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SCRIPT FOR EYEWITNESS NEWS NEWSCAST
Sunday, November 1, 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.
PRESHOW
A HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION TURNS VIOLENT WHEN A FIGHT ESCALATES TO GUN SHOTS AT A HUNTINGTON NIGHTCLUB........ BUT FIRST 
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THE SWINE FLU STRIKES AGAIN, IT'S VICTIM THIS TIME.......A KANAWHA COUNTY WOMAN....AND THAT'S OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT... GOOD EVENING, I'M ELIZABETH NOREIKA WELCOME TO EYEWITNESS NEWS AT 6 O'CLOCK.
Return to Story IndexI H1N1 DEATH
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER ATISH BAIDYA IS LIVE FROM THOMAS MEMORIAL IN SOUTH CHARLESTON....WITH THE LATEST ATISH? LIZ, THE KANAWHA CHARLESTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS THE WOMAN TESTED POSITIVE FOR TYPE A INFLUENZA -- BUT WHILE IT HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED AS THE H1N1 VIRUS THE DEPARTMENT SAYS ALL EVIDENCE SO FAR POINTS TO H1N1. DR. RAHUL GUPTA AND HIS STAFF SPEND A SUNDAY AFTERNOON PREPARING FOR THE UPCOMING WEEK OF VACCINATION CLINICS AND INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS ALL RELATING TO THE H1N1 VIRUS. NOW THE DEATH OF A KANAWHA COUNTY WOMAN FROM COMPLICATIONS FROM THE TYPE A FLU -- MORE THAN LIKELY H1N1 -- ADDS MORE URGENCY TO THEIR EFFORTS. SOT15;45;22 more than 99 percent of lnflueza A cases diagnosed in our region are h1n1 DR. GUPTA SAYS THE 58 YEAR OLD WOMAN HAD UNDERLYING MEDICAL CONDITIONS. SHE IS PART OF A GROUP MOST AT RISK FROM THE H1N1 VIRUS. DOCTOR GUPTA SAYS THE NUMBERS OF FLU CASES HAVE PEAKED EARLY AND WELL ABOVE THE NORM -- ALL THE MORE REASON FOR AT RISKS GROUPS TO GET VACCINATED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SOT15;56;28 it is almost a race against time to get those groups vaccinated before they get the real disease. LAST WEEK THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HELD VACCINATION CLINICS FOR PREGNANT WOMEN AND CHILDREN. IT PLANS ON VACCINATING ADULTS WITH CHRONIC MEDICAL CONDITIONS THIS WEEK. ALL THESE EFFORTS TAKE A LOT OF PLANNING. SOT LOTS OF HARD WORK AS THEY FIGHT TO SAVE LIVES AND END THE H1N1 PANDEMIC. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE H1N1 VIRUS AND FLU VACCINATIONS CALL THE KANAWHA CHARLESTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT's h1n1 HOT LINE AT 304-348-8077 ATISH BAIDYA EYEWITNESS NEWS,
Return to Story IndexH1N1 MEETINGS
THE IDEA IS TO GIVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY A CHANCE TO MEET FACE TO FACE WITH COUNTY LEADERS TO ASK QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE REGARDING H1N1. THE MEETINGS START TOMORROW AND WILL BE HELD FROM 5:30 TO 7:30 AT THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS..... MONDAY, AT THE RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM. TUESDAY, AT THE CAPITOL HIGH SCHOOL LITTLE THEATER AND THURSDAY AT THE ST. ALBANS HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM.
Return to Story IndexMANCHIN H1N1
MANCHIN ALONG WITH WEST VIRGINIAS CHIEF HEALTH OFFICER, DOCTOR CATHY SLEMP, WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT THE STATE AS A WHOLE IS DOING TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM. THEY WILL ALSO TALK ABOUT WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN GET THE LATEST INFORMATION ABOUT THE FLU. THE ADDRESS IS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW MORNING AT 10 AM.
