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SCRIPT FOR EYEWITNESS NEWS NEWSCAST
Thursday, May 15, 2008.from Eyewitness News Online Note: Because breaking news happens fast, you may find typographic errors within news scripts. Odd punctuation, visual cues, anchor and producer notes may also appear with the scripts since these are the actual files that the news anchors present to you on Eyewitness News. OPEN 1
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BREAKS HIS SILENCE AND ENDORSES A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. THOSE STORIES AND A CHECK OF YOUR WEATHER WITH DOUG IS STRAIGHT AHEAD.
Return to Story IndexEARLY EDITION
PATRICK MCMURTRY IS OFF TODAY. WELCOME TO GOOD MORNING WEST VIRGINIA. IT'S THURSDAY, MAY 15TH. DOUG HARLOW JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS FORECAST.
Return to Story IndexWVU FACULTY SENATE
THE UNIVERSITY ASSEMBLY, WHICH HASN'T BEEN HELD SINCE 1977, VOTED 563 TO 35 TO RECOMMEND PRESIDENT MIKE GARRISON RESIGN OVER THE HEATHER BRESCH DEGREE SCANDAL. LAST MONTH, AN INDEPENDENT PANEL CONCLUDED WVU ADMINISTRATORS GAVE BRESCH AN EXECUTIVE MASTER'S OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEGREE SHE DIDN'T EARN. THE PANEL FOUND THAT ADMINISTRATORS ADDED COURSES AND GRADES TO HER INCOMPLETE TRANSCRIPT RETROACTIVELY AWARDING HER THE 1998 DEGREE SHE'D BEEN CLAIMING ON HER RESUME. BRESCH IS A LONGTIME FRIEND OF GARRISON, AND HER EMPLOYER HAS GIVEN TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THE SCHOOL. GARRISON SAYS HE HAS NO PLANS TO STEP DOWN.
Return to Story IndexCOACH CONTROVERSY
STINGER
Return to Story IndexRODRIGUEZ DEPOSITION
IN A 326 PAGE DEPOSITION ... RICH RODRIGUEZ TALKS ABOUT BROKEN PROMISES ... BUT AS JAKE GLANCE REPORTS, ONE OF THE MOST STARTLING REVELATIONS ... IS RODRIGUEZ ADMITTED TO CALLING MICHIGAN FOOTBALL RECRUITS WITH HIS W-V-U ISSUED CELL PHONE, WHILE STILL BEING PAID BY WEST VIRGINIA. IN THE 326 PAGE DEPOSITION, RICH RODRIGUEZ ADMITS TO CALLING TWO MICHIGAN FOOTBALL RECRUITS WITH A CELL PHONE PROVIDED BY WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY ... THE DAY HE ANNOUNCED HE WAS LEAVING. HE ALSO AMITS TO TELLING STAR RECRUIT TERRELL PRYOR HE WAS GOING TO MICHIGAN BEFORE HE TOLD HIS TEAM. AS FOR THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RODRIGUEZ AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS ... THE FORMER COACH SPOKE OF A POWER STRUGGLE ... INVOLVING ATHLETIC DIRECTOR ED PASTILONG AND GOVERNOR JOE MANCHIN, AND ALSO NEW UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT MIKE GARRISON AND CHIEF OF STAFF CRAIG WALKER. RODRIGUEZ SAYS HE FELT STUCK IN THE MIDDLE. THE FORMER COACH DETAILS A LATE NIGHT CONVERSATION WITH GARRISON, WHERE THEY TALKED ABOUT PROMISES THAT WERE MADE ABOUT IMPROVING THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM, AND RODRIGUEZ SAID ... UP UNTIL THAT TIME IT HAD ALWAYS BEEN POSITIVE. AND THAT NIGHT I ASKED SPECIFICALLY, AND IT WAS NO TO EVERYTHING. THAT CONVERSATION WAS DECEMBER 15TH, 2 DAYS BEFORE RODRIGUEZ WAS INTRODUCED AT MICHIGAN. EYEWITNESS NEWS LEGAL ANALYST RUSTY WEBB ... Rusty Webb/Eyewitness News Legal Analyst - "His attitude according to Rodriguez changed. Now, it's like, no no no no no. Here's the contract you signed. And those are my words, not the deposition's." RODRIGUEZ ALSO WENT ON TO SAY ... GARRISON WAS TALKING DOWN TO HIM ... SAYING RODRIGUEZ DIDN'T KNOW WHAT DEFFERED COMPENSATION IS. WEBB SAYS THE DEPOSITION GIVES CLUES AS TO HOW W-V-U LAWYERS WILL GO AFTER RODRIGUEZ. Rusty Webb/Eyewitness News Legal Analyst - "If he stuck his foot in his mouth at any time, it's when he said, I wouldn't mind getting paid 4 million dollars, but I don't want to have to pay four million dollars." ONE OF THE SNAPPIEST PARTS OF THE DEPOSITION CAME ON PAGE 273 ... WHEN RODRIGUEZ SAID HE FELT LIKE HE WAS BEING HELD HOSTAGE ... W-V-U'S LAWYERS ASKED ... "HELD HOSTAGE IN A 2 MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE?" RODRIGUEZ'S LAWYER OBJECTED. SO NOW WE KNOW HOW EACH SIDE WILL GO AFTER THE OTHER. RODRIGUEZ WILL PAINT W-V-U AS BREAKING THE PROMISES. W-V-U WILL PAINT RODRIGUEZ AS GREEDY. BUT WEBB SAYS THERE'S NO WAY TO TELL HOW IT WILL GO IN COURT, IF RODRIGUEZ WILL HAVE TO PAY THAT 4 MILLION DOLLAR BUYOUT.
Return to Story IndexHEALTH DEPART FOLO
SOME SAY DIRECTOR KERRY GATELEY IS PLANNING TO STEP DOWN TODAY IN A PRIVATE MEETING AND THAT DOCTOR STEVEN ARTZ COULD BE A POSSIBLE REPLACEMENT. THE BOARD WILL MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION LATER TODAY. THE BOARD AND THE MAYOR HAD BEEN IN A DISPUTE OVER MOVING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO A NEW LOCATION TO MAKE WAY FOR A NEW HOTEL. BUT THE DEAL FELL THROUGH.
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STINGER
Return to Story IndexEDWARDS BACKING
that one america that I have talked about is not only possible but it will be achieved under Barack Obama starting in January of 2009. IT'S A MAJOR BOOST FROM A FORMER PRESIDENTIAL RIVAL AS OBAMA TRIES TO SHRUG OFF HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, WHO IS DETERMINED TO PRESS AHEAD. THE TIMING OF THE ENDORSEMENT IS CRUCIAL FOR OBAMA, WHO IS HOPING TO CONTINUE TO PICK UP SUPERDELEGATES, EVEN IN THE WAKE OF HIS BIG DEFEAT TUESDAY NIGHT IN WEST VIRGINIA... EDWARDS DROPPED OUT OF THE RACE IN LATE JANUARY...
Return to Story IndexPOLITICS THURSDAY
Return to Story IndexMCCAIN VISIT
A MCCAIN CAMPAIGN SPOKESWOMAN SAID DETAILS OF HIS VISIT HAVE NOT BEEN CONFIRMED.... BUT, THAT HE WILL BE IN CHARLESTON, AND WILL BE LEAVING IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON TO GO TO KENTUCKY, WHERE HE IS SCHEDULED TO SPEAK TO THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. MCCAIN WAS THE ONLY REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL WHO DID NOT ATTEND THE STATE GOP CONVENTION IN FEBRUARY.
