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SCRIPT FOR EYEWITNESS NEWS NEWSCAST
Thursday, March 11, 2010.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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WELCOME TO EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING. IT'S THURSDAY MARCH 11TH. DOUG HARLOW JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS FORECAST.
Return to Story IndexCHAS POLICE CHASE
THIS TIME THREE POLICE CRUISERS TOOK OFF AFTER A GUY LAST NIGHT.. JOHN BROWN RAN A SOBRIETY CHECKPOINT ON KANAWHA BOULEVARD EAST AND FINALLY PULLED OVER ON CLENDENIN STREET. HE FACES SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING FLEEING OFFICERS IN A VEHICLE...
Return to Story IndexPOLICE CHASE
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER MEREDITH WOOD UPDATES THE STORY. NATS:911 CALL.... MANSFORD:I WAS IN THERE SLEEPING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD A BUNCH OF NOISE. AFTER THE EARLY MORNING CHAOS DIED DOWN -- MANSFORD AND WANDA HAMMONDS WERE ABLE TO GET A GOOD LOOK AT THE DAMAGE TO THEIR PROPERTY CAUSED BY A HIGH SPEED POLICE CHASE. THEIR TWO VEHICLES ARE BEYOND REPAIR, THE PORCH OF ONE THEIR HOMES IS CAVING IN AND THEIR GAS MAIN IS BROKEN. WANDA:WE ARE TRYING TO GET A HOLD OF THE INSURANCE COMPANIES TRY TO GET IT CLEANED UP. JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT -- A STATE POLICE TROOPER TRIED TO PULL OVER THE DRIVER OF THIS BLACK SUV FOR A CAR TAG VIOLATION. BUT INSTEAD OF PULLING OVER -- THE TROOPER SAYS THE SUSPECT TOOK OFF AND LED HIM ON HIGH SPEED CHASE THROUGH CHARLESTON'S WEST SIDE AND UP FALCON DRIVE -- AT SPEEDS OF MORE THAN 80 MILES PER HOUR. THE CHASE ENDED WHEN THE DRIVER FIRST CRASHED INTO THE HAMMONDS TRUCK, THEN CAR... BEFORE SPINNING AROUND AND STOPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. 21 YEAR OLD ERIC FIELDS WAS ARRESTED AT THE SCENE. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS -- FIELDS ADMITTED TO DRINKING BEFORE THE CHASE. WANDA:THEY SHOULD NOT BE CHASING LIKE THAT. IT STARTED ON THE WEST SIDE, THEY SHOULD HAVE LET UP BEFORE IT GOT OUT HERE. FORTUNATELY THE HAMMONDS WEREN'T INJURED BUT THE COUPLE NOW FACES THE BURDEN OF EXPENSIVE REPAIRS. WANDA:MAKES YOU FEEL BAD WHEN YOU HAVE WORKED ALL YOUR LIFE TO GET WHAT YOU GOT AND IT GETS RIPPED OUT. FIELDS FACES A LONG LIST OF CHARGES STEMMING FROM THE CHASE -- INCLUDING FLEEING, DUI AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.
Return to Story IndexTROOPER RESPONSE
TROOPER MALCOLM NAPIER SAYS HE TRIED TO PULL FIELDS OVER ON I-77 AROUND THE BIGLEY AVENUE EXIT FOR DRIVING ERRATICALLY. NAPIER PURSUED FIELDS THROUGH THE WEST SIDE OF CHARLESTON AND ONLY SAW A COUPLE PASSING CARS AND NO PEDESTRIANS. THE TROOPER SAYS HE COULDN'T EVEN SEE FIELDS WHEN HE CRASHED. "He made the decision to flee and he kept on going we just responded to that. he's in charge of it. He goes as fast as he's gonna go and all we can do is respond to that. basically, he's the one in charge of it." NAPIER SAYS HE DID TALK TO CHARLESTON POLICE AND THE KANAWHA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET SPIKE STRIPS SO FIELDS WOULDN'T WRECK, BUT THE CHASE ONLY LASTED A FEW MINUTES.
Return to Story IndexJAMES ALFRED KING
A MAN WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH RAMMING A POLICE CRUISER. A DUNBAR OFFICER TRIED TO PULL OVER JAMES KING MONDAY NIGHT FOR NO REGISTRATION. KING TOOK THROUGH DUNBAR INTO NORTH CHARLESTON. WHEN THE OFFICER GOT OUT OF HIS CRUISER KING RAMMED IT AND TOOK OFF AGAIN. THE CHASE WAS CALLED OFF BUT POLICE WERE TIPPED OFF TO WHERE KING WAS TODAY. KING'S IN JAIL ON SEVERAL CHARGES.
Return to Story IndexLOGAN ROUTE 10
A BOX TRUCK HIT A CAR PUNCTURING THE TANK ON THE VEHICLE NEAR MANN AROUND 10:30. ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.. WE WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN THE ROAD REOPENS.
Return to Story IndexWV GM DEALERS
MOSES AUTOMALL OF HUNTINGTON AND BOB TRICKETT PONTIAC BUICK GMC IN CLARKSBURG GOT THE CALL SAYING THEY COULD GET THIER CADILLAC FRANCHISES BACK..WHIILE SHEETS GMC IN POCAHONTAS COUNTY HEARD THEY COULD HAVE THE OPTION OF ORDERING NEW GM CARS AND TRUCKS, ACCORDING TO THE WEST VIRGINIA AUTO AND TRUCK DEALERS ASSOCIATION. LAST SUMMER, HALF OF WEST VIRGINIA'S GENERAL MOTORS DEALERSHIPS LOST THEIR FRANCHISES.
Return to Story IndexMILITARY GROCERY
THE SALE WILL HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS ON SALE AT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY. CURRENT AND RETIRED MILITARY MEMBERS FROM ANY BRANCH WITH A VALID MILITARY ID ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE ITEMS. FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE A VALID DEPENDENT MILITARY ID CAN SHOP WITHOUT THEIR MILITARY COUNTERPART. THE SALE WILL BE SATURDAY FROM 10AM TO 5PM AND SUNDAY 10AM TO 4PM.
