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SCRIPT FOR EYEWITNESS NEWS NEWSCAST
Monday, May 20, 2013.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. VIDEO OF TOP STORY
Return to Story Index WELCOME
AND I'M ELIZABETH NOREIKA...THIS IS EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexI MINGO FEDERAL INVESTIGATION
Return to Story IndexKALLIE @ BAM WALL
WE HAVE CONFIRMED THROUGH MULTIPLE SOURCES THAT THE F-B-I AND STATE POLICE HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN MINGO COUNTY -- AND THAT THOSE AGENCIES ARE WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE U-S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE... THOSE SOURCES TELL EYEWITNESS NEWS THAT THE INVESTIGATION CENTERS AROUND ELECTED LEADERS IN THE COURTHOUSE... WE ARE TOLD INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING AT ALLEGED ELECTION VIOLATIONS -- AND FOR OTHER POSSIBLE FEDERAL CRIMES, BUT THE SOURCES WON'T ELABORATE ON WHAT THOSE FEDERAL CRIME MIGHT BE. WE WERE IN MINGO COUNTY TODAY AND TOLD THAT A FEDERAL GRAND JURY RECENTLY MET AND THAT INDICTMENTS ARE EXPECTED SOON. WE HAVE ALSO CONFIRMED THROUGH NUMEROUS SOURCES THAT INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING AT THE COUNTY'S ONLY JUDGE, JUDGE MICHAEL THORNSBURY -- AND ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS DAVID BAISDEN. I REACHED OUT TO BOTH OF THE MEN -- BUT NEVER HEARD BACK FROM THEM. WE ARE CONTINUING TO DIG INTO THIS STORY -- AND HOPE TO LEARN MORE INFORMATION IN THE COMING DAYS... FOR NOW, LIVE IN THE STUDIO... KALLIE CART.... EYE WITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexELKVIEW MURDER
Return to Story IndexASLIVE ELKVIEW MURDER
Return to Story IndexI WEST SIDE SHOOTING UPDATE
Return to Story IndexKATY @ WEST SIDE
Return to Story IndexWESTSIDE SHOOTING UPDATE
IT HAPPENED HERE ON THE CORNER OF GLENWOOD AVENUE AND GRANT STREET. POLICE SAY A LITTLE AFTER MIDNIGHT ON SUNDAY... 21 YEAR OLD DANNY DICKERSON WAS SHOT IN THE LEG...AND REMAINS IN THE HOSPITAL... THE SHOOTING SUSPECT IS STILL OUT THERE AND POLICE SAY THEY DON'T HAVE ANY LEADS. TO COMPLICATE MATTERS...POLICE SAY WITNESSES HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THEY AREN'T GOING TO HELP OUT WITH THE INVESTIGATION. AND THAT'S WHY POLICE HAVE AMPED UP THEIR PRESENCE IN THE AREA ...HOPING SOMEONE COMES FORWARD. "WE DON'T HAVE A RANDOM SHOOTING HERE. WHAT WE HAVE IS ANOTHER SITUATION WHERE A VICTIM OF VIOLENT CRIME WAS ENGAGED IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY....IT INCREASES THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS, WHICH INCREASE THE ODDS THAT AN INNOCENT PERSON COULD BE HURT" IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SHOOTING..CALL POLICE AT 304-348-6480 ALSO WE DID SPEAK WITH PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA...THEY SAY THE PRESENCE IS NICE BUT THEY DON'T EXACTLY FEEL ANY SAFER. BUT FOR NOW REPORTING LIVE IN CHARLESTON ... KATY BROWN...EYEWITNESS NEWS
Return to Story IndexMEIGS POLICE STANDOFF
Return to Story IndexG MEIGS POLICE STANDOFF
SHERIFF KEITH WOOD SAYS THEY GOT A CALL ABOUT A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. WHEN THEY GOT ON SCENE, THE SUSPECT HAD BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE THE HOUSE. IT IS UNCLEAR IF ANYONE IS INSIDE WITH THAT MAN. DEPUTIES HAVE MADE CONTACT WITH HIM....AND AND ARE TRYING TO TALK HIM INTO SURRENDERING. WE HAVE A CREW ON SCENE. STAY TUNED TO WCHSTV.COM AS MORE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
Return to Story IndexRAFTING ACCIDENT
SEARCHED FOR A MISSING AUTISTIC TEENAGER. BUT GOOD NEWS... HE WAS ACTUALLY FOUND WALKING IN CLENDENIN. RESCUE CREWS HAD BEEN SEARCHING THE RIVER NEAR THE QUEEN SHOALS BRIDGE AFTER THE MAN'S BROTHER CALLED 911 TO REPORT THAT HIS BROTHER HAD FALLEN IN. HE TOLD AUTHORITIES HE WASN'T SURE IF HIS BROTHER WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO SHORE.....SO HE CALLED TO REPORT THE INCIDENT JUST IN CASE. BOATS, AND DIVERS SEARCHED FOR SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE THE TEEN WAS SPOTTED WALKING ALONE IN CLENDENIN, ABOUT 4 MILES FROM WHERE THE RAFT CAPSIZED. ...got out and walked to town... BOTH MEN ARE SAFE AND WERE NOT HURT.