Return to Story IndexHUNTINGTON SHOTS FIRED
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER BRYANT SOMERVILLE WAS THE FIRST ON SCENE THIS MORNING AND HAS THE EXCLUSIVE STORY. (nats) HALLOWEEN NIGHT IN HUNTINGTON TURNED VIOLENT FOR ONE NIGHTCLUB...AFTER SHOTS RANG OUT. CABELL COUNTY SHERIFF TOM MCCOMAS SAYS HIS DEPARTMENT, HUNTINGTON POLICE, STATE POLICE AND MARSHALL UNIVERSITY POLICE RESPONDED TO THE FREAKY TIKI JUST BEFORE TWO OCLOCK SATURDAY MORNING. HE SAYS IT APPEARS A FIGHT STARTED INSIDE...THEN ONCE OUTSIDE...IT ESCALATED TO GUNFIRE. POLICE PUT IN CUSTODY AND QUESTIONED A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS ON SCENE...BUT LATER THEY WERE DETERMINED TO NOT BE THE SHOOTER. POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED THE NAME OF WHO THEY SAY THEY ARRESTED...BUT ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS...THIS MAN, 24 YEAR OLD LARRY HINTON JR...WAS ARRESTED SATURDAY MORNING ABOUT A BLOCK AWAY FROM THE NIGHTCLUB...AFTER HE WAS SEEN RUNNING THROUGH A CROWD OF PEOPLE, CARRYING A 9 MM HANDGUN. THE TIME OF HIS ARREST WAS NOT AVAILABLE. MCCOMAS SAYS WHEN IT COMES TO HALLOWEEN...LAW ENFORCEMENT IS A MUST. SHERIFF MCCOMAS SAYS TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF SHELL CASINGS WERE FOUND ON SCENE...LEADING INVESTIGATORS TO BELIEVE THERE MIGHT BE MORE THAN ONE GUNMAN. IN HUNTINGTON; BSO; EYEWINTESS NEWS. SHERIFF MCCOMAS SAYS MORE OFFICERS WERE ON PATROL LAST NIGHT, PATROLLING FOR HALLOWEEN FESTIVITIES, THANKS TO A GRANT SPONSORED BY THE HIGHWAY SAFETY COMMISSION. MEANWHILE, LARRY HINTON JR. IS FACING CHARGES OF WANTON ENDANGERMENT AND FOR CONCEALING A DANGEROUS WEAPON.
Return to Story IndexHUNTINGTON DRUG BUST
POLICE ARRESTED STEPHEN JACKSON AND DARRYL LANIER-LEWIS AROUND SIX THIS MORNING AFTER THEY WERE CAUGHT SELLING THE DRUGS ON 4TH AVENUE. OFFICERS SAY THEY HAD BEEN INVESTIGATING THE PAIR SINCE THIS SUMMER. BOTH MEN ARE CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO DELIVER A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. THEY ARE BEING HELD IN THE WESTERN REGIONAL JAIL WITHOUT BOND.
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TONIGHT SOME MINERS CAME TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT WHAT SEEMS LIKE A SHAKY FUTURE FOR THEIR INDUSTRY. EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER GILBERT CORSEY...LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH THIS STORY. GOOD EVENING LIZ, WE ARE JUST BACK FROM A PRO COAL RALLY IN BOONE COUNTY. ABOUT 50 MINERS AND MINE SUPPORTERS FILLED THE V-F-W IN MADISON TALKING ABOUT THE PROBLEMS LYING AHEAD THIS COMES AS THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TRIES TO ELIMINATE A PERMIT MOST MINES USE TO OPERATE. THAT'S NATIONWIDE PERMIT 21. IT'S A FILL PERMIT ALLOWING MINE COMPANIES TO DUMP DIRTY MATERIAL INTO VALLEYS AND STREAMS.. ENVIRONMENTALIST HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT WATER QUALITY. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DEABTE...THE FACES IN THIS CROWD..SAYING ELIMINATING THIS PERMIT WILL ELIMINATE THOUSAND OF JOBS AND ULTIMATELY COLLAPSE THE COAL BUSINESS. "" A NEW NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION CALLED THE UNITED COAL COALITION OF AMERICA ORGANIZED THIS EVENT. MORE ON THEIR MISSION TO RALLY EVERY COUNTY IN THE STATE TONIGHT ON EYEWITNESS NEWS AT TEN AND ELEVEN. FOR NOW LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM GILBERT CORSEY EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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. A STUDY SHOWS MORE THAN 2400 JOBS HAVE BEEN SAVED OR CREATED IN WEST VIRGINIA BECAUSE OF THAT STIMULUS MONEY. MOST OF THOSE JOBS HAVE BEEN IN EDUCATION. SPENDING BY STATE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TOTALED AROUND 250 MILLION DOLLARS AND ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE JOB FIGURE. THE JOBS FIGURES REFLECT SPENDING BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND SEPT. 30.