Return to Story IndexSCHOOL LEVY
AS CHRISTINE HABRLE REPORTS, THAT'S A BIG WIN FOR THE CHILDREN! . NAT:...ballot noise ONE SMART MOVE AT THE POLLS LEADS TO SMARTER TECHNOLOGY AND SHARPER KIDS IN THE FUTURE. AT LEAST THAT'S HOW KANAWHA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT LEADERS SEE IT. SOT: Supt.: Ron Duerring/Kanawha Co. Schools: "2444 It means so much to the kids and employees." 60 PERCENT OF VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY PASSED THE EXCESS LEVY SENDING A STRONG MESSAGE. SOT:0956 Bill Raglin/Kanawha Co. BOE Member: "People in Kanawha Co have always led the state in providing the best to the students." THE MOST NOTICIABLE WILL INVOLVE CONSTRUCTION ON WEST SIDE BUILDINGS AND IN OTHER SCHOOLS.. AS WELL AS ADVANCES LIKE ADDING SMART BOARDS TO EVERY CLASSROOM IN THE NEXT 2 TO 3 YEARS. MONEY FOR THOSE WOULD HAVE COME OUT OF THE EXISTING TECHNOLOGY BUDGET. NOT ANY MORE. SOT: 2521 Supt. Ron Duerring/Kanawha Co. Schools: "The money from the tech now we'll use to upgrade our computers from archaic windows 95." HERE'S THE BREAKDOWN... RIGHT NOW AN AVERAGE PERSON WITH 115-THOUSAND IN TAXABLE PROPERTY PAYS 281$. THEY'LL PAY 290$ IN THE 2009-2010 SCHOOL YEAR. IT'S EXPECTED TO GENERATE 44 point 7 MILLION DOLLARS THAT YEAR AND THEN IT'LL BEGIN DECREASING DROPPING TO ABOUT 248$. NAT: pennies falling AT A TIME WHEN PEOPLE EVERYWHERE ARE PINCHING PENNIES AND BUDGETING FOR SOARING HIGHER GAS PRICES... DISTRICT LEADERS KNOW VOTERS COULD'VE SAID NO. YET THEY DIDN'T... THEY PUT THEIR CHILDREN FIRST. SOT: 2537 "they should be proud of themselves." THE LEVY MAKES UP A QUARTER OF THE DISTRICT'S BUDGET AND HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 1937. THE CURRENT ONE WOULD HAVE EXPIRED AT THE END OF JUNE 2009.
Return to Story IndexPIZZA DONATION
HOW ABOUT ORDERING A PIZZA AND HELPING OUT A YOUNG BOY. DOMINO'S WILL HOLD A FUNDRAISER TODAY DONATING 15-PERCENT OF IT'S SALES TO JOSEPH SPROUSE TO HELP WITH HIS ENORMOUS MEDICAL EXPENSES. JOSEPH HAS A RARE NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER CALLED ARNOLD-CHIARI. (key-are-ee) THIS MALFORMATION, SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS A-C-M, IS A CONGENITAL ANOMALY OF THE BRAIN. SO HEAD OVER TO THE OAKWOOD DOMINO'S LOCATIONS TODAY AND HELP OUT A LITTLE BOY IN NEED. DONATION JARS WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE.
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 KATIE STRADER'S MOM FROM NETTIE, WV.... IT'S A PICTURE OF KATIE WINNING 3RD PLACE AT THE WV STATE SOCIAL STUDIES FAIR AT THE CHARLESTON CIVIC CENTER. KATIE IS A STUDENT AT PANTHER CREEK ELEMENTARY...NICE JOB KATIE! KATIE'S MOM , 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 GMWV@WCHSTV-DOT-COM.
Return to Story IndexROBOT CONDUCTOR
CHECK OUT THE DETROIT SYMPHONY.....THE CONDUCTOR FOR THIS SPECIAL CONCERT WAS A ROBOT. JAPANESE AUTOMAKER HONDA DESIGNED THE ROBOT, CALLED ASIMO. IT STANDS FOR ADVANCED STEP IN INNOVATIVE MOBILITY. IT LED THE MUSICIANS IN A PERFORMANCE OF THE SONG "IMPOSSIBLE DREAM."
Return to Story IndexWATTS STREET FIRE
SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS RESPONDED JUST AFTER THREE THIS MORNING TO THE WESTSIDE OF CHARLESTON. THE CARRIER TOLD CREWS THAT HE SPOTTED FLAMES COMING FROM THE BACK OF THE HOUSE IN THE 800 BLOCK OF WATTS AVENUE. SEVERAL PARKED CARS HAMPERED FIREFIGHTERS FROM GETTING TO THE HOUSE....
Return to Story IndexGW VANDALISM
METRO 9-1-1 REPORTED THAT SEVERAL SUSPECTS DAMAGED GEORGE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL OVERNIGHT. AROUND THREE THIS MORNING, SERCUITY AT THE SCHOOL REPORTED THAT THE SUSPECTS WHERE HIDING ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD SHOOTING PAINTBALLS AT THE OFFICER.
Return to Story IndexCRACK BUST
TROOPERS ARRESTED TRAVIS FULLER, PAMELA KEESEE, JAMAL BAKER, CASSIE COLLINS; AND TIFFANY JOHNSON-- ALL ARE FROM THE CHARLESTON AREA. THE ARRESTS CAME AFTER A SEARCH OF FULLER'S HOME AT 420 WEST 21ST STREET IN CHARLESTON. A LOADED AK-47 ASSAULT RIFLE AND SEVEN BAGGIES OF CRACK WERE FOUND. FULLER WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE, AS A FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM, AND WITH CONSPIRACY. BAKER WAS CHARGED WITH DRUG CONSPIRACY AND POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A FELON. KEESEE, COLLINS AND JOHNSON WERE CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY.
Return to Story IndexCHILD STRUCK
6-YEAR OLD UNIQUE VERONICA NANCE HAS MINOR HEAD INJURES, AFTER THE ACCIDENT AT THE GO-MART STORE ON GREENBRIER STREET TUESDAY. SHE WAS STRUCK WHILE ON HER WAY BACK TO THE CAR. THE DRIVER OF THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED, AND THERE'S NO MENTION OF NEGLECT CHARGES AGAINST THE MOTHER.
Return to Story IndexROANE FIRE UPDATE
THEIR INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE FIRE VICTIMS WERE TRYING TO START A FIRE IN A CAST IRON WOOD BURNING STOVE IN THE TRAILER EARLY YESTERDAY. ONE OF THE TWO MEN HAD TROUBLE GETTING IT TO LIGHT AND POURED AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF GASOLINE INTO THE STOVE. THE SURVIVOR--ERNIE PATRAKIS IS IN SERIOUS CONDITION IN THE BURN UNIT OF CABELL HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL. AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT RELEASED THE NAME OF THE VICTIM.
Return to Story IndexCHINA EARTHQUAKE
THE GOVERNMENT IS SENDING MORE HELICOPTERS INTO THE HARDEST HIT AREAS, BUT EVEN MORE HELP MAY BE NEEDED. HERE'S THE LATEST FROM ABC IN THE CHINESE CAPITAL OF BEIJING.
Return to Story IndexFLORIDA FIREFIRES
BEN CROWDER WAS ARRESTED AFTER A RESIDENT SAW HIM TOSS THE BOTTLE AND SPEED OFF. THEY WERE ABLE TO TRACK HIM DOWN IN A NEARBY WOODS. PALM BAY HAS 40 HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN GUTTED AND 160 OTHER STRUCTURES DAMAGED BY WILDFIRES.. FORESTRY OFFICIALS SAY THE WEATHER HAS IMPROVED, WHICH IS ALLOWING FIREFIGHTERS TO CATCH UP WITH THE FLAMES.
