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Thursday, February 2, 2012. 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. 10 COLD OPEN
transcribe sound bite here WHAT A REPAIR MAN WHO DID WORK AT THAT HOTEL HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE TRAGEDY transcribe sound bite here HUNTINGTON HIT WITH COPPER THEFTS... WHERE THESE THEIVES ARE TURNING FOR A LITTLE CASH transcribe sound bite here A COUNTY COUNTING ITS LOSSES... AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THE TROUBLES IN MCDOWELL COUNTY... JIM ADLIB ON TAPE 
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AND I'M ELIZABETH NOREIKA... THIS IS EYEWITNESS NEWS AT 10 O'CLOCK.
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"IT'S MY ASSUMPTION THAT I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING IN ANYWAY THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED A TRAGEDY" A TRAGEDY THAT KILLED ONE MAN AND SICKENED MORE THAN A DOZEN OTHERS ... EYEWITNESS NEWS HAS LEARNED THAT STEVE COMBS ... THE MANAGER AT BARBOURSVILLE BASED PREMIER POOLS.....DID SOME WORK ON THE POOL JUST AFTER CHRISTMAS... A POOL WHOSE HEATING PUMP ULTIMATELY MALFUNCTIONED AND CAUSED CARBON MONOXIDE TO LEAK FROM A PIPE ON THE HOTEL'S FOURTH FLOOR. COMBS SAYS THE HOTEL CALLED HIM IN TO FINISH WORK THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAD ALREADY STARTED. 4:42 "I WAS THERE AND I DID SOME WORK THERE...I DID NOT SELL THE HEATER......AND I DID NOT INSTALL THE HEATER OTHER THAN RUNNING THE WATER LINES TO IT....EVERYTHING ELSE WAS ALREADY THERE" COMBS HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 25 YEARS....... ACCORDING TO HIS COMPANIES WEBSITE THEY .....PROVIDE SERVICES FROM POOL CONSTRUCTION TO REPAIRS. COMBS SAYS HE IS TORN UP ABOUT THE TRAGEDY AND SAYS WHILE HE DIDN'T INSTALL THE GAS LINES...HE FEELS HIS WORK ON THE POOL HEATING UNIT WOULDN'T HAVE MUCH BEARING ON IT MALFUNCTIONING. "I HATE THAT I'M EVEN INVOLVED IN THIS AT ALL OBVIOUSLY." THE LEAK HAPPENED WHEN A PIPE MEANT TO VENTILATE THE HEATER TO THE ROOF SOMEHOW DISCONNECTED AT THE HOTEL'S FOURTH FLOOR.....POURING DANGEROUSLY HIGH LEVELS OF CARBON MONOXIDE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BUILDING. 44 YEAR OLD WILLIAM MORAN OF RHODE ISLAND DIED FROM EXPOSURE.....AND 17 OTHERS WERE SENT TO THE HOSPITAL. IT'S AN INCIDENT CITY LEADERS SAY MAY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE AVOIDED. TAPE 2 31:33 "THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PERMIT AND THEIR SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN INSPECTION." SOUTH CHARLESTON MAYOR FRANK MULLENS SAYS THE HOTEL DID NOT GET A BUILDING PERMIT TO HAVE THAT HEATING UNIT INSTALLED. THEREFORE CITY LEADERS COULD NOT INSPECT THE JOB TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS IN WORKING ORDER. 24:25 ' I DONT KNOW THAT ANYBODY DID ANYTHING WRONG IN THIS SITUATION BUT AN INSPECTION CERTAINLY MAY HAVE REVEALED A PROBLEM THAT WE COULD HAVE ADDRESSED." 25:12 "THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT IT HAPPENED.....IT'S A SHAME IT HAPPENED BUT NOW IS TIME FOR EVERYBODY TO PONY UP AND SAY LOOK......HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED AND LETS LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY." A PROBLEM THAT COMBS SAYS WHILE HE HATES THAT IT HAPPENED.....HE HAS NOTHING TO HIDE. 6:00 AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED THERE IS NOTHING I WOULD HAVE DONE THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THAT." THE HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS'S CORPORATE OFFICE ISSUED THIS STATEMENT SAYING QUOTE....OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH THE GUEST'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS DURING THIS TIME. THE HOTEL WILL CONTINUE TO COOPERATE FULLY WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN THEIR INVESTIGATION." END QUOTE.