Return to Story IndexNURSING HOME TROUBLE
YESTERDAY FAMILY MEMBERS OF OLDER WEST VIRGINIANS WERE ABLE TO LEARN ABOUT OPTIONS FOR LONG TERM CARE AT "MATURING IN WEST VIRGINIA"--A CONFERENCE HELD AT THE CHARLESTON CIVIC CENTER. THOSE ADMITTED INTO WEST VIRGINIA NURSING HOMES TODAY ARE OLDER AND SICKER THAN THEY WERE 10 YEARS AGO. WEST VIRGINIA HAS SOME OF THE NATION'S HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH DIABETES AND HEART DISEASE....AS WELL AS AN AGING POPULATION. THE AVERAGE AGE OF A PERSON TO SEEK LONG TERM CARE IS 80 YEARS OLD.
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A SECOND STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE CALLS THE SYSTEM FLAWED. JUSTICE MARGARET WORKMAN SAYS THE AGENCY HAS CONTINUOUSLY FAILED IN TERMS OF THEIR CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES. SHE SAYS THE DEPARTMENT LACKS RESOURCES TO ACTUALLY PROTECT CHILDREN. CHIEF JUSTICE BRENT BENJAMIN WAS FIRST TO CALL OUT THE DHHR ON THE SAME CONCERNS.
Return to Story IndexWV SLOT ADDICTIONS
NEWLY RELEASED DATA SHOWS THAT SLOT MACHINES ARE THE BIGGEST SOURCE OF TROUBLE FOR PROBLEM GAMBLERS IN WEST VIRGINIA. MORE THAN 5 THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT HAVE CALLED INTO THE PROBLEM GAMBLERS HELP NETWORK OF WEST VIRGINIA HAVE SAID THEY GAMBLE AT LOCAL VIDEO LOTTERY PARLORS. THE NETWORK HAS RECIEVED MORE THAN 8 THOUSAND CALLS SINCE 2000. THE HOTLINE CONNECTS PEOPLE WHO CALL IN WITH GAMBLING COUNSELORS AND PROVIDES OTHER SERVICES.
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THE LIONS CLUB HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL HELP THE SALVATION ARMY WITH THEIR HOLIDAY FUNDRAISING EFFORTS. FOR ONE DAY, LIONS CLUB MEMBERS FROM ALL OVER THE AREA WILL STAFF THE BELL RINGERS POST FOR AN ENTIRE DAY. IT'S A WAY FOR THEM TO GIVE BACK AND GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THEIR ORGANIZATION. "" BY VOLUNTEERING, THE LIONS CLUB COULD HELP SAVE THE SALVATION ARMY NEARLY 6600 DOLLARS IN THE CHARLESTON AREA ALONE IN JUST ONE DAY, BECAUSE THE SALVATION ARMY WOULDNT' HAVE TO PAY TO STAFF THE KETTLES.
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IF IT'S A GOOD PICTURE OF A GOOD STORY... WE'LL USE IT ON THE AIR!
