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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. OPEN 1
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Return to Story IndexEARLY OPEN
WELCOME TO EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING. IT'S MONDAY NOVEMBER 16TH. DOUG HARLOW JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS FORECAST.
Return to Story IndexBREAKING NEWS ALERT
Return to Story IndexSPECIAL METALS LEAK
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER DARRAH WILCOX IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH THE LATEST. DARRAH WHAT HAPPENED AT THE PLANT? PATRICK... IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT. WE'RE TOLD 13 WORKERS WERE EXPOSED TO DILUTED SULFURIC ACID AT THE PLANT... MOSTLY BY INHALATION. EIGHT OF THOSE 13 REFUSED TREATMENT. FIVE WENT THROUGH DECONTAMINATION PROCESS ON SCENE... AND THEN WERE TRANSPORTED TO K-D-M-C BY AMBULANCE AS A PRECAUTION. ASHLAND FIREFIGHTERS ALSO HAD A DE-CON UNIT SET UP AT THE HOSPITAL. THIS COMES ABOUT SIX WEEKS AFTER A MASSIVE EXPLOSION AT THE PLANT SENT SEVEN PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL. THE EXPLOSIONS HAPPENED IN THE REAR FURNACE OF THE MELT ROOM, AND TRIGGERED A FIRE. NO WORD YET ON WHAT CAUSED THIS LEAK... BUT OF COURSE WE'LL BRING YOU THE LATEST INFORMATION AS IT'S RELEASED. REPORTING LIVE IN THE STUDIO... DARRAH WILCOX... EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexPAK MART ROBBERY
DISPATCHERS SAY A MAN AROUND FIVE TEN WALKED DEMANDED MONEY FROM THE CLERK...AND WHEN HE TRIED TO PEPPER SPRAY THE PERSON...HE APPARENTLY GOT HIMSELF IN THE FACE...HE THEN PULLED OUT A KNIFE. HE GOT AWAY WITH SOME CASH...POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR HIM.
Return to Story IndexLOUIE'S ROBBERY
THE MAN HAD A OLD MAN MASK AND COVERALLS ON AND PULLED A KNIFE ON THE CLERK, TOOK THE MONEY AND HEADED EAST ON OAK STREET. THE CLERK SAID THE ROOBER IS AROUND 6 FEET TALL.
Return to Story IndexHOUSE FIRE
DISPATCHERS TELL US THE HOUSE WAS FULLY ENGULFED...FIRE CREW WERE STILL ON THE SCENE...NOBODY WAS WAS HURT.
Return to Story IndexMETH BUSTS
THE FIRST WAS ON COLLEGE AVENUE WHERE TROOPERS FOUND METH MAKING MATERIALS AND ARRESTED ANTHONY HAWKINS AND KATRINA CLAPHAM. THEN TROOPERS RESPONDED TO ANOTHER TIP ON FIRST STREET WHERE THEY FOUND MATERIALS USED TO MAKE METH AS WELL AS LARGE AMOUNTS OF HYDROCODONE AND ANABOLIC STEROIDS..... THEY ARRESTED DALE HOLSTEIN, DREW HOLSTEIN, AND SHANE THOMPSON. AND THEN...THREE MORE MEN WERE BUSTED FOR A LARGE METH LAB ON HAMPSHIRE DRIVE. JASON TYLER, RICKY LEE CLARK AND BASIL WORKMAN ARE ALL IN JAIL.
Return to Story IndexMINGO MURDER
ONE PERSON DIED FOLLOWING A TWISTED SERIES OF EVENTS. A MALE STRIP REVIEW ENTERTAINED A PACKED HOUSE AT A JUSTICE AREA NIGHTCLUB SATURDAY NIGHT. 29 YEAR OLD JASON SCOTT OF MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA WAS ONE OF THE MALE STRIPPERS. WE'RE TOLD SCOTT AND THIS MAN.......21 YEAR OLD TOMMY VANCE.....GOT IN AN ARGUMENT OVER A GIRL. DEPUTIES SAY VANCE RAN OVER SCOTT WITH HIS TRUCK . SCOTT LATER DIED AT LOGAN AREA HOSPITAL. VANCE IS IN JAIL CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER.
Return to Story IndexPORTER'S MOTHER TALKS
ABOUT 20 PEOPLE SHOWED UP OUTSIDE OF CLUB BABYLON TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO JOE PORTER. PORTER WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY HUNTINGTON POLICE LAST WEEKEND, AFTER POLICE SAY HE PULLED OUT A GUN AND POINTED IT AT AN OFFICER. HOWEVER, PORTER'S MOTHER SAYS HER SON DID NOTHING WRONG. "joe was not involved in anything that happened out here, not out here shooting. he was inside the club trying to avoid what was going on. in the paper they're saying joe was out here bang, bang with everybody else, it wasnt like that." THREE OTHER MEN WERE WOUNDED DURING THE SHOOTINGS. THEY HAVE ALL SINCE BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL, AND ONE OF THEM, REGINAL MARBURY FACES ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES FROM THE INCIDENT.
Return to Story IndexSUSBANCE ABUSE PLAN
RIGHT NOW, WEST VIRGINIANS ARE PAYING OUT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE COSTS. TO DISCUSS THE PROBLEM, AND WAYS TO CURB IT.....A DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE SUMMIT WILL BE HELD IN THE CAPITOL CITY TODAY.
