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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 COMING UP ON EYEWITNESS NEWS....... IT'S A STORY FIRST SEEN HERE! NEW DETAILS EMERGE... A MALE EXOTIC DANCER IS RUN DOWN AND KILLED AT A BAR IN MINGO COUNTY. AND, THE STATE LEGISLATURE IS COMING BACK TO TOWN... WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT THEY PLAN TO TACKLE DURING A SPECIAL SESSION. PLUS, HIS WORK MAY HAVE COST HIM HIS SIGHT BUT NOT HIS PASSION FOR CARS. SEE THIS MECHANIC AT WORK..... JIM AD LIB ON TAPE 
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AND I'M RICK LORD... THANKS FOR JOINING US...ON EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexJACKSON COUNTY GAS LEAK
THAT ROAD IS SHUT DOWN FOR 2 MILES AROUND THE WALTER'S RUN INTERSECTION. PEOPLE IN THE THAT AREA ARE BEING ASKED TO EVACUATE THEIR HOMES AND HEAD NORTH ON ROUTE 21. CREWS ARE WORKING TO STOP THE LEAK AND RESTORE THE LINE. WE HAVE A CREW AT THE SCENE AND WE WILL HAVE UPDATES FOR YOU AS WE GET FURTHER DETAILS.
Return to Story IndexI 6 STRIPPER MURDER FOLO
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER MEREDITH WOOD IS JUST BACK FROM WILLIAMSON WITH THE LATEST... MEREDITH. 21 YEAR OLD TOMMY BLAINE VANCE WILL REMAIN BEHIND BARS WITHOUT BOND AFTER ALLEGEDLY RUNNING OVER A MALE DANCER OVER THE WEEKEND. VANCE WENT BEFORE A MINGO COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE JUST A FEW HOURS AGO TO ANSWER MURDER CHARGES. BECAUSE THE ALLEGATIONS ARE A CAPITAL OFFENSE -- VANCE MUST REMAIN IN JAIL AT LEAST UNTIL HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING. MINGO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES ARRESTED VANCE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AFTER 29 YEAR OLD MALE DANCER JASON LEE OF MYRTLE BEACH DIED. THEY SAY LEE WAS RUN OVER BY VANCE AFTER AN ALTERCATION AT CLUB 2000 IN JUSTICE. 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 HITTING LEE AND DRAGGING HIS BODY ABOUT 30 FEET. POLICE AREN'T CERTAIN OF A MOTIVE -- BUT IT MAY HAVE ALL 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. REPORTING LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM... MEREDTIH WOOD... EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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 IndexPARK MART ROBBERY
FIRST THE PARK MART IN KANAWHA CITY WAS ROBBED JUST BEFORE THREE THIS MORNING. CHARLESTON POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT, WHO WAS WEARING A SKI MASK...CAME IN THE STORE GRABBED THE CLERK FROM BEHIND, WRESTLED HIM TO THE FLOOR, PEPPERED SPRAYED HIM AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD SEVERAL TIMES. POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A BLACK MAN ABOUT 5'8" TALL. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION CALL THE CHARLESTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Return to Story IndexLEWIE'S ROBBERY
HE ALLEGEDLY SHOWED THE CLERK A KNIFE, DEMANDED CASH AND TOOK OFF HEADING SOUTH ON OAK STREET. THE CLERK TOLD POLICE THE ROBBER IS ABOUT 6 FEET TALL. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION CALL THE ST. ALBANS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER KENNIE BASS JOINS US LIVE FROM THE STATE CAPITOL WITH THE STORY. IN CITIES ALL ACROSS THE STATE, POLICE AND FIREFIGHTER PENSIONS ARE IN DESPERATE TROUBLE. LAWMAKERS ARE WORKING ON A SOLUTION TO MAKE SURE FIRST RESPONDERS WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF AFTER THEY RETIRE. Kennie Bass/Eyewitness News: Nitro, like just about every other city in the state, has a major pension problem. Nitro's unfunded liability for its police and fire pensions looms as a budget buster. The city's fire chief says he's glad the legislature is trying to take care of the situation before it gets any worse. Chief Ernie Hedrick/Nitro Fire Department: Kennie Bass/Eyewitness News: But it is West Virginia's second biggest city that is wrestling with the biggest pension problem. More than one-fifth of Huntington's 42 million dollar budget this year is going to pension costs. That's nearly nine million dollars. A compromise plan worked out by senators and delegates would allow cities to voluntarily close their existing pensions and reorganize the debt to pay it down. New hires would go into a plan administered by the state. But the most important component, one critical to getting the support of rural lawmakers, is that the proposal doesn't increase taxes. Gov. Joe Manchin/(D) West Virginia: Kennie Bass/Eyewitness News: The special session will be called into order tomorrow afternoon at one. THE SPECIAL SESSION COINCIDES WITH THE LEGISLATURE'S REGULAR MONTHLY INTERIM SESSION, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW THROUGH THURSDAY. REPORTING LIVE AT THE STATE CAPITOL, KENNIE BASS EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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.