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WX ANCHOR PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS
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IF YOU ARE IN THE MARKET FOR A NEW HOME THEN THE CHARLESTON CIVIC CENTER WAS THE PLACE FOR THIS AFTERNOON. TODAY THE KANAWHA VALLEY BOARD OF REALTORS HELD THEIR FIRST HOUSING 101 EXPO. THE EVENT IS FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN BUYING OR SELLING THEIR HOME, OR JUST TO LEARN ABOUT REAL ESTATE IN GENERAL. REALTORS SAY WHILE TIMES ARE TOUGH.....IT'S A GOOD TIME TO BUY A HOME.. "" THE EVENT TOOK PLACE FORM 12 TILL 6 TODAY AND HAD REALTORS, AND LENDERS SO THAT PEOPLE WHO CAME OUT COULD GET ALL THE INFORMATION THEY NEEDED.
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THE EVENT WAS FOR THE NINTH ANNUAL MINIATURE EXHIBITION. ABOUT 50 ARTISTS FROM THREE COUNTRIES SENT IN THEIR HANDY WORK TO BE JUDGED BY THE ONLOOKERS. IN ALL, THERE ARE MORE THAN 130 PIECES OF ART INCLUDING SCULPTURES AND CERAMICS. ONE AWARD WINNER SAYS THE EVENT IS ALL ABOUT LEARNING TO SEE WHAT OTHER ARTISTS HAVE TO OFFER. "whats great about this show is its open to all the states...and the world...wonderful to come in and look at different pieces and learn from them." THE EXHIBIT WILL RUN THROUGH DECEMBER FIFTH.
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Return to Story IndexMARSHALL FOOTBALL
MARSHALL WILL PLAY THE KNIGHTS ON ESPN AT 8:15 PM.....MARSHALL HAS DROPPED ALL THREE CONTESTS AGAINST UCF SINCE JOINING C-USA.....THE HERD HAS FAIRED WELL IN THESE WELL ODD WEEKEND AND WEEKNIGHT GAMES ON THE WORLDWIDE LEADER....AND COACH MARK SNYDER KNOWS HE'S BRINGING A BETTER FOOTBALL TEAM INTO THIS ATMOSPHERE......
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Return to Story IndexTEXANS-SLATON
-ROUGH GAME...TEXANS BEAT UP AND SLATON'S PAST CATCHES UP WITH HIM.... -1ST QTR...GAME TIED SLATON GETS PASS BUT FUMBLES...WOULD NOT GET ANOTHER TOUCH -4TH QTR-DOWN 10-9....SLATON'S BACKUP....RYAN MOATS 11 YD TD.....17-10 TEXANS -MOATS FROM 1 YD OUT......24-10 HOUSTON....MOATS WOULD ADD ANOTHER TO FINISH WITH 3 TDS.....TEXANS WIN 31-10
Return to Story IndexRAMS-BLUGER
-1ST QTR-BULGER TO KEANNAN BURTON...LEADS TO FG...3-0 RAMS -2ND QTR-UNDER A MIN LEFT....FAKE FG JOSH BROWN TO DANIEL FELLS 36 YD TD...10-2 RAMS -4TH QTR-GAME TIED AT 10....STEPHEN JACKSON 25 YD TD.....17-10...RAMS WIN FIRST GAME
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-1ST QTR-DOWN 3-0....DEREK ANDERSON PICKED OFF BY DANIEL MANNING......LEADS TO FG....6-0 BEARS -2ND QTR-JAMAL LEWIS FUMBLES....LEADS TO ANOTHER BEARS FG....9-0 BEARS -MATT FORTE 1 YD TD RUN.....16-0 BEARS....THEY GO ONTO WIN 29-6
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END OF SHOW
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COMING UP TONIGHT AT TEN..... WE TAKE A TRIP BACK IN TIME TO REVIST THE SILVER BRIDGE DISASTER. MAKE SURE TO TUNE INTO EYEWITNESS NEWS AT TEN TO CATCH THAT STORY AND MORE.
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