Return to Story IndexJET PACK MAN
THEY CALL HIM "FUSION MAN"... AND HE TRIED TO FLY OVER THE ALPS IN A JET PACK STRAPPED TO HIS BACK. HE IS A SWISS PILOT, AVIATION ENTHUSIAST AND INVENTOR OF THE FLYING MACHINE YOU SEE HERE. HIS FLIGHT LASTED 6 MINUTES... AND WHILE WORK WITH JET PACKS DATES BACK AS FAR AS WORLD WAR 2, HIS INVENTION IS THE FIRST TO HAVE WINGS. "FUSION MAN" WORKS AS AN AIRBUS PILOT.
Return to Story IndexJOLIE PITT TWINS
ANGELINA JOLIE HAS CONFIRMED THAT SHE AND BRAD PITT ARE INDEED EXPECTING TWINS. THE MOTHER-TO-BE CONFIRMED THE NEWS IN AN INTERVIEW. JOLIE APPEARED WITH CO-STAR JACK BLACK PROMOTING THEIR ANIMATED FILM "KUNG FU PANDA. THE TWINS WILL BE THE 5TH AND 6TH CHILDREN FOR THE JOLIE AND PITT.
Return to Story IndexGE BUYOUT
ACCORDING TO THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, G-E HAS HIRED GOLDMAN SACHS TO CONDUCT THE AUCTION WHICH IS EXPECTED TO YIELD BETWEEN 5 AND 8 BILLION DOLLARS.
Return to Story IndexFORD RECALL
THE RECALL AFFECTS ABOUT 655-THOUSAND 2005 AND 2006 F-150 AND LINCOLN MARK L-T TRUCKS. FORD SAYS THE VEHICLES HAVE A HOSE PROBLEM THAT COULD AFFECT ITS BRAKING POWER. FORD SAYS ELEVEN MINOR ACCIDENTS -- NONE RESULTING IN INJURIES -- HAVE BEEN TIED TO THE RECALL.
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PRICES ARE ALREADY HIGHER THAN WHAT THE ENERGY DEPARTMENT PREDICTED AS A PEAK FOR NEXT MONTH. SOME OIL ANALYSTS FEAR PRICES WILL GO UP EVEN MORE OVER THE SUMMER-- WELL PAST THE USUAL MEMORIAL DAY PEAK.
Return to Story IndexMONEYSCOPE
LAWMAKERS HOPE THAT WILL LOWER ENERGY PRICES. FOR MORE, WE SEND IT OVER TO ABC IN NEW YORK WITH THIS MORNING'S MONEYSCOPE REPORT.
Return to Story IndexMASTER NATURALIST
PATRICK MCMURTRY EXPLAINS IN THIS WEEK'S WEST VIRGINIA WILDLIFE REPORT. THERE'S A WONDERFUL WORLD OUT THERE IN THE WOODS OF WEST VIRGINIA, FULL OF THINGS MOST OF US NEVER EVEN NOTICE. BUT MANY OF US WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE. JIM WAGY EXPLAINS THE MASTER NATURALIST PROGRAM. 1:48Jim Wagy/Master Naturalist "The program is designed to teach people about nature and the idea is to take people who have a strong interest in nature, you expose them to quality instructors and they take what they learn and pass it on to other people." KIND OF LIKE THAT MOVIE, PASS IT FORWARD. SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING NICE FOR YOU, AND YOU DO SOMETHING NICE FOR SOMEONE ELSE. IN THIS CASE, IT'S PEOPLE WHO KNOW AND LOVE NATURE TAKING TIME TO PASS THAT KNOWLEDGE ON. 2:26Jim Nagy/Master Naturalist says: "Students take 20 classes over the course of a year. Each one is a several hour overview of a particular topic and they're taught by experts, some of them are current or retired professors, some are DNR biologists, some are just expert naturalists." ALL OF THEM ARE EXCITED ABOUT NATURE. THAT'S THE COOL THING ABOUT THIS PROGRAM. MOST OF THE CLASSES GETS OUTDOOR LOVERS WHERE THEY LOVE TO BE, OUTSIDE ENJOYING NATURE. 2:51Jim Nagy/Master Naturalist says: "About half the classes involve fieldwork and it's a terrific opportunity to be out in the field with these people who have so much experience and learn diversity from it." IF THAT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR CUP OF TEA, WHY NOT FIND OUT MORE ABOUT BECOMING A MASTER NATURALIST. FOR WEST VIRGINIA WILDLIFE, I'M PATRICK MCMURTRY, EYEWITNESS NEWS FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MASTER NATURALIST PROGRAM, GO TO WCHSTV dot COM AND CLICK ON THE WEST VIRGINIA WILDLIFE ICON, OR YOU CAN E-MAIL PATRICK DIRECTLY.
Return to Story IndexTEASE 1/UP CAMERA
AND, DOUG HARLOW WILL HAVE A LOOK AT YOUR FORECAST.....YOU'RE WATCHING GOOD MORNING WEST VIRGINIA...WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK!
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THOSE STORIES AND A CHECK OF THE FORCAST WITH DOUG...IS STRAIGHT AHEAD.
Return to Story IndexWELCOME
PATRICK MCMURTRY IS OFF TODAY. WELCOME TO GOOD MORNING WEST VIRGINIA. IT'S THURSDAY, MAY 15TH. DOUG HARLOW JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS FORECAST.
Return to Story IndexGAS PRICES
THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF GAS PRICES IS NOW MORE THAN THREE-DOLLARS AND 75 CENTS A GALLON. AS BOB AARON EXPLAINS, PRICES IN THE KANAWHA VALLEY ARE RUNNING WELL AHEAD OF THAT EVER RISING PRICE. YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE A LOT OF THESE SIGNS. BUT ALMOST 4 DOLLAR A GALLON (SIGN SHOWS 3.99.9) REGULAR GAS IS ALREADY AT THIS PUTNAM COUNTY STATION ON U-S 35. THE OPERATOR BLAMED HIGH WHOLESALE GAS COSTS. MOST OTHER AREA STATIONS WERE STILL 4 OR 5 CENTS A GALLON CHEAPER. NATIONALLY GAS PRICES NOW NOW AVERAGE MORE $3.75 A GALLON. TRIPLE A AND THE OIL PRICE INFORMATION SERVICE SAY THE NATIONAL AVERAGE PRICE OF A GALLON OF REGULAR WENT UP MORE THAN 2-AND-A-HALF CENTS OVERNIGHT. THE KANAWHA VALLEY ACTUALLY SAW A PENNY DROP IN PLACES AFTER A 17 CENT A GALLON WHACK TUESDAY. MIKE GAUNCH, CROSS LANES. GASOLINE PRICES ARE 67 CENTS A GALLON MORE THAN THEY WERE LAST YEAR. STANDUP: THEY ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THEIR SHARP INCREASE UNTIL AT LEAST MEMORIAL DAY. WEDNESDAY'S PRICE IS 2 CENTS HIGHER THAN WHAT THE ENERGY DEPARTMENT HAD PREDICTED FOR THE PEAK PRICE NEXT MONTH. BRIEN PRICE, JACKSON COUNTY. USUALLY, PRICES PEAK AT MEMORIAL DAY AND THEN DECLINE THROUGH THE SUMMER. SOME ANALYSTS NOW FEAR THE PRICES COULD GO UP EVEN MORE, BECAUSE OIL PRICES HAVE DOUBLED OVER THE PAST YEAR AND THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF THOSE INCREASES SLOWING OR DECLINING IN THE COMING MONTHS. BOB AARON, EYEWITNESS NEWS, PUTNAM COUNTY. EXPERTS SAY THAT DRIVING AT A MODERATE SPEED --LIKE 55 MILES AN HOUR INSTEAD OF 75-- WILL SAVE YOU MONEY. IT TAKES MORE FUEL TO POWER THE CAR THRU THE DRAG PRODUCED AT HIGHER SPEEDS.