Return to Story IndexI GUYANDOTTE VEHICLE IN RIVER
AN ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS' BOAT NOTICED THE SUBMERGED VEHICLE THIS AFTERNOON. NO WORD IF ANYBODY WAS INSIDE THE CAR. IT HAPPENED AT THE GUYANDOTTE BOAT RAMP. HUNTINGTON POLICE AND FIRE FIGHTERS ARE ON SCENE... WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION.
Return to Story IndexI-64 EXPANSION PREVIEW
Return to Story IndexKENNIE @ HIGHWAY
Return to Story IndexI I-64 EXPANSION PREVIEW
EVERY MORNING FOR DRIVERS HEADED EAST AND EVERY EVENING FOR DRIVERS HEADED WEST THIS SMOOTH FLOWING STRETCH OF HIGHWAY BECOMES A SLOW-MOVING PARKING LOT. WITH THREE LANES FUNNELING DOWN INTO JUST TWO, DELAYS ARE INVEVITABLE. RIGHT NOW THERE IS AN INFORMATIONAL MEETING GOING ON AT ROCK BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ABOUT A PLANNED EXPANSION OF I-64 BETWEEN NITRO AND SCOTT DEPOT. THE STATE WANTS TO WIDEN THAT 3-POINT-8 MILES OF HIGHWAY TO THREE LANES IN EACH DIRECTION, TAKING CARE OF THE BOTTLENECK AND IMPROVING SAFETY. WALKER SAYS IF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND RIGHT OF WAY WORK GOES SMOOTHLY, CONSTRUCTION COULD START IN 2016. ONCE GROUND IS BROKEN IT WILL TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO GET THE JOB DONE. THE DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS SAYS THE INTERSTATE WORK WILL BE EXPENSIVE. EACH OF THE SEVEN DIFFERENT PROPOSALS ON THE TABLE ALL CARRY A PRICE TAG OF MORE THAN 120 MILLION DOLLARS. THE CENTERPIECE OF THE PROJECT IS ADDING A TRUSS TO THE NITRO-ST. ALBANS INTERSTATE BRIDGE. HOWEVER, IT IS JUST ONE OF SEVEN STRUCTURES THAT MUST BE RENOVATED TO WIDEN THE ROAD. REPORTING LIVE FROM THE WESTBOUND LANES OF INTERSTATE 64 NEAR NITRO IN PUTNAM COUNTY, KENNIE BASS EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexI SAFETY MEETING
BUT NEIGHBORS IN ATTENDANCE DIDN'T GET MANY ANSWERS... THE HIGHWAY WORKER THERE SAID HE WAS TOO LOW RANKING TO RESPOND. 20 HOMES WERE EVACUATED AND THOUSANDS OF MOTORISTS WERE AFFECTED IN SOME WAY BY THAT SPILL... NORTHBOUND DRIVERS AT THAT LOCATION HAVE TO MERGE FROM FOUR LANES DOWN TO TWO LANES, AND THAT'S BEEN THE CAUSE OF NUMEROUS PROBLEMS... THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TEMPORARY, BUT PLANS TO BUILD A TOLL ROAD THAT WOULD HAVE FUNDED THE REST OF THE PROJECT FIZZLED, AND NOW THERE IS NO PLAN TO COMPLETE THE REMAINING 14 MILES OF THE TWO LANE .. PEOPLE LIVING NEAR THE INTERSECTION AREN'T BUYING IT. ONE OF THE BIG PROBLEMS HERE IS THE A STEEP TURNING GRADE, WHICH HAS A TENDENCY TO THROW BIG TRUCKS OUT OF BALANCE, ESEPCIALLY WHEN MAKING THE TURN ONTO THE BUFFALO BRIDGE. PEOPLE ALSO COMPLAINED ABOUT LIGHTS THAT HAVEN'T WORKED FOR A LONG TIME.
Return to Story IndexWORK ZONE SAFETY
THERE ARE USUALLY THOUSANDS OF WORK ZONES AT ANY GIVEN TIME DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS IN WEST VIRGINIA... AND THIS YEAR, STATE POLICE WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCING WORK ZONE SPEED LIMITS.... THEY WANT TO REMIND YOU TO USE EXTRA CAUTION, AND PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WORK CREWS AROUND YOU, AND THE TRAFFIC MANUEVERING THROUGH THOSE ORANGE CONES. THERE WILL BE ALMOST 300 ROAD CONSTRUCTION WORK ZONES ACTIVE UNTIL NOVEMBER. " They're no different then the rest of us they leave their families in the morning give them a hug and kiss they go out to work a hard days work as a traveling motorist we owe it to them and their families to use care and caution when going through these work zones." THERE WILL BE ALMOST 300 ROAD CONSTRUCTION WORK ZONES ACTIVE UNTIL NOVEMBER.