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IT ALL STARTED WHEN A TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE GOT DIZZY. AN AMBULANCE AND FIRE CREWS WERE CALLED TO CHECK HIM OUT. THEY DID SOME BLOODWORK AND FOUND HE HAD AN ELEVATED LEVEL OF CARBON MONOXIDE IN HIS SYSTEM. THEY FOUND NO TRACE OF C-O IN THE LOTTERY BUILDING BUT FIREFIGHTERS WERE ASKED TO CHECK OUT HIS HOME. THE WORKER WENT TO THE HOSPITAL, NO WORD YET ON HIS CONDITION. THE CITY OF CHARLESTON TAKES THE ON-GOING PROTEST OF FIREFIGHTER WAGES TO FEDERAL COURT. CONTROVERSY HAS BEEN BREWING FOR A FEW MONTHS OVER WHAT IS THE CORRECT WAY TO CALCULATE HOURLY, OVERTIME AND HOLIDAY WAGES. NOW THE CITY HAS FILED A FEDERAL REQUEST ASKING A JUDGE TO LOOK AT THE CASE AND DETERMINE WHAT FORMULA AND METHOD IS CORRECT FOR PAYING CHARLESTON FIREFIGHTERS. THE CITY SAYS OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS IT HAS UNNCESSARILY PAID IN EXCESS OF 1.4 MILLION DOLLARS IN OVERTIME. SINCE THE NEW FORMULA WENT INTO EFFECT IN NOVEMBER, THE CITY HAS RECEIVED LETTERS FROM MORE THAN 70 OF ITS FIREFIGHTERS, CHALLENGING THE WAY THEY ARE NOW BEING PAID. MAYOR DANNY JONES SAYS IT COMES DOWN TO ONE THING.. PENSIONS... AND IF THEY CONTINUED PAYING ON THE FAULTY FORMULA, THE CITY WOULD GO BROKE. CHARLESTON FIRE CHIEF CHUCK OVERSTREET SAYS HE THINKS IT'S GOOD THAT THE MATTER WILL BE LOOKED AT IN FEDERAL COURT... MYRON BOGGESS, PRESIDENT OF A LOCAL FIREFIGHTERS' UNION... WILL NOT COMMENT AT THIS TIME. WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO REACH THEIR LAWYER, PAT MARONEY... MEANWHILE, TEN OPEN POSITIONS ON THE CHARLESTON POLICE FORCE WILL NOT BE FILLED MAYOR DANNY JONES SAYS THERE ARE CURRENTLY 163 OFFICERS ON THE PAYROLL... WITH 11 UNFILLED SPOTS... 10 OF THOSE WILL NOT BE FILLED AND TAKEN OUT OF THE BUDGET. POLICE CHIEF BRENT WEBSTER SAYS YOU CAN ALWAYS DO MORE WITH MORE, BUT HE WANTS TO STRESS THAT THIS IN NO WAY WILL AFFECT CHARLESTON'S SAFETY, AND NO OFFICERS WILL BE LOSING THEIR JOBS OR TAKEN OFF THE STREETS.
Return to Story IndexLINCOLN CORRUPTION
THE COUNTY CLERK AND SHERIFF HAVE ADMITTED THEIR ROLES IN TRYING TO STUFF THE BALLOT BOX IN THE 2010 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY. NOW, EYEWITNESS NEWS HAS LEARNED AN ACCOMPLICE IN LINCOLN COUNTY IS COMMISSIONER THOMAS RAMEY. SOURCES TELL EYEWITNESS NEWS THAT RAMEY IS THE QUOTE, "KNOWN PERSON" COUNTY CLERK DONALD WHITTEN PROVIDED ABSENTEE BALLOTS TO. THE KNOWN PERSON... RAMEY... THEN ALLEGEDLY HAND-DELIVERED THOSE BALLOTS TO VOTERS. RAMEY ATTENDED TONIGHT'S COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING OVER THE PHONE, CHOOSING NOT TO APPEAR IN PERSON. ONCE WHITTEN AND SHERIFF JERRY BOWMAN TENDER THEIR RESIGNATIONS, RAMEY AND HIS FELLOW COMMISSIONERS WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR NAMING THEIR REPLACEMENTS. IN A 2010 INTERVIEW WITH EYEWITNESS NEWS DURING A CANVASS OF THE LINCOLN COUNTY VOTE, RAMEY TALKED ABOUT HOW HE WENT AFTER ABSENTEE BALLOTS. RAMEY HAS NOT RESPONDED TO OUR REQUEST FOR AN INTERVIEW.
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FROM WASTEWATER DISPOSAL TO INSURANCE TO FAMILY ESTATES. BUT AS EYEWITNESS NEWS LEAD POLITICAL REPORTER KENNIE BASS TELLS US...THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM WAS ELECTION FRAUD...AND NOT MUCH WAS SAID ABOUT THAT. Kennie Bass/Eyewitness News: Lincoln County's commissioners tackle business during their regularly scheduled meeting...but with only two of three in attendance. Commissioner Thomas Ramey called in to participate. Eyewitness News has learned Ramey is the quote "known person" named in the information which accuses County Clerk Donald Whitten and Sheriff Jerry Bowman of election fraud and lying to investigators. Some in attendance expressed their displeasure at the alleged corruption. NAT SOT NAT SOT Kennie Bass/Eyewitness News: The commission president says if Ramey is involved in election fraud...he should step down. Charles McCann/Lincoln Co. Commission: Kennie Bass/Eyewitness News: Despite federal investigators saying they've admitted to their crimes surrounding the 2010 democratic primary, Whitten and Bowman are still in office..and still on the public payroll. Charles Vance/Lincoln Co. Commission: Kennie Bass/Eyewitness News: Regardless of when the other show will drop...the commissioners say it will be difficult restoring voter confidence. Charles McCann/Lincoln Co. Commission: In Hamlin, Kennie Bass, Eyewitness News. THEIR PLEA AGREEMENTS STIPULATE THEY MUST RESIGN FROM THEIR OFFICES BEFORE THEN.