Return to Story Index10 COOKING OIL
ATISH BAIDYA DISHES OUT THE DETAILS. ((sot15;30;16 i don't know how people make it. MAIN KWONG OWNER CARINA KWOK KNOWS HER CUSTOMERS ARE FACING TOUGH TIMES...SHE IS TOO. TAKE THE PRICE OF COOKING OIL FOR EXAMPLE...TODAY COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. SOT15;2801 like 14 dollars now it is 28.50 IT'S NOT JUST OIL...CARINA IS PAYING MORE FOR EVERYTHING...TAKE THE PRICE OF RICE...ITS NEARLY TRIPLED TO 48 DOLLARS FOR A HUNDRED POUND BAG. ORDERING SUPPLIES IS SOMETHING SHE DREADS. SOT15;29;40 evertime we order stuff the say the price is going up i say my god going up again IT'S A STICKER SHE'S TRYING TO PASS ALONG TO HER CUSTOMERS. SOT15;30;31 we try to get my regular customer come back...i try to keep price same. AND HER REGULARS...APPRECIATE THE BREAK. SOT15;40;40 i'm delighted her prices are stable at least for now. BUT FOR CARINA SAYS IF THINGS KEEP GOING UP...SOMEDAY HER PRICES MIGHT JUST HAVE TOO...SHE JUST HOPES IT DOESN'T DRIVE AWAY HER BUSINESS.
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Return to Story IndexWATTS STREET FIRE
SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS RESPONDED JUST AFTER THREE THIS MORNING TO THE WESTSIDE OF CHARLESTON. THE CARRIER TOLD CREWS THAT HE SPOTTED FLAMES COMING FROM THE BACK OF THE HOUSE IN THE 800 BLOCK OF WATTS AVENUE. SEVERAL PARKED CARS HAMPERED FIREFIGHTERS FROM GETTING TO THE HOUSE....
Return to Story IndexGW VANDALISM
METRO 9-1-1 REPORTED THAT SEVERAL SUSPECTS DAMAGED GEORGE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL OVERNIGHT. AROUND THREE THIS MORNING, SERCUITY AT THE SCHOOL REPORTED THAT THE SUSPECTS WHERE HIDING ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD SHOOTING PAINTBALLS AT THE OFFICER.
Return to Story IndexWVU FACULTY SENATE
THE UNIVERSITY ASSEMBLY, WHICH HASN'T BEEN HELD SINCE 1977, VOTED 563 TO 35 TO RECOMMEND PRESIDENT MIKE GARRISON RESIGN OVER THE HEATHER BRESCH DEGREE SCANDAL. LAST MONTH, AN INDEPENDENT PANEL CONCLUDED WVU ADMINISTRATORS GAVE BRESCH AN EXECUTIVE MASTER'S OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEGREE SHE DIDN'T EARN. THE PANEL FOUND THAT ADMINISTRATORS ADDED COURSES AND GRADES TO HER INCOMPLETE TRANSCRIPT RETROACTIVELY AWARDING HER THE 1998 DEGREE SHE'D BEEN CLAIMING ON HER RESUME. BRESCH IS A LONGTIME FRIEND OF GARRISON, AND HER EMPLOYER HAS GIVEN TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THE SCHOOL. GARRISON SAYS HE HAS NO PLANS TO STEP DOWN.
Return to Story IndexAM RODRIGUEZ
IN THE 326 PAGE DEPOSITION, RICH RODRIGUEZ ADMITS TO CALLING TWO MICHIGAN FOOTBALL RECRUITS WITH A CELL PHONE PROVIDED BY WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY ... THE DAY HE ANNOUNCED HE WAS LEAVING. HE ALSO AMITS TO TELLING STAR RECRUIT TERRELL PRYOR HE WAS GOING TO MICHIGAN BEFORE HE TOLD HIS TEAM. RODRIGUEZ SAYS HE WAS PROMISED IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM, BUT NEW PRESIDENT MIKE GARRISON DIDN'T FOLLOW THROUGH ON THE PROMISES. Rusty Webb/Eyewitness News Legal Analyst - "His attitude according to Rodriguez changed. Now, it's like, no no no no no. Here's the contract you signed. And those are my words, not the deposition's." WEBB SAYS NOW WE KNOW HOW EACH SIDE WILL GO AFTER THE OTHER. RODRIGUEZ WILL PAINT W-V-U AS BREAKING THE PROMISES. W-V-U WILL PAINT RODRIGUEZ AS GREEDY. BUT WEBB SAYS THERE'S NO WAY TO TELL HOW IT WILL GO IN COURT, IF RODRIGUEZ WILL HAVE TO PAY THAT 4 MILLION DOLLAR BUYOUT.
Return to Story IndexHEALTH DEPART FOLO
SOME SAY DIRECTOR KERRY GATELEY IS PLANNING TO STEP DOWN TODAY IN A PRIVATE MEETING AND THAT DOCTOR STEVEN ARTZ COULD BE A POSSIBLE REPLACEMENT. THE BOARD WILL MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION LATER TODAY. THE BOARD AND THE MAYOR HAD BEEN IN A DISPUTE OVER MOVING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO A NEW LOCATION TO MAKE WAY FOR A NEW HOTEL. BUT THE DEAL FELL THROUGH.
Return to Story IndexCICADAS BACK
THEY ARE LARGE INSECTS THAT APPEAR IN LATE SPRING TO SUMMER AND MAKE A LOT OF NOISE. THE ADULTS EMERGE FROM THE GROUND EVERY 17 YEARS TO MATE. THE FEMALES LAY THEIR EGGS ON TREE BRANCHES, WHICH CAN DAMAGE OR KILL YOUNG TREES. MANY PEOPLE PROTECTED THEIR TREES WITH CHEESE CLOTH. THE INSECTS ARE EXPECTED TO HIT THE EASTERN AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE STATE, AS WELL AS SOUTHERN OHIO AND MOST OF KENTUCKY. THEY SHOULD DIE OFF IN A FEW WEEKS AND THE EGGS LEFT BEHIND WILL BURROW INTO THE GROUND AND RE-EMERGE IN ANOTHER 17 YEARS.
Return to Story IndexCLAY CENTER LINEUP
THE GROUP IS JUST ONE OF THE PERFORMERS HEADING TO THE CLAY CENTER AS PART OF A 2008-09 SEASON. ALSO APPEARING ON THE TICKET WILL BE COUNTRY SINGER LEANN RIMES AND LATE-NIGHT COMEDIAN CHELSEA HANDLER. THE SEASON INCLUDES NINE PERFORMANCES AND TWO SPECIAL EVENTS. FOR THE COMPLETE SCHEDULE AND TICKET INFORMATION... LOG ONTO THE WEB AT THECLAYCENTER.ORG.
Return to Story IndexTEASE 2/PROM PICS
WE'LL FIND OUT.....BUT... AS WE HEAD TO BREAK...HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME OF YOUR PROM PICTURES...YOU'RE WATCHING GOOD MORNING WEST VIRGINIA...
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 IndexSMITH GARDENING
OUR GARDENING EXPERT ALLEN SMITH SHARES SOME TIPS ON MAKING CUTTINGS! FOR SOME OF ALLEN'S FAVORITE GARDENING TIPS JUST LOG ONTO TO HIS WEBSITE AT PALLENSMITH.COM."
Return to Story IndexTEASE 3/POWERBALL
WASHINGTON IS TAKING A CLOSER LOOK TODAY...WE'LL HAVE THE STORY.... BUT FIRST YOUR POWERBALL NUMBERS...GOOD LUCK!
Return to Story IndexKID ALLERGY
THAT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE FOOD ALLERGIES...AND THAT CAN SOMETIMES BE DEADLY. THE QUESTION IN CONGRESS TODAY... HOW CAN SCHOOLS PROTECT THEM?
Return to Story IndexTEASE 4/HISTORY
IT WAS ON THIS DAY IN......1888: THE SWINGING WASHING MACHINE WAS PATENTED. THE MACHINE WAS ATTACHED TO A LARGE SWING, WHICH CHILDREN COULD SWING IN AND POWER THE MACHINE.
Return to Story IndexTEASE 5/FUN FACT
BUT FIRST, HERE'S THIS MORNING'S FUN FACT! WHEN ASTRONAUTS FIRST SHAVED IN SPACE, THEIR WEIGHTLESS WHISKERS FLOATED UP TO THE CEILING. A SPECIAL RAZOR WAS DEVELOPED TO DRAW THE WHISKERS IN LIKE A VACUUM CLEANER.
Return to Story IndexTV PROP ATTACK
THEY'RE THE LATEST FRONT IN THE BATTLE OF THE POLITICAL PROPS. HERE'S JEANNE MOOS.
Return to Story IndexTEASE 6/EVENTS
BUT FIRST, HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME COMMUNITY EVENTS HAPPENING IN YOUR AREA.
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BREAKS HIS SILENCE AND ENDORSES A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. THOSE STORIES AND A CHECK OF YOUR WEATHER WITH DOUG IS STRAIGHT AHEAD.
Return to Story IndexWELCOME
PATRICK MCMURTRY IS OFF TODAY. WELCOME TO GOOD MORNING WEST VIRGINIA. IT'S THURSDAY, MAY 15TH. DOUG HARLOW JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS FORECAST.
Return to Story IndexWVU FACULTY SENATE
THE UNIVERSITY ASSEMBLY, WHICH HASN'T BEEN HELD SINCE 1977, VOTED 563 TO 35 TO RECOMMEND PRESIDENT MIKE GARRISON RESIGN OVER THE HEATHER BRESCH DEGREE SCANDAL. LAST MONTH, AN INDEPENDENT PANEL CONCLUDED WVU ADMINISTRATORS GAVE BRESCH AN EXECUTIVE MASTER'S OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEGREE SHE DIDN'T EARN. THE PANEL FOUND THAT ADMINISTRATORS ADDED COURSES AND GRADES TO HER INCOMPLETE TRANSCRIPT RETROACTIVELY AWARDING HER THE 1998 DEGREE SHE'D BEEN CLAIMING ON HER RESUME. BRESCH IS A LONGTIME FRIEND OF GARRISON, AND HER EMPLOYER HAS GIVEN TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THE SCHOOL. GARRISON SAYS HE HAS NO PLANS TO STEP DOWN.
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IN A 326 PAGE DEPOSITION ... RICH RODRIGUEZ TALKS ABOUT BROKEN PROMISES ... BUT AS JAKE GLANCE REPORTS, ONE OF THE MOST STARTLING REVELATIONS ... IS RODRIGUEZ ADMITTED TO CALLING MICHIGAN FOOTBALL RECRUITS WITH HIS W-V-U ISSUED CELL PHONE, WHILE STILL BEING PAID BY WEST VIRGINIA. IN THE 326 PAGE DEPOSITION, RICH RODRIGUEZ ADMITS TO CALLING TWO MICHIGAN FOOTBALL RECRUITS WITH A CELL PHONE PROVIDED BY WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY ... THE DAY HE ANNOUNCED HE WAS LEAVING. HE ALSO AMITS TO TELLING STAR RECRUIT TERRELL PRYOR HE WAS GOING TO MICHIGAN BEFORE HE TOLD HIS TEAM. AS FOR THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RODRIGUEZ AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS ... THE FORMER COACH SPOKE OF A POWER STRUGGLE ... INVOLVING ATHLETIC DIRECTOR ED PASTILONG AND GOVERNOR JOE MANCHIN, AND ALSO NEW UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT MIKE GARRISON AND CHIEF OF STAFF CRAIG WALKER. RODRIGUEZ SAYS HE FELT STUCK IN THE MIDDLE. THE FORMER COACH DETAILS A LATE NIGHT CONVERSATION WITH GARRISON, WHERE THEY TALKED ABOUT PROMISES THAT WERE MADE ABOUT IMPROVING THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM, AND RODRIGUEZ SAID ... UP UNTIL THAT TIME IT HAD ALWAYS BEEN POSITIVE. AND THAT NIGHT I ASKED SPECIFICALLY, AND IT WAS NO TO EVERYTHING. THAT CONVERSATION WAS DECEMBER 15TH, 2 DAYS BEFORE RODRIGUEZ WAS INTRODUCED AT MICHIGAN. EYEWITNESS NEWS LEGAL ANALYST RUSTY WEBB ... Rusty Webb/Eyewitness News Legal Analyst - "His attitude according to Rodriguez changed. Now, it's like, no no no no no. Here's the contract you signed. And those are my words, not the deposition's." RODRIGUEZ ALSO WENT ON TO SAY ... GARRISON WAS TALKING DOWN TO HIM ... SAYING RODRIGUEZ DIDN'T KNOW WHAT DEFFERED COMPENSATION IS. WEBB SAYS THE DEPOSITION GIVES CLUES AS TO HOW W-V-U LAWYERS WILL GO AFTER RODRIGUEZ. Rusty Webb/Eyewitness News Legal Analyst - "If he stuck his foot in his mouth at any time, it's when he said, I wouldn't mind getting paid 4 million dollars, but I don't want to have to pay four million dollars." ONE OF THE SNAPPIEST PARTS OF THE DEPOSITION CAME ON PAGE 273 ... WHEN RODRIGUEZ SAID HE FELT LIKE HE WAS BEING HELD HOSTAGE ... W-V-U'S LAWYERS ASKED ... "HELD HOSTAGE IN A 2 MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE?" RODRIGUEZ'S LAWYER OBJECTED. SO NOW WE KNOW HOW EACH SIDE WILL GO AFTER THE OTHER. RODRIGUEZ WILL PAINT W-V-U AS BREAKING THE PROMISES. W-V-U WILL PAINT RODRIGUEZ AS GREEDY. BUT WEBB SAYS THERE'S NO WAY TO TELL HOW IT WILL GO IN COURT, IF RODRIGUEZ WILL HAVE TO PAY THAT 4 MILLION DOLLAR BUYOUT.
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SOME SAY DIRECTOR KERRY GATELEY IS PLANNING TO STEP DOWN TODAY IN A PRIVATE MEETING AND THAT DOCTOR STEVEN ARTZ COULD BE A POSSIBLE REPLACEMENT. THE BOARD WILL MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION LATER TODAY. THE BOARD AND THE MAYOR HAD BEEN IN A DISPUTE OVER MOVING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO A NEW LOCATION TO MAKE WAY FOR A NEW HOTEL. BUT THE DEAL FELL THROUGH.
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STINGER
Return to Story IndexEDWARDS BACKING
that one america that I have talked about is not only possible but it will be achieved under Barack Obama starting in January of 2009. IT'S A MAJOR BOOST FROM A FORMER PRESIDENTIAL RIVAL AS OBAMA TRIES TO SHRUG OFF HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, WHO IS DETERMINED TO PRESS AHEAD. THE TIMING OF THE ENDORSEMENT IS CRUCIAL FOR OBAMA, WHO IS HOPING TO CONTINUE TO PICK UP SUPERDELEGATES, EVEN IN THE WAKE OF HIS BIG DEFEAT TUESDAY NIGHT IN WEST VIRGINIA... EDWARDS DROPPED OUT OF THE RACE IN LATE JANUARY...
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A MCCAIN CAMPAIGN SPOKESWOMAN SAID DETAILS OF HIS VISIT HAVE NOT BEEN CONFIRMED.... BUT, THAT HE WILL BE IN CHARLESTON, AND WILL BE LEAVING IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON TO GO TO KENTUCKY, WHERE HE IS SCHEDULED TO SPEAK TO THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. MCCAIN WAS THE ONLY REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL WHO DID NOT ATTEND THE STATE GOP CONVENTION IN FEBRUARY.
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AS CHRISTINE HABRLE REPORTS, THAT'S A BIG WIN FOR THE CHILDREN! . NAT:...ballot noise ONE SMART MOVE AT THE POLLS LEADS TO SMARTER TECHNOLOGY AND SHARPER KIDS IN THE FUTURE. AT LEAST THAT'S HOW KANAWHA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT LEADERS SEE IT. SOT: Supt.: Ron Duerring/Kanawha Co. Schools: "2444 It means so much to the kids and employees." 60 PERCENT OF VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY PASSED THE EXCESS LEVY SENDING A STRONG MESSAGE. SOT:0956 Bill Raglin/Kanawha Co. BOE Member: "People in Kanawha Co have always led the state in providing the best to the students." THE MOST NOTICIABLE WILL INVOLVE CONSTRUCTION ON WEST SIDE BUILDINGS AND IN OTHER SCHOOLS.. AS WELL AS ADVANCES LIKE ADDING SMART BOARDS TO EVERY CLASSROOM IN THE NEXT 2 TO 3 YEARS. MONEY FOR THOSE WOULD HAVE COME OUT OF THE EXISTING TECHNOLOGY BUDGET. NOT ANY MORE. SOT: 2521 Supt. Ron Duerring/Kanawha Co. Schools: "The money from the tech now we'll use to upgrade our computers from archaic windows 95." HERE'S THE BREAKDOWN... RIGHT NOW AN AVERAGE PERSON WITH 115-THOUSAND IN TAXABLE PROPERTY PAYS 281$. THEY'LL PAY 290$ IN THE 2009-2010 SCHOOL YEAR. IT'S EXPECTED TO GENERATE 44 point 7 MILLION DOLLARS THAT YEAR AND THEN IT'LL BEGIN DECREASING DROPPING TO ABOUT 248$. NAT: pennies falling AT A TIME WHEN PEOPLE EVERYWHERE ARE PINCHING PENNIES AND BUDGETING FOR SOARING HIGHER GAS PRICES... DISTRICT LEADERS KNOW VOTERS COULD'VE SAID NO. YET THEY DIDN'T... THEY PUT THEIR CHILDREN FIRST. SOT: 2537 "they should be proud of themselves." THE LEVY MAKES UP A QUARTER OF THE DISTRICT'S BUDGET AND HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 1937. THE CURRENT ONE WOULD HAVE EXPIRED AT THE END OF JUNE 2009.
Return to Story IndexPIZZA DONATION
HOW ABOUT ORDERING A PIZZA AND HELPING OUT A YOUNG BOY. DOMINO'S WILL HOLD A FUNDRAISER TODAY DONATING 15-PERCENT OF IT'S SALES TO JOSEPH SPROUSE TO HELP WITH HIS ENORMOUS MEDICAL EXPENSES. JOSEPH HAS A RARE NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER CALLED ARNOLD-CHIARI. (key-are-ee) THIS MALFORMATION, SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS A-C-M, IS A CONGENITAL ANOMALY OF THE BRAIN. SO HEAD OVER TO THE OAKWOOD DOMINO'S LOCATIONS TODAY AND HELP OUT A LITTLE BOY IN NEED. DONATION JARS WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE.
Return to Story IndexTEASE 7/PROM PICS
AS WE HEAD TO BREAK...HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME OF YOUR PROM PICTURES...YOU'RE WATCHING GOOD MORNING WEST VIRGINIA...
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Return to Story IndexMASTER NATURALIST
PATRICK MCMURTRY EXPLAINS IN THIS WEEK'S WEST VIRGINIA WILDLIFE REPORT. THERE'S A WONDERFUL WORLD OUT THERE IN THE WOODS OF WEST VIRGINIA, FULL OF THINGS MOST OF US NEVER EVEN NOTICE. BUT MANY OF US WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE. JIM WAGY EXPLAINS THE MASTER NATURALIST PROGRAM. 1:48Jim Wagy/Master Naturalist "The program is designed to teach people about nature and the idea is to take people who have a strong interest in nature, you expose them to quality instructors and they take what they learn and pass it on to other people." KIND OF LIKE THAT MOVIE, PASS IT FORWARD. SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING NICE FOR YOU, AND YOU DO SOMETHING NICE FOR SOMEONE ELSE. IN THIS CASE, IT'S PEOPLE WHO KNOW AND LOVE NATURE TAKING TIME TO PASS THAT KNOWLEDGE ON. 2:26Jim Nagy/Master Naturalist says: "Students take 20 classes over the course of a year. Each one is a several hour overview of a particular topic and they're taught by experts, some of them are current or retired professors, some are DNR biologists, some are just expert naturalists." ALL OF THEM ARE EXCITED ABOUT NATURE. THAT'S THE COOL THING ABOUT THIS PROGRAM. MOST OF THE CLASSES GETS OUTDOOR LOVERS WHERE THEY LOVE TO BE, OUTSIDE ENJOYING NATURE. 2:51Jim Nagy/Master Naturalist says: "About half the classes involve fieldwork and it's a terrific opportunity to be out in the field with these people who have so much experience and learn diversity from it." IF THAT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR CUP OF TEA, WHY NOT FIND OUT MORE ABOUT BECOMING A MASTER NATURALIST. FOR WEST VIRGINIA WILDLIFE, I'M PATRICK MCMURTRY, EYEWITNESS NEWS FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MASTER NATURALIST PROGRAM, GO TO WCHSTV dot COM AND CLICK ON THE WEST VIRGINIA WILDLIFE ICON, OR YOU CAN E-MAIL PATRICK DIRECTLY.
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BUT FIRST, HERE'S A LOOK AT AREA SCHOOL LUNCH MENUS.
