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Monday, November 16, 2009.

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  • OPEN 1
      COMING UP ON EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING.....SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER SULFURIC ACID LEAKS AT THE SPECIAL METAL PLANT IN KENTUCKY.

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    OPEN 2
      THEN, A MOTHER MOURNS HER SON'S DEATH AT THE HUNTINGTON NIGHT CLUB WHERE HE WAS GUNNED DOWN.

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    OPEN 3
      AND, AND IT'S BEEN 43 YEARS THAT THE MOTHMAN HAS BEEN SIGHTED IN POINT PLEASANT...THAT ANNIVERSARY IS THIS WEEK.

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    EARLY OPEN
      GOOD MORNING, I'M PATRICK MCMURTRY.

      WELCOME TO EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING.

      IT'S MONDAY NOVEMBER 16TH.

      DOUG HARLOW JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS FORECAST.

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    BREAKING NEWS ALERT
      WE HAVE A BREAKING NEWS ALERT TO BRING YOU.

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    SPECIAL METALS LEAK
      SEVERAL SPECIAL METALS WORKERS WERE TREATED AFTER A CHEMICAL LEAK AT SPECIAL METALS NEAR BURNAUGH KENTUCKY.

      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.

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    PAK MART ROBBERY
      THINGS DIDN'T TURN OUT THE WAY A ROBBER EXPECTED THIS MORNING. HE TRIED TO RIP OFF THE PAK MART IN KANAWHA CITY BUT WOUND UP PEPPER SPRAYING HIMSELF.

      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.

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    LOUIE'S ROBBERY
      LOUIE'S GAMBLING PARLOR IN ST. ALBANS GOT ROBBED A LITTLE AFTER 2 THIS MORNING.

      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.

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    HOUSE FIRE
      A HOME BURNED DOWN IN DAVIS CREEK A LITTLE BEFORE 3 THIS MORNING.

      DISPATCHERS TELL US THE HOUSE WAS FULLY ENGULFED...FIRE CREW WERE STILL ON THE SCENE...NOBODY WAS WAS HURT.

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    METH BUSTS
      ST. ALBANS POLICE WERE BUSY THIS WEEKEND...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.

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    MINGO MURDER
      A NIGHTCLUB TURNED MURDER SCENE IN MINGO COUNTY.......

      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.

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    PORTER'S MOTHER TALKS
      YESTERDAY THE FAMILY OF THE MAN KILLED BY A HUNTINGTON POLICE OFFICER HELD A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL TO REMEMBER HIS LIFE.

      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.

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    SUSBANCE ABUSE PLAN
      GOVERNOR MANCHIN SAYS IT'S TIME TO TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT WHEN IT COMES TO TACKLING SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN THE MOUNTAIN STATE.

      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.

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    BONHAM CONSOLIDATION
      THIS WEEK KANAWHA COUNTY SCHOOL LEADERS WILL FACE A TOUGH FIGHT WHEN THEY TAKE A FINAL VOTE ON THEIR SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION PLAN.

      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.

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    PEIA MEETING
      THE FUTURE OF YOUR BENEFITS WILL BE A HOT TOPIC AT A CONFERENCE THIS WEEK.

      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.

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    MILTON VETS
      ONE CHURCH IN MILTON DEDICATED THEIR SUNDAY SERVICE TO THE VETERANS.

      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.

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    TEASE ONE/UPCAMERA
      COMING UP, WE'LL HAVE A LOOK AT THIS MORNING'S VIEWER SNAPSHOT.

      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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    FULL WEATHER
      DOUG PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS

      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!
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    SNAP SHOTS
      LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS VIEWER SNAP SHOT.

      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.

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    GMWV ADDRESSES
      HERE'S OUR MAILING ADDRESS IF YOU WANT TO SEND US YOUR PHOTOGRAPH.

      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.

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    TEASE TWO/LUNCH MENUS
      RETAIL STOCKS ARE IN FOCUS AND GENERAL MOTORS IS ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY...

      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.

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    BLOOMBERG MORNING REPORT
      WELCOME BACK TO EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING...

      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.

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    MISSING GIRL
      SEVERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE STILL SEARCHING IN SOUTH-CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA FOR A 5-YEAR-OLD 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.

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    TEASE THREE/LOTTERY
      COMING UP, JOSH LEWIS HAS A LOOK AT ALL YOUR SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS WEEKEND...

      PLUS, HERE'S A LOOK AT LOTTERY NUMBERS FROM KENTUCKY.

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    SPORTSREPORT
      THE CALENDAR SAYS NOVEMBER 16TH.... AND THAT MEANS WE HAVE BOTH COLLEGE FOOTBALL.. AND BASKETBALL TO TALK ABOUT...

      JOSH LEWIS JOINS US NOW WITH MORE FROM OPENING DAY IN MORGANTOWN AND HUNTINGTON...

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    MOTHMAN 43RD ANNIVERSARY
      THE MOTHMAN IS TURNING 43 THIS YEAR..

      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.

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    BOY SCOUT CAMPS
      PLANS FOR THE NEW 10 ACRE BOY SCOUT HIGH ADVENTURE CAMP IS SET TO BE UNVEILED ON 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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    FLAGS HALF STAFF
      GOVERNOR MANCHIN HAS ORDERED ALL U-S AND STATE FLAGS AT GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS TO BE FLOWN AT HALF-STAFF IN HONOR OF ARMY SPECIALIST JULIAN LEE GUTHRIE BERISFORD--TODAY.

      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.

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    BYRD MILESTONE
      UNITED STATES SENATOR ROBERT BYRD IS HITTING A MILESTONE ON WEDNESDAY.

      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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    TEASE 4/UP CAMERA
      WE'LL BE BACK WITH A CHECK OF YOUR MORNING HEADLINES.

      AND METEOROLOGIST DOUG HARLOW IS WORKING ON YOUR FORECAST. HE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING RETURNS .

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    OPEN 4
      COMING UP ON EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING .....ST. ALBANS POLICE CLEANED UP THE TOWN THIS WEEKEND...THEY BUST THREE METH LABS AND TAKE EIGHT PEOPLE TO JAIL.

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    OPEN 5
      THEN, THE FINAL DECISION OF THE FATE OF BONHAM ELEMENTARY IS HAPPENING THIS WEEK...FIND OUT WHAT PARENTS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE PROPOSED CONSOLIDATION.

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    OPEN 6
      AND, VETERAN'S DAY MAY BE OVER...BUT ONE CHURCH IN THE AREA DECIDED TO HONOR THEM DURING THEIR SUNDAY SERVICES...

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    WELCOME
      GOOD MORNING, I'M PATRICK MCMURTRY.

      WELCOME TO EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING.

      IT'S MONDAY NOVEMBER 16TH.

      DOUG HARLOW JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS FORECAST.

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    SPECIAL METALS LEAK
      SEVERAL SPECIAL METALS WORKERS WERE TREATED AFTER A CHEMICAL LEAK AT SPECIAL METALS NEAR BURNAUGH KENTUCKY.

      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.

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    PAK MART ROBBERY
      THINGS DIDN'T TURN OUT THE WAY A ROBBER EXPECTED THIS MORNING. HE TRIED TO RIP OFF THE PAK MART IN KANAWHA CITY BUT WOUND UP PEPPER SPRAYING HIMSELF.

      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.

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    LOUIE'S ROBBERY
      LOUIE'S GAMBLING PARLOR IN ST. ALBANS GOT ROBBED A LITTLE AFTER 2 THIS MORNING.

      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.

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    HOUSE FIRE
      A HOME BURNED DOWN IN DAVIS CREEK A LITTLE BEFORE 3 THIS MORNING.

      DISPATCHERS TELL US THE HOUSE WAS FULLY ENGULFED...FIRE CREW WERE STILL ON THE SCENE...NOBODY WAS WAS HURT.

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    METH BUSTS
      ST. ALBANS POLICE WERE BUSY THIS WEEKEND...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.

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    MINGO MURDER
      A NIGHTCLUB TURNED MURDER SCENE IN MINGO COUNTY.......

      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.

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    PORTER'S MOTHER TALKS
      YESTERDAY THE FAMILY OF THE MAN KILLED BY A HUNTINGTON POLICE OFFICER HELD A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL TO REMEMBER HIS LIFE.

      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.

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    SUSTBANCE ABUSE PLAN
      GOVERNOR MANCHIN SAYS IT'S TIME TO TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT WHEN IT COMES TO TACKLING SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN THE MOUNTAIN STATE.

      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.

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    BONHAM CONSOLIDATION
      THIS WEEK KANAWHA COUNTY SCHOOL LEADERS WILL FACE A TOUGH FIGHT WHEN THEY TAKE A FINAL VOTE ON THEIR SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION PLAN.

      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.