Return to Story IndexRICHWOOD MAYOR
JOHN MCCLUNG WAS BUSTED FOR FRAUDULENT SCHEMES AND OBTAINING BY FALSE PRETENSES... THE CASE INVOLVES THE ALLEGED IMPROPER USE OF TOWN MONEY. THE CHARGES ARE FELONIES. MCLUNG POSTED A 5-THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND AND IS NOW OUT OF JAIL.
Return to Story IndexJOHN KING II
JOHN KING THE SECOND WAS ARRESTED LAST NIGHT BY SOUTH CHARLESTON POLICE FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. OFFICERS SAY THEY STOPPED KING ON SEVENTH AVENUE AFTER THEY SAW HIM SWERVE AND ALMOST HIT SOME CARS. OFFICERS SAY HE FAILED PARTS OF ALL THREE FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS. KING WAS ALSO ARRESTED FOR D-U-I LAST APRIL. JOHN LOPEZ IS CURRENTLY THE ACTING DIRECTOR FOR THE WEST VIRGINIA REGIONAL JAIL AUTHORITY.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER LESLIE RUBIN WAS AT THERE AND IS LIVE IN THE STUDIO WITH A LOOK INSIDE THE SOMETIMES HEATED MEETING BETWEEN THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY... ELIZABETH...MANY ARE STILL TRYING TO URGE THE BOARD TO CHANGE THE SCHOOL'S NAME TO HONOR MARY C. SNOW...A WOMAN REMEMBERED AS AN EDUCATION PIONEER... WHAT'S IN A NAME? A LOT ACCORDING TO HUNDREDS OF WEST SIDE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND SUPPORTERS OF THE LATE MARY C. SNOW...KANAWHA COUNTY'S FIRST BLACK PRINCIPAL AFTER INTEGRATION.. SOT: "She deserves this!" "When you know to do better, do better" "A great educator, a great role model." IN DECEMBER THE SCHOOL BOARD VOTED 3-2, TO KEEP THE NAME WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY, CITIING IT WAS THE NAME THE STUDENT'S VOTED ON. BUT HUNDREDS CONTINUE THEIR PUSH TO SEE THE SCHOOL RENAMED FOR SNOW...A WOMAN THEY CALL A LEGENDARY TEACHER AND ICON WHO SERVED THE COMMUNITY... "I think Mary Snow did more for the education of Kanawha County students than George Washington, John Adams, Stonewall Jackson, Andrew Jackson!" ON THURSDAY, THE BOARD HOSTED A FORUM AT THE SCHOOL AND HEARD AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF SUPPORT TO CHANGE THE SCHOOL'S NAME. BOARD MEMBER BECKY JORDAN STOOD BY HER DEICISION TO KEEP THE NAME THE SAME SOT: "Aren't you all more worried about your test scores? I am...all of us are...Mary Snow I'm sure was more worried about your test scores!" THE SCHOOL SENT SURVEYS HOME WITH STUDENTS THIS WEEK, AND ANNOUNCED THAT 70% OF PARENTS WANT TO KEEP THE NAME WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY, ALONG WITH 65% OF STUDENTS, AND 90% OF THE STAFF. A VOTING PROCESS SOME SAY WAS FLAWED FROM THE BEGINNING. SOT: "Add the lady's name to the school and let's go home and be peaceful about this. That's all it takes" THE BOARD MADE NO DECISION ON CHANGING THE NAME, AND HAVE NOT SAID IF THEY ARE EVEN CONSIDERING DOING SO AFTER HEARING TONIGHT'S COMMENTS. REPORTING LIVE IN THE STUDIO, LESLIE RUBIN, EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexSPENCER FATAL FIRE
INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT THE FIRE STARTED IN A BED ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE HOUSE AND WAS AN ACCIDENT. IT TOOK FIREFIGHTERS TWO ATTEMPTS TO REACH THE WOMAN'S BODY. THE HUSBAND WAS INJURED WHILE TRYING TO SAVE HER... HE IS IN THE CABELL HUNTINGTON BURN UNIT WITH LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES. A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY ALSO MADE AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO PULL THE WOMAN FROM THE BURNING HOME... HE REFUSED TREATMENT AFTER BEING DRIVEN BACK INTO THE STREET BY SMOKE AND HEAT. NEIGHBORS SAY THE COUPLE HAS THREE CHILDREN. THE FIRE MARSHAL HAS NOT RELEASED THE NAMES OF VICTIMS. THE CHILDREN WERE NOT HURT.
Return to Story IndexKINDER INDICTED
56-YEAR OLD WESLEY KINDER IS ACCUSED OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER, ATTEMPTED MURDER, AND MALICIOUS ASSAULT. KINDER TOLD POLICE HE KILLED HIS MOTHER BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO HIS DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT. HE SUFFERS FROM SCHIZOPHRENIA.
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POLICE SAY 27 YEAR OLD BYRON YOUNG IS CHARGED WITH MALICIOUS WOUNDING. THE BRAWL HAPPENED AT YESTERDAY'S NIGHT CLUB IN WILLIAMSON LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PIKEVILLE'S FOOTBALL TEAM WERE AT THE CLUB THAT NIGHT WHEN THINGS TOOK A VIOLENT TURN. BRANDON TEASELY SPOKE WITH EYEWITNESS NEWS EARLIER THIS WEEK ... HE SAYS HE WAS DANCING WITH A GIRL AND THEN WAS STABBED IN THE BACK FROM BEHIND. HE IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY. ANOTHER PLAYER SUFFERED A CONCUSSION DURING THAT FIGHT.
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Stealing from a cemetery in the middle of the night... that's what happened this week to an air conditioning unit at Spring Hill Cemetery in Huntington. "To me it's a disrespectful thing to do. We've dealt with it throughout the park district, and just the thought of someone having the audacity to steal that from a cemetery to me is unbelievable." And... since the cemetery is run by the GPand RD... it's costing taxpayer dollars! "Dollar wise? We're talking about just under $3,000." Police estimate this thief may have cashed in on about 10 bucks. "That's pretty brazen of someone to come out and do that, and for no more money than they get, it's a shame." Homes in the Spring Hill area have also been hit. A woman driving by this house reportedly caught this man, Elijah Crum, in the act of trying to strip a window unit. Police arrested him at the Woodmont Road home. Tenth Avenue Church of God is one of at least four churches in the Huntington area to have air-conditioning equipment stolen in the past two weeks. Darrell Buttram / Lead Pastor Tenth Ave Church of God "They had to know we had the lock, that we have the cage. They had to examine the lock break in and get what they did. It was obviously something that was well thought out." He says he doesn't know why people risk their lives to steal the copper... Maybe they have an addiction, they need help, and we'd love to be able to have an opportunity to help them find what they need. IF YOU NOTICE SOMEONE OR SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS... CALL POLICE. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THESE HUNTINGTON COPPER CRIMES, CALL THE ANONYMOUS TIPLINE AT 304- 696- 4444. WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE BODY FOUND IN THE OHIO RIVER EARLIER THIS WEEK. THE VICTIM IS NOW IDENTIFIED AS 25 YEAR OLD JASON CLAGG OF HUNTINGTON. CLAGG'S BODY WAS FOUND NEAR BUENA VISTA NEAR THE ADAMS AND SCIOTO COUNTY LINES. CLAGG REPORTEDLY WAS LAST SEEN MID-NOVEMBER AFTER HE JUMPED INTO THE RIVER WHILE RUNNING FROM AUTHORITIES. HE WAS IDENTIFIED THROUGH DENTAL RECORDS.
Return to Story IndexJACOB'S VIGIL
FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT KILLED BY A TRAIN GATHERED FOR A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL AT HURRICANE HIGH SCHOOL. 16 YEAR OLD JACOB BALL WAS WALKING ALONG THE TRACKS NEAR TEAYS VALLEY ROAD ON TUESDAY WHEN THE C-S-X TRAIN HIT HIM... PRELIMINARY REPORTS SAY THE TEENAGER MAY HAVE BEEN WEARING HEADPHONES AND IT'S POSSIBLE HE DIDN'T HEAR THE TRAIN APPROACHING.
Return to Story IndexPIZZA FOR JACOB
CALLED "PIZZA FOR JACOB."... IT WILL DONATE A PORTION OF ALL SALES TO JACOB'S FAMILY. THE WORKERS SAY THE COMMUNITY STICKS TOGETHER IN TIMES LIKE THIS, AND THEY WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW IT'S FOR THE FAMILY. ONCE AGAIN THAT FUNDRAISER WILL BE ALL DAY ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH... FROM 11 TO 10.
Return to Story IndexMCDOWELL SWEEPS 10
BUT DESPITE IT'S SMALL POPULATION..IT HAS SOME BIG PROBLEMS. EYEWITNESS NEWS ANCHOR DEBORAH LINZ JOINS US WITH MORE... IN A SPECIAL REPORT. THE PROBLEM WITH EDUCATION IN MCDOWELL COUNTY STARTS WITH ITS TERRAIN...IT'S A VERY LARGE COUNTY AND VERY MOUNTAINOUS... THERE USE TO BE FIVE HIGH SCHOOLS HERE...NOW'S THERE'S ONLY TWO.. 'BITE ..it's real tough to bring kids to two locations... CONSEQUENTLY... SOME KIDS SIT ON SCHOOL BUSES TWO HOURS EVERY DAY. THE COUNTY IS ALSO VERY POOR... THE EIGHTH POOREST IN THE UNITED STATES... 50 YEARS AGO... MORE THAN 100-THOUSAND PEOPLE LIVED HERE.. NOW ONLY 22-THOUSAND... 70 THOUSAND MINING JOBS HAVE EVAPORATED SINCE THE 1980'S... there's really no job opportunities around around here voice over SADLY 72% OF STUDENTS LIVE IN HOMES WITHOUT GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT. (GRX) BITE..DAN... ABSENTEE PARENTS. (voice over) HALF THE CHILDREN IN MCDOWELL COUNTY LIVE IN POVERTY... AND AT LEAST 46 PERCENT DON'T LIVE WITH THEIR BIOLOGICAL PARENTS. (GRX) AT LEAST 78 ARE HOMELESS...(ask Jim) MCDOWELL COUNTY RANKS LAST IN EDUCTION IN WEST VIRGINIA.... 26 PERCENT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS LAST YEAR DROPPED OUT... THE AVERAGE THREE YEAR OLD IN THE U.S. SPEAKS 12-THOUSAND WORDS.. IN MCDOWELL THEY SPEAK ONLY FIVE THOUSAND. AND MCDOWELL LEADS THE NATION PER CAPITA IN OVERDOSE DEATHS FROM NARCOTIC PAIN MEDICATIONS... (GRX) ON AVERAGE NINE PEOPLE DIE EVERY MONTH. (ask Jim) DEB SU (The lack of jobs has created a loss of hope..turned into despair...has many people turning to drugs as an escape from their apparent abysmal reality) "How bad drug problem... it's bad...really bad." 12:21:45 "I would say 85 percent of the parents on are on dope." SUPT My daddies in jail. OTHER PROBLEMS INCLUDE A VERY HIGH RATE OF OBESITY, INFANT MORTALITY AND TEENAGE PREGNANCY.. AND THERE ARE MORE CHALLENGES...IT'S VERY HARD TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS...... Trey... sub..??? 10:16:55-:00 "A real strong student can recover from one year bad instruction... an at risk student doesn't" FOR TEACHERS... FINDING DECENT MIDDLE CLASS HOUSING IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. BITE WITH HEIDI... 11:00:55-:01 "Most of the kids I have really do want to try... really do want to learn." "They just have a lot more challenges than kids in other parts of the country." VO HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR REAGAN STAFFORD'S MOM HAD A DRUG PROBLEM AND SPENT FIVE YEARS IN PRISON... SHE NEVER KNEW HER FATHER... 10:28:28-:36 "I had to take care of myself and little sister...it was very stressful growing up... but made me a better person." FORTUNATLY REAGAN HAS SUPPORTIVE GRANDPARENTS AND IS NOW AN HONOR STUDENT AND WANTS TO GO TO COLLEGE AND BECOME A PEDIATRICIAN. 10:35:52-:55 "I love working with kids...and helping them.. that's my goal." THE STATE TOOK CONTROL OF MCDOWELL COUNTY SCHOOLS IN 2001 BUT THERE'S BEEN LITTLE SUCCESS IN TURNING AROUND THE FAILING SCHOOL SYSTEM....UNTIL SUPERINDENDANT JIM BROWN WAS APPOINTED IN THE FALL OF 2010. LAST YEAR ACT SCORES WERE THE HIGHEST THEY'VE BEEN IN FIVE YEARS.. AND WEST TEST SCORES IN READING AND MATH IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY. 10:14:58-:02 "We're still below the state and national average... but see something we can build on." BECAUSE OF THE CRISIS IN MCDOWELL... THE INITIATIVE "RECONNECTING MCDOWELL" WAS CREATED. NATS FROM MEETING. ..SUPT ...DRUGS ...BANDWITH IT'S AN UNPRECENDENTED COMPREHENSIVE FIVE-YEAR PLAN... LED BY THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS AND FORMER WEST VIRGINIA FIRST LADY GAYLE MANCHIN. "we have a real opportunity" IT INCLUDES 40 PARTNERS WHO HAVE SIGNED A COVENANT TO HELP REVERSE MCDOWELL COUNTY'S FAILING SCHOOL SYSTEM AND SEEK SOLUTIONS TO IT'S TROUBLING SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES. bite with gayle and randi NATS.... THERE ARE NO SIMPLE SOLUTIONS TO ALL THESE COMPLEX PROBLEMS... BUT ALL INVOLVED AGREE SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO HELP THE KIDS AND COMMUNITY OF MCDOWELL COUNTY SUCCEED. WHILE MANY RESIDENTS HAVE LEFT THE COUNTY FOR GOOD...REAGAN SAYS AFTER SHE HOPEFULLY BECOMES A DOCTOR...SHE PLANS TO RETURN TO HER ROOTS HERE AND GIVE BACK. 10:36:49-:55 "You were given an opportunity to make something of self...now it time to help others...that's the way I feel about it." 10:20:51 "The children in this county deserve and opportunity for success just like any other child in WV or in America...and failure is not an option."