Return to Story IndexJAMIE OLIVER
THE SHOW FOCUSES ON OLIVER'S EFFORTS TO GET FOLKS IN HUNTINGTON TO EAT HEALTHIER. HE CAME TO THE CITY AFTER SEEING AN ARTICLE THAT NAMED HUNTINGTON THE FATTEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY. THE SHOW WILL PREMIERE AT 10 PM AFTER "DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES."
Return to Story IndexTEASE ONE/UPCAMERA
IT'S FROM VERNON BOVAIRD OF KENNA. AND METEOROLOGIST DOUG HARLOW IS WORKING ON YOUR FORECAST. HE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING RETURNS.
Return to Story IndexEYEWITNESS WEB
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!
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IT'S FROM VERNON BOVAIRD OUT OF KENNA. IT'S A PICTURE OF THE SNOW FORT HIS SON BUILT FOR VERNON'S GRANDSON'S TO PLAY IN...UNFORTUNATELY..THEY DECIDED TO STAY INSIDE TO PLAY VIDEO GAMES INSTEAD... VERNON, THANKS FOR SENDING US YOUR PHOTOGRAPH. GET YOUR CAMERAS OUT IF YOU WANT TO SEND US ONE OF YOUR SNAP SHOTS.
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IT'S SNAP SHOTS IN CARE OF WCHS-TV, 1301 PIEDMONT ROAD, CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA. THE ZIP CODE IS 25301. INCLUDE A SELF ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOP IF YOU WANT YOUR PHOTOGRAPH RETURNED. IF YOU PREFER TO SEND IT VIA E-MAIL, SEND YOUR JPEGs TO IWITNESS@WCHSTV-DOT-COM.
Return to Story IndexTEASE TWO/LUNCH MENUS
PLUS, MARK MARTIN IS COMING UP WITH YOUR SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS.
Return to Story IndexBLACK BEAR DEN
WE EXPLAIN IN THIS WEEK'S WEST VIRGINIA WILDLIFE REPORT. We went to Boone County one snowy day looking for a black bear and her cubs wondering how they were riding out this long, cold winter. After tracking her to this tiny hole in the ground, biologists figured they were all doing fine. 35:20Eric Richmond/DNR Biologist says:(tighten this up a bit please) "As you can see by the hole, we had to excavate this ourselves to get in there. The hole was a little bit smaller than what you can see now. That much colder air was not able to enter the den being a tight fit in the rocks and the dirt around that-she was quite insulated from the cold weather." 32:33Patrick McMurtry/Eyewitness News says: (use the nats of cub inside to start the bite) "These cubs are still inside here. There's a lot of snow around here and it's been that way for the last several months and it doesn't look like it's going away any time soon. This is what they need to survive." Black bears find shelter for the winter in many different places, but they all have one common denominator: rain and snow can't get in. 25:33Gary Sharp DNR biologist says: Generally, the most common bear den is an excavation under a root ball, but whenever they get in a rock crevice like this, they can be a pretty tight fit. Typically when a bear picks its den, it's a place where if we get a lot of water, it will stay dry." 36:29 "Bears are just like us, they become wiser with age." That's why you'll see bears making their first dens in places you'd never expect-places which could use a little home improvements. 37:14Eric Richmond/DNR Biologist says: "We've found bears in brush piles, which offer very little cover from the elements, root balls, uprooted trees where they've excavated back in the earth. Rock holes like you see here which is what we all think of as a typical bear den, and, surprisingly enough, we've found bears in hollowed trees." And we've been there with the bears and the biologists every step of the way. For West Virginia Wildlife, I'm Patrick McMurtry, Eyewitness News. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT BLACK BEARS, GO TO WCHSTV dot COM, OR YOU CAN E-MAIL ME DIRECTLY.
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PLUS, HERE'S A LOOK AT LOTTERY NUMBERS FROM THE REGION.
Return to Story IndexSPORTSREPORT
MARK MARTIN JOINS US NOW WITH TODAY'S MORNING SPORTS REPORT
Return to Story Index6 COPTER RESCUERS
TWO PARAMEDICS WHO WERE LOWERED TO TREAT SERIOUSLY INJURED CREW AND PASSENGERS GOT HUGS FROM THE AIR CREW AND PLAQUES AND LETTERS OF APPRECIATION FROM NAVY BRASS AT A SPECIAL CEREMONY AT THE ELKINS-RANDOLPH COUNTY AIRPORT. RESCUERS IN POCAHONTAS COUNTY BRAVED THE EXTREME COLD AND RUGGED TERRAIN LAST MONTH TO RESCUE AND TRANSPORT THE CREW AND PASSENGERS TO MEDICAL FACILITIES. INJURED AIR CREWMEN CAME BACK TO THANK WEST VIRGINIA. "They're heroes. All of them were heroes, everybody who was apart of it. You know our job is search and rescue, For them to come and save use--that's pretty awesome. " THE HELICOPTER WAS EN ROUTE FROM FORT PICKETT, VIRGINIA, TO CAMP DAWSON AS PART OF A TRAINING EXERCISE INVOLVING THE NAVY AND NATIONAL GUARD. THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
Return to Story IndexTEASE 4/UP CAMERA
AND METEOROLOGIST DOUG HARLOW IS WORKING ON YOUR FORECAST. HE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING RETURNS .
Return to Story IndexEYEWITNESS WEB
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Return to Story IndexWELCOME
WELCOME TO EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING. IT'S THURSDAY MARCH 11TH. DOUG HARLOW JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS FORECAST.
Return to Story IndexCHAS POLICE CHASE
THIS TIME THREE POLICE CRUISERS TOOK OFF AFTER A GUY LAST NIGHT.. JOHN BROWN RAN A SOBRIETY CHECKPOINT ON KANAWHA BOULEVARD EAST AND FINALLY PULLED OVER ON CLENDENIN STREET. HE FACES SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING FLEEING OFFICERS IN A VEHICLE...