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IT'S IN HONOR OF ARMY SPECIALIST JULIAN LEE GUTHRIE BERISFORD. THE 25-YEAR OLD WAS A NATIVE OF BENWOOD. HE DIED NOVEMBER FOURTH FROM INJURIES HE RECEIVED WHEN HIS UNIT WAS HIT IN AFGHANISTAN. A SERVICE WILL BE HELD IN MOUNDSVILLE WITH FULL MILITARY HONORS. GOVERNOR JOE MANCHIN UNVEILED A NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THIS MORNING THAT HE HOPES WILL HELP IN THE WAR AGAINST DRUGS. STATISTICS FROM 2006 SHOW A DIRECT COST OF 470-MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE CONSEQUENCES OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE. GOVERNOR MANCHIN WANTS TO COMMIT 5 PERCENT OF THAT COST... OR 23-POINT-5 MILLION DOLLARS... EACH YEAR TOWARD PREVENTION, EARLY INTERVENTION, TREATMENT AND RECOVERY EFFORTS. There's not a person listening to us right now, nor a person I've ever been in an audience with, that hasn't been affected, either directly or indirectly, whether it's their family, extended family, or close friend, that they don't know that's affected their lives by illegal drug use. It's something we've got to win." THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT ALL BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT AND NON-PROFITS HAVE COME TOGETHER TO TACKLE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AS A TEAM.
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TONIGHT EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER RUDI RAYNES CONTINUES OUR NEW SERIES THE RUN REPORT. LAST WEEK WE TOOK YOU TO THE SCENE OF A CAR ACCIDENT AND THE TRANSPORT OF THE PASSENGERS TO THE HOSPITAL. THIS WEEK RUDI SHOWS YOU HOW MEDICS AND EMT'S DEAL WITH A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT AND A PATIENT SUFFERING A CARDIAC EMERGENCY. KANAWHA COUNTY EMS WORKERS SAY THE RUN REPORT IS A GREAT CHANCE FOR EVERYONE TO SEE THE DRAMA THEY DEAL WITH EVERYDAY. "The excitement of running the call... but once you get to the point where you're making a difference then you really realize why you're doing this. No day is ever the same." YOU'LL SEE JOHNSON AND OTHERS IN ACTION TONIGHT ON THE RUN REPORT ON EYEWITNESS NEWS AT TEN AND ELEVEN.
Return to Story IndexNITRO BRIDGE
WEST VIRGINIA GOVERNOR JOE MANCHIN AND CONGRESSWOMAN SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO CUT THE RIBBON ON THE NEWLY-CONSTRUCTED 40TH STREET BRIDGE. CREWS WORKED FOR ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MONTHS PUTTING THE SPAN TOGETHER. NITRO'S MAYOR SAYS IT'S NICE TO HAVE ONE OF THE CITY'S MAIN ROADS OPEN AGAIN. MAYOR CASTO SAYS THE WORK COST A LITTLE MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS IN STATE FUNDS.