Return to Story IndexBONHAM CONSOLIDATION
EYEWITNESS REPORT GILBERT CORSEY TALKED WITH SOME PARENTS WHO ARE AGAINST THE IDEA SHARED THEIR CONCERNS. THE DEBATE OVER THE SISSONVILLE SCHOOL SHAKEUP COMES TO A HEAD THIS WEEK. NAT: charged by PARENTS LIKE DEBBIE HUGHES AND AIMEE CARPERTER WHOSE KIDS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE CLOSING OF BONHAM ELEMENTARY . NAT: YEARS OF FLOODING IS FORCING KANAWHA COUNTY SCHOOL LEADERS TO CLOSE THE CAMPUS. IN RETURN MOST OF ITS STUDENTS K-4 WOULD END UP HERE AT FLINN NEXT YEAR AND ALL AREA 5TH GRADERS WOULD MOVE UP TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL 16:41:25 first and primary concern is the maturity difference the physical difference... BITE:16:53:00 it's ten year old. Ten years old. That's not a middle schoolers. 100:00:17 we're building a separate wing at sissonville middle for fifth grade. They have their own entrance. Do you know schools all over the state have k-8 and no problems, 16:43:44 We do have concerns about 5th to middle school but that's not our only concern. We have health and safety worries about the kids here at flinn. FLINN IS ALREADY ONE OF THE BIGGEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY WITH ALMOST 550 STUDENTS. IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE SMALLEST IN TERMS OF SPACE. SO THESE PARENTS WANT THE MONEY ALLOCATED FOR NEW CLASSROOMS HERE AND AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TO INSTEAD GO INTO BUILDING A NEW ELEMENTARY . LONGTIME SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER PETE THAW SAYS THE STATE WON'T FUND SUCH A PROJECT BECAUSE SISSONVILLE IS LOSING KIDS TO declining ENROLLMENT. BITE:PETE THAW. THE PARENTS HAVE HERD OTHERWISE. HOUSE MINORITY LEADER TIM ARMSTEAND AND DELEGATE PATRICK LANE SENT A LETTER TO KANAWHA SCHOOLS DENOUNCING THE CONSOLIDATION PLAN AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO SEEK OTHER OPTIONS. 16:53:30 We hope the school board will come with an open mind and here what we have to say.16:55:25 as a parent I will do everything I can to make sure my kids have the best education possible. THE FINAL HEARING AND VOTE ON THE SISSONVILLE AREA SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION IS SCHEDULED FOR 6 PM TUESDAY AT SISSONVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Return to Story IndexPEIA MEETING
THE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT BENEFITS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE KICKED OFF LAST NIGHT IN CHARLESTON. THIS CONFERENCE IS A CHANCE FOR BENEFIT PROFESSIONALS TO COME TOGETHER TO DISCUSS ISSUES IN THIER INDUSTRY. IT COMES AS THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES INSURANCE AGENCY LOOKS AT ENDING RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR WORKERS HIRED AFTER JANUARY 2010. GOVERNOR JOE MANCHIN AND CONGRESSWOMAN SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO ARE BOTH SCHEDULED TO SPEAK AT THE CONFERENCE TODAY.
Return to Story IndexMILTON VETS
THE MILTON BAPTIST CHURCH, ALONG WITH AMERICAN POST 139 PUT ON VETERANS RECOGNITION DAY TODAY. A SLIDE SHOW WAS PRESENTED WITH ALL THE LOCAL VETERANS WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES. MAJOR GENERAL ALLEN TACKETT SAYS APPRECIATION TOWARDS VETS SHOULD BE EXPRESSED NOT JUST ON VETERANS DAY...BUT EVERYDAY. "i think paying tribute to veterans and people who serve our nation is a part of our freedom, i dont think soldiers ever get tired of hearing the praise coming and thanks from people who appreciate freedoms that they have because of their service." ALL VETERANS IN ATTENDANCE RECEIVED A FREE BIBLE, COURTESY OF THE MILTON BAPTIST CHURCH.
Return to Story IndexTEASE ONE/UPCAMERA
IT'S FROM J.D. FAGAN OF GAULEY MILLS. AND METEOROLOGIST DOUG HARLOW IS WORKING ON YOUR FORECAST. HE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING RETURNS.
Return to Story IndexFULL WEATHER
Join Doug Harlow 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!
Return to Story IndexSNAP SHOTS
IT'S FROM J.D. FAGAN OUT OF GAULEY MILLS. IT'S A PICTURE OF THE NICHOLAS COUNTY ROTC WALKING IN THE VETERANS DAY PARADE IN SUMMERSVILLE LAST WEEK. , THANKS FOR SENDING US YOUR PHOTOGRAPH. GET YOUR CAMERAS OUT IF YOU WANT TO SEND US ONE OF YOUR SNAP SHOTS.
Return to Story IndexGMWV ADDRESSES
IT'S SNAP SHOTS IN CARE OF WCHS-TV, 1301 PIEDMONT ROAD, CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA. THE ZIP CODE IS 25301. INCLUDE A SELF ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOP IF YOU WANT YOUR PHOTOGRAPH RETURNED. IF YOU PREFER TO SEND IT VIA E-MAIL, SEND YOUR JPEGs TO IWITNESS@WCHSTV-DOT-COM.
Return to Story IndexTEASE TWO/LUNCH MENUS
JANE KING WILL THAT AND MORE...COMING UP, IN THE BLOOMBERG BUSINESS REPORT. PLUS, JOSH LEWIS IS COMING UP WITH YOUR SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS. BUT FIRST..HERE'S A LOOK AT TODAY'S LUNCH MENUS.
Return to Story IndexBLOOMBERG MORNING REPORT
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS EXPRESSING OPTIMISM ABOUT THE GLOBAL ECONOMY, AND IT'S PAYBACK TIME FOR GENERAL MOTORS -- JANE KING IS AT THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE WITH MORE ON THAT IN THIS MORNING'S BLOOMBERG BUSINESS REPORT.
Return to Story IndexMISSING GIRL
SHANIYA DAVIS WAS LAST SEEN TUESDAY. HER MOTHER, ANTOINETTE NICOLE DAVIS, REPORTED HER MISSING BUT WAS CHARGED WITH HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND CHILD ABUSE INVOLVING PROSTITUTION. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO RECORDED THE MAN CHARGED IN HER KIDNAPPING CARRYING THE GIRL INTO A HOTEL ROOM ON TUESDAY. HE'S BEEN IDENTIFIED AS MARIO ANDRETTE MCNEILL.
Return to Story IndexTEASE THREE/LOTTERY
PLUS, HERE'S A LOOK AT LOTTERY NUMBERS FROM KENTUCKY.
Return to Story IndexSPORTSREPORT
JOSH LEWIS JOINS US NOW WITH MORE FROM OPENING DAY IN MORGANTOWN AND HUNTINGTON...
Return to Story IndexMOTHMAN 43RD ANNIVERSARY
THE RED EYED CREATURE HAS BEEN SEEN THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AROUND POINT PLEASANT. IT HAS EVEN BEEN BLAMED FOR THE SILVER CITY BRIDGE COLLAPSE THAT KILLED 46 PEOPLE. THE LOCAL CREATURE HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF SEVERAL BOOKS AND A MOVIE STARRING RICHARD GERE.
Return to Story IndexBOY SCOUT CAMPS
GOVERNOR MANCHIN WILL BE THERE TO HELP TO ANNOUNCE THE PLANS FOR THE CAMP AT THE GLEN JEAN ARMED FORCES RESERVE CENTER. THE CAMP WILL ALLOW BOY SCOUTS TO ENJOY THE NEW RIVER GORGE AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA. S.D. BELCHER JUNIOR FOUNDATION HAD DONATED 50 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE CAMP.
