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Friday, May 17, 2013.

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OPEN 1
    THE SURVIVING BOSTON BOMBING SUSPECT MAY HAVE LEFT A NOTE CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE KILLINGS AND GIVES A MOTIVE.

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OPEN 2
    A RALEIGH COUNTY MAN WHO BECAME AN INTERNET SENSATION WHEN HE SAVED A COUPLE PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA IS IN JAIL ON MURDER CHARGES

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OPEN 3
    AND... ITS OUR COOL SCHOOLS.... WE'LL TAKE YOU LIVE TO BUFFALO HIGH SCHOOL

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HELLO
    GOOD MORNING, I'M JENIFER McANDREWS.

    AND I'M PATRICK MCMURTRY.

    WELCOME TO FOX 11'S EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING .

    IT'S MAY 17TH AND COOL SCHOOL FRIDAY.

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

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WEATHER GLANCE
    DOUG PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS

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I CHAS APT METH BUST
    NEW THIS MORNING: CHARLESTON POLICE ARREST TWO PEOPLE AFTER FINDING METH MAKING MATERIALS IN THEIR HOME.

    EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER KATELYN SYKES HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY ALL MORNING AND KATELYN, POLICE SAID IT'S A PRETTY BIG BUST.

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L CHAS APT METH BUST
    PATRICK AND JEN -- POLICE TOLD ME IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST BUSTS THEY'VE MADE. THEY FOUND A NUMBER OF MATERIALS COMMONLY USED TO MAKE THE DRUG INSIDE THE APARTMENT.

    AND THIS IS WHO POLICE ARRESTED. 21 YEAR OLD DARRELL CROWDER AND 22 YEAR OLD REBECCA KNIGHT. BOTH HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE A CLANDESTINE LAB AND ARE IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL JAIL.

    TAKE A LOOK AT THIS EXCLUSIVE VIDEO.

    YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING POLICE FOUND INSIDE THIS HILLCREST DRIVE APARTMENT.

    CHARLESTON POLICE SAID THEY GOT A TIP ABOUT THE METH MAKING MATERIALS INSIDE THE HOME AND GOT THERE JUST AFTER ONE THIS MORNING.

    A TWO YEAR OLD WAS ALSO LIVING AT THE RESIDENCE BUT WAS PICKED UP BY ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER EARLY THIS MORNING.

    POLICE DON'T THINK CROWDER AND KNIGHT WERE ACTUALLY MAKING THE DRUG INSIDE THE HOME.

    BECAUSE OF THAT -- THEY DON'T THINK ANY OF THE OTHER APARTMENTS AT THAT COMPLEX WERE EXPOSED TO THE DRUG.

    REPORTING LIVE IN THE STUDIO, KATELYN SYKES, EYEWITNESS NEWS.

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I LOGAN ARSON REWARD
    IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS SINCE FIVE PEOPLE DIED IN A SUSPICIOUS FIRE IN LOGAN COUNTY.

    AND NOW, THE STATE FIRE MARSHALL AND VICTIM'S FAMILY'S ARE OFFERING REWARDS IN HOPES OF GETTING THE ANSWERS THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.

    TWO ADULTS AND THREE CHILDREN DIED IN THAT LATE NIGHT FIRE BACK ON JANUARY 29, 2009 IN MONAVILLE... MAKING IT ONE OF THE DEADLIEST IN LOGAN COUNTY.

    THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE HAS BEEN INVESTIGATING IT AS A POSSIBLE ARSON AND HAVE NOW UPPED THE REWARD TO 5 THOUSAND DOLLARS.

    THEY HOPE OFFERING THE MONEY WILL HELP GARNER SOME NEW INFORMATION ON THE CASE.

    ONE FAMILY MEMBER BELIEVES SOMEONE KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED..

    "a lot of people think it's a house fire - but it wasn't - somebody killed those babies."

    SPACE HEATERS, FAULTY WIRING, AND OTHER TYPICAL CAUSES WERE RULED OUT EARLY IN THE INVESTIGATION.

    TESTING FOR ACCELERANTS ALL CAME BACK NEGATIVE.

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GRX LOGAN ARSON REWARD
    ON MONDAY - THE FAMILY'S REWARD ACCOUNT WILL BE OPEN AT THE LOGAN BANK AND TRUST.

    DONATIONS TO THAT ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED BY THE FAMILY.