Return to Story IndexPOLICE CHASE
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER MEREDITH WOOD UPDATES THE STORY. NATS:911 CALL.... MANSFORD:I WAS IN THERE SLEEPING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD A BUNCH OF NOISE. AFTER THE EARLY MORNING CHAOS DIED DOWN -- MANSFORD AND WANDA HAMMONDS WERE ABLE TO GET A GOOD LOOK AT THE DAMAGE TO THEIR PROPERTY CAUSED BY A HIGH SPEED POLICE CHASE. THEIR TWO VEHICLES ARE BEYOND REPAIR, THE PORCH OF ONE THEIR HOMES IS CAVING IN AND THEIR GAS MAIN IS BROKEN. WANDA:WE ARE TRYING TO GET A HOLD OF THE INSURANCE COMPANIES TRY TO GET IT CLEANED UP. JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT -- A STATE POLICE TROOPER TRIED TO PULL OVER THE DRIVER OF THIS BLACK SUV FOR A CAR TAG VIOLATION. BUT INSTEAD OF PULLING OVER -- THE TROOPER SAYS THE SUSPECT TOOK OFF AND LED HIM ON HIGH SPEED CHASE THROUGH CHARLESTON'S WEST SIDE AND UP FALCON DRIVE -- AT SPEEDS OF MORE THAN 80 MILES PER HOUR. THE CHASE ENDED WHEN THE DRIVER FIRST CRASHED INTO THE HAMMONDS TRUCK, THEN CAR... BEFORE SPINNING AROUND AND STOPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. 21 YEAR OLD ERIC FIELDS WAS ARRESTED AT THE SCENE. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS -- FIELDS ADMITTED TO DRINKING BEFORE THE CHASE. WANDA:THEY SHOULD NOT BE CHASING LIKE THAT. IT STARTED ON THE WEST SIDE, THEY SHOULD HAVE LET UP BEFORE IT GOT OUT HERE. FORTUNATELY THE HAMMONDS WEREN'T INJURED BUT THE COUPLE NOW FACES THE BURDEN OF EXPENSIVE REPAIRS. WANDA:MAKES YOU FEEL BAD WHEN YOU HAVE WORKED ALL YOUR LIFE TO GET WHAT YOU GOT AND IT GETS RIPPED OUT. FIELDS FACES A LONG LIST OF CHARGES STEMMING FROM THE CHASE -- INCLUDING FLEEING, DUI AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.
Return to Story IndexTROOPER RESPONSE
TROOPER MALCOLM NAPIER SAYS HE TRIED TO PULL FIELDS OVER ON I-77 AROUND THE BIGLEY AVENUE EXIT FOR DRIVING ERRATICALLY. NAPIER PURSUED FIELDS THROUGH THE WEST SIDE OF CHARLESTON AND ONLY SAW A COUPLE PASSING CARS AND NO PEDESTRIANS. THE TROOPER SAYS HE COULDN'T EVEN SEE FIELDS WHEN HE CRASHED. "He made the decision to flee and he kept on going we just responded to that. he's in charge of it. He goes as fast as he's gonna go and all we can do is respond to that. basically, he's the one in charge of it." NAPIER SAYS HE DID TALK TO CHARLESTON POLICE AND THE KANAWHA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET SPIKE STRIPS SO FIELDS WOULDN'T WRECK, BUT THE CHASE ONLY LASTED A FEW MINUTES.
Return to Story IndexJAMES ALFRED KING
A MAN WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH RAMMING A POLICE CRUISER. A DUNBAR OFFICER TRIED TO PULL OVER JAMES KING MONDAY NIGHT FOR NO REGISTRATION. KING TOOK THROUGH DUNBAR INTO NORTH CHARLESTON. WHEN THE OFFICER GOT OUT OF HIS CRUISER KING RAMMED IT AND TOOK OFF AGAIN. THE CHASE WAS CALLED OFF BUT POLICE WERE TIPPED OFF TO WHERE KING WAS TODAY. KING'S IN JAIL ON SEVERAL CHARGES.
Return to Story IndexLOGAN ROUTE 10
A BOX TRUCK HIT A CAR PUNCTURING THE TANK ON THE VEHICLE NEAR MANN AROUND 10:30. ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.. WE WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN THE ROAD REOPENS.
Return to Story IndexWV GM DEALERS
MOSES AUTOMALL OF HUNTINGTON AND BOB TRICKETT PONTIAC BUICK GMC IN CLARKSBURG GOT THE CALL SAYING THEY COULD GET THIER CADILLAC FRANCHISES BACK..WHIILE SHEETS GMC IN POCAHONTAS COUNTY HEARD THEY COULD HAVE THE OPTION OF ORDERING NEW GM CARS AND TRUCKS, ACCORDING TO THE WEST VIRGINIA AUTO AND TRUCK DEALERS ASSOCIATION. LAST SUMMER?, HALF OF WEST VIRGINIA'S GENERAL MOTORS DEALERSHIPS LOST THEIR FRANCHISES.
Return to Story IndexMILITARY GROCERY
THE SALE WILL HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS ON SALE AT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY. CURRENT AND RETIRED MILITARY MEMBERS FROM ANY BRANCH WITH A VALID MILITARY ID ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE ITEMS. FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE A VALID DEPENDENT MILITARY ID CAN SHOP WITHOUT THEIR MILITARY COUNTERPART. THE SALE WILL BE SATURDAY FROM 10AM TO 5PM AND SUNDAY 10AM TO 4PM.
Return to Story IndexJAMIE OLIVER
THE SHOW FOCUSES ON OLIVER'S EFFORTS TO GET FOLKS IN HUNTINGTON TO EAT HEALTHIER. HE CAME TO THE CITY AFTER SEEING AN ARTICLE THAT NAMED HUNTINGTON THE FATTEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY. THE SHOW WILL PREMIERE AT 10 PM AFTER "DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES."
Return to Story IndexTEASE 5/UP CAMERA
AND METEOROLOGIST DOUG HARLOW IS WORKING ON YOUR FORECAST. HE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING RETURNS.
Return to Story IndexFULL WEATHER
Join Doug Harlow and the entire Storm Team at the Weather Center Online for the only regional web site that provides live, local updates, 24 hours a day!
Return to Story IndexBILLIONAIRES
For almost 15 years, computers made Bill Gates the world's richest man. But he just lost that title to a guy in Mexico who doesn't know a modem from a mouse. DIANE SAWYER: Is it true that you don't use a computer? CARLOS SLIM: I don't have a computer. As a son of poor Lebanese immigrants, Carlos Slim grew up meticulously managing a 5-peso-a-week allowance. Now anytime anyone in Mexico says "hola " into a phoneor buys a soft drinkor builds something with cementhe makes money. Almost $30 million A DAY. And his foreign birth is part of a global trend. America still leads the world in billionaires with 403and China is in second with 89, but the rest of the world is getting richer MUCH, MUCH faster. SOT Steve Forbes OUR ECONOMY HAS NOT SNAPPED BACK THE WAY MANY OF THE ASIAN ECONOMIES HAVE. And while they develop, we shop for bling and bargains. Both Wal-Mart's Waltons and the head of Louis Vuitton share space in the top 20. While the average age is 63, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest by far at 25. Two out of every three billionaires is self-made.and less than one in 11 is a woman. SOT Matt Miller/Forbes Sr. Editor this is still a boys' club for the most part, the billionaires club, // There are only 14 self-made women on the list, but that number is actually slowly growing. STANDUP (gazing in the window of Tiffany) Of course they can all afford pretty much anything they want. But according to Forbes, many billionaires admit they don't notice a bump in lifestyle after the first $500 million. Anything more is just keeping score SOT Steve Forbes YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A BILLIONAIRE TO HAVE A GOOD LIFE (LAUGHS). That may be truebut imagine being SO wealthy, you NEVER have to answer email. Bill Weir ABC News, New York
Return to Story IndexMADONNA BRANDING
MADONNA IS TEAMING UP WITH ICONIX IN AN EXCLUSIVE BRANDING DEAL. HER NAME AND IMAGE WILL BE USED ON CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND OTHER PRODUCTS CALLED M-G ICON. ICONIX HAS ALREADY IRONED OUT THE FIRST RETAIL DEAL. IT'S AN EXCLUSIVE NEW LINE OF TEEN CLOTHING THAT WILL APPEAR IN MACY'S IN TIME FOR THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL SHOPPING SEASON. ICONIX ALSO HANDLE'S JAY Z'S LINE ROCA WEAR LINE.
Return to Story IndexTROPICANA OJ
THE 64 OUNCE CONTAINER OF ORANGE JUICE WILL BE DOWNSIZED TO 59 OUNCES AT THE SAME PRICE AND TROPICANA'S GALLON CONTAINER WILL STAY THE SAME SIZE, BUT ITS PRICE WILL RISE BETWEEN 5 AND 8 PERCENT.
Return to Story IndexTEASE 6/LUNCH MENUS
BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT..HERE'S A LOOK AT TODAY'S SCHOOL LUNCH MENUS.
Return to Story IndexMONEYSCOPE
THE NATION'S FORECLOSURE PICTURE IS IMPROVING... BUT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY GOOD NEWS... FOR MORE, WE SEND IT OVER TO ABC IN NEW YORK WITH THIS MORNING'S MONEYSCOPE REPORT.
Return to Story IndexTEASE 8/FUN FACT
BUT FIRST HERE'S THIS MORNINGS FUN FACT. Most cows give more milk when they listen to music
Return to Story IndexKITCHEN DOOR MORNING
Here's the information you need in this morning's Behind the Kitchen Door. We start this morning at Applebee's at the Kanawha Mall Inspectors found 5 violations but 3 were critical. Kanawha Charleston health inspectors said there was mold in the ice machine, a worker didn't wash his hands between handling dirty and clean utensils and there wasn't any sanitizer in the bar sink. We have a lot more to tell you about. If you eat at the IHOP or Alladin's in Kanawha City, Taste of India, Sahara, Sushi Atlantic or Ichiban in Charleston, be sure to tune into Eyewitness News at 10 and 11 and I'll tell you what inspectors found.
Return to Story IndexTEASE 9/HISTORY
IT WAS ON THIS DAY IN......1997 Beatle Paul McCartney knighted Sir Paul by the Queen.
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Return to Story IndexWELCOME
WELCOME TO EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING. AND, I'M PATRICK McMURTRY. IT'S THURSDAY MARCH 11TH. DOUG HARLOW JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS FORECAST.
Return to Story IndexCHAS POLICE CHASE
THREE POLICE CRUISERS TOOK OFF AFTER A GUY LAST NIGHT.. JOHN BROWN RAN A SOBRIETY CHECKPOINT ON KANAWHA BOULEVARD EAST AND FINALLY PULLED OVER ON CLENDENIN STREET. HE FACES SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING FLEEING OFFICERS IN A VEHICLE...
Return to Story IndexPOLICE CHASE
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER MEREDITH WOOD UPDATES THE STORY. NATS:911 CALL.... MANSFORD:I WAS IN THERE SLEEPING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD A BUNCH OF NOISE. AFTER THE EARLY MORNING CHAOS DIED DOWN -- MANSFORD AND WANDA HAMMONDS WERE ABLE TO GET A GOOD LOOK AT THE DAMAGE TO THEIR PROPERTY CAUSED BY A HIGH SPEED POLICE CHASE. THEIR TWO VEHICLES ARE BEYOND REPAIR, THE PORCH OF ONE THEIR HOMES IS CAVING IN AND THEIR GAS MAIN IS BROKEN. WANDA:WE ARE TRYING TO GET A HOLD OF THE INSURANCE COMPANIES TRY TO GET IT CLEANED UP. JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT -- A STATE POLICE TROOPER TRIED TO PULL OVER THE DRIVER OF THIS BLACK SUV FOR A CAR TAG VIOLATION. BUT INSTEAD OF PULLING OVER -- THE TROOPER SAYS THE SUSPECT TOOK OFF AND LED HIM ON HIGH SPEED CHASE THROUGH CHARLESTON'S WEST SIDE AND UP FALCON DRIVE -- AT SPEEDS OF MORE THAN 80 MILES PER HOUR. THE CHASE ENDED WHEN THE DRIVER FIRST CRASHED INTO THE HAMMONDS TRUCK, THEN CAR... BEFORE SPINNING AROUND AND STOPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. 21 YEAR OLD ERIC FIELDS WAS ARRESTED AT THE SCENE. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS -- FIELDS ADMITTED TO DRINKING BEFORE THE CHASE. WANDA:THEY SHOULD NOT BE CHASING LIKE THAT. IT STARTED ON THE WEST SIDE, THEY SHOULD HAVE LET UP BEFORE IT GOT OUT HERE. FORTUNATELY THE HAMMONDS WEREN'T INJURED BUT THE COUPLE NOW FACES THE BURDEN OF EXPENSIVE REPAIRS. WANDA:MAKES YOU FEEL BAD WHEN YOU HAVE WORKED ALL YOUR LIFE TO GET WHAT YOU GOT AND IT GETS RIPPED OUT. FIELDS FACES A LONG LIST OF CHARGES STEMMING FROM THE CHASE -- INCLUDING FLEEING, DUI AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.
Return to Story IndexTROOPER RESPONSE
TROOPER MALCOLM NAPIER SAYS HE TRIED TO PULL FIELDS OVER ON I-77 AROUND THE BIGLEY AVENUE EXIT FOR DRIVING ERRATICALLY. NAPIER PURSUED FIELDS THROUGH THE WEST SIDE OF CHARLESTON AND ONLY SAW A COUPLE PASSING CARS AND NO PEDESTRIANS. THE TROOPER SAYS HE COULDN'T EVEN SEE FIELDS CRASH. "He made the decision to flee and he kept on going we just responded to that. he's in charge of it. He goes as fast as he's gonna go and all we can do is respond to that. basically, he's the one in charge of it." THE TROOPER SAYS HE DID TALK TO CHARLESTON POLICE AND THE KANAWHA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET SPIKE STRIPS SO FIELDS WOULDN'T WRECK, BUT THE CHASE ONLY LASTED A FEW MINUTES.
Return to Story IndexJAMES ALFRED KING
A MAN WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH RAMMING A POLICE CRUISER. A DUNBAR OFFICER TRIED TO PULL OVER JAMES KING MONDAY NIGHT FOR NO REGISTRATION. KING TOOK THROUGH DUNBAR INTO NORTH CHARLESTON. WHEN THE OFFICER GOT OUT OF HIS CRUISER KING RAMMED IT AND TOOK OFF AGAIN. THE CHASE WAS CALLED OFF BUT POLICE WERE TIPPED OFF TO WHERE KING WAS TODAY. KING'S IN JAIL ON SEVERAL CHARGES.
Return to Story IndexLOGAN ROUTE 10
HAZ-MAT CREWS WERE CLEANING UP DIESEL FUEL THAT LEAKED AFTER AN ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT AROUND 10:30. ONE PERSON WAS HURT.
Return to Story IndexWV GM DEALERS
MOSES AUTOMALL OF HUNTINGTON AND BOB TRICKETT PONTIAC BUICK GMC IN CLARKSBURG GOT THE CALL SAYING THEY COULD GET THIER CADILLAC FRANCHISES BACK..WHIILE SHEETS GMC IN POCAHONTAS COUNTY HEARD THEY COULD HAVE THE OPTION OF ORDERING NEW GM CARS AND TRUCKS, ACCORDING TO THE WEST VIRGINIA AUTO AND TRUCK DEALERS ASSOCIATION. LAST SUMMER?, HALF OF WEST VIRGINIA'S GENERAL MOTORS DEALERSHIPS LOST THEIR FRANCHISES.
Return to Story IndexMILITARY GROCERY
THE SALE IS AT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY. CURRENT AND RETIRED MILITARY MEMBERS FROM ANY BRANCH WITH A VALID MILITARY I-D ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE ITEMS. FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE A VALID DEPENDENT MILITARY I-D CAN SHOP WITHOUT THEIR MILITARY COUNTERPART. THE SALE IS SATURDAY FROM 10AM TO 5PM, AND SUNDAY 10AM TO 4PM.
Return to Story IndexJAMIE OLIVER
THE SHOW FOCUSES ON OLIVER'S EFFORTS TO GET FOLKS IN HUNTINGTON TO EAT HEALTHIER. HE CAME TO THE CITY AFTER SEEING AN ARTICLE THAT NAMED HUNTINGTON THE FATTEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY. THE SHOW WILL PREMIERE AT 10 PM AFTER "DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES."
Return to Story IndexTEASE 10/UP CAMERA
PLUS, DOUG HARLOW IS WORKING ON YOUR FORECAST. HE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING RETURNS.
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 IndexBLACK BEAR DEN
WE EXPLAIN IN THIS WEEK'S WEST VIRGINIA WILDLIFE REPORT. We went to Boone County one snowy day looking for a black bear and her cubs wondering how they were riding out this long, cold winter. After tracking her to this tiny hole in the ground, biologists figured they were all doing fine. 35:20Eric Richmond/DNR Biologist says:(tighten this up a bit please) "As you can see by the hole, we had to excavate this ourselves to get in there. The hole was a little bit smaller than what you can see now. That much colder air was not able to enter the den being a tight fit in the rocks and the dirt around that-she was quite insulated from the cold weather." 32:33Patrick McMurtry/Eyewitness News says: (use the nats of cub inside to start the bite) "These cubs are still inside here. There's a lot of snow around here and it's been that way for the last several months and it doesn't look like it's going away any time soon. This is what they need to survive." Black bears find shelter for the winter in many different places, but they all have one common denominator: rain and snow can't get in. 25:33Gary Sharp DNR biologist says: Generally, the most common bear den is an excavation under a root ball, but whenever they get in a rock crevice like this, they can be a pretty tight fit. Typically when a bear picks its den, it's a place where if we get a lot of water, it will stay dry." 36:29 "Bears are just like us, they become wiser with age." That's why you'll see bears making their first dens in places you'd never expect-places which could use a little home improvements. 37:14Eric Richmond/DNR Biologist says: "We've found bears in brush piles, which offer very little cover from the elements, root balls, uprooted trees where they've excavated back in the earth. Rock holes like you see here which is what we all think of as a typical bear den, and, surprisingly enough, we've found bears in hollowed trees." And we've been there with the bears and the biologists every step of the way. For West Virginia Wildlife, I'm Patrick McMurtry, Eyewitness News. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT BLACK BEARS, GO TO WCHSTV dot COM, OR YOU CAN E-MAIL ME DIRECTLY.
Return to Story IndexTEASE 11/LUNCHES
Return to Story IndexSPORTS MINUTE
PLUS, A LOOK AT WHAT CLASS SINGLE-A BOYS TEAMS ARE HEADING TO THE CAPITAL CITY NEXT WEEK... AND WHO WILL HEAD UP THE WCHS-TV/FOX 11 NORTH-SOUTH FOOTBALL CLASSIC FOOTBALL TEAMS.. MARK MARTIN JOINS US NOW WITH TODAY'S MORNING SPORTS REPORT
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BUT FIRST, HERE'S SOME BIRTHDAY WISHES WE WANT TO PASS ALONG THIS MORNING.
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THEY HELPED RESCUE 17 PEOPLE FROM A HELICOPTER THAT CRASHED IN THE WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS. TWO PARAMEDICS WHO WERE LOWERED TO TREAT THE SERIOUSLY INJURED CREW AND PASSENGERS, GOT HUGS FROM THE AIR CREW AND TOKENS OF APPRECIATION FROM NAVY BRASS, DURING A SPECIAL CEREMONY AT THE ELKINS-RANDOLPH COUNTY AIRPORT. RESCUERS IN POCAHONTAS COUNTY BRAVED THE EXTREME COLD AND RUGGED TERRAIN LAST MONTH TO RESCUE AND TRANSPORT THE CREW AND PASSENGERS TO MEDICAL FACILITIES. INJURED AIR CREWMEN CAME BACK TO GIVE THANKS TO THE LOCAL PEOPLE. "They're heroes. All of them were heroes, everybody who was apart of it. You know our job is search and rescue, For them to come and save use--that's pretty awesome. " THE HELICOPTER WAS ON IT'S WAY FROM FORT PICKETT, VIRGINIA, TO CAMP DAWSON AS PART OF A TRAINING EXERCISE INVOLVING THE NAVY AND NATIONAL GUARD. THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
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WE'RE COMING BACK IN TWO MINUTES. HERE'S A LOOK AT LOTTERY NUMBERS FROM THE REGION.
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WELCOME TO EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING. AND, I'M PATRICK McMURTRY. IT'S THURSDAY MARCH 11TH. DOUG HARLOW JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS FORECAST.
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THREE POLICE CRUISERS TOOK OFF AFTER A GUY LAST NIGHT.. JOHN BROWN RAN A SOBRIETY CHECKPOINT ON KANAWHA BOULEVARD EAST AND FINALLY PULLED OVER ON CLENDENIN STREET. HE FACES SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING FLEEING OFFICERS IN A VEHICLE...
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EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER MEREDITH WOOD UPDATES THE STORY. NATS:911 CALL.... MANSFORD:I WAS IN THERE SLEEPING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD A BUNCH OF NOISE. AFTER THE EARLY MORNING CHAOS DIED DOWN -- MANSFORD AND WANDA HAMMONDS WERE ABLE TO GET A GOOD LOOK AT THE DAMAGE TO THEIR PROPERTY CAUSED BY A HIGH SPEED POLICE CHASE. THEIR TWO VEHICLES ARE BEYOND REPAIR, THE PORCH OF ONE THEIR HOMES IS CAVING IN AND THEIR GAS MAIN IS BROKEN. WANDA:WE ARE TRYING TO GET A HOLD OF THE INSURANCE COMPANIES TRY TO GET IT CLEANED UP. JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT -- A STATE POLICE TROOPER TRIED TO PULL OVER THE DRIVER OF THIS BLACK SUV FOR A CAR TAG VIOLATION. BUT INSTEAD OF PULLING OVER -- THE TROOPER SAYS THE SUSPECT TOOK OFF AND LED HIM ON HIGH SPEED CHASE THROUGH CHARLESTON'S WEST SIDE AND UP FALCON DRIVE -- AT SPEEDS OF MORE THAN 80 MILES PER HOUR. THE CHASE ENDED WHEN THE DRIVER FIRST CRASHED INTO THE HAMMONDS TRUCK, THEN CAR... BEFORE SPINNING AROUND AND STOPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. 21 YEAR OLD ERIC FIELDS WAS ARRESTED AT THE SCENE. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS -- FIELDS ADMITTED TO DRINKING BEFORE THE CHASE. WANDA:THEY SHOULD NOT BE CHASING LIKE THAT. IT STARTED ON THE WEST SIDE, THEY SHOULD HAVE LET UP BEFORE IT GOT OUT HERE. FORTUNATELY THE HAMMONDS WEREN'T INJURED BUT THE COUPLE NOW FACES THE BURDEN OF EXPENSIVE REPAIRS. WANDA:MAKES YOU FEEL BAD WHEN YOU HAVE WORKED ALL YOUR LIFE TO GET WHAT YOU GOT AND IT GETS RIPPED OUT. FIELDS FACES A LONG LIST OF CHARGES STEMMING FROM THE CHASE -- INCLUDING FLEEING, DUI AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.