Return to Story IndexFLAGS HALF STAFF
THE 25 YEAR OLD WAS A NATIVE OF BENWOOD. HE DIED NOVEMBER 4th OF INJURIES HE RECEIVED WHEN HIS UNIT WAS HIT IN AFGHANISTAN. A SERVICE WILL BE HELD IN MOUNDSVILLE WITH FULL MILITARY HONORS.
Return to Story IndexBYRD MILESTONE
HE WILL BE THE LONGES SERVING MEMBER OF EITHER HOUSE IN CONGRESS. GOVERNOR MANCHIN AND OTHERS WILL PAY TRIBUTE TO BYRD AT THE CAPITOL. THE CELEBRATION IS TWO DAYS BEFORE BYRD'S 92ND BIRTHDAY.
Return to Story IndexTEASE 4/UP CAMERA
AND METEOROLOGIST DOUG HARLOW IS WORKING ON YOUR FORECAST. HE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING RETURNS .
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Return to Story IndexWELCOME
WELCOME TO EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING. IT'S MONDAY NOVEMBER 16TH. DOUG HARLOW JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS FORECAST.
Return to Story IndexSPECIAL METALS LEAK
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER DARRAH WILCOX IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH THE LATEST. DARRAH WHAT HAPPENED AT THE PLANT? PATRICK... IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT. WE'RE TOLD 13 WORKERS WERE EXPOSED TO DILUTED SULFURIC ACID AT THE PLANT... MOSTLY BY INHALATION. EIGHT OF THOSE 13 REFUSED TREATMENT. FIVE WENT THROUGH DECONTAMINATION PROCESS ON SCENE... AND THEN WERE TRANSPORTED TO K-D-M-C BY AMBULANCE AS A PRECAUTION. ASHLAND FIREFIGHTERS ALSO HAD A DE-CON UNIT SET UP AT THE HOSPITAL. THIS COMES ABOUT SIX WEEKS AFTER A MASSIVE EXPLOSION AT THE PLANT SENT SEVEN PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL. THE EXPLOSIONS HAPPENED IN THE REAR FURNACE OF THE MELT ROOM, AND TRIGGERED A FIRE. NO WORD YET ON WHAT CAUSED THIS LEAK... BUT OF COURSE WE'LL BRING YOU THE LATEST INFORMATION AS IT'S RELEASED. REPORTING LIVE IN THE STUDIO... DARRAH WILCOX... EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexPAK MART ROBBERY
DISPATCHERS SAY A MAN AROUND FIVE TEN WALKED DEMANDED MONEY FROM THE CLERK...AND WHEN HE TRIED TO PEPPER SPRAY THE PERSON...HE APPARENTLY GOT HIMSELF IN THE FACE...HE THEN PULLED OUT A KNIFE. HE GOT AWAY WITH SOME CASH...POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR HIM.
Return to Story IndexLOUIE'S ROBBERY
THE MAN HAD A OLD MAN MASK AND COVERALLS ON AND PULLED A KNIFE ON THE CLERK, TOOK THE MONEY AND HEADED EAST ON OAK STREET. THE CLERK SAID THE ROOBER IS AROUND 6 FEET TALL.
Return to Story IndexHOUSE FIRE
DISPATCHERS TELL US THE HOUSE WAS FULLY ENGULFED...FIRE CREW WERE STILL ON THE SCENE...NOBODY WAS WAS HURT.
Return to Story IndexMETH BUSTS
THE FIRST WAS ON COLLEGE AVENUE WHERE TROOPERS FOUND METH MAKING MATERIALS AND ARRESTED ANTHONY HAWKINS AND KATRINA CLAPHAM. THEN TROOPERS RESPONDED TO ANOTHER TIP ON FIRST STREET WHERE THEY FOUND MATERIALS USED TO MAKE METH AS WELL AS LARGE AMOUNTS OF HYDROCODONE AND ANABOLIC STEROIDS..... THEY ARRESTED DALE HOLSTEIN, DREW HOLSTEIN, AND SHANE THOMPSON. AND THEN...THREE MORE MEN WERE BUSTED FOR A LARGE METH LAB ON HAMPSHIRE DRIVE. JASON TYLER, RICKY LEE CLARK AND BASIL WORKMAN ARE ALL IN JAIL.
Return to Story IndexMINGO MURDER
ONE PERSON DIED FOLLOWING A TWISTED SERIES OF EVENTS. A MALE STRIP REVIEW ENTERTAINED A PACKED HOUSE AT A JUSTICE AREA NIGHTCLUB SATURDAY NIGHT. 29 YEAR OLD JASON SCOTT OF MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA WAS ONE OF THE MALE STRIPPERS. WE'RE TOLD SCOTT AND THIS MAN.......21 YEAR OLD TOMMY VANCE.....GOT IN AN ARGUMENT OVER A GIRL. DEPUTIES SAY VANCE RAN OVER SCOTT WITH HIS TRUCK . SCOTT LATER DIED AT LOGAN AREA HOSPITAL. VANCE IS IN JAIL CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER.
Return to Story IndexPORTER'S MOTHER TALKS
ABOUT 20 PEOPLE SHOWED UP OUTSIDE OF CLUB BABYLON TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO JOE PORTER. PORTER WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY HUNTINGTON POLICE LAST WEEKEND, AFTER POLICE SAY HE PULLED OUT A GUN AND POINTED IT AT AN OFFICER. HOWEVER, PORTER'S MOTHER SAYS HER SON DID NOTHING WRONG. "joe was not involved in anything that happened out here, not out here shooting. he was inside the club trying to avoid what was going on. in the paper they're saying joe was out here bang, bang with everybody else, it wasnt like that." THREE OTHER MEN WERE WOUNDED DURING THE SHOOTINGS. THEY HAVE ALL SINCE BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL, AND ONE OF THEM, REGINAL MARBURY FACES ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES FROM THE INCIDENT.
Return to Story IndexSUSTBANCE ABUSE PLAN
RIGHT NOW, WEST VIRGINIANS ARE PAYING OUT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE COSTS. TO DISCUSS THE PROBLEM, AND WAYS TO CURB IT.....A DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE SUMMIT WILL BE HELD IN THE CAPITOL CITY TODAY.