    ON SUNDAY - JUNE 9TH AT 1:30 IN THE AFTERNOON - THE FAMILY IS HOLDING A MEMORIAL SERVICE AT THE SITE OF THE FIRE IN MONAVILLE. THEY'RE ASKING ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE, TO COME THERE AND PRAY FOR ANSWERS IN THE INVESTIGATION.

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INTERNET SENSATION MURDER
    A WEST VIRGINIA DRIFTER BECAME AN INTERNET CELEBRITY AFTER USING A HATCHET TO SAVE TWO PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA.

    NOW THE HITCHHKING HERO IS FACING MURDER CHARGES FOR THE DEATH OF A NEW JERSEY ATTORNEY.

    ED PAYNE HAS THE DETAILS.

    (NATSOT)

    "...reared up behind him with a hatchet and SMASH! SMASH! SA-MASH!"

    CALEB MCGILLVARY (PRONO:MICK-GILL-VARY) - BETTER KNOWN AS 'KAI THE HATCHET-WEILDING HITCHIKER' BECAME A VIRAL SENSATION AFTER HIS COLORFUL ACCOUNT OF SAVING TWO PEOPLE FROM A MAN CLAIMING TO BE JESUS.

    NOW HE'S BEHIND BARS IN PHILADELPHIA ACCUSED IN THE BEATING DEATH OF NEW JERSEY LAWYER JOSEPH GALFY JUNIOR.

    INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE TWO HAD A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP AND WERE TOGETHER THE NIGHT BEFORE GALFY WAS MURDERED.

    "He was found the next morning, Monday morning, in his bedroom partially clothed. He had his underwear on, he had his socks on. He was beaten severely about his body."

    PHILADELPHIA POLICE ARRESTED 24-YEAR-OLD MCGILLVARY ON THURSDAY AT A BUS DEPOT...AUTHORITIES SAY HE CUT HIS HAIR TO CHANGE HIS APPEARANCE.

    A FAN WHO SAYS HE GAVE THE HOMELESS HITCHHIKER A PLACE TO STAY MONDAY NIGHT SAYS HE HAD NO CLUE.

    "We didn't know when he was staying here. He didn't give any signs of it. He was a nice enough guy and everything, but afterwards it kind of made sense after everything we are hearing."

    IN HIS LAST POST ON FACEBOOK...

    MCGILLVARY WROTE...


    "What would you do if you woke up with a groggy head, metallic taste in your mouth, in a strangers house... realizing that someone had drugged, raped… you? what would you do?"

    I'M ED PAYNE REPORTING.

    NEW JERSEY AUTHORITIES SAY THAT MURDER CHARGE CARRIES A THREE MILLION DOLLAR BAIL.

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BOSTON BOMB NOTE
    WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE SURVIVING BOSTON BOMBING SUSPECT DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV.. HE LEFT A NOTE CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MARATHON ATTACK.

    A LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCE SAID IT WAS SCRIBBLED ON A WALL OF THE BOAT WHERE HE WAS FOUND HIDING.

    THE MESSAGE SAID THE BOMBINGS WERE PAYBACK FOR ATTACKS AGAINST MUSLIMS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.

    ACCORDING TO THE SOURCE, THE 19-YEAR-OLD ALSO WROTE THAT HE WOULD NOT MISS OLDER BROTHER, TAMERLAN TSARNAEV, BECAUSE HE WOULD SOON BE JOINING HIM.

    THE OLDER BROTHER DIED AFTER A SHOOTOUT WITH POLICE.

    THE BOMBINGS KILLED THREE PEOPLE AND WOUNDED MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED OTHERS.

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WV HOUSE SPEAKER RESIGNS
    THERE'S A SHAKE-UP IN THE LEADERSHIP ROLES AT THE STATE CAPITOL.

    SPEAKER RICK THOMPSON IS EXPECTED TO OFFICIALLY RESIGN HIS POSITION AND TAKE OVER AS SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS ASSISTANCE.

    WEST VIRGINIA GOVERNOR EARL RAY TOMBLIN ANNOUNCED THE MOVE YESTERDAY.

    CURRENT VETERANS ASSISTANCE SECRETARY KEITH GWINN WILL RETIRE NEXT MONTH BECAUSE OF HEALTH CONCERNS.

    THOMPSON JOINED THE LEGISLATURE IN 2000 AND TOOK THE SPEAKER'S JOB IN 2007.