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    PEIA MEETING
      THE FUTURE OF YOUR BENEFITS WILL BE A HOT TOPIC AT A CONFERENCE THIS WEEK.

      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.

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    MILTON VETS
      ONE CHURCH IN MILTON DEDICATED THEIR SUNDAY SERVICE TO THE VETERANS.

      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.

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    TEASE 5/UP CAMERA
      COMING UP....IT WAS A BIG WEEKEND AT THE BOX OFFICE...WE'LL TELL YOU WHICH MOVIES TOPPED THE CHART.

      AND METEOROLOGIST DOUG HARLOW IS WORKING ON YOUR FORECAST. HE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING RETURNS.

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    FULL WEATHER
      DOUG PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS

      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!
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    HOLIDAY PARKING
      IN HOPES OF GETTING MORE PEOPLE SHOPPING IN THE CITY BETWEEN THE HOLIDAYS...THE CITY OF CHARLESTON IS THINKING OF DROPPING THE METER FEES.

      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.

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    TEASE 6/LUNCH MENUS
      COMING UP, WE'LL TAKE AT LOOK AT THIS MORNING'S BUSINESS NEWS.

      BUT FIRST...HERE'S A LOOK AT TODAY'S LUNCH MENUS.

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    MONEYSCOPE
      WELCOME BACK TO EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING.

      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.

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    TEASE 8/FUN FACT
      WE'RE COMING BACK IN TWO MINUTES.

      BUT FIRST HERE'S THIS MORNINGS FUN FACT.

      PEANUTS ARE ONE OF THE INGREDIENTS OF DYNAMITE

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    HOLLYWOOD MINUTE
      FIRST JOHN TRAVOLTA, THEN DAVID LETTERMAN, AND NOW CINDY CRAWFORD AND HER HUSBAND HAVE BECOME THE LATEST CELEBRITY VICTIMS OF AN EXTORTION ATTEMPT.

      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.

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    TEASE 9/HISTORY
      WE'LL BE BACK WITH A CHECK OF YOUR MORNING HEADLINES.

      IT WAS ON THIS DAY IN......1973

      PRESIDENT NIXON AUTHORIZES CONSTRUCTION OF ALASKAN PIPELINE

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    OPEN 1
      COMING UP ON EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING.....SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER SULFURIC ACID LEAKS AT THE SPECIAL METAL PLANT IN KENTUCKY.

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    OPEN 2
      THEN, A MOTHER MOURNS HER SON'S DEATH AT THE HUNTINGTON NIGHT CLUB WHERE HE WAS GUNNED DOWN.

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    OPEN 3
      AND, AND IT'S BEEN 43 YEARS THAT THE MOTHMAN HAS BEEN SIGHTED IN POINT PLEASANT...THAT ANNIVERSARY IS THIS WEEK.

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    WELCOME
      GOOD MORNING, I'M JENIFER McANDREWS.

      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.

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    SPECIAL METALS LEAK
      SEVERAL SPECIAL METALS WORKERS WERE TREATED AFTER A CHEMICAL LEAK AT SPECIAL METALS NEAR BURNAUGH KENTUCKY.

      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.

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    PAK MART ROBBERY
      THINGS DIDN'T TURN OUT THE WAY A ROBBER EXPECTED THIS MORNING. HE TRIED TO RIP OFF THE PAK MART IN KANAWHA CITY BUT WOUND UP PEPPER SPRAYING HIMSELF.

      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.

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    LOUIE'S ROBBERY
      LOUIE'S GAMBLING PARLOR IN ST. ALBANS GOT ROBBED A LITTLE AFTER 2 THIS MORNING.

      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.

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    HOUSE FIRE
      A HOME BURNED DOWN IN DAVIS CREEK A LITTLE BEFORE 3 THIS MORNING.

      DISPATCHERS TELL US THE HOUSE WAS FULLY ENGULFED...FIRE CREW WERE STILL ON THE SCENE...NOBODY WAS WAS HURT.

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    METH BUSTS
      ST. ALBANS POLICE WERE BUSY THIS WEEKEND...

      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.

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    MINGO MURDER
      A NIGHTCLUB TURNED MURDER SCENE IN MINGO COUNTY.......

      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.

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    PORTER'S MOTHER TALKS
      YESTERDAY THE FAMILY OF THE MAN KILLED BY A HUNTINGTON POLICE OFFICER HELD A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL TO REMEMBER HIS LIFE.

      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.

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    SUSTBANCE ABUSE PLAN
      GOVERNOR MANCHIN SAYS IT'S TIME TO TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT WHEN IT COMES TO TACKLING SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN THE MOUNTAIN STATE.

      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.

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    BONHAM UPDATE
      THIS WEEK KANAWHA COUNTY SCHOOL LEADERS WILL FACE A TOUGH FIGHT

      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.

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    PEIA MEETING
      THE FUTURE OF YOUR BENEFITS WILL BE A HOT TOPIC AT A CONFERENCE THIS WEEK.

      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.

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    MILTON VETS
      ONE CHURCH IN MILTON DEDICATED THEIR SUNDAY SERVICE TO THE VETERANS.

      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.

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    TEASE 10/UP CAMERA
      STILL TO COME...WEST VIRGINIA'S OLDEST SENATOR IS HITTING ANOTHER MILESTONE...WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT RECORD SENATOR ROBERT BYRD IS BREAKING THIS WEEK...

      PLUS, DOUG HARLOW IS WORKING ON YOUR FORECAST. HE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING RETURNS.

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    FULL WEATHER
      DOUG PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS

      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!
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    TEASE 11/LUNCHES
      HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME AREA LUNCH MENUS.

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    SPORTSREPORT
      THE CALENDAR SAYS NOVEMBER 16TH.... AND THAT MEANS WE HAVE BOTH COLLEGE FOOTBALL.. AND BASKETBALL TO TALK ABOUT...

      JOSH LEWIS JOINS US NOW WITH MORE FROM OPENING DAY IN MORGANTOWN AND HUNTINGTON...

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    TEASE 13/BIRTHDAYS
      DOUG HAS A CHECK OF WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT THIS MORNING.

      BUT FIRST, HERE'S SOME BIRTHDAY WISHES WE WANT TO PASS ALONG THIS MORNING.

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    TEASE 14/EVENTS
      BUT FIRST, HERE'S A FEW COMMUNITY EVENTS HAPPENING IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

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    MOTHMAN 43RD ANNIVERSARY
      THE MOTHMAN IS TURNING 43 THIS YEAR..

      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.

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    BOY SCOUT CAMPS
      PLANS FOR THE NEW 10 ACRE BOY SCOUT HIGH ADVENTURE CAMP IS SET TO BE UNVEILED ON

      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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    FLAGS HALF STAFF
      MEANWHILE, GOVERNOR MANCHIN HAS ORDERED ALL U-S AND STATE FLAGS AT GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS TO BE FLOWN AT HALF-STAFF IN HONOR OF ARMY SPECIALIST JULIAN LEE GUTHRIE BERISFORD--TODAY.

      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.

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    BYRD MILESTONE
      UNITED STATES SENATOR ROBERT BYRD IS HITTING A MILESTONE ON WEDNESDAY.

      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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    TEASE 15/LOTTERY
      WE'LL BE BACK WITH A CHECK OF YOUR MORNING HEADLINES.

      WE'RE COMING BACK IN TWO MINUTES.

      HERE'S A LOOK AT LOTTERY NUMBERS FROM KENTUCKY.

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    OPEN 4
      COMING UP ON EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING .....ST. ALBANS POLICE CLEANED UP THE TOWN THIS WEEKEND...THEY BUST THREE METH LABS AND TAKE EIGHT PEOPLE TO JAIL.

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    OPEN 5
      THEN, THE FINAL DECISION OF THE FATE OF BONHAM ELEMENTARY IS HAPPENING THIS WEEK...FIND OUT WHAT PARENTS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE PROPOSED CONSOLIDATION.

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    OPEN 6
      AND, VETERAN'S DAY MAY BE OVER...BUT ONE CHURCH IN THE AREA DECIDED TO HONOR THEM DURING THEIR SUNDAY SERVICES...

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    WELCOME
      GOOD MORNING, I'M JENIFER McANDREWS.

      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.

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    SPECIAL METALS LEAK
      SEVERAL SPECIAL METALS WORKERS WERE TREATED AFTER A CHEMICAL LEAK AT SPECIAL METALS NEAR BURNAUGH KENTUCKY.

      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.

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    PAK MART ROBBERY
      THINGS DIDN'T TURN OUT THE WAY A ROBBER EXPECTED THIS MORNING. HE TRIED TO RIP OFF THE PAK MART IN KANAWHA CITY BUT WOUND UP PEPPER SPRAYING HIMSELF.

      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.

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    LOUIE'S ROBBERY
      LOUIE'S GAMBLING PARLOR IN ST. ALBANS GOT ROBBED A LITTLE AFTER 2 THIS MORNING.

      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.

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    HOUSE FIRE
      A HOME BURNED DOWN IN DAVIS CREEK A LITTLE BEFORE 3 THIS MORNING.

      DISPATCHERS TELL US THE HOUSE WAS FULLY ENGULFED...FIRE CREW WERE STILL ON THE SCENE...NOBODY WAS WAS HURT.

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    METH BUSTS
      ST. ALBANS POLICE WERE BUSY THIS WEEKEND...

      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.

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    MINGO MURDER
      A NIGHTCLUB TURNED MURDER SCENE IN MINGO COUNTY.......

      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.

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    PORTER'S MOTHER TALKS
      YESTERDAY THE FAMILY OF THE MAN KILLED BY A HUNTINGTON POLICE OFFICER HELD A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL TO REMEMBER HIS LIFE.

      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.

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    SUSTBANCE ABUSE PLAN
      GOVERNOR MANCHIN SAYS IT'S TIME TO TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT WHEN IT COMES TO TACKLING SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN THE MOUNTAIN STATE.

      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.

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    BONHAM UPDATE
      THIS WEEK KANAWHA COUNTY SCHOOL LEADERS WILL FACE A TOUGH FIGHT

      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.

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    PEIA MEETING
      THE FUTURE OF YOUR BENEFITS WILL BE A HOT TOPIC AT A CONFERENCE THIS WEEK.

      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.

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    MILTON VETS
      ONE CHURCH IN MILTON DEDICATED THEIR SUNDAY SERVICE TO THE VETERANS.

      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.

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    TEASE 16/UP CAMERA
      COMING UP, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS MORNING'S VIEWER SNAP SHOT.

      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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    FULL WEATHER
      DOUG PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS

      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!
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    SNAP SHOTS
      LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS VIEWER SNAP SHOT.

      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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    ADDRESS
      HERE'S OUR MAILING ADDRESS IF YOU WANT TO SEND US YOUR PHOTOGRAPH.

      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.

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    TEASE 17/LUNCHES
      WE'LL HAVE A LOOK AT WHAT'S MAKING NATIONAL NEWS HEADLINES.

      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.

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    OBAMA MON
      PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS STARTED HIS FIRST EVER VISIT TO CHINA WITH A BIT OF AMERICAN POLITICAL THEATRE.

      MR OBAMA TOOK QUESTIONS FROM HUNDREDS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS DURING A TOWN HALL MEETING IN SHANGHAI. HERE'S MORE ON THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP.

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    SPECIAL METALS LEAK
      SEVERAL SPECIAL METALS WORKERS WERE TREATED AFTER A CHEMICAL LEAK AT SPECIAL METALS NEAR BURNAUGH KENTUCKY.

      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.

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    PAK MART ROBBERY
      THINGS DIDN'T TURN OUT THE WAY A ROBBER EXPECTED THIS MORNING. HE TRIED TO RIP OFF THE PAK MART IN KANAWHA CITY BUT WOUND UP PEPPER SPRAYING HIMSELF.

      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.

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    LOUIE'S ROBBERY
      LOUIE'S GAMBLING PARLOR IN ST. ALBANS GOT ROBBED A LITTLE AFTER 2 THIS MORNING.

      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.

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    HOUSE FIRE
      A HOME BURNED DOWN IN DAVIS CREEK A LITTLE BEFORE 3 THIS MORNING.

      DISPATCHERS TELL US THE HOUSE WAS FULLY ENGULFED...FIRE CREW WERE STILL ON THE SCENE...NOBODY WAS WAS HURT.

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    METH BUSTS
      ST. ALBANS POLICE WERE BUSY THIS WEEKEND...

      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.

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    MINGO MURDER
      A NIGHTCLUB TURNED MURDER SCENE IN MINGO COUNTY.......

      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.

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    BONHAM UPDATE
      THIS WEEK KANAWHA COUNTY SCHOOL LEADERS WILL FACE A TOUGH FIGHT

      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.

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    TEASE 18/BIRTHDAYS
      BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR THIS MORNING..WE'LL HAVE A CHECK OF THE MORNING COMMUTE.

      BUT FIRST, HERE'S SOME BIRTHDAY WISHES WE WANT TO PAST ALONG THIS MORNING.

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    DAY FORECAST
      LET'S HAVE A LAST MINUTE CHECK OF THE WEATHER.

      DOUG, ????

      DOUG PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS

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