Return to Story IndexBOONE MINE SHUT DOWN
THE MINE, LOCATED IN PRENTER HOLLOW, IS IN BOONE COUNTY. IT WAS CLOSED FOR BUSINESS AT MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT. WE'RE TOLD MORE THAN A HUNDRED MINERS ARE WITHOUT JOBS AT THIS MINE ALONE.
Return to Story IndexCOAL SYMPOSIUM
AT TODAY'S SESSION GOVERNOR EARL RAY TOMBLIN TALKED ABOUT SAFETY LEGISLATION INTRODUCED IN THE STATE OF THE STATE. AND SENATOR JOE MANCHIN DISCUSSED THE OUTLOOK FOR THE ONGOING CHALLENGES WITH THE E-P-A'S PERMITTING PROCESS. THE SYMPOSIUM PROVIDES INDUSTRY AND REGULATORY OFFICIALS AND GOVERNMENT LEADERS A CHANCE TO DISCUSS CURRENT ENERGY AND ECONOMIC TRENDS, MINE SAFETY, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.
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IT'S THE BOTTOM OF THE BLOCK TIME FOR THE TOP SPORTS STORY WITH MARK MARTIN. HE BROKE DAN DAKICH'S RECORD, BUT NOT BY MUCH...WVU IS LOSING A DEFENSIVE FOOTBALL COACH NOT LONG AFTER HE SIGNED ON...WVU ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT MIKE SMITH IS LEAVING THE MOUNTAINEER PROGRAM TO RETURN TO THE NEW YORK JETS...SMITH HAD BEEN THE JETS LINEBACKER AND WAS RECENTLY HIRED TO FILL ONE OF THREE VACACNIES ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL IN MORGANTOWN...WITH HIS QUICK DEPARTURE, DANA HOLGORSEN HAS TWO POSITIONS TO FILL BEFORE SPRING BALL BEGINS...
Return to Story IndexDAN HOSE
HOSE HAD SERVED AS SPORTS EDITOR OF THE PARKERSBURG NEWS AND MARIETTA TIMES IN THE EARLY 50S...FOLLOWING THE SERVICE, HE WENT TO WORK FOR THE CHARLESTON DAILY MAIL IN 1957 AND WAS THERE UNTIL JOINING UPI...HOSE WAS STILL VERY VISIBLE FOLLOWING RETIREMENT IN 1990, HELPING OUT WITH THE ANNUAL STATE HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS AND THE WV SPORTSWRITERS ASSOCIATION VICTORY AWARDS DINNER...HE WAS THE WINNER OF THE SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR IN 1981... HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, A SON, AND THREE DAUGHTERS...ONE OF THE NICEST GUYS YOU COULD EVER MEET, DAN HOSE WAS 78... OUR HEARTFELT SYMPATHY GOES OUT TO THE FAMILY OF DAN HOSE...WHEN WE RETURN, HIGHLIGHTS FROM MONTGOMERY AS WEST VIRGINIA TECH MEETS ST. CATHERINE IN MEN'S AND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ACTION...AND, A MARSHALL BASKETBALL PLAYER BATTLES BACK TO BE ON THE COURT...
Return to Story IndexGAZETTE HEADLINE
AN ALPHA RESOURCES CONTRACTOR IS SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS IN PRISON PLUS...LOCAL SUSAN G. KOMEN AND PLANNED PARENTHOOD LEADERS TALK ABOUT A NATIONAL SPLIT AND...DEFENSIVE ASSISTANT MIKE SMITH LEAVES WVU TO RETURN TO THE JETS YOU CAN READ ALL ABOUT THESE STORIES AND MORE IN FRIDAY'S EDITION OF THE CHARLESTON GAZETTE.
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JIM PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS Join Jim Barach and the entire Storm Team at the Weather Center Online for the only regional web site that provides live, local updates, 24 hours a day!
Return to Story IndexFRENCH CREEK FREDDY
THAT'S BECAUSE WEST VIRGINIA'S FRENCH CREEK FREDDIE DID NOT SEE HIS SHADOW. EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER BOB AARON SAYS THAT MEANS SPRING IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. THANKS TO A CLOUD THAT ROLLED IN EIGHT MINUTES BEFORE FRENCH CREEK FREDDIE POPPED OUT FROM HIS DEN, THE RODENT WITH THE BEADY, MAKE THAT STEELY EYES ,OF A STORM TEAM FORECASTER DID NOT SEE HIS SHADOW. THAT MEANS SPRING IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. STANDUP. KNOWN TO SNAP AND SEND INFO BABES RUNNING FOR COVER AS THEY DROP THEIR MICROPHONES AND ABLE TO BITE THRU A HANDLER'S WELDING GLOVES, FREDDIE WAS A PUSSYCAT THIS YEAR. HE WAS , HOWEVER, LESS THAN ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT HIS COSTUMED LIKENESS. WHILE PUNXATAWNEY PHIL SAW HIS SHADOW AND CALLED FOR SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER, FREDDIE CLEARLY HAD THE RIGHT FORECAST. SOT. TAKING PHIL'S PREDICTION OVER FREDDIE'S IS LIKE GETTING WEATHER INFORMATION FROM A JACKASS. MY MULES GREW AN UNUSUALLY HEAVY COAT THIS YEAR, BUT LIKE PHIL, WHAT DO THEY KNOW. FREDDIE'S IS ON THE MARK. SOT. IN FRENCH CREEK, BOB AARON, EYEWITNESS NEWS. GROUNDHOG DAY IS SATURDAY NEXT YEAR. FRENCH CREEK IS PLANNING A FULL SCALE GROUNDHOG FESTIVAL THEN.