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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 IndexI ST. JUDE
ELIZABETH NOREIKA INTRODUCES US TO MARGIE SUTPHIN WHOSE EXPERIENCE AS A ST. JUDE PATIENT'S MOTHER TURNED INTO A CAREER. 30:02 "SHE WAS 16" WHEN MARGIE SUTPHIN'S DAUGHTER APRIL HAD TROUBLE BREATHING, MARGIE THOUGHT IT WAS JUST AN EXCUSE TO GET OUT OF SCHOOL.... 30:14 "I TOOK HER TO ER AND THEY COME IN AND IMMEDIATLY AFTER AN XRAY, TOLD ME IT WAS EITHER CANCER OR TUBERCULOSIS" IT WAS CANCER. 36:07 "THE CANCER WAS HODGKINS, IT WAS ALL IN HER NECK AND CHEST" 32:51 "I REMEMBER GOING INTO THE ROOM AND I HAD TO TELL HER IT WAS CANCER, AND SHE STARTED CRYING. I THOUGHT HER QUESTION WAS GOING TO BE AM I GOING TO DIE, INSTEAD, IT WAS AM I GOING TO LOSE MY HAIR" MARGIE HELD BACK HER TEARS UNTIL SHE WAS ALONE. 31:55 "I WENT INTO MY ROOM AND I PICKED UP A SHIRT I JUST COVERED MY MOUTH AND LOST IT, I JUST HIT THE FLOOR" 40:35 "YOU FEEL HELPLESS AS A MOM, YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE IT BETTER AND YOU CAN'T ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S REASEARCH HOSPITAL WAS THE GLIMMER OF HOPE IN SUCH A DARK TIME. 31:05 "WE KNEW IMMEDIATLY WE WANTED TO TAKE HER SOMEWHERE THAT SPECIALIZED IN CHILDREN'S CANCER" ST. JUDE OFFERED THE TREATMENT THEY NEEDED..BUT...CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADATION HAD THEIR TOLL. 41:00 "ONE OF THE HARDEST PARTS WAS LOSING HER HAIR......I GOT UP AND FOLLOWED CLUMPS OF HER HAIR DOWN THE HALL. WE WENT TO HER ROOM AND PULLED IT OUT AND CRIED." APRIL BEAT CANCER....YET THE EMOTIONS STILL RESURFACE. 42:30 "YOU JUST RELIVE IT, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD A GOOD ENDING ITS HARD....I CAN'T HELP HER" 42:02 "ITS HARD TO WATCH THEM SUFFER AND JUST NOT KNOW WHAT THEIR LIFE IS GONNA HOLD. AFTER TREATEMENT SHE FELT SHE NEEDED TO LIVE LIKE SHE WAS GOING TO DIE...BUT SHE WAS WRONG" HERE'S HOW YOU CAN GET YOUR DREAM HOME TICKET. LOG ON TO OUR WEBSITE WCHSTV dot COM, AND CLICK ON THE DREAM HOME ICON, OR YOU CALL SAINT JUDE AT 1-800-592-1582... TICKETS WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE DURING AN "OPEN HOUSE." THAT WILL BE COMING UP SOON!
Return to Story IndexTEASE 11/UP CAMERA
AND, DOUG HARLOW WILL HAVE A LOOK AT YOUR FORECAST.....YOU'RE WATCHING GOOD MORNING WEST VIRGINIA...WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK!
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THOSE STORIES AND A CHECK OF THE FORCAST WITH DOUG...IS STRAIGHT AHEAD.
Return to Story IndexWELCOME
PATRICK MCMURTRY IS OFF TODAY. WELCOME TO GOOD MORNING WEST VIRGINIA. IT'S THURSDAY, MAY 15TH. DOUG HARLOW JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS FORECAST.
Return to Story IndexGAS PRICES
THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF GAS PRICES IS NOW MORE THAN THREE-DOLLARS AND 75 CENTS A GALLON. AS BOB AARON EXPLAINS, PRICES IN THE KANAWHA VALLEY ARE RUNNING WELL AHEAD OF THAT EVER RISING PRICE. YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE A LOT OF THESE SIGNS. BUT ALMOST 4 DOLLAR A GALLON (SIGN SHOWS 3.99.9) REGULAR GAS IS ALREADY AT THIS PUTNAM COUNTY STATION ON U-S 35. THE OPERATOR BLAMED HIGH WHOLESALE GAS COSTS. MOST OTHER AREA STATIONS WERE STILL 4 OR 5 CENTS A GALLON CHEAPER. NATIONALLY GAS PRICES NOW NOW AVERAGE MORE $3.75 A GALLON. TRIPLE A AND THE OIL PRICE INFORMATION SERVICE SAY THE NATIONAL AVERAGE PRICE OF A GALLON OF REGULAR WENT UP MORE THAN 2-AND-A-HALF CENTS OVERNIGHT. THE KANAWHA VALLEY ACTUALLY SAW A PENNY DROP IN PLACES AFTER A 17 CENT A GALLON WHACK TUESDAY. MIKE GAUNCH, CROSS LANES. GASOLINE PRICES ARE 67 CENTS A GALLON MORE THAN THEY WERE LAST YEAR. STANDUP: THEY ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THEIR SHARP INCREASE UNTIL AT LEAST MEMORIAL DAY. WEDNESDAY'S PRICE IS 2 CENTS HIGHER THAN WHAT THE ENERGY DEPARTMENT HAD PREDICTED FOR THE PEAK PRICE NEXT MONTH. BRIEN PRICE, JACKSON COUNTY. USUALLY, PRICES PEAK AT MEMORIAL DAY AND THEN DECLINE THROUGH THE SUMMER. SOME ANALYSTS NOW FEAR THE PRICES COULD GO UP EVEN MORE, BECAUSE OIL PRICES HAVE DOUBLED OVER THE PAST YEAR AND THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF THOSE INCREASES SLOWING OR DECLINING IN THE COMING MONTHS. BOB AARON, EYEWITNESS NEWS, PUTNAM COUNTY. EXPERTS SAY THAT DRIVING AT A MODERATE SPEED --LIKE 55 MILES AN HOUR INSTEAD OF 75-- WILL SAVE YOU MONEY. IT TAKES MORE FUEL TO POWER THE CAR THRU THE DRAG PRODUCED AT HIGHER SPEEDS.
Return to Story Index10 COOKING OIL
ATISH BAIDYA DISHES OUT THE DETAILS. ((sot15;30;16 i don't know how people make it. MAIN KWONG OWNER CARINA KWOK KNOWS HER CUSTOMERS ARE FACING TOUGH TIMES...SHE IS TOO. TAKE THE PRICE OF COOKING OIL FOR EXAMPLE...TODAY COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. SOT15;2801 like 14 dollars now it is 28.50 IT'S NOT JUST OIL...CARINA IS PAYING MORE FOR EVERYTHING...TAKE THE PRICE OF RICE...ITS NEARLY TRIPLED TO 48 DOLLARS FOR A HUNDRED POUND BAG. ORDERING SUPPLIES IS SOMETHING SHE DREADS. SOT15;29;40 evertime we order stuff the say the price is going up i say my god going up again IT'S A STICKER SHE'S TRYING TO PASS ALONG TO HER CUSTOMERS. SOT15;30;31 we try to get my regular customer come back...i try to keep price same. AND HER REGULARS...APPRECIATE THE BREAK. SOT15;40;40 i'm delighted her prices are stable at least for now. BUT FOR CARINA SAYS IF THINGS KEEP GOING UP...SOMEDAY HER PRICES MIGHT JUST HAVE TOO...SHE JUST HOPES IT DOESN'T DRIVE AWAY HER BUSINESS.
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Return to Story IndexWATTS STREET FIRE
SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS RESPONDED JUST AFTER THREE THIS MORNING TO THE WESTSIDE OF CHARLESTON. THE CARRIER TOLD CREWS THAT HE SPOTTED FLAMES COMING FROM THE BACK OF THE HOUSE IN THE 800 BLOCK OF WATTS AVENUE. SEVERAL PARKED CARS HAMPERED FIREFIGHTERS FROM GETTING TO THE HOUSE....
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METRO 9-1-1 REPORTED THAT SEVERAL SUSPECTS DAMAGED GEORGE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL OVERNIGHT. AROUND THREE THIS MORNING, SERCUITY AT THE SCHOOL REPORTED THAT THE SUSPECTS WHERE HIDING ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD SHOOTING PAINTBALLS AT THE OFFICER.
Return to Story IndexWVU FACULTY SENATE
THE UNIVERSITY ASSEMBLY, WHICH HASN'T BEEN HELD SINCE 1977, VOTED 563 TO 35 TO RECOMMEND PRESIDENT MIKE GARRISON RESIGN OVER THE HEATHER BRESCH DEGREE SCANDAL. LAST MONTH, AN INDEPENDENT PANEL CONCLUDED WVU ADMINISTRATORS GAVE BRESCH AN EXECUTIVE MASTER'S OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEGREE SHE DIDN'T EARN. THE PANEL FOUND THAT ADMINISTRATORS ADDED COURSES AND GRADES TO HER INCOMPLETE TRANSCRIPT RETROACTIVELY AWARDING HER THE 1998 DEGREE SHE'D BEEN CLAIMING ON HER RESUME. BRESCH IS A LONGTIME FRIEND OF GARRISON, AND HER EMPLOYER HAS GIVEN TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THE SCHOOL. GARRISON SAYS HE HAS NO PLANS TO STEP DOWN.