    ONCE HE RESIGNS, THE GOVERNOR WILL HAVE TEN DAYS TO CALL THE LEGISLATURE INTO SPECIAL SESSION TO SELECT THOMPSON'S REPLACEMENT.

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G WV HOUSE SPEAKER RESIGNS
    AND SEVERAL NAMES HAVE ALREADY COME UP AS A POSSIBILITY FOR THE SPEAKER'S SEAT..

    MAJORITY LEADER BRENT BOGGS FROM BRAXTON COUNTY AND MAJORITY WHIP MIKE CAPUTO FROM MARION COUNTY ARE TWO MEMBERS OF THE CURRENT LEADERSHIP TEAM.

    JUDICIARY CHAIR TIM MILEY FROM HARRISON COUNTY AND FINANCE CHAIR HARRY KEITH WHITE FROM MINGO COUNTY ARE ALSO PROMINENT MEMBERS.

    AND KANAWHA COUNTY DELEGATE DOUG SKAFF IS SAID TO HAVE AN INTEREST AS WELL.

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GENETIC TEST PREVIEW
    ACTRESS ANGELINA JOLIE MADE HEADLINES THIS WEEK WHEN SHE ANNOUNCED SHE DECIDED TO HAVE A DOUBLE MASTECTOMY AFTER GENETIC TESTING RESULTS SHOWED SHE HAD AN 87 PERCENT CHANCE OF GETTING BREAST CANCER.

    IN TONIGHT'S HEALTHY FOR LIFE... EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER DARRAH WILCOX SITS DOWN WITH LISA "MUTE-OH"... A GENETIC NURSE PRACTICTIONER AT CABELL HUNTINTON HOSPITAL'S "EDWARDS COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER" TO TALK ABOUT OPTIONS THEY HAVE FOR GENETIC TESTING.

    THEY CAN TALK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR HEREDITARY RISK FACTORS, AND SEE IF YOU ARE AT-RISK FOR A MUTATION GENE THAT COULD LEAD TO CANCER.

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B GENETIC TEST PREVIEW
    Lisa Muto / Genetic Nurse Pracitioner

    We have options. Very rarely are we able to do something that we know is going to reduce your risk or prevent cancer. Even if you don't have a mutation, even if you're not tested, you might be eligible for additional screening then we can find cancer earlier when it's a lot more treatable."

    WE'LL HAVE MORE ON WHO SHOULD HAVE GENETIC TESTING... AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW YOUR OPTIONS ... TONIGHT AT SIX AND TEN.

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COOL SCHOOLS BUFFALO
    WE ARE CONTINUING TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE COOLEST SCHOOLS IN OUR AREA...

    THIS MORNING... WE'RE IN PUTNAM COUNTY... AND BUFFALO HIGH SCHOOL.

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B COOL SCHOOLS BUFFALO
    TERRY BURHANS IS LIVE FOR US THIS MORNING... TERRY WHAT MAKES BUFFALO HIGH SCHOOL SO COOL.

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TOWER CAM
    Towercam or

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FULL WEATHER
    DOUG PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS

    Radar

    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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SUMMERSVILLE LIGHTHOUSE
    WHAT STARTED AS A JOKE HAS BECOME A BEACON IN THE HILLS OF WEST VIRGINIA.

    PHOTOJOURNALIST BRAD RICE TAKES US TO NICHOLAS COUNTY FOR A FIRST LOOK AT THE SUMMERSVILLE LIGHTHOUSE IN THIS EDITION OF TRAVELING WEST VIRGINIA.

    RUNS=1:48

    OC=something we can make out of it.



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G SUMMERSVILLE LIGHTHOUSE
    THE OFFICIAL DEDICATION AND LIGHTING OF THE SUMMERSVILLE LAKE LIGHTHOUSE WILL BE HELD ON WEST VIRGINIA DAY, JUNE 20TH.

    FOR MORE DETAILS, LOG ONTO WCHSTV.COM AND CLICK ON THE TRAVELING WEST VIRGINIA LINK.

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GFX JOHN BURDETTE
    GO TO THE FOURTH AVENUE FINANCIAL FACEBOOK PAGE AND SEND IN YOUR QUESTIONS FOR JOHN.

    HE WILL BE HERE EVERY FRIDAY.

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    YOU CAN ALSO REACH JOHN AT HIS OFFICE...

    334 4TH AVE.

    SOUTH CHARLESTON


    WE'LL BE BACK WITH A CHECK OF YOUR MORNING FORECAST AND MORNING COMMUTE.

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REOPEN
    GOOD MORNING, I'M JENIFER MCANDREWS...IT'S 7:26...

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TOSS TO WEATHER
    DOUG HARLOW JOINS US NOW WITH A CHECK OF THE FORECAST.

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WEATHER
    DOUG PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS

    Chroma Radar

    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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OPEN 4
    COMING UP ON EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING...INVESTIGATORS IN LOGAN NEED YOUR HELP TO FIND OUT WHAT CAUSED A DEADLY FIRE THERE FOUR YEARS AGO AND THEY'RE WILLING TO PAY FOR IT

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OPEN 5
    PEOPLE HIT HARD BY THE TEXAS TORNADO SPENT YESTERDAY IN SHOCK LOOKING AT THE DAMAGE...TODAY THEY'LL START LIFE WITH A NEW REALITY

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OPEN 6
    LADIES HIT THE RUNWAY...MEN PAY ATTENTION....IT'S HARD TO FIND THE RIGHT WVU GEAR FOR WOMEN AND WE'LL TELL YOU WHERE YOU CAN'T GO WRONG.

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HELLO
    GOOD MORNING, I'M JENIFER McANDREWS.

    AND I'M PATRICK MCMURTRY.

    WELCOME TO FOX 11'S EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING .

    IT'S MAY 17TH AND COOL SCHOOL FRIDAY.

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

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WEATHER GLANCE
    DOUG PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS

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I CHAS APT METH BUST
    NEW THIS MORNING: CHARLESTON POLICE ARREST TWO PEOPLE AFTER FINDING METH MAKING MATERIALS IN THEIR HOME.

    EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER KATELYN SYKES HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY ALL MORNING AND KATELYN, POLICE SAID IT'S A PRETTY BIG BUST.

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L CHAS APT METH BUST
    PATRICK AND JEN -- POLICE TOLD ME IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST BUSTS THEY'VE MADE. THEY FOUND A NUMBER OF MATERIALS COMMONLY USED TO MAKE THE DRUG INSIDE THE APARTMENT.

    AND THIS IS WHO POLICE ARRESTED. 21 YEAR OLD DARRELL CROWDER AND 22 YEAR OLD REBECCA KNIGHT. BOTH HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE A CLANDESTINE LAB AND ARE IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL JAIL.

    TAKE A LOOK AT THIS EXCLUSIVE VIDEO.

    YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING POLICE FOUND INSIDE THIS HILLCREST DRIVE APARTMENT.

    CHARLESTON POLICE SAID THEY GOT A TIP ABOUT THE METH MAKING MATERIALS INSIDE THE HOME AND GOT THERE JUST AFTER ONE THIS MORNING.

    A TWO YEAR OLD WAS ALSO LIVING AT THE RESIDENCE BUT WAS PICKED UP BY ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER EARLY THIS MORNING.

    POLICE DON'T THINK CROWDER AND KNIGHT WERE ACTUALLY MAKING THE DRUG INSIDE THE HOME.

    BECAUSE OF THAT -- THEY DON'T THINK ANY OF THE OTHER APARTMENTS AT THAT COMPLEX WERE EXPOSED TO THE DRUG.

    REPORTING LIVE IN THE STUDIO, KATELYN SYKES, EYEWITNESS NEWS.

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I KRISTOPHER WOODSON ARREST
    A MAN FROM SOUTH CHARLESTON IS CHARGED WTIH SEXUALLY ABUSING A YOUNG GIRL.

    27 YEAR OLD KRISTOPHER WOODSON IS CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF SECOND DEGREE SEXUAL ASSAULT ON A TEENAGE FAMILY MEMEBER.

    POLICE SAY SHE WAS ALSO FORCED INTO THE SITUATION TWO OTHER TIMES BACK IN AUGUST.

    POLICE SAY CRIMES HAPPENED ON INDIANA STREET IN SOUTH CHARLESTON... WOODSON SAYS HE'S INNOCENT.

    "I love my wife, my family, this is insane they're making me out to look like a monster. WHat did you do? I did nothing I did nothing but take care of my family and the ones I love, everybody that knows me knows this isn't me."

    WOODSON IS IN JAIL ON A 10-THOUSAND DOLLAR, CASH ONLY BOND.

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TX TORNADO
    A NORTH TEXAS COMMUNITY IS DEVASTATED AFTER MORE THAN A DOZEN TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

    RENE MARSH JOINS US FROM HARD-HIT GRANDBURY, TEXAS, WHERE THE FOCUS HAS TURNED TO CLEAN UP.

    --ON CAMERA TOSS--

    --REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--

    AMANDA AND DANIEL LAYNE WAITED TWO YEARS FOR A HOME FROM HABITAT FOR HUMANITY -- THAT HOUSE, ALONG WITH SO MANY OTHERS -- IS NOW GONE.

    "It's terrible, the entire community is wiped out."

    THEY LIVED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH SEVERAL HABITAT HOMES CALLED RANCHO BRAZOS. AT LEAST SIX OF THEIR NEIGHBORS WERE KILLED.

    "You look down where all the rest of the houses normally are, there's nothing there. Piled up cars, cars in trees, there's a car in our water tower."

    "There literally is no Rancho Brazos anymore."

    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NOW SAYS 16 TORNADOES TORE THROUGH NORTHERN TEXAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

    MIGUEL MORALES WAS HIT BY FLYING DEBRIS AS HE HUDDLED WITH HIS SON IN THE BATHROOM OF THEIR MOBILE HOME.

    "He was crying and he said if I die, I just want to say I love you Dad and Mom."

    "When you walk around Hood County you see scenes like this, the roof here at this stable peeled off, and if there were any horses around at this time of this tornado, no sign of them now.And outside, twisted aluminum and bent iron, this is where parts of the roof and siding ended up."

    AS THE MASSIVE CLEAN UP CONTINUES, RESIDENTS OF THE HARDEST-HIT NEIGHBORHOODS MAY HAVE TO WAIT FOR DAYS TO RETURN, AND SEE WHAT'S LEFT OF THEIR HOMES.

    IN SOME AREAS IT COULD BE WEEKS BEFORE POWER IS RESTORED.

    --ON CAMERA TAG--



    MOST RESIDENTS HAVE TO WAIT FOR DAYS TO RETURN, AND SEE WHAT'S LEFT OF THEIR HOMES.

    IN SOME AREAS IT COULD BE WEEKS BEFORE POWER IS RESTORED.

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INTRO WOOD COUNTY TEACHER
    THE PARKERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER WHO PUT A SPEICAL NEEDS KIDS IN A BOX AS PUNISHMENT WILL BE RETURNING TO THE CLASSROM IN THE FALL.

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WOOD COUNTY TEACHER
    THE BOARD HAD SUSPENDED AMANDA TERRELL FOR FIVE DAYS WITHOUT PAY EARLIER THIS YEAR AFTER SHE PUT A BOX LABELED "BAD KID FORT" AROUND A SPECIAL-NEEDS STUDENT BECAUSE OF HIS BEHAVIOR IN THE CLASSROOM.

    THE TEEN HAS ASPERGER'S SYNDROME.

    THE BOARD VOTED TO REHIRE HER EARLIER THIS WEEK

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WVU FASHION SHOW PREVIEW
    WVU FANS -- HERE'S AN EVENT THAT THE LADIES CAN REALLY GET INTO!

    THE 2013 WVU CLASSIC FASHION SHOW IS COMING UP!

    IT'S A FUN EVENT TO GET TOGETHER WITH OTHER MOUNTAINEER FANS AND CHECK OUT ALL THE LATEST FASHIONS...

    SOME FORMER WVU ATHLETES WILL EVEN BE MODELING!

    THE MONEY RAISED FROM THE SHOW WILL GO TO HELP PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO WVU ATHLETES IN VARIOUS SPORTS AND MAKE UPGRADES TO ATHLETIC FACILITIES.

    THIS IS THE 31ST YEAR FOR THE EVENT AND ORGANIZERS SAY IT'S STILL GOING STRONG.... SO STRONG THAT THEY'VE MOVED TO A BIGGER VENUE, THE CHARLESTON CIVIC CENTER!

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G WVU FASHION SHOW PREVIEW
    THE FASHION SHOW AND LUNCHEON IS SET FOR JUNE SIXTH AT NOON -- WITH DOORS OPENING AT 11:30.

