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SCRIPT FOR EYEWITNESS NEWS NEWSCAST
Friday, February 3, 2012.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.
11 COLD OPEN
CITY JOBS ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK... WE'LL TELL YOU WHERE THE CUTS WILL BE FELT IN CHARLESTON.. GOOD EVENING, I'M RICK LORD... AND I'M ELIZABETH NOREIKA... THIS IS EYEWITNESS NEWS. 
Return to Story Index POLICE CUTS
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER LESLIE RUBIN IS LIVE IN THE STUDIO WITH MORE ON THE ON-GOING STRUGGLE TO FUND POLICE AND FIREFIGHTER PENSIONS... ELIZABETH...MAYOR DANNY JONES SAYS THE CITY HAS MORE THAN 200 MILLION DOLLARS IN PENSION DEBT...AND IF THEY DON'T ACT NOW, THERE WILL BE MAJOR ISSUES DOWN THE ROAD.. "I think we can do this. I think we can handle it." CHARLESTON POLICE CHIEF BRENT WEBSTER SAYS HE WASN'T SURPRISED WHEN HE HEARD 10 EMPTY SPOTS AT HIS DEPARTMENT WERE ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK.... "We may have one less detective, we may have one less traffic officer, we may have one less drug cop." IT'S ALL PART OF THE LATEST ROUND OF BUDGET CUTS TO FUND A PENSION DEBT THAT'S ALREADY PUT THE CHARLESTON FIRE DEPARTMENT HEAD TO HEAD WITH THE CITY... "The cost of a police officer and the cost of a firefighter has become dramatically more expensive." THERE ARE 162 CHARLESTON POLICE OFFICERS RIGHT NOW, BUT THE CITY IS BUDGETED FOR 173. MAYOR DANNY JONES WILL ASK CITY COUNCIL TO ELIMINATE 10 OF THOSE EMPTY SPOTS, WITH A SAVINGS OF ROUGHLY 400-THOUSAND-DOLLARS A YEAR... "Just like I get a paycheck every two weeks, we have to pay their out of the same pot of money, so when a person retires it's almost like they're not leaving." CHIEF WEBSTER SAYS DESPITE THE CUTS, THE PUBLIC'S SAFETY WILL NOT BE IN JEOPARDY... "911 what is your emergency?" WEBSTER SAYS HIS OFFICER'S NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS RESPONDING TO 911 CALLS... "And along with that would be visibility in all the neighborhoods." WEBSTER BELIEVES THE CUTS ARE MANAGEABLE, AND CHANGES WILL HAVE TO BE MADE...BUT AS FOR CHARLESTON RESIDENTS, HE SAYS THERE'S NO NEED TO WORRY. "Public safety will not suffer. I can't see how it can because we will keep patrol staffed." CHARLESTON CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE THE FINAL SAY IN THE MATTER. THEY WILL VOTE AT THEIR REUGLAR MEETING ON MONDAY ON THE CUTS. BOTH WEBSTER AND JONES WANT TO REITERATE THAT NO ONE IS BEING LAID OFF. REPORTING LIVE IN THE STUDIO, LESLIE RUBIN, EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexMINE CLOSURE REAX
(SOT) PATRIOT COAL COMPANY BOASTS ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS HEADING INTO THE COALFIELDS...BUT MASSIVE CUTS ARE A SIGN FOR SOME OF BAD TIMES TO COME. THE MOST RECENT ROUND OF CUTS HIT HERE.......AT THE BIG MOUNTAIN MINING COMPLEX OUTSIDE OF VAN. 275 EMPLOYEES ARE BEING LET GO. THE COMPLEX IS SHUTTING DOWN PERMANTLEY. PATRIOT COAL CITES 4TH QUARTER LOSSES AND A MILD WINTER AS REASONS BEHING THE MOVE. PEOPLE LIVING NEAR HERE LIKE ( SO AND SO) PRAY NEARBY BUSINESS'S WONT BE HIT TOO HARD BY THE CLOSURE. PATRIOT ANNOUNCED EARLIER THIS WEEK IT WAS IDLING 5 OTHER MINES IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE. THESE SWEEPINGS CUTS ARE CAUSING A LOT OF CONCERN HERE.......AND INSTILLING FEAR FOR THE FUTURE.
Return to Story IndexALPHA NATURAL RESOURCES
THE COMPANY SAYS 152 WORKERS IN WEST VIRGINIA WILL BE WITHOUT JOBS. THEY ARE IDLING TWO MINES IN THE MOUNTAIN STATE AND ONE IN KENTUCKY. THE LAYOFFS WILL TAKE PLACE OVER THE NEXT YEAR. THE COMPANY WILL IDLE THE MAMMOTH NO. 2 GAS MINE NEAR KELLEY'S CREEK IN EASTERN KANAWHA COUNTY AND THE RANDOLPH MINE IN BOONE COUNTY. ALPHA SAYS IT'S CUTTING BACK A TOTