH A FREE T-SHIRT...AND GET THIS, A FIVE DOLLAR GIFT CARD FOR GAS. WORKERS SAY GIVING BLOOD IS THE BEST GIFT ANYONE COULD GIVE. "you have to put yourself in the recipients place what if it was you or your family member? and usually when people are put in that position, they think differently about it." THE AMERICAN RED CROSS LOCATED ON VETERANS MEMORIAL BOULEVARD IS OPEN EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN DONATING.
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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!
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STINGER
Return to Story IndexGRILLING SAFETY
WE WANT TO REMIND YOU ABOUT GRILL SAFETY BEFORE YOU FIRE UP THIS WEEKEND. SAFE FOOD PREPARATIONS BEGINS IN THE KITCHEN... KEEP RAW FOOD ON ONE PLATE, COOKED FOOD ON ANOTHER AND MAKE SURE THE UTENSILS ARE CLEAN.
Return to Story IndexB GRILLING SAFETY
Return to Story IndexGRILLING GUIDE
Return to Story IndexFIREWORK SAFETY
HERE ARE SOME TIPS TO KEEP YOUR CELEBRATION FROM TURNING INTO A TRAGEDY. FIRST AND FOREMOST -- DON'T HOLD FIREWORKS ONCE THEY ARE LIT. EXPERTS SAY TO KEEP KIDS AND PETS AWAY FROM FIREWORKS AND KEEP WATER AND OR A FIRE EXTINGUISHER CLOSE BY. IF YOU DO GET INJURED -- PUT COOL WATER ON THE BURN TO CLEAN OUT ANY CONTAMINATION -- AND OF COURSE CALL 9-1-1.
Return to Story IndexPOOL SAFETY
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOUR LITTLE ONES ARE SAFE POOLSIDE. NEVER LEAVE A CHILD UNATTENDED,...KEEP LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT SUCH AS A POLE AND A LIFE PRESERVER NEAR THE POOL AT ALL TIMES OFFICIALS ALSO SUGGEST USING A SELF-LATCHING GATE, A POOL SAFETY COVER AND AN ALARM FOR WHEN CHILDREN ARE NEAR THE POOL. THEY ALSO RECOMMEND LEARNING C-P-R AND HAVING A PHONE NEARBY IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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Return to Story IndexERNIE SALVATORE
THE SCHOOL HAS LOST ONE OF IT'S LEGENDS.... LEGENDARY WRITER ERNIE SALVATORE DIED AT HIS HOME TODAY... HE WAS 87... SALVATORE CAME TO MARSHALL COLLEGE IN THE 1940S FROM CONNECTICUT...AND HE NEVER LEFT... HE WORKED NEARLY 60 YEARS AS A WRITER AND EDITOR FOR THE HERALD-ADVISER AND THEN THE HERALD-DISPATCH.... SALVATORE LOVED MARSHALL BUT WASN'T AFRAID TO CALL OUT HIS ALMA-MATER WHEN HE FOUND IT FIT TO DO SO.... THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE SALVATORE FAMILY...
Return to Story IndexMARSHALL STATEMENT
"ON BEHALF OF THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES TO THE SALVATORE FAMILY. FOR NEARLY HALF A CENTURY, ERNIE COVERED MARSHALL ATHLETICS AND BROUGHT OUR STORY TO THE FAN LIKE NO OTHER AND IN THE PROCESS, HE BECAME A PART OF OUR FAMILY. HE WILL BE MISSED."
Return to Story IndexYOUTH SOCCER1
AS WE HEARD FROM BRYANT SOMMERVILLE EARLIER IN OUR NEWSCAST-- THE U-S YOUTH SOCCER REGION ONE CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE UNDERWAY... -BARBOURSVILLE PARK....RVSC RAPIDS FROM THE PARKERSBURG AREA TAKING ON THE KIRKWOOD NEMSIS FROM DELEWARE... -1ST HALF-RVSC MATT BROOKS WITH THE JUMPING SAVE -SAME HALF-BROOKS BATTLES A NEMSIS PLAYER FOR A SAVE -SAME HALF-KIRKWOOD PATRICK O-DER-NIA'S KICK MISSES WIDE -SAME HALF-KIRKWOOD NICK BOLTON'S KICK HITS THE POST..... THE RAPIDS FALL 2-0... AFTERWARDS HEAD COACH STEVE ROSE SAID HIS TEAM COULDN'T HANDLE THE PRESSURE....
Return to Story IndexYOUTH SOCCER2
-1ST HALF-CFC HILLARY DEWITT WITH THE NICE SAVE -SAME HALF-DEWITT WITH ANOTHER SAVE -SAME HALF-DEWITT COME TO THE AID AGAIN -SAME HALF-ELITE MAKE A PUSH BUT IS SHUT DOWN AT THE LAST SECOND AFTERWARDS THE ELITLE TALKS ABOUT MOVING ON....;.
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THE CHAOS-- LOOKING TO IMPROVE UPON IT'S 2-7-AND-3 RECORD... PLAY HOST TO A ROYALS TEAM THAT IS DEAD LAST IN THE MID-ATLANTIC DIVISION AT 1-7-AND-4....
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Return to Story IndexWIMBLEDON
FIVE-TIME CHAMP ROGER FEDERER DISPATCHED OF TOMMY HAAS...HE ADVANCES TO HIS 7TH STRAIGHT WIMBLEDON FINAL....HE BECOMES THE FIRST MAN TO MAKE IT TO SEVEN STRAIGHT FINALS AT WIMBLEDON IN THIS HISTORY OF THE TOURNAMENT--- THAT DATES BACK TO 1877!!! HE'LL FACE ANDY RODDICK WHO BEAT ANDY MURRAY IN THE OTHER SEMI-FINAL... THIS WILL BE THE THIRD TIME IN SIX YEARS FEDERER AND RODDICK WILL MEET IN THE FINAL... FEDERER WON THE PREVIOUS TWO MATCHUPS...
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