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 IndexBLIND MECHANIC
NOW IMAGINE DOING IT WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO SEE. EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER STEVE BORECKY HAS THE AMAZING STORY OF ED RIFE, WHOSE PASSION FOR CARS HAS NO BOUNDARIES. ED RIFE HAS BEEN BUILDING AND RESTORING CARS HIS WHOLE LIFE.... BUT FOR THE PAST 14 YEARS---HE'S DONE IT WITHOUT HIS SIGHT. THE JACKSON OHIO MAN LOST BOTH OF HIS EYES DURING AN EXPLOSION AT WORK IN 1995. SINCE THE ACCIDENT RIFE HAS REBUILT NEARLY 200 CARS---INCLUDING THE THREE IN HIS DRIVEWAY--- AND THIS RAV 4---WHICH NEEDED A NEW FRONT END AFTER AN ACCIDENT. HE'S DONE IT ALL WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO SEE HIS WORK... HE DOES IT ON TOUCH, FEEL, A KEEN SENSE OF HEARING... AND SOME HELP FROM HIS GIRLFRIEND'S SON CHRIS, WHO'S USUALLY RIGHT BY TO LEND A HAND. RIFE SAYS PEOPLE TELLING HIM HE COULD NEVER FIX CARS AGAIN GAVE HIM THE DRIVE TO CONTINUE HIS PASSION---AND HE HOPES HIS STORY CAN INSPIRE OTHERS TO FOLLOW THEIR DREAMS. IN JACKSON OHIO---STEVE BORECKY--EYEWITNESS NEWS. RIFE HAD PLANNED TO RETIRE AFTER HIS CURRENT PROJECT---BUT HAS SINCE ORDERED A FEW MORE CARS TO REPAIR.
Return to Story IndexOLIVER GMA
THE MORNING SHOW WILL BE LIVE OUTSIDE OF JAMIE OLIVER'S KITCHEN ON THIRD AVENUE FROM SEVEN TO NINE A.M. THE CELEBRITY CHEF HOPES TO WIN A BET WITH DJ ROD WILLIS FROM 93-POINT-7 THE DAWG TO GET ONE-THOUSAND RESIDENTS TO MAKE A HEALTHY MEAL. EYEWITNESS NEWS PLANS TO BRING YOU LIVE COVERAGE STARTING TOMORROW MORNING AT 6AM.
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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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IF IT'S A GOOD PICTURE OF A GOOD STORY... WE'LL USE IT ON THE AIR!
Return to Story IndexBABY STEPS 11/16
EVERY YEAR MORE THAN HALF-A MILLION BABIES ARE BORN TOO SOON, TOO SMALL AND OFTEN VERY SICK... IN WEST VIRGINIA ONE IN SEVEN BABIES IS BORN TOO EARLY. JENIFER MCANDREWS TAKES A CLOSER LOOK IN TONIGHT'S BABY STEPS REPORT AT WHAT TO EXPECT AFTER DELIVERING A PREEMIE. For new mothers the expectation of a storybook delivery is high. But it doesn't always happen that way. Sometimes, babies are born early. And the immediate care of your preemie takes on an approach you may not have been prepared for. Dr. Joe Matusic has some info on what you may expect. If you are in jeopardy of delivering a premature baby, the number of weeks you're looking to make it to is 37. A full-term pregnancy is anywhere between 37 and 40 weeks. If your baby is born sooner, at 35-weeks or earlier, they will most likely be going to the neo-natal intensive care unit, or NICU. Specialized doctors and nurses will be in charge of your baby's care at that point, not your pediatrician. Dr. Joe Matusic, MD/Pediatrician Those babies that go to the NICU, they often do before I ever even see the baby. I don't know the baby's been born sometimes. So you're scared about your baby, the NICU doctors are excellent at talking to you. The nurses are excellent. They're going to walk you through everything. This is a rare look inside the NICU at Women and Children's Hospital, where the youngest babies born, fight to survive. To help enhance existing educational resources, The March of Dimes has opened the 55th NICU Family Service Center in the country. It will help parents who are entering a new world, one they likely did not expect. Peggy Engelkemier/Mother of Preemie Twins I never once looked up to see there were so many parents going through what I was going through. Katie Foster/March of Dimes We provide parent hours which is a time for the families to get together, a time to get support from graduate NICU parents. For parents not able to hold their babies, the NICU Family Support also offers a scholastic reading program so you can at least sit, and read to your baby. Peggy Engelkemier/Mother Sometimes you're even scared to look up and leave their bed side. Katie Foster/March of Dimes We give each family a care kit when they enter the NICU and it helps teach them about all the traumatic things they're going to see. The medical equipment, the medical terms and technology. It helps make the NICU a little less scary for them. At the point when your baby is released from the NICU, and you're ready to go home, you'll be seeing your pediatrician immediately. Dr. Joe Matusic When you go home, we want to see you in a day or two. I mean very quickly after you go home from the NICU. Especially an extreme preemie, they've really got to be watched very closely. That is your first visit. There is a potential for it to be complicated. Your doctor will discuss topics like medicines and growth of your baby. But parents who have been through it, say educating yourself and keeping a positive attitude can take you a long way on the road to good health. AND WATCH TOMORROW ON EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING, TO FIND OUT HOW ONE BUSINESS IS HELPING RAISE MONEY FOR THE MARCH OF DIMES RESEARCH.
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THE SCHOOL MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY.... BILL STEWART'S TEAM WILL GO INTO THE GAME WITH TWO FULL WEEKS OF REST... WEST VIRGINIA HAD SOME SUCCESS RUNNING THE FOOTBALL AGAINST CINCINNATI IN FRIDAY NIGHT'S 24-21 LOSS.... WVU TOTALED 202 YARDS ON THE GROUND... 88 COMING FROM NOEL DEVINE... RYAN CLARKE ADDED 60 ON JUST FIVE CARRIES... JEFF MULLEN SAYS THE GAMEPLAN WAS TO TRY AND KEEP THE BEARCATS OFFENSE ON THE SIDELINE...
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Return to Story IndexMARSHALL FOOTBALL
THE BAD NEWS: HIS COLLEGE CAREER MAY BE OVER... SLATE WAS TO UNDERGO TESTS ON HIS KNEE TO SEE THE EXTENT OF THE INJURY HE SUFFERED SATURDAY.... MARSHALL PLAYED MUCH OF THE GAME AGAINST SOUTHERN MISS WITHOUT SLATE AND DARIUS MARSHALL-- WHO LEFT WITH AN INJURED ANKLE IN THE 3RD QUARTER.... THE HERD SHOWED SOME HEART IN MAKING IT A BALLGAME WITHOUT THEIR TWO OFFENSIVE STARS....BUT AS MARK SNYDER SAYS-- FELL JUST A LITTLE SHORT....
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THE MOUNTAINEERS FOUND THEMSELVES TIED WITH LOYOLA AT HALFTIME YESTERDAY BEFORE STORMING AWAY WITH AN 83-60 VICTORY.... TRUCK BRYANT SAYS THE 9TH RANKED MOUNTAINEERS HAVE SOME WORK TO DO!!
Return to Story IndexMARSHALL HOOPS
THE HERD TOPPED NORTH CAROLINA A&T BY 16... THE HERD HAD THREE PLAYERS IN DOUBLE FIGURES... NOT TO MENTION THE 20 REBOUNDS PULLED DOWN BY TYLER WILKERSON-- MOST BY AN M-U PLAYER SINCE 1986.... DONNIE JONES SAYS GETTING PRODUCTION FROM EVERYONE WILL BE PARAMOUNT THIS SEASON...
Return to Story IndexFOOTBALL EXTRA
JOIN US FOR FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL EXTRA FRIDAY NIGHT-- AND A SPECIAL SATURDAY NIGHT EDITION AS WELL.... WE HAVE 9 AREA TEAMS IN THE 2ND ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS... WE'LL TALK MORE WITH THOSE TEAMS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK LEADING UP TO FRIDAY NIGHT...
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...
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