Return to Story IndexMARDI GRAS MAVERICK
MAVERICK DIDN'T SEE HIS SHADOW THIS MORNING AT THE MARDI GRAS RESORT IN CROSS LANES... THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW MAVERICK PREDICTED THE END OF WINTER. AND FOR THE RECORD -- HE WAS RIGHT LAST YEAR.
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HERE'S EYEWITNESS NEWS ANCHOR PATRICK MCMURTRY WITH A LOOK AT THIS WEEK'S BEHIND THE KITCHEN DOOR. This is a great Groundhog Day, I'd take six more weeks of this winter, and I'd take six more weeks of good kitchen inspections, unfortunately, that's not what Kanawha Charleston inspectors found here at Chucky Cheese in South Ridge. Inspectors found a total of eight violations, including four critical. There were a couple of repeat violations, including a toxic chemical being stored above the food and there was mold in the ice machine. Inspectors also found a dirty can opener blade. I talked to Brandon, he's a manager here at Chucky Cheese and he says it's against corporate policy to comment on the report, but he did say the toxic chemical above the food was actually perfume and he said he just missed a spot when he was cleaning the ice machine. That's it for this week, we don't have any clean kitchens to tell you about.
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IF IT'S A GOOD PICTURE OF A GOOD STORY... WE'LL USE IT ON THE AIR!
Return to Story IndexALBERT'S CHAPEL
NESTLED ON TOP OF SOME SCENIC WEST VIRGINIA HILLS LIES "A LITTLE ROUND CHURCH," THAT WILL SURELY CATCH YOUR EYE. PHOTOJOURNALIST BRAD RICE TAKES US TO CALHOUN COUNTY FOR A LOOK AT THE UNIQUE DESIGN OF ALBERT'S CHAPEL IN TONIGHT'S TRAVELING WEST VIRGINIA.
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IF YOU GO ON SUNDAY, CHURCH STARTS AT 11:00 IN THE MORNING... EVERYONE'S WELCOME.
Return to Story IndexFEBRUARY IS HEART MONTH
THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION REPORTS THAT HEART DISEASE IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES AMONG BOTH MEN AND WOMEN. THE BEST THING DOCTORS SAY YOU CAN DO IS KNOW YOUR NUMBERS AND KEEP THEM UNDER CONTROL. YOUR TOTAL CHOLESTEROL SHOULD BE LESS THAN 200. YOU ALSO HAVE TWO TYPES, YOUR L-D-L OR "BAD" CHOLESTEROL SHOULD BE LESS THAN 130 AND YOUR H-D-L OR "GOOD" CHOLESTEROL SHOULD BE ABOVE 50. AND OF COURSE, YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE SHOULD BE AT OR BELOW 120 OVER 80.
Return to Story IndexFATTY ACIDS IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT
IN A 14-YEAR STUDY OF MORE THAN THREE THOUSAND PEOPLE OVER SIXTY-FIVE, RESEARCHERS FOUND THAT ADULTS WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OF OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS IN THEIR BLOODSTREAM WERE ABOUT THIRTY-PERCENT LESS LIKELY TO END UP WITH AN IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT. AUTHORS BELIEVE THAT THE OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS FOUND IN FISH MAY STABILIZE THE EXCITABILITY OF HEART MUSCLE. IN TURN, THAT MAY LOWER YOUR RISK OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION.
Return to Story IndexSECOND WEATHER JIM PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS
Return to Story IndexTRAVOLTA JET DONATION
TRAVOLTA, WHO IS A PILOT... HAS DECIDED TO DONATE A G-TWO GULFSTREAM EXECUTIVE JET TO THE GEORGIA AVIATION HALL OF FAME AT THE MUSEUM OF AVIATION, IN HONOR OF HIS SON- JETT... OFFICIALS SAY THE JET WILL BE USED AS A DISPLAY FOR AN UPCOMING AIR SHOW. TRAVOLTA'S SON PASSED AWAY IN TWO-THOUSAND-NINE.
