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SCRIPT FOR EYEWITNESS NEWS NEWSCAST
Tuesday, May 13, 2008.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 DEADLY FIRE! .... he didn't make it out. AND YOU WILL PROBABLY BE SURPRISED AT WHAT SPARKED THE FATAL BLAZE...THEN... gas pump sounds GAS PRICES HIT ANOTHER RECORD HIGH... IS THERE ANY RELIEF IN SIGHT?... PLUS... IT'S ELECTION DAY... WE HEAD TO THE POLLS FOR THE WEST VIRGINIA PRIMARY. JIM AD LIB ON TAPE 
Return to Story Index WELCOME
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THE ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE WINDS THROUGH WEST VIRGINIA TODAY. HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW...
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WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE... FROM KANAWHA, TO PUTNAM TO CABELL COUNTY... AND ALL POINTS IN BETWEEN WE'RE ON TOP OF IT. PLUS, AN INSIDE LOOK AT HOW WE GET THOSE NUMBERS TO YOU SO FAST, AND WHY WE CAN BE BRING YOU UP TO THE MINUTE RESULTS FROM ALL OF THE ELECTION HOTSPOTS..
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EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER MEREDITH WOOD JOINS US LIVE AT THE CIVIC CENTER WHERE SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON IS LOOKING TO BUILD SOME LATE MOMENTUM.... MEREDITH. RICK, AD LIBS
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If you are on your way home from work or you just got home you have an hour and a half left to vote in one of the most important elections in history. West Virginia has a history of picking the president. No democrat has won the white house without winning WV since 1916 so I'm hoping a lot of people will turn out for this election. REPORTING LIVE AT THE CHARLESTON CIVIC CENTER, MWO... EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexANNE BARTH
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER ELIZABETH NOREIKA JOINS US LIVE WITH MORE ON SOME OF THE NAMES ON THE BALLOT...ELIZABETH? RICK, LET'S START WITH ANNE BARTH. EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A LOT RIDING ON THIS ELECTION, BARTH TOOK THE TIME TO SHOW JUST HOW IMPORTANT VOTING IS. ALONG WITH HER DAUGHTERS, SALLY AND CLAIR, BARTH TOOK TO THE POLLS THIS MORNING AT GEORGE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL. BARTH RAN SENATOR BYRD'S WEST VIRGINIA OFFICE FOR ABOUT TWO DECADES BUT NOW HER NAME IS ON THE BALLOT. . "" OTHER DEMOCRATS RUNNING ARE SOUTH CHARLESTON LAWYER THORNTON COOPER AND FORMER SOUTH CHARLESTON MAYOR RICHIE ROBB. THE WINNER FACES SHELLY MOORE CAPITO IN NOVEMBER.
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WELL HAVE THOSE RESULTS AND REACTION TONIGHT ON EYEWITNESS NEWS AT 10 AND 11. REPORTING LIVE IN THE STUDIO, ELIZABETH NOREIKA, EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexJGL @ VOTERS REGISTRAT
FOR OTHERS ... KANWAHA VOTES ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT MATTER. SEVERAL BIG PRIMARY RACES IN THE COUNTY TODAY. JAKE GLANCE IS AT VOTERS REGISTRATION, WHERE ALL THE ACTION WILL UNFOLD TONIGHT.
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BUT THE ONES WE'RE REALLY GOING TO BE WATCHING CLOSELY ARE THE KANAWHA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, MAGISTRATE RACES, AND THE SCHOOL BOND VOTE. VERY HEAVY TURNOUT EXPECTED, AND AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, THE DAY DID'T GO ENTIRELY SMOOTHLY. BUT COUNTY CLERK VERA MCCORMICK SAYS IT'S NOTHING UNUSUAL. JAKE WALK AND TALK SHOW AND TELL VOTER'S REGISTRATION. WE'RE HERE ALL NIGHT UNTIL EVERY RACE IS DECIDED. KEEP IT RIGHT HERE. I'LL SEE YOU MANY TIMES TONIGHT. LIVE AT VOTER'S REGISTRATION IN KANAWHA COUNTY, JAKE GLANCE. EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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INCUMBENT CHIEF JUSTICE SPIKE MAYNARD HAS BEEN EMBROILED IN CONTROVERSY SINCE PICTURES SURFACED OF HIM VACATIONING IN EUROPE WITH MASSEY ENERGY CEO DON BLANKENSHIP. FORMER JUSTICE MARGARET WORKMAN IS ALSO VYING FOR ONE OF THE TWO SPOTS UP FOR GRABS. HUNTINGTON LAWYER MENIS KETCHUM AND WVU LAW PROFESSOR BOB BASTRESS ARE THE OTHER TWO DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES. BETH WALKER IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER CHRISTINE HABRLE WILL BE COVERING THE RESULTS FROM THE PUTNAM COUNTY COURTHOUSE. CHRISTINE RICK.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER STEVE BORECKY IS LIVE IN DOWNTOWN HUNTINGTON WITH THE LATEST FROM CABELL COUNTY... STEVE? RICK.... THE RACE FOR HUNTINGTON MAYOR IS THE ONE A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL HAVE THEIR EYES ON TONIGHT.
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CABELL COUNTY COMMISSION PRESIDENT BOB BAILEY IS EXPECTED TO GIVE FELINTON HIS CLOSEST COMPETITION---WITH TWO OTHERS---LUCILLE WIGHT AND SHAWN BRESNAHAN ALSO ON THE BALLOT. CURRENT CABELL COUNTY SHERIFF KIM WOLFE IS THE ONLY REPUBLICAN RUNNING THIS YEAR. I SPOKE WITH MAYOR FELINTON ABOUT AN HOUR AGO AND HE SAYS HE'S CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT WINNING THE NOMINATION. THE OTHER BIG RACE IS THE ONE FOR SHERIFF----FIVE DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO GRAB WOLFE'S SEAT WHICH HE CANNOT RECLAIM BECAUSE OF TERM LIMITS. CURRENT DEPUTY CHIEF JIM SCHEIDLER WILL WIN THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE AS HE IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED. REPORTING LIVE IN HUNTINGTON---STEVE BORECKY--EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER KENNIE BASS WILL BE WEARING TWO HATS TONIGHT AS PART OF OUR ELECTION COVERAGE... PRODUCER AND ANALYST... HE JOINS US NOW LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH AN INSIDE LOOK AT HOW WE WILL BE BRINGING THE INFORMATION TO YOU, KENNIE. RICK,
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WE'LL HAVE COMPLETE TEAM COVERAGE AND UP-TO-THE-MINUTE RESULTS.. RIGHT HERE, ON EYEWITNESS NEWS. REPORTING LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM, KENNIE BASS, EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexROANE FIRE
THE BLAZE DESTROYED THE MOBILE HOME ON PAXTON RIDGE, NEAR WALTON, SHORTLY BEFORE 2-30 THIS MORNING. NEIGHBORS SAY THE MAN WHO WAS SEVERELY BURNED IN THE FIRE TOLD THEM THE MAN WHO DIED TRIED TO POUR GASOLINE IN A WOOD BURNING STOVE. THE MOBILE HOME IS A TOTAL LOSS. THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL IS INVESTIGATING.
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TODAY (TUESDAY) THE COST OF A GALLON OF UNLEADED, SELF-SERVE REGULAR HIT THREE DOLLARS AND 95 CENTS AT MANY STATIONS. DRIVERS ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THE CHANGE THAT SAW GAS LEAP ABOUT 17 CENTS A GALLON OVERNIGHT. " Well, I'm sure it was the same gas that in the ground last night. I hate that they keep jacking up the prices " " Eventually end up canceling out our health insurance and everything else to get back and forth to work. " " I think it's a darn disgrace! All they are doing is bilking people." CRUDE OIL PRICES SHOT TO NEARLY 127 DOLLARS A BARREL TODAY ON NEWS THAT IRAN IS CONSIDERING CUTTING CRUDE PRODUCTION. NATIONALLY, GAS PRICES ROSE TO A RECORD 3 DOLLARS AND 73 CENTS A GALLON.
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ISAIAH LOUDERMILK WAS ABLE TO WALK TO THOMAS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AFTER ALLEGEDLY BEING SLASHED ON THE HANDS AT A HOUSE ON KENTUCKY STREET. HE FIRST SOUGHT HELP AT A MACCORKLE AVENUE BUSINESS. POLICE QUESTIONED THE VICTIM'S 14-YEAR-OLD BROTHER IN CONNECTION WITH THE INCIDENT.
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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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THAT'S WHERE KENNIE BASS COMES IN... HE'S IN OUR NEWSROOM-- WHICH IS BASICALLY ELECTION CENTRAL TONIGHT... AND KENNY, IN THIS DAY AND AGE, TECHNOLOGY CAN CERTAINLY HELP ON NIGHTS LIKE THIS... KENNIE ADLIBS ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY WE ARE USING THIS ELECTION DAY. EXAMPLES OF WHAT A RESULTS GRAPHIC WILL LOOK LIKE. DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE TICKER RUNNING ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. WELL HAVE THOSE RESULTS AND REACTION TONIGHT ON EYEWITNESS NEWS AT 10 AND 11.
Return to Story IndexRICH RODRIGUEZ
RODRIGUEZ, WHO IS NOW THE HEAD COACH OF MICHGIAN SAYS GOV. JOE MANCHIN AND THREE MEMBERS OF THE WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY BOARD OF GOVERNORS PRESSURED HIM TO SIGN A CONTRACT LAST SUMMER, EVEN THOUGH IT HAD A $4 MILLION BUYOUT CLAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT. STEVE FARMER, DREW PAYNE AND PERRY PETROPLUS ALSO ASSURED RODRIGUEZ HIS DEMANDS FOR THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM WOULD BE MET WHEN MIKE GARRISON BECAME PRESIDENT. RODRIGUEZ SAYS ALL THAT HAPPENED WHEN HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH ATHLETIC DIRECTOR ED PASTILONG WAS DISSOLVING. HE SAYS BOARD MEMBERS TOLD HIM A SIGNED CONTRACT WOULD HELP GARRISON'S ADMINISTRATION GET OFF TO A GOOD START. THE DEPOSITION WAS TAKEN FOR WVU'S LAWSUIT TO RECLAIM THE $4 MILLION. RODRIGUEZ LEFT IN DECEMBER FOR MICHIGAN.
Return to Story IndexMIKE D'ANTONI
D'ANTONI AGREED TO LEAVE PHOENIX FOR THE KNICKS ON SATURDAY...HE REPLACES ISIAH THOMAS, WHO WAS FIRED LAST MONTH AFTER GOING 56-108 IN TWO SEASONS. D'ANTONI WON AT LEAST 54 GAMES EACH OF THE LAST FOUR SEASONS AND EARNED COACH OF THE YEAR HONORS IN 2005. HE IS KNOWN AS ONE OF THE NBA'S TOP OFFENSIVE MINDS. HIS SYSTEM HELPED STEVE NASH WIN TWO MVP AWARDS AND MADE THE SUNS ONE OF THE LEAGUE'S TOP TEAMS.
Return to Story IndexWV POWER
LAST NIGHT THE POWER JUMPED OUT ON TOP OF LAKE COUNTY THANKS TO A JONATHAN LUCROY SOLO HOMERUN...BUT LAKE COUNTY FOUGHT BACK AND EARNED A 4-2 WIN...THE POWER RECORD FALLS TO 14-22 ON THE SEASON...GAME TONIGHT IS SET FOR 7:05...
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