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TROOPER MALCOLM NAPIER SAYS HE TRIED TO PULL FIELDS OVER ON I-77 AROUND THE BIGLEY AVENUE EXIT FOR DRIVING ERRATICALLY. NAPIER PURSUED FIELDS THROUGH THE WEST SIDE OF CHARLESTON AND ONLY SAW A COUPLE PASSING CARS AND NO PEDESTRIANS. THE TROOPER SAYS HE COULDN'T EVEN SEE FIELDS CRASH. "He made the decision to flee and he kept on going we just responded to that. he's in charge of it. He goes as fast as he's gonna go and all we can do is respond to that. basically, he's the one in charge of it." THE TROOPER SAYS HE DID TALK TO CHARLESTON POLICE AND THE KANAWHA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET SPIKE STRIPS SO FIELDS WOULDN'T WRECK, BUT THE CHASE ONLY LASTED A FEW MINUTES.
Return to Story IndexJAMES ALFRED KING
A MAN WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH RAMMING A POLICE CRUISER. A DUNBAR OFFICER TRIED TO PULL OVER JAMES KING MONDAY NIGHT FOR NO REGISTRATION. KING TOOK THROUGH DUNBAR INTO NORTH CHARLESTON. WHEN THE OFFICER GOT OUT OF HIS CRUISER KING RAMMED IT AND TOOK OFF AGAIN. THE CHASE WAS CALLED OFF BUT POLICE WERE TIPPED OFF TO WHERE KING WAS TODAY. KING'S IN JAIL ON SEVERAL CHARGES.
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HAZ-MAT CREWS WERE CLEANING UP DIESEL FUEL THAT LEAKED AFTER AN ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT AROUND 10:30. ONE PERSON WAS HURT.
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MOSES AUTOMALL OF HUNTINGTON AND BOB TRICKETT PONTIAC BUICK GMC IN CLARKSBURG GOT THE CALL SAYING THEY COULD GET THIER CADILLAC FRANCHISES BACK..WHIILE SHEETS GMC IN POCAHONTAS COUNTY HEARD THEY COULD HAVE THE OPTION OF ORDERING NEW GM CARS AND TRUCKS, ACCORDING TO THE WEST VIRGINIA AUTO AND TRUCK DEALERS ASSOCIATION. LAST SUMMER?, HALF OF WEST VIRGINIA'S GENERAL MOTORS DEALERSHIPS LOST THEIR FRANCHISES.
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THE SALE IS AT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY. CURRENT AND RETIRED MILITARY MEMBERS FROM ANY BRANCH WITH A VALID MILITARY I-D ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE ITEMS. FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE A VALID DEPENDENT MILITARY I-D CAN SHOP WITHOUT THEIR MILITARY COUNTERPART. THE SALE IS SATURDAY FROM 10AM TO 5PM, AND SUNDAY 10AM TO 4PM.
Return to Story IndexJAMIE OLIVER
THE SHOW FOCUSES ON OLIVER'S EFFORTS TO GET FOLKS IN HUNTINGTON TO EAT HEALTHIER. HE CAME TO THE CITY AFTER SEEING AN ARTICLE THAT NAMED HUNTINGTON THE FATTEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY. THE SHOW WILL PREMIERE AT 10 PM AFTER "DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES."
Return to Story IndexTEASE 16/UP CAMERA
IT'S FROM VERNON BOVAIRD OF KENNA. AND METEOROLOGIST DOUG HARLOW IS WORKING ON YOUR FORECAST. HE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING RETURNS.
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Join Doug Harlow and the entire Storm Team at the Weather Center Online for the only regional web site that provides live, local updates, 24 hours a day!
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IT'S FROM VERNON BOVAIRD OUT OF KENNA. IT'S A PICTURE OF THE SNOW FORT HIS SON BUILT FOR VERNON'S GRANDSON'S TO PLAY IN...UNFORTUNATELY..THEY DECIDED TO STAY INSIDE TO PLAY VIDEO GAMES INSTEAD... VERNON, THANKS FOR SENDING US YOUR PHOTOGRAPH. GET YOUR CAMERAS OUT IF YOU WANT TO SEND US ONE OF YOUR SNAP SHOTS.
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IT'S SNAP SHOTS IN CARE OF WCHS-TV, 1301 PIEDMONT ROAD, CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA. THE ZIP CODE IS 25301. INCLUDE A SELF ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOP IF YOU WANT YOUR PHOTOGRAPH RETURNED. IF YOU PREFER TO SEND IT VIA E-MAIL, SEND YOUR JPEGs TO IWITNESS @ WCHSTV-DOT-COM.
Return to Story IndexKITCHEN DOOR MORNING
Here's the information you need in this morning's Behind the Kitchen Door. We start this morning at Applebee's at the Kanawha Mall Inspectors found 5 violations but 3 were critical. Kanawha Charleston health inspectors said there was mold in the ice machine, a worker didn't wash his hands between handling dirty and clean utensils and there wasn't any sanitizer in the bar sink. We have a lot more to tell you about. If you eat at the IHOP or Alladin's in Kanawha City, Taste of India, Sahara, Sushi Atlantic or Ichiban in Charleston, be sure to tune into Eyewitness News at 10 and 11 and I'll tell you what inspectors found.
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AND FIND OUT HOW THE ROADS ARE LOOKING AS YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR. BUT FIRST...HERE'S TODAY'S SCHOOL LUNCH MENUS.