Return to Story IndexAM RODRIGUEZ
IN THE 326 PAGE DEPOSITION, RICH RODRIGUEZ ADMITS TO CALLING TWO MICHIGAN FOOTBALL RECRUITS WITH A CELL PHONE PROVIDED BY WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY ... THE DAY HE ANNOUNCED HE WAS LEAVING. HE ALSO AMITS TO TELLING STAR RECRUIT TERRELL PRYOR HE WAS GOING TO MICHIGAN BEFORE HE TOLD HIS TEAM. RODRIGUEZ SAYS HE WAS PROMISED IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM, BUT NEW PRESIDENT MIKE GARRISON DIDN'T FOLLOW THROUGH ON THE PROMISES. Rusty Webb/Eyewitness News Legal Analyst - "His attitude according to Rodriguez changed. Now, it's like, no no no no no. Here's the contract you signed. And those are my words, not the deposition's." WEBB SAYS NOW WE KNOW HOW EACH SIDE WILL GO AFTER THE OTHER. RODRIGUEZ WILL PAINT W-V-U AS BREAKING THE PROMISES. W-V-U WILL PAINT RODRIGUEZ AS GREEDY. BUT WEBB SAYS THERE'S NO WAY TO TELL HOW IT WILL GO IN COURT, IF RODRIGUEZ WILL HAVE TO PAY THAT 4 MILLION DOLLAR BUYOUT.
Return to Story IndexHEALTH DEPART FOLO
SOME SAY DIRECTOR KERRY GATELEY IS PLANNING TO STEP DOWN TODAY IN A PRIVATE MEETING AND THAT DOCTOR STEVEN ARTZ COULD BE A POSSIBLE REPLACEMENT. THE BOARD WILL MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION LATER TODAY. THE BOARD AND THE MAYOR HAD BEEN IN A DISPUTE OVER MOVING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO A NEW LOCATION TO MAKE WAY FOR A NEW HOTEL. BUT THE DEAL FELL THROUGH.
Return to Story IndexCICADAS BACK
THEY ARE LARGE INSECTS THAT APPEAR IN LATE SPRING TO SUMMER AND MAKE A LOT OF NOISE. THE ADULTS EMERGE FROM THE GROUND EVERY 17 YEARS TO MATE. THE FEMALES LAY THEIR EGGS ON TREE BRANCHES, WHICH CAN DAMAGE OR KILL YOUNG TREES. MANY PEOPLE PROTECTED THEIR TREES WITH CHEESE CLOTH. THE INSECTS ARE EXPECTED TO HIT THE EASTERN AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE STATE, AS WELL AS SOUTHERN OHIO AND MOST OF KENTUCKY. THEY SHOULD DIE OFF IN A FEW WEEKS AND THE EGGS LEFT BEHIND WILL BURROW INTO THE GROUND AND RE-EMERGE IN ANOTHER 17 YEARS.
Return to Story IndexCLAY CENTER LINEUP
THE GROUP IS JUST ONE OF THE PERFORMERS HEADING TO THE CLAY CENTER AS PART OF A 2008-09 SEASON. ALSO APPEARING ON THE TICKET WILL BE COUNTRY SINGER LEANN RIMES AND LATE-NIGHT COMEDIAN CHELSEA HANDLER. THE SEASON INCLUDES NINE PERFORMANCES AND TWO SPECIAL EVENTS. FOR THE COMPLETE SCHEDULE AND TICKET INFORMATION... LOG ONTO THE WEB AT THECLAYCENTER.ORG.
Return to Story IndexTEASE 12/PROM PICS
IT'S FROM KATIE STRADER'S MOM FROM NETTIE, WV.... AS WE HEAD TO BREAK...HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME OF YOUR PROM PICTURES...YOU'RE WATCHING GOOD MORNING WEST VIRGINIA...
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Return to Story IndexSNAP SHOTS
IT'S FROM KATIE STRADER'S MOM FROM NETTIE, WV.... IT'S A PICTURE OF KATIE WINNING 3RD PLACE AT THE WV STATE SOCIAL STUDIES FAIR AT THE CHARLESTON CIVIC CENTER. KATIE IS A STUDENT AT PANTHER CREEK ELEMENTARY...NICE JOB KATIE! KATIE'S MOM , 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 GMWV@WCHSTV-DOT-COM.
Return to Story IndexTEASE 13/LUNCHES
BUT FIRST, HERE'S A LOOK AT AREA SCHOOL LUNCH MENUS.
Return to Story IndexVOTE O8
STINGER
Return to Story IndexEDWARDS BACKING
that one america that I have talked about is not only possible but it will be achieved under Barack Obama starting in January of 2009. IT'S A MAJOR BOOST FROM A FORMER PRESIDENTIAL RIVAL AS OBAMA TRIES TO SHRUG OFF HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, WHO IS DETERMINED TO PRESS AHEAD. THE TIMING OF THE ENDORSEMENT IS CRUCIAL FOR OBAMA, WHO IS HOPING TO CONTINUE TO PICK UP SUPERDELEGATES, EVEN IN THE WAKE OF HIS BIG DEFEAT TUESDAY NIGHT IN WEST VIRGINIA... EDWARDS DROPPED OUT OF THE RACE IN LATE JANUARY...
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Return to Story IndexMCCAIN VISIT
A MCCAIN CAMPAIGN SPOKESWOMAN SAID DETAILS OF HIS VISIT HAVE NOT BEEN CONFIRMED.... BUT, THAT HE WILL BE IN CHARLESTON, AND WILL BE LEAVING IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON TO GO TO KENTUCKY, WHERE HE IS SCHEDULED TO SPEAK TO THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. MCCAIN WAS THE ONLY REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL WHO DID NOT ATTEND THE STATE GOP CONVENTION IN FEBRUARY.
Return to Story IndexTEASE 14/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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FOR CONTINUING LOCAL NEWS COVERAGE MAKE SURE TO TUNE INTO OUR SISTER STATION FOX 11 IN JUST TWO MINUTES. WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT THE ARMED FORCES AND MICKEY MOUSE HAVE IN COMMON.... HAVE A GREAT MORNING.
Return to Story IndexAM ST. JUDE
MARGIE SUTPHER'S DAUGHTER APRIL WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER WHEN SHE WAS 16. ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL GAVE MARGIE'S DAUGHTER A FIGHTING CHANCE AT SURVINING. NOW 13 YEARS LATER, APRIL IS CANCER FREE. TURNING HER OWN EXPERIENCE INTO SOMTHING POSITIVE, MARGIE NOW WORKS FOR ST. JUDE, HELPING FAMLIES JUST LIKE HERS THROUGH PROJECTS LIKE THE DREAM HOME. IT'S BECAUSE OF ST. JUDE SHE SAYS HER DAUGHTER IS ALIVE. "" NOW YOU CAN HELP FAMILIES LIKE HERS. HERE'S HOW YOU CAN GET YOUR HANDS ON A DREAM HOME TICKET. LOG ON TO OUR SISTER STATION'S WEBSITE WCHSTV dot COM, AND CLICK ON THE DREAM HOME ICON, OR YOU CALL SAINT JUDE AT 1-800-592-1582... TICKETS WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE DURING AN "OPEN HOUSE." WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOU CAN TAKE A TOUR.
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