Return to Story IndexFREDA GILMORE
FREDA GILMORE PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO CHILD NEGLECT. SHE WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH CONTRABAND, BUT WAIVED ON THAT CHARGE. POLICE SAY EARLIER THIS MONTH......GILMORE WAS PASSED OUT IN BED AND HER 3 YEAR OLD SON WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE. THIS HAPPENED ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. THE CHILD WAS NOT HURT BUT WAS TAKEN BACK INTO C-P-S CUSTODY.
Return to Story IndexHUNTINGTON METH LAB
TROOPERS WERE GATHERING EVIDENCE AT A HOME ON 20TH STREET AND 9TH AVENUE THIS AFTERNOON. AN INACTIVE METH LAB WAS FOUND INSIDE AND NOW TROOPERS HAVE TO LOCATE THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE.
Return to Story IndexWAYNE VANDALISM MEETING
Return to Story IndexDAVE @ HUNTINGTON
Return to Story IndexI WAYNE VANDALISM MEETING
STATE POLICE SAY 20 SENIORS BROKE INTO THE SCHOOL EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND SMEARED DEER GUTS AND POURED DEER URINE IN SEVERAL CLASSROOMS, HALLWAYS AND EVEN THE VICE PRINCIPALS' OFFICE. TONIGHT, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WILL MEET WITH SCHOOL OFFICIALS, STATE POLICE AND THE PROSECUTOR TO FIND OUT WHAT COURSE OF ACTION TO TAKE. WE CAUGHT UP WITH A WAYNE RESIDENT WHO SHARED HIS THOUGHTS. "...I think they should make them do whatever it takes... pick up aluminum cans... they should do whatever they have to do." MRS. STAPLETON, THE PRINCIPAL AT WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL, SAYS THE 20 SENIORS WILL BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN GRADUATION IF THEY HELP CLEAN THE SCHOOL FROM 8 TO 3 THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS MORNING ALL 20 OF THOSE STUDENTS SHOWED UP AND STAPLETON SAYS THEY SEEM VERY REMORSEFUL. ONCE AGAIN STAPLETON SAYS THESE STUDENTS WERE STRAIGHT A STUDENTS, CREAM OF THE CROP. THAT MEETING WILL BE 9:00 TONIGHT AT SPRING VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL AFTER GRADUATION... I'LL HAVE A LIVE REPORT WITH THE LATEST. REPORTING LIVE FROM WAYNE, DAVE BENTON EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexWHAT YOU THINK GRX
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Return to Story IndexI BEES INVADE HUNTINGTON
A BEE HIVE IS SWARMING IN A TREE ON NINTH STREET BETWEEN FOURTH AND FIFTH AVENUES. IT HAPPENED SHORTLY BEFORE FIVE. WITNESSES SAY THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STUNG AND A BEE KEEPER WAS CALLED IN TO GET THEM UNDER CONTROL. RIGHT NOW WE ARE TOLD THAT THERE ARE STILL BEES IN THE TREE BUT NOT IN FULL FORCE.
Return to Story IndexJIM WEATHER BUMP
Return to Story IndexWEATHER 3-SHOT
Return to Story IndexFULL WEATHER
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Return to Story IndexI CONSUMER ATM PAYOUT
AS EYEWITNESS NEWS ANCHOR JENIFER MCANDREWS FOUND, THERE ARE WAYS FOR YOU TO AVOID FALLING PREY TO A SIMILAR CRIME. AT THE HEART OF THE SCAM: A "LEAD LIST" THAT INCLUDED BANK CUSTOMER NAMES AND ACCOUNT INFORMATION. "They were using the list to charge and withdraw amounts from the consumers' bank account without their knowledge." POSTAL INSPECTORS DETERMINED SAKS AND 15 OTHERS WITHDREW FUNDS FROM OVER 100-THOUSAND ACCOUNTS - MOSTLY SMALL AMOUNTS TO AVOID SUSPICION. "The maximum amount we found was $299. But, there were smaller amounts, some less than $100 - $59 dollars and a person may not have challenged them." UNLOCKING THE CASE REQUIRED AN EXTENSIVE ACCOUNTING REVIEW. "We examined hundreds of bank account records and we were able to piece together the elaborate conspiracy that it was." AS INSPECTORS PREPARED FOR TRIAL, THEY CREATED A CHART LAYING OUT THE CASE. IN ALL - 17 PEOPLE WERE CHARGED. "The "lay of the land" main principle, the people they worked under, how many accounts were involved and the flow of money." INSPECTORS SAY ALWAYS CHECK YOUR BANK ACCOUNT. IN THIS CASE MANY CONSUMERS GOT MONEY BACK "Consumers could challenge the charge and if they can't verify it - they will reverse it. Consumer law says you have 60 days to challenge a claim." ROBERT SAKS IS CURRENTLY SERVING A 17-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE. THE OTHER 15 CO-CONSPIRATORS PLEADED GUILTY FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE CONSPIRACY. COMING UP TOMORROW MORNING MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE STILL STRUGGLING WITH GROWING DEBT AFTER THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN. BUT BE WARY OF DEBT SETTLEMENT COMPANIES PROMISING AN EASY ROAD TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM, TOMORROW MORNING... WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR SO YOU DONT GO FURTHER INTO THE RED.