Return to Story IndexCOREY HAIM OBIT
THE ACTOR WAS KNOWN FOR HIS RISE TO FAME WITH FELLOW TEEN STAR CORY FELDMAN. NICOLE EGGERT ---- TOO EMOTIONAL TO TALK TONIGHT IN HOLLYWOOD ABOUT THE DEATH OF HER LONG-TIME FRIEND COREY HAIM... THIS IS COREY --- IN HIS LAST MAJOR TV ROLE --- THE REALITY SHOW "THE TWO COREYS" --- WITH HIS FRIEND COREY FELDMAN BY HIS SIDE --- FELDMAN IS TAKING IT HARD TOO --- ONLY TALKING THROUGH HIS PUBLICIST--- STACY says: " this is a tragic loss of a wonderful, beautiful, tourmented soul who will always be my brother. We must all take this as a lesson of how we treat the people while they are still here to make a difference." WE'RE TOLD ---- THE CANADIAN ACTOR COLLASPED WHILE GETTING OUT OF BED EARLY THIS MORNING HERE AT HIS OAKWOOD APARTMENT HE'S RUSHED TO THE PROVIDENCE SAINT JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER WHERE HE'S PRONOUNCED DEAD. COREY STARTED WORKING TV COMMERCIALS WHEN HE WAS JUST 10 ---- THEN CAME HIS BREAK IN THE MOVIE "LUCAS" --- BY 15 --- AND THE MOVIE "THE LOST BOYS" --- COREY IS NOW A BIG SCREEN HEARTTHROB OF THE 80'S.... BUT IT IS DURING "THE LOST BOYS" --- HAIM'S WOULD LATER ADMIT --- HE SMOKED HIS FIRST JOINT ---THEN HE SAYS CAME COCAINE --- AND CRACK --- COREY WENT INTO REHAB AND BATTLED DRUGS --- NEIGHBORS SAY -- IN THE PAST WEEKS --- COREY LOOKED STRONG AGAIN --- READY TO MAKE A COMBACK...
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EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER MEREDITH WOOD UPDATES THE STORY. NATS:911 CALL.... MANSFORD:I WAS IN THERE SLEEPING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD A BUNCH OF NOISE. AFTER THE EARLY MORNING CHAOS DIED DOWN -- MANSFORD AND WANDA HAMMONDS WERE ABLE TO GET A GOOD LOOK AT THE DAMAGE TO THEIR PROPERTY CAUSED BY A HIGH SPEED POLICE CHASE. THEIR TWO VEHICLES ARE BEYOND REPAIR, THE PORCH OF ONE THEIR HOMES IS CAVING IN AND THEIR GAS MAIN IS BROKEN. WANDA:WE ARE TRYING TO GET A HOLD OF THE INSURANCE COMPANIES TRY TO GET IT CLEANED UP. JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT -- A STATE POLICE TROOPER TRIED TO PULL OVER THE DRIVER OF THIS BLACK SUV FOR A CAR TAG VIOLATION. BUT INSTEAD OF PULLING OVER -- THE TROOPER SAYS THE SUSPECT TOOK OFF AND LED HIM ON HIGH SPEED CHASE THROUGH CHARLESTON'S WEST SIDE AND UP FALCON DRIVE -- AT SPEEDS OF MORE THAN 80 MILES PER HOUR. THE CHASE ENDED WHEN THE DRIVER FIRST CRASHED INTO THE HAMMONDS TRUCK, THEN CAR... BEFORE SPINNING AROUND AND STOPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. 21 YEAR OLD ERIC FIELDS WAS ARRESTED AT THE SCENE. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS -- FIELDS ADMITTED TO DRINKING BEFORE THE CHASE. WANDA:THEY SHOULD NOT BE CHASING LIKE THAT. IT STARTED ON THE WEST SIDE, THEY SHOULD HAVE LET UP BEFORE IT GOT OUT HERE. FORTUNATELY THE HAMMONDS WEREN'T INJURED BUT THE COUPLE NOW FACES THE BURDEN OF EXPENSIVE REPAIRS. WANDA:MAKES YOU FEEL BAD WHEN YOU HAVE WORKED ALL YOUR LIFE TO GET WHAT YOU GOT AND IT GETS RIPPED OUT. FIELDS FACES A LONG LIST OF CHARGES STEMMING FROM THE CHASE -- INCLUDING FLEEING, DUI AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.
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MANSFORD AND WANDA HAMMONDS HAVE BEEN ON THE PHONE ALL DAY TRYING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES THEIR PROPERTIES -- INCLUDING TWO HOMES AND TWO VEHICLES WERE DAMAGED WHEN ERIC FIELDS CRASHED INTO THEIR PARKED VEHICLES WHILE THEY WERE SLEEPING DURING A HIGH SPEED POLICE CHASE. THE HAMMONDS ARE LUCKY THEY WEREN'T HURT -- BUT NOW THEY HAVE TO MAKE SOME SERIOUS AND LIKELY EXPENSIVE REPAIRS. ERIC FIELDS IS FACING NUMEROUS CHARGES -- HE IS STILL IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL JAIL.
Return to Story IndexTROOPER RESPONSE
TROOPER MALCOLM NAPIER SAYS HE TRIED TO PULL FIELDS OVER ON I-77 AROUND THE BIGLEY AVENUE EXIT FOR DRIVING ERRATICALLY. NAPIER PURSUED FIELDS THROUGH THE WEST SIDE OF CHARLESTON AND ONLY SAW A COUPLE PASSING CARS AND NO PEDESTRIANS. THE TROOPER SAYS HE COULDN'T EVEN SEE FIELDS CRASH. "He made the decision to flee and he kept on going we just responded to that. he's in charge of it. He goes as fast as he's gonna go and all we can do is respond to that. basically, he's the one in charge of it." THE TROOPER SAYS HE DID TALK TO CHARLESTON POLICE AND THE KANAWHA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET SPIKE STRIPS SO FIELDS WOULDN'T WRECK, BUT THE CHASE ONLY LASTED A FEW MINUTES.
Return to Story IndexJAMIE OLIVER
THE SHOW FOCUSES ON OLIVER'S EFFORTS TO GET FOLKS IN HUNTINGTON TO EAT HEALTHIER. HE CAME TO THE CITY AFTER SEEING AN ARTICLE THAT NAMED HUNTINGTON THE FATTEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY. THE SHOW WILL PREMIERE AT 10 PM AFTER "DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES."
Return to Story IndexTEASE 18/BIRTHDAYS
BUT FIRST, HERE'S SOME BIRTHDAY WISHES WE WANT TO PAST ALONG THIS MORNING.
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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. HAVE A GREAT MORNING.
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