    TICKETS ARE 45-DOLLARS AND CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE.

    YOU CAN CALL THAT NUMBER THERE... THE INFORMATION IS ALSO ON OUR WEB-SITE, WCHSTV.COM.

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GIRLS NIGHT OUT HOSTESS PARTY
    IT WAS A PREVIEW TO A GIRLS' NIGHT OUT... TO HELP WOMEN IN CRISIS.

    PLANS ARE BEING MADE FOR THE ANNUAL "GIRLS NIGHT OUT"-- THAT BENEFITS THE YWCA's RESOLVE FAMILY ABUSE PROGRAM.

    LAST NIGHT A 'HOSTESS PARTY' AT THE EXECUTIVE AIR TERMINAL SERVED AS A RALLYING POINT FOR THE PARTY PLANNERS.

    THE CHARITY EVENT IS COMING UP IN AUGUST.

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BLUES FESTIVAL
    THE CHARLIE WEST BLUES FEST WILL TAKE PLACE THIS WEEKEND-- DOWNTOWN.

    THE FESTIVAL WILL OFFER A SMORGASBORD OF BLUES FOR MUSIC FANS.

    THE EVENT IS FREE AND YOU'LL HEAR SOME DYNAMITE BLUES. AVA POPOVICH, DAVINA AND THE VAGABONDS.

    OTHER BIG NAMES INCLUDE KIM WILSON AND THE FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS, MAGIC SLIM AND THE TEARDROPS AND MOJO THEORY.'

    THE TWO DAY FESTIVAL BEGINS TONIGHT AT HADDAD RIVERFRONT PARK.

    FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF PERFORMERS FOR THE FESTIVAL, GO TO OUR WEBSITE, WCHSTV.COM.

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I MINI HORSE THERAPY
    A MINIATURE HORSE IS VISITING A NURSING HOME IN MEIGS COUNTY OHIO... WORKING TO PUT A SMILE ON RESIDENTS' FACES.

    EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER DARRAH WILCOX HAS THAT STORY FROM POMEROY.

    "She snuggles."

    And she's got four legs... and a furry coat. But Erial here,

    NATS of chewing

    isn't your typical four-legged friend who visits residents at the Rocksprings Rehab facility in Pomeroy.

    *Denise Gerlach, RN Unit manager said,

    "This is the first! First miniature pony we've had definitely, and I'm excited that we have it here to share with them for sure."

    Erial's owner, Jayme Calhoun, and her son Tanner brought the animal to visit with some of the residents here after feeling like there was something special about their pet.

    *Jaymie Calhoun / owner

    "We just realized how sweet she was and we had different people that would want to come see her at the house and stuff and we just decided that we would take her around and visit nursing homes we figured that would be a good idea and she does really well."

    Erial is making her rounds in Meigs county Thursday afternoon, meeting with some residents here at Rocksprings... like Theodore Vancooney.

    "I like them. Yeah"

    He said it reminds him of a pony he used to own.

    *Theodore Vancooney / resident said,

    "White man. Chuckle. He was all white!"

    Calhoun said just seeing one nostalgic reaction like this is worth bringing Erial around.

    "That's why I do it. We kind of just live for trying to please everybody happy and smile."

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    ERIAL'S VISIT HAPPENED DURING NATIONAL NURSING HOME WEEK... ROCKSPRINGS ALSO HELD A CARNIVAL FOR RESIDENTS THIS AFTERNOON.

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COOL SCHOOLS BUFFALO
    WE ARE CONTINUING TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE COOLEST SCHOOLS IN OUR AREA...

    THIS MORNING... WE'RE IN PUTNAM COUNTY... AND BUFFALO HIGH SCHOOL.

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B COOL SCHOOLS BUFFALO
    TERRY BURHANS IS LIVE FOR US THIS MORNING... TERRY WHAT MAKES BUFFALO HIGH SCHOOL SO COOL.

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FULL WEATHER
    DOUG PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS

    Join Doug Harlow and the entire Storm Team at the Weather Center Online for the only regional web site that provides live, local updates, 24 hours a day!
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AMERICAN IDOL WINNER
    IT LOOKS LIKE THE THIRD TIMES A CHARM FOR THE NEWEST "AMERICAN IDOL."

    CANDICE GLOVER WAS CROWNED THE SEASON 12 WINNER LAST NIGHT.