Return to Story IndexNO JERSEY SHORE IN HOBOKEN
AND LOOKS LIKE J-WOW AND SNOOKI ARE BEING SENT PACKING .... THEIR SEARCH CONTINUES..... THE TWO "JERSEY SHORE" STARS -- GETTING SHUT DOWN BY HOBOKEN MAYOR, DAWN ZIMMER... ZIMMER- OFFICIALLY DENYING MTV'S PERMIT REQUEST THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED IT'S PRODUCTION COMPANY TO FILM THE GIRLS AROUND HOBOKEN FOR THEIR NEW SPINOFF SERIES .... MAYOR ZIMMER SAYS HER REASON FOR DENYING THE PERMIT STEMS FROM HER CONCERNS ABOUT THE VIOLENCE DEPICTED ON THE "JERSEY SHORE" ... AS WELL AS CONCERNS OVER PUBLIC SAFETY.
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--BOB WILLIAMS AND HIS TEAM... --EDDIE HAYDEN 3... --ST. CATHARINE...INSIDE TO TRAVIS WILKINS... --DONALD ROBINSON OFF THE STUTTER STEP... --ROBINSON PULLS UP FOR 3... --BRANDON BURGRAFF FOR 3... --IN THE OPEN FLOOR... JOSH PROCTOR THROWS IT DOWN... --STUDEN SECTION WITH THEIR CHESTS PAINTED AND LOVIN' IT.. --RASHON TABB FROM THE OUTSIDE... --ON THE BREAK AGAIN.. THIS TIME IT'S TERRALE CLARK WITH THE DUNK... TECH WINS 78-69....
Return to Story IndexWVU TECH WOMEN
--TECH GOES INSIDE TO AMY GARDNER... --GARDNER AGAIN... THIS TIME THE AND 1... --NIA NOLAN WITH THE SCOOPING LAYUP... --ST. CATHARINE TOO MUCH... NICE PASSING LEAVES JANAE HOWARD WITH THE BUCKET.... TECH FALLS 68-64...
Return to Story IndexDENNIS TINNON-ATO
A.J. GOOD: JUST THREE YEARS AGO, DENNIS TINNON WAS WORKING AT A MEAT PROSESSING PLANT WITH HIS DREAMS OF BASKETBALL GLORY ALL BUT FORGOTTEN. NOW IN 2012, AS A STARTER FOR MARSHALL, TINNON'S QUEST FROM SLICER TO REBOUNDER IS ONE OF DETERMINATION AND FAITH. Dennis Tinnon: A.J. GOOD: TINNON'S JOURNEY BEGAN IN HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE WAS A STAR AT GREEN BAY EAST HIGH IN WISCONSIN, BUT ITS WHAT OFF THE COURT THAT LED HIM TO WHERE HIS IS TODAY. A INCIDENT IN HIGH SCHOOL AND A VIOLATION OF HIS PROBATION DURING HIS FIRST STINT IN JUCO LED HIM TO SPEND OVER FOUR MONTHS IN JAIL. CAUSING HIM TO HIT ROCK BOTTOM, WHERE HE BEGAN TO START OVER. Dennis Tinnon: A.J. GOOD: AFTER HIS RELEASE FROM JAIL, TINNON BEGAN TO TURN HIS LIFE AROUND, BUT IT WAS A CHANCE ENCOUNTER WITH A FRIEND THAT LED HIM TO KANSAS CITY KANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE. AND AFTER A GREAT COUPLE OF SEASONS, TINNON CAUGHT THE EYE OF MARSHALL HEAD COACH TOM HERRION, WHICH STARTED TINNON'S RISE TO THE TOP THAT HE NEVER SAW COMING JUST FEW YEARS AGO. Dennis Tinnon: A.J. GOOD: NOW AS ONE OF THE TOP REBOUNDERS IN THE COUNTRY, TINNON HAS ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS A FAN FAVORITE, AND LOVE BETWEEN THE FANS AND THE PLAYER IS MUTUAL. Dennis Tinnon: A.J. GOOD: TINNON'S FOUNDATION IN LIFE IS WITH IS WIFE ROBIN AND THEIR DAUGHTER DENYAH, WHO HAVE SUPPORTED HIM THROUGH THICK AND THIN. Dennis Tinnon: A.J. GOOD: DENNIS'S FOCUS NOW IS ON HELPING THE HERD GET BACK ON TRACK, AND HELP TO BUILD ON THE PROMISE THAT EVERYONE FELT IN THE PRE-SEASON. Dennis Tinnon: AJ GOOD: TINNONS NEXT BATTLE IS WITH THE NCAA AS HE FIGHTS FOR HIS FINAL YEAR OF ELIGIBILTY......BUT IF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN....HIS CHANCES AT THE NEXT LEVEL ARE VERY HIGH.......FOR AGAINST THE ODDS....A.J. GOOD EYEWITNESS SPORTS....
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Return to Story IndexWAKE UP WEATHER
Return to Story Index PRIME PICKS THE BIG BANG THEORY Tonight at 7:30 PM The Euclid Alternative Leonard and his friends stage an intervention to force Sheldon to face his fear of driving  |
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