Return to Story IndexMARK @ KIOSK
Return to Story IndexRIPLEY SOFTBALL LEAD IN
THE RIPLEY LADY VIKINGS HAVE MADE THEIR WAY BACK AND WILL OPEN WITH JEFFERSON IN THE DOUBLE-ELMINATION AFFAIR..... THE LADY VIKINGS ADVANCED WITH A BLOWOUT WIN OVER SHADY SPRING THURSDAY NIGHT IN THEIR CLASS AAA REGIONAL FINAL... AND AS JOSH LEWIS REPORTS, THIS YOUNG TEAM IS HOPING TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING...
Return to Story IndexRIPLEY SOFTBALL PKG
KEN SWISHER HAS MADE THE TRIP BEFORE... BUT HIS YOUNG TEAM HAS NOT... MANY OF THEM WERE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL WHEN RIPLEY LAST WON IT ALL... AND SWISHER IS JUST EXCITED HIS GIRLS GET TO EXPERIENCE THE STATE TOURNAMENT FOR THEMSELVES... AND THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT AS WELL... WITH ONLY 2 SENIORS ON THE ROSTER... RIPLEY SHOULD BE A THREAT IN THE YEARS TO COME... BUT THE VIKINGS AREN'T LOOKING AT THEIR TRIP AS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE JUST BECAUSE OF THEIR YOUTH... KEN SWISHER "AS YOUNG AS WE ARE WE ARE PLAYING AT A HIGH LEVEL RIGHT NOW. AND THEY HAVE SIEZED THAT BY MAKING PLAYS. HITTING THE BALL, FIELDING THE BALL, THROWING THE BALL. NOT GIVING THE OTHER TEAM OPPORTUNITIES. AGE ISN'T ALWAYS THE FACTOR. IT'S THEIR DESIRE AND THEIR CONCENTRATION. THE LEADERSHIP ON THIS TEAM HAS JUST BEEN PHENOMINAL THIS YEAR." CHELSEY HAGER "YEAH, WE'RE YOUNG BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT'S HIGH SCHOOL. THERE'S HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS ON EVERY TEAM." REPORTER: "SO YOU THINK THE WHOLE YOUNG THING IS A BIT OVERRATED?" CHELSEY HAGER "YEAH."
Return to Story IndexKEVIN JONES
K-J WAS ALL OVER THE KANAWHA VALLEY-- INCLUDING A TRIP TO THE POWER GAME LAST NIGHT ALONG WITH DASEAN BUTLER AND TRUCK BRYANT... JONES BOUNCED BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS AND THE NBDL LAST YEAR... HE DOMINATED THE D-LEAGUE AVERAGING 27 POINTS AND 14 REBOUNDS... HE ALSO GAINED THE OH SO IMPORTANT EXPERIENCE...
Return to Story IndexKEVIN JONES SOUND
JONES HAS HIS BASKETBALL COMING UP IN A FEW WEEKS... HE'S GONE FROM ONE LOCATION LAST YEAR-- IN CHARLESTON... TO THREE LOCATIONS THIS YEAR... CHARLESTON, BECKLEY AND PARKERSBURG...
Return to Story IndexMARK @ KIOSK
Return to Story IndexFINAL WEATHER
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END OF SHOW
Return to Story IndexBOATING SAFETY
Return to Story IndexVO BOATING SAFETY
ACCORDING TO THE U-S- COAST GUARD, LAST YEAR IN WEST VIRGINIA, THERE WERE 19 BOATING ACCIDENTS, FOUR OF THOSE WERE FATAL. REMEMBER IF YOU WERE BORN AFTER DECEMBER 31, 19-86 YOU MUST SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE A BOATING SAFETY EDUCATION COURSE BEFORE OPERATING A BOAT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE LIFE JACKETS ON BOARD--AND THOSE JACKETS SHOULD BE GOOD CONDITION FOR *EVERYONE* ON BOARD INCLUDING CHILDREN.
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