    THE SOUTH CAROLINA NATIVE BEAT OUT KREE HARRISON.

    GLOVER IS THE FIRST WOMAN TO WIN THE COMPETITION SINCE JORDIN SPARKS WON THE SIXTH SEASON OF THE SHOW.

    THAT FINALE WAS THE FINAL SHOW FOR TWO OF THE JUDGES...RANDY JACKSON AND NICKI MINAJI BOTH ANNOUNCED THEY WON'T BE RETURNING NEXT SEASON.

    NO WORD ON IF MARIAH CAREY AND KEITH URBAN ARE COMING BACK FOR SEASON 13.

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NOW SHOWING
    CALLING ALL STAR TREK FANS, IT'S A BIG WEEKEND FOR YOU AT THE MOVIES.

    CARL AZUZ HAS A PREVIEW OF "STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS" IN THIS EDITION OF "NOW SHOWING."

    DIRECTOR J-J ABRAMS IS BACK AT THE HELM IN THE NEXT CHAPTER OF THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE.

    IN "STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS," CAPTAIN KIRK TAKES ON A DANGEROUS MISSION, LEADING HIS SHIP AND HIS CREW INTO A WAR ZONE.

    IF THEY'RE GOING TO SAVE STARFLEET, THEY'LL HAVE TO GET THROUGH A POWERFUL VILLAIN WITH HIS SIGHTS SET ON MASS DESTRUCTION.

    ONE MISTAKE COULD SPELL THE END.

    "STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS" IS RATED PG-13

    FOR NOW SHOWING, I'M CARL AZUZ.

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FACEBOOK TV GIVEAWAY
    YOU'VE GOT LESS THAN A DAY TO GET IN THE RUNNING FOR A FREE HDTV.

    WE'RE GIVING AWAY A 32 INCH SAMSUNG T-V ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.

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G FACEBOOK TV GIVEAWAY
    MAKE SURE TO 'LIKE' THE WCHS AND WVAH TV PAGE ... .AND THEN CLICK THE RED EYEWITNESS INSIDER TAB - TO FILL OUT THE ENTRY FORM.

    YOU HAVE UNTIL 4:00 PM TODAY TO ENTER.

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TEASE SIX
    WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

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COOL SCHOOLS BUFFALO
    WE ARE CONTINUING TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE COOLEST SCHOOLS IN OUR AREA...

    THIS MORNING... WE'RE IN PUTNAM COUNTY... AND BUFFALO HIGH SCHOOL.

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B COOL SCHOOLS BUFFALO
    TERRY BURHANS IS LIVE FOR US THIS MORNING... TERRY WHAT MAKES BUFFALO HIGH SCHOOL SO COOL.

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CLOSE ONE
    STICK AROUND, DOUG HAS YOUR FORECAST AND WE'LL HAVE A CHECK OF YOUR MORNING COMMUTE TO WORK.

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RE OPEN
    GOOD MORNING, I'M JENIFER MCANDREWS...IT'S 7:56.

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TOSS TO WEATHER
    DOUG HARLOW JOINS US NOW WITH A CHECK OF THE FORECAST.

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WEATHER
    DOUG PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS

    Chroma Radar

    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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G TODAY'S HEADLINES
    IN YOUR EYEWITNESS NEWS HEADLINES THIS MORNING...

    CHARLESTON POLICE ARREST TWO PEOPLE AFTER FINDING METH MAKING MATERIALS IN THEIR HOME, WHERE A TODDLER LIVES.

    DARRELL CROWDER AND REBECCA KNIGHT HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE A CLANDESTINE LAB AND ARE IN SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL JAIL.

    THE STATE FIRE MARSHALL AND A VICTIM'S FAMILY HAVE INCREASED A REWARD LEADING TO AN ARREST IN A FOUR YEAR OLD ARSON CASE.

    FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IS NOW BEING OFFERED.

    TWO ADULTS AND THREE CHILDREN DIED IN LOGAN COUNTY FIRE IN 2009.

    THE CHARLIE WEST BLUES FEST WILL TAKE PLACE THIS WEEKEND-- DOWNTOWN.

    THE FESTIVAL WILL OFFER A SMORGASBORD OF BLUES FOR MUSIC FANS.

    THE EVENT IS FREE AND YOU'LL HEAR SOME DYNAMITE BLUES FROM AVA POPOVICH, DAVINA AND THE VAGABONDS.

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