Return to Story IndexBONHAM CONSOLIDATION
EYEWITNESS REPORT GILBERT CORSEY TALKED WITH SOME PARENTS WHO ARE AGAINST THE IDEA SHARED THEIR CONCERNS. THE DEBATE OVER THE SISSONVILLE SCHOOL SHAKEUP COMES TO A HEAD THIS WEEK. NAT: charged by PARENTS LIKE DEBBIE HUGHES AND AIMEE CARPERTER WHOSE KIDS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE CLOSING OF BONHAM ELEMENTARY . NAT: YEARS OF FLOODING IS FORCING KANAWHA COUNTY SCHOOL LEADERS TO CLOSE THE CAMPUS. IN RETURN MOST OF ITS STUDENTS K-4 WOULD END UP HERE AT FLINN NEXT YEAR AND ALL AREA 5TH GRADERS WOULD MOVE UP TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL 16:41:25 first and primary concern is the maturity difference the physical difference... BITE:16:53:00 it's ten year old. Ten years old. That's not a middle schoolers. 100:00:17 we're building a separate wing at sissonville middle for fifth grade. They have their own entrance. Do you know schools all over the state have k-8 and no problems, 16:43:44 We do have concerns about 5th to middle school but that's not our only concern. We have health and safety worries about the kids here at flinn. FLINN IS ALREADY ONE OF THE BIGGEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY WITH ALMOST 550 STUDENTS. IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE SMALLEST IN TERMS OF SPACE. SO THESE PARENTS WANT THE MONEY ALLOCATED FOR NEW CLASSROOMS HERE AND AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TO INSTEAD GO INTO BUILDING A NEW ELEMENTARY . LONGTIME SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER PETE THAW SAYS THE STATE WON'T FUND SUCH A PROJECT BECAUSE SISSONVILLE IS LOSING KIDS TO declining ENROLLMENT. BITE:PETE THAW. THE PARENTS HAVE HERD OTHERWISE. HOUSE MINORITY LEADER TIM ARMSTEAND AND DELEGATE PATRICK LANE SENT A LETTER TO KANAWHA SCHOOLS DENOUNCING THE CONSOLIDATION PLAN AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO SEEK OTHER OPTIONS. 16:53:30 We hope the school board will come with an open mind and here what we have to say.16:55:25 as a parent I will do everything I can to make sure my kids have the best education possible. THE FINAL HEARING AND VOTE ON THE SISSONVILLE AREA SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION IS SCHEDULED FOR 6 PM TUESDAY AT SISSONVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Return to Story IndexPEIA MEETING
THE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT BENEFITS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE KICKED OFF LAST NIGHT IN CHARLESTON. THIS CONFERENCE IS A CHANCE FOR BENEFIT PROFESSIONALS TO COME TOGETHER TO DISCUSS ISSUES IN THIER INDUSTRY. IT COMES AS THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES INSURANCE AGENCY LOOKS AT ENDING RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR WORKERS HIRED AFTER JANUARY 2010. GOVERNOR JOE MANCHIN AND CONGRESSWOMAN SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO ARE BOTH SCHEDULED TO SPEAK AT THE CONFERENCE TODAY.
Return to Story IndexMILTON VETS
THE MILTON BAPTIST CHURCH, ALONG WITH AMERICAN POST 139 PUT ON VETERANS RECOGNITION DAY TODAY. A SLIDE SHOW WAS PRESENTED WITH ALL THE LOCAL VETERANS WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES. MAJOR GENERAL ALLEN TACKETT SAYS APPRECIATION TOWARDS VETS SHOULD BE EXPRESSED NOT JUST ON VETERANS DAY...BUT EVERYDAY. "i think paying tribute to veterans and people who serve our nation is a part of our freedom, i dont think soldiers ever get tired of hearing the praise coming and thanks from people who appreciate freedoms that they have because of their service." ALL VETERANS IN ATTENDANCE RECEIVED A FREE BIBLE, COURTESY OF THE MILTON BAPTIST CHURCH.
Return to Story IndexTEASE 5/UP CAMERA
AND METEOROLOGIST DOUG HARLOW IS WORKING ON YOUR FORECAST. HE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING RETURNS.
Return to Story IndexFULL WEATHER
Join Doug Harlow 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!
Return to Story IndexHOLIDAY PARKING
SOME BUSINESS OWNERS THINK CUSTOMERS FEEL RUSHED AND DON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME LOOKING AROUND THE DOWNTOWN STORES...WITH THE METERS CLOSED PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO TAKE THEIR TIME AND POSSIBLE SPEND MORE MONEY... THEY WILL VOTE ON THE ISSUE AT TONIGHT'S MEETING.
Return to Story IndexTEASE 6/LUNCH MENUS
BUT FIRST...HERE'S A LOOK AT TODAY'S LUNCH MENUS.
Return to Story IndexMONEYSCOPE
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO. IS SPLITTING OFF ITS HOLDINGS IN INFANT FORMULA MAKER MEAD JOHNSON NUTRITION CO. IN ORDER TO FOCUS ON ITS BIOPHARMACEUTICAL BUSINESS. FOR MORE, WE SEND IT OVER TO ABC IN NEW YORK WITH THIS MORNING'S MONEYSCOPE REPORT.
Return to Story IndexTEASE 8/FUN FACT
BUT FIRST HERE'S THIS MORNINGS FUN FACT. PEANUTS ARE ONE OF THE INGREDIENTS OF DYNAMITE
Return to Story IndexHOLLYWOOD MINUTE
HERE'S MORE IN TODAY'S HOLLYWOOD MINUTE. POLICE HAVE SEARCHED A HOME IN GERMANY CONNECTED TO A MAN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO EXTORT ONE-HUNDRED-THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM CINDY CRAWFORD AND HER HUSBAND. THE GERMAN MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED IN THE U-S WITH THREATENING TO SELL THE MEDIA A PHOTO OF THEIR DAUGHTER, GAGGED AND BOUND TO A CHAIR. HER PARENTS HAD BEEN UNAWARE OF THE PICTURE, BUT THEIR DAUGHTER TOLD THEM A NANNY TOOK IT AS PART OF A "COPS AND ROBBERS" GAME. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, THE SUSPECT STOLE THE PHOTO FROM THE NANNY AND BEGINNING IN JULY, MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO GET MONEY FROM CRAWFORD AND HER HUSBAND. SEVERAL ITEMS WERE CONFISCATED FROM THE HOME, BUT GERMAN AUTHORITIES WOULD NOT SAY WHERE THE SUSPECT IS OR WHETHER HE HAD BEEN CHARGED IN GERMANY. MOVIE-GOERS FLOCKED TO THE APOCALYPTIC THRILLER "2012" THIS WEEKEND. THE DOOMSDAY DRAMA, STARRING JOHN CUSACK, CAME IN FIRST PLACE AT THE BOX OFFICE, WITH SIXTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN TICKET SALES. "DISNEY'S A CHRISTMAS CAROL," STARRING JIM CARREY, SLIPPED TO SECOND PLACE, PULLING IN JUST OVER TWENTY-TWO MILLION DOLLARS. AND THE GEORGE CLOONEY COMEDY ABOUT PSYCHIC SOLDIERS, "THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS," HELD AT THIRD PLACE WITH SIX POINT TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN TICKET SALES. FOR HOLLYWOOD MINUTE, I'M NINETTE SOSA REPORTING FROM ATLANTA.
Return to Story IndexTEASE 9/HISTORY
IT WAS ON THIS DAY IN......1973 PRESIDENT NIXON AUTHORIZES CONSTRUCTION OF ALASKAN PIPELINE
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Return to Story IndexWELCOME
WELCOME TO EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING. AND, I'M PATRICK McMURTRY. IT'S MONDAY NOVEMBER 16TH. DOUG HARLOW JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS FORECAST.
Return to Story IndexSPECIAL METALS LEAK
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER DARRAH WILCOX IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH THE LATEST. DARRAH WHAT HAPPENED AT THE PLANT? PATRICK... IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT. WE'RE TOLD 13 WORKERS WERE EXPOSED TO DILUTED SULFURIC ACID AT THE PLANT... MOSTLY BY INHALATION. EIGHT OF THOSE 13 REFUSED TREATMENT. FIVE WENT THROUGH DECONTAMINATION PROCESS ON SCENE... AND THEN WERE TRANSPORTED TO K-D-M-C BY AMBULANCE AS A PRECAUTION. ASHLAND FIREFIGHTERS ALSO HAD A DE-CON UNIT SET UP AT THE HOSPITAL. THIS COMES ABOUT SIX WEEKS AFTER A MASSIVE EXPLOSION AT THE PLANT SENT SEVEN PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL. THE EXPLOSIONS HAPPENED IN THE REAR FURNACE OF THE MELT ROOM, AND TRIGGERED A FIRE. NO WORD YET ON WHAT CAUSED THIS LEAK... BUT OF COURSE WE'LL BRING YOU THE LATEST INFORMATION AS IT'S RELEASED. REPORTING LIVE IN THE STUDIO... DARRAH WILCOX... EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexPAK MART ROBBERY
DISPATCHERS SAY A MAN AROUND FIVE TEN WALKED DEMANDED MONEY FROM THE CLERK...AND WHEN HE TRIED TO PEPPER SPRAY THE PERSON...HE APPARENTLY GOT HIMSELF IN THE FACE...HE THEN PULLED OUT A KNIFE. HE GOT AWAY WITH SOME CASH...POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR HIM.
Return to Story IndexLOUIE'S ROBBERY
THE MAN HAD A OLD MAN MASK AND COVERALLS ON AND PULLED A KNIFE ON THE CLERK, TOOK THE MONEY AND HEADED EAST ON OAK STREET. THE CLERK SAID THE ROOBER IS AROUND 6 FEET TALL.
Return to Story IndexHOUSE FIRE
DISPATCHERS TELL US THE HOUSE WAS FULLY ENGULFED...FIRE CREW WERE STILL ON THE SCENE...NOBODY WAS WAS HURT.
Return to Story IndexMETH BUSTS
THEY BUSTED THREE METH LABS IN THAT AREA YESTERDAY ALONE. THE FIRST WAS ON COLLEGE AVENUE WHERE TROOPERS FOUND METH MAKING MATERIALS AND ARRESTED ANTHONY HAWKINS AND KATRINA CLAPHAM. THEN TROOPERS RESPONDED TO ANOTHER TIP ON FIRST STREET WHERE THEY FOUND MATERIALS USED TO MAKE METH AS WELL AS LARGE AMOUNTS OF HYDROCODONE AND ANABOLIC STEROIDS..... THEY ARRESTED DALE HOLSTEIN, DREW HOLSTEIN, AND SHANE THOMPSON. AND THEN...THREE MORE MEN WERE BUSTED FOR A LARGE METH LAB ON HAMPSHIRE DRIVE. JASON TYLER, RICKY LEE CLARK AND BASIL WORKMAN ARE ALL IN JAIL.
Return to Story IndexMINGO MURDER
ONE PERSON DIED FOLLOWING A TWISTED SERIES OF EVENTS. A MALE STRIP REVIEW ENTERTAINED A PACKED HOUSE AT A JUSTICE AREA NIGHTCLUB SATURDAY NIGHT. 29 YEAR OLD JASON SCOTT OF MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA WAS ONE OF THE MALE STRIPPERS. WE'RE TOLD SCOTT AND THIS MAN.......21 YEAR OLD TOMMY VANCE.....GOT IN AN ARGUMENT OVER A GIRL. DEPUTIES SAY VANCE RAN OVER SCOTT WITH HIS TRUCK . SCOTT LATER DIED AT LOGAN AREA HOSPITAL. VANCE IS IN JAIL CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER.
Return to Story IndexPORTER'S MOTHER TALKS
ABOUT 20 PEOPLE SHOWED UP OUTSIDE OF CLUB BABYLON TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO JOE PORTER. PORTER WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY HUNTINGTON POLICE LAST WEEKEND, AFTER POLICE SAY HE PULLED OUT A GUN AND POINTED IT AT AN OFFICER. HOWEVER, PORTER'S MOTHER SAYS HER SON DID NOTHING WRONG. "joe was not involved in anything that happened out here, not out here shooting. he was inside the club trying to avoid what was going on. in the paper they're saying joe was out here bang, bang with everybody else, it wasnt like that." THREE OTHER MEN WERE WOUNDED DURING THE SHOOTINGS. THEY HAVE ALL SINCE BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL, AND ONE OF THEM, REGINAL MARBURY FACES ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES FROM THE INCIDENT.
Return to Story IndexSUSTBANCE ABUSE PLAN
RIGHT NOW, WEST VIRGINIANS ARE PAYING OUT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE COSTS. TO DISCUSS THE PROBLEM, AND WAYS TO CURB IT.....A DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE SUMMIT WILL BE HELD IN THE CAPITOL CITY TODAY.
Return to Story IndexBONHAM UPDATE
THEY TAKE A FINAL VOTE ON THEIR BONHAM SCHOOL REORGANIZATION PLAN. ROUGHLY 75 PARENTS *AGAINST THE IDEA FORMED A GROUP CALLED THE SISSONVILLE COMMUNITY AWARENESS TEAM. UNDER THE PLAN BONHAM ELEMENTARY WOULD CLOSE DUE TO CONSTANT FLOODING PROBLEMS AND MOST OF ITS STUDENTS GRADES K THROUGH FOUR WOULD GO TO FLINN NEXT YEAR. SISSONVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL WOULD ALSO BECOME A FIVE THROUGH 8-CAMPUS. PARENTS WANT MONEY DESIGANATED TO EXPANDING FLINN AND SISSONVILLE MIDDLE TO INSTEAD BE USED TO BUILD A NEW ELEMENTARY. SOME MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE ARE NOW SUPPORTING THEIR FIGHT. HOUSE MINORITY LEADER TIM ARMSTEAD AND DELEGATE PATRICK LANE SENT A LETTER TO KANAWHA SCHOOLS DENOUNCING THE CONSOLIDATION PLAN AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO SEEK OTHER OPTIONS. THE FINAL HEARING AND VOTE ON THE SISSONVILLE SCHOOL IS SCHEDULED TUESDAY AT SIX-OCLOCK AT SISSONVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Return to Story IndexPEIA MEETING
THE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT BENEFITS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE KICKED OFF LAST NIGHT IN CHARLESTON. THIS CONFERENCE IS A CHANCE FOR BENEFIT PROFESSIONALS TO COME TOGETHER TO DISCUSS ISSUES IN THIER INDUSTRY. IT COMES AS THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES INSURANCE AGENCY LOOKS AT ENDING RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR WORKERS HIRED AFTER JANUARY 2010. GOVERNOR JOE MANCHIN AND CONGRESSWOMAN SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO ARE BOTH SCHEDULED TO SPEAK AT THE CONFERENCE TODAY.
Return to Story IndexMILTON VETS
THE MILTON BAPTIST CHURCH, ALONG WITH AMERICAN POST 139 PUT ON VETERANS RECOGNITION DAY YESTERDAY. A SLIDE SHOW WAS PRESENTED WITH ALL THE LOCAL VETERANS WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES. MAJOR GENERAL ALLEN TACKETT SAYS APPRECIATION TOWARDS VETS SHOULD BE EXPRESSED NOT JUST ON VETERANS DAY...BUT EVERYDAY. "i think paying tribute to veterans and people who serve our nation is a part of our freedom, i dont think soldiers ever get tired of hearing the praise coming and thanks from people who appreciate freedoms that they have because of their service." ALL VETERANS IN ATTENDANCE RECEIVED A FREE BIBLE, COURTESY OF THE MILTON BAPTIST CHURCH.
Return to Story IndexTEASE 10/UP CAMERA
PLUS, DOUG HARLOW IS WORKING ON YOUR FORECAST. HE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING RETURNS.
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Join Doug Harlow 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!
Return to Story IndexTEASE 11/LUNCHES
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JOSH LEWIS JOINS US NOW WITH MORE FROM OPENING DAY IN MORGANTOWN AND HUNTINGTON...
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BUT FIRST, HERE'S SOME BIRTHDAY WISHES WE WANT TO PASS ALONG THIS MORNING.
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Return to Story IndexMOTHMAN 43RD ANNIVERSARY
THE RED EYED CREATURE HAS BEEN SEEN THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AROUND THE POINT PLEASANT AREA. IT HAS EVEN BEEN BLAMED FOR THE SILVER CITY BRIDGE COLLAPSE THAT KILLED 46 PEOPLE. THE LOCAL CREATURE HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF SEVERAL BOOKS AND A MOVIE STARRING RICHARD GERE.
Return to Story IndexBOY SCOUT CAMPS
WEDNESDAY. GOVERNOR MANCHIN WILL BE THERE TO HELP TO ANNOUNCE THE PLANS FOR THE CAMP AT THE GLEN JEAN ARMED FORCES RESERVE CENTER. THE CAMP WILL ALLOW BOY SCOUTS TO ENJOY THE NEW RIVER GORGE AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA. S.D. BELCHER JUNIOR FOUNDATION HAD DONATED 50 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE CAMP.
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THE 25 YEAR OLD WAS A NATIVE OF BENWOOD. HE DIED NOVEMBER 4th OF INJURIES HE RECEIVED WHEN HIS UNIT WAS HIT IN AFGHANISTAN. A SERVICE WILL BE HELD IN MOUNDSVILLE WITH FULL MILITARY HONORS.
Return to Story IndexBYRD MILESTONE
HE WILL BE THE LONGES SERVING MEMBER OF EITHER HOUSE IN CONGRESS. GOVERNOR MANCHIN AND OTHERS WILL PAY TRIBUTE TO BYRD AT THE CAPITOL. THE CELEBRATION IS TWO DAYS BEFORE BYRD'S 92ND BIRTHDAY.
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WE'RE COMING BACK IN TWO MINUTES. HERE'S A LOOK AT LOTTERY NUMBERS FROM KENTUCKY.
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WELCOME TO EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING. AND, I'M PATRICK McMURTRY. IT'S MONDAY NOVEMBER 16TH. DOUG HARLOW JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS FORECAST.
Return to Story IndexSPECIAL METALS LEAK
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER DARRAH WILCOX IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH THE LATEST. DARRAH WHAT HAPPENED AT THE PLANT? PATRICK... IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT. WE'RE TOLD 13 WORKERS WERE EXPOSED TO DILUTED SULFURIC ACID AT THE PLANT... MOSTLY BY INHALATION. EIGHT OF THOSE 13 REFUSED TREATMENT. FIVE WENT THROUGH DECONTAMINATION PROCESS ON SCENE... AND THEN WERE TRANSPORTED TO K-D-M-C BY AMBULANCE AS A PRECAUTION. ASHLAND FIREFIGHTERS ALSO HAD A DE-CON UNIT SET UP AT THE HOSPITAL. THIS COMES ABOUT SIX WEEKS AFTER A MASSIVE EXPLOSION AT THE PLANT SENT SEVEN PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL. THE EXPLOSIONS HAPPENED IN THE REAR FURNACE OF THE MELT ROOM, AND TRIGGERED A FIRE. NO WORD YET ON WHAT CAUSED THIS LEAK... BUT OF COURSE WE'LL BRING YOU THE LATEST INFORMATION AS IT'S RELEASED. REPORTING LIVE IN THE STUDIO... DARRAH WILCOX... EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexPAK MART ROBBERY
DISPATCHERS SAY A MAN AROUND FIVE TEN WALKED DEMANDED MONEY FROM THE CLERK...AND WHEN HE TRIED TO PEPPER SPRAY THE PERSON...HE APPARENTLY GOT HIMSELF IN THE FACE...HE THEN PULLED OUT A KNIFE. HE GOT AWAY WITH SOME CASH...POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR HIM.
Return to Story IndexLOUIE'S ROBBERY
THE MAN HAD A OLD MAN MASK AND COVERALLS ON AND PULLED A KNIFE ON THE CLERK, TOOK THE MONEY AND HEADED EAST ON OAK STREET. THE CLERK SAID THE ROOBER IS AROUND 6 FEET TALL.
Return to Story IndexHOUSE FIRE
DISPATCHERS TELL US THE HOUSE WAS FULLY ENGULFED...FIRE CREW WERE STILL ON THE SCENE...NOBODY WAS WAS HURT.
Return to Story IndexMETH BUSTS
THEY BUSTED THREE METH LABS IN THAT AREA YESTERDAY ALONE. THE FIRST WAS ON COLLEGE AVENUE WHERE TROOPERS FOUND METH MAKING MATERIALS AND ARRESTED ANTHONY HAWKINS AND KATRINA CLAPHAM. THEN TROOPERS RESPONDED TO ANOTHER TIP ON FIRST STREET WHERE THEY FOUND MATERIALS USED TO MAKE METH AS WELL AS LARGE AMOUNTS OF HYDROCODONE AND ANABOLIC STEROIDS..... THEY ARRESTED DALE HOLSTEIN, DREW HOLSTEIN, AND SHANE THOMPSON. AND THEN...THREE MORE MEN WERE BUSTED FOR A LARGE METH LAB ON HAMPSHIRE DRIVE. JASON TYLER, RICKY LEE CLARK AND BASIL WORKMAN ARE ALL IN JAIL.
Return to Story IndexMINGO MURDER
ONE PERSON DIED FOLLOWING A TWISTED SERIES OF EVENTS. A MALE STRIP REVIEW ENTERTAINED A PACKED HOUSE AT A JUSTICE AREA NIGHTCLUB SATURDAY NIGHT. 29 YEAR OLD JASON SCOTT OF MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA WAS ONE OF THE MALE STRIPPERS. WE'RE TOLD SCOTT AND THIS MAN.......21 YEAR OLD TOMMY VANCE.....GOT IN AN ARGUMENT OVER A GIRL. DEPUTIES SAY VANCE RAN OVER SCOTT WITH HIS TRUCK . SCOTT LATER DIED AT LOGAN AREA HOSPITAL. VANCE IS IN JAIL CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER.
Return to Story IndexPORTER'S MOTHER TALKS
ABOUT 20 PEOPLE SHOWED UP OUTSIDE OF CLUB BABYLON TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO JOE PORTER. PORTER WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY HUNTINGTON POLICE LAST WEEKEND, AFTER POLICE SAY HE PULLED OUT A GUN AND POINTED IT AT AN OFFICER. HOWEVER, PORTER'S MOTHER SAYS HER SON DID NOTHING WRONG. "joe was not involved in anything that happened out here, not out here shooting. he was inside the club trying to avoid what was going on. in the paper they're saying joe was out here bang, bang with everybody else, it wasnt like that." THREE OTHER MEN WERE WOUNDED DURING THE SHOOTINGS. THEY HAVE ALL SINCE BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL, AND ONE OF THEM, REGINAL MARBURY FACES ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES FROM THE INCIDENT.
Return to Story IndexSUSTBANCE ABUSE PLAN
RIGHT NOW, WEST VIRGINIANS ARE PAYING OUT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE COSTS. TO DISCUSS THE PROBLEM, AND WAYS TO CURB IT.....A DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE SUMMIT WILL BE HELD IN THE CAPITOL CITY TODAY.
Return to Story IndexBONHAM UPDATE
THEY TAKE A FINAL VOTE ON THEIR BONHAM SCHOOL REORGANIZATION PLAN. ROUGHLY 75 PARENTS *AGAINST THE IDEA FORMED A GROUP CALLED THE SISSONVILLE COMMUNITY AWARENESS TEAM. UNDER THE PLAN BONHAM ELEMENTARY WOULD CLOSE DUE TO CONSTANT FLOODING PROBLEMS AND MOST OF ITS STUDENTS GRADES K THROUGH FOUR WOULD GO TO FLINN NEXT YEAR. SISSONVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL WOULD ALSO BECOME A FIVE THROUGH 8-CAMPUS. PARENTS WANT MONEY DESIGANATED TO EXPANDING FLINN AND SISSONVILLE MIDDLE TO INSTEAD BE USED TO BUILD A NEW ELEMENTARY. SOME MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE ARE NOW SUPPORTING THEIR FIGHT. HOUSE MINORITY LEADER TIM ARMSTEAD AND DELEGATE PATRICK LANE SENT A LETTER TO KANAWHA SCHOOLS DENOUNCING THE CONSOLIDATION PLAN AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO SEEK OTHER OPTIONS. THE FINAL HEARING AND VOTE ON THE SISSONVILLE SCHOOL IS SCHEDULED TUESDAY AT SIX-OCLOCK AT SISSONVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Return to Story IndexPEIA MEETING
THE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT BENEFITS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE KICKED OFF LAST NIGHT IN CHARLESTON. THIS CONFERENCE IS A CHANCE FOR BENEFIT PROFESSIONALS TO COME TOGETHER TO DISCUSS ISSUES IN THIER INDUSTRY. IT COMES AS THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES INSURANCE AGENCY LOOKS AT ENDING RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR WORKERS HIRED AFTER JANUARY 2010. GOVERNOR JOE MANCHIN AND CONGRESSWOMAN SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO ARE BOTH SCHEDULED TO SPEAK AT THE CONFERENCE TODAY.
Return to Story IndexMILTON VETS
THE MILTON BAPTIST CHURCH, ALONG WITH AMERICAN POST 139 PUT ON VETERANS RECOGNITION DAY YESTERDAY. A SLIDE SHOW WAS PRESENTED WITH ALL THE LOCAL VETERANS WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES. MAJOR GENERAL ALLEN TACKETT SAYS APPRECIATION TOWARDS VETS SHOULD BE EXPRESSED NOT JUST ON VETERANS DAY...BUT EVERYDAY. "i think paying tribute to veterans and people who serve our nation is a part of our freedom, i dont think soldiers ever get tired of hearing the praise coming and thanks from people who appreciate freedoms that they have because of their service." ALL VETERANS IN ATTENDANCE RECEIVED A FREE BIBLE, COURTESY OF THE MILTON BAPTIST CHURCH.
Return to Story IndexTEASE 16/UP CAMERA
IT'S FROM J.D. FAGAN OF GAULEY MILLS. AND METEOROLOGIST DOUG HARLOW IS WORKING ON YOUR FORECAST. HE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING RETURNS.
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Join Doug Harlow 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!
Return to Story IndexSNAP SHOTS
IT'S FROM J.D. FAGAN OF GAULEY MILLS. IT'S A PICTURE OF THE NICHOLAS COUNTY ROTC WALKING IN THE VETERANS DAY PARADE IN SUMMERSVILLE LAST WEEK. , THANKS FOR SENDING US YOUR PHOTOGRAPH. GET YOUR CAMERAS OUT IF YOU WANT TO SEND US ONE OF YOUR SNAP SHOTS.
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IT'S SNAP SHOTS IN CARE OF WCHS-TV, 1301 PIEDMONT ROAD, CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA. THE ZIP CODE IS 25301. INCLUDE A SELF ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOP IF YOU WANT YOUR PHOTOGRAPH RETURNED. IF YOU PREFER TO SEND IT VIA E-MAIL, SEND YOUR JPEGs TO IWITNESS @ WCHSTV-DOT-COM.
Return to Story IndexTEASE 17/LUNCHES
AND WE'LL HAVE ONE FINAL LOOK AT THE ROADS AS YOU HEAD INTO WORK...BUT FIRST..BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR TO TAKE THE KIDS TO SCHOOL...HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME AREA SCHOOL LUNCH MENUS.
Return to Story IndexOBAMA MON
MR OBAMA TOOK QUESTIONS FROM HUNDREDS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS DURING A TOWN HALL MEETING IN SHANGHAI. HERE'S MORE ON THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP.
Return to Story IndexSPECIAL METALS LEAK
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER DARRAH WILCOX IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH THE LATEST. DARRAH WHAT HAPPENED AT THE PLANT? PATRICK... IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT. WE'RE TOLD 13 WORKERS WERE EXPOSED TO DILUTED SULFURIC ACID AT THE PLANT... MOSTLY BY INHALATION. EIGHT OF THOSE 13 REFUSED TREATMENT. FIVE WENT THROUGH DECONTAMINATION PROCESS ON SCENE... AND THEN WERE TRANSPORTED TO K-D-M-C BY AMBULANCE AS A PRECAUTION. ASHLAND FIREFIGHTERS ALSO HAD A DE-CON UNIT SET UP AT THE HOSPITAL. THIS COMES ABOUT SIX WEEKS AFTER A MASSIVE EXPLOSION AT THE PLANT SENT SEVEN PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL. THE EXPLOSIONS HAPPENED IN THE REAR FURNACE OF THE MELT ROOM, AND TRIGGERED A FIRE. NO WORD YET ON WHAT CAUSED THIS LEAK... BUT OF COURSE WE'LL BRING YOU THE LATEST INFORMATION AS IT'S RELEASED. REPORTING LIVE IN THE STUDIO... DARRAH WILCOX... EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexPAK MART ROBBERY
DISPATCHERS SAY A MAN AROUND FIVE TEN WALKED DEMANDED MONEY FROM THE CLERK...AND WHEN HE TRIED TO PEPPER SPRAY THE PERSON...HE APPARENTLY GOT HIMSELF IN THE FACE...HE THEN PULLED OUT A KNIFE. HE GOT AWAY WITH SOME CASH...POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR HIM.
Return to Story IndexLOUIE'S ROBBERY
THE MAN HAD A OLD MAN MASK AND COVERALLS ON AND PULLED A KNIFE ON THE CLERK, TOOK THE MONEY AND HEADED EAST ON OAK STREET. THE CLERK SAID THE ROOBER IS AROUND 6 FEET TALL.
Return to Story IndexHOUSE FIRE
DISPATCHERS TELL US THE HOUSE WAS FULLY ENGULFED...FIRE CREW WERE STILL ON THE SCENE...NOBODY WAS WAS HURT.
Return to Story IndexMETH BUSTS
THEY BUSTED THREE METH LABS IN THAT AREA YESTERDAY ALONE. THE FIRST WAS ON COLLEGE AVENUE WHERE TROOPERS FOUND METH MAKING MATERIALS AND ARRESTED ANTHONY HAWKINS AND KATRINA CLAPHAM. THEN TROOPERS RESPONDED TO ANOTHER TIP ON FIRST STREET WHERE THEY FOUND MATERIALS USED TO MAKE METH AS WELL AS LARGE AMOUNTS OF HYDROCODONE AND ANABOLIC STEROIDS..... THEY ARRESTED DALE HOLSTEIN, DREW HOLSTEIN, AND SHANE THOMPSON. AND THEN...THREE MORE MEN WERE BUSTED FOR A LARGE METH LAB ON HAMPSHIRE DRIVE. JASON TYLER, RICKY LEE CLARK AND BASIL WORKMAN ARE ALL IN JAIL.
Return to Story IndexMINGO MURDER
ONE PERSON DIED FOLLOWING A TWISTED SERIES OF EVENTS. A MALE STRIP REVIEW ENTERTAINED A PACKED HOUSE AT A JUSTICE AREA NIGHTCLUB SATURDAY NIGHT. 29 YEAR OLD JASON SCOTT OF MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA WAS ONE OF THE MALE STRIPPERS. WE'RE TOLD SCOTT AND THIS MAN.......21 YEAR OLD TOMMY VANCE.....GOT IN AN ARGUMENT OVER A GIRL. DEPUTIES SAY VANCE RAN OVER SCOTT WITH HIS TRUCK . SCOTT LATER DIED AT LOGAN AREA HOSPITAL. VANCE IS IN JAIL CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER.
Return to Story IndexBONHAM UPDATE
THEY TAKE A FINAL VOTE ON THEIR BONHAM SCHOOL REORGANIZATION PLAN. ROUGHLY 75 PARENTS *AGAINST THE IDEA FORMED A GROUP CALLED THE SISSONVILLE COMMUNITY AWARENESS TEAM. UNDER THE PLAN BONHAM ELEMENTARY WOULD CLOSE DUE TO CONSTANT FLOODING PROBLEMS AND MOST OF ITS STUDENTS GRADES K THROUGH FOUR WOULD GO TO FLINN NEXT YEAR. SISSONVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL WOULD ALSO BECOME A FIVE THROUGH 8-CAMPUS. PARENTS WANT MONEY DESIGANATED TO EXPANDING FLINN AND SISSONVILLE MIDDLE TO INSTEAD BE USED TO BUILD A NEW ELEMENTARY. SOME MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE ARE NOW SUPPORTING THEIR FIGHT. HOUSE MINORITY LEADER TIM ARMSTEAD AND DELEGATE PATRICK LANE SENT A LETTER TO KANAWHA SCHOOLS DENOUNCING THE CONSOLIDATION PLAN AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO SEEK OTHER OPTIONS. THE FINAL HEARING AND VOTE ON THE SISSONVILLE SCHOOL IS SCHEDULED TUESDAY AT SIX-OCLOCK AT SISSONVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Return to Story IndexTEASE 18/BIRTHDAYS
BUT FIRST, HERE'S SOME BIRTHDAY WISHES WE WANT TO PAST ALONG THIS MORNING.
Return to Story IndexDAY FORECAST
DOUG, ???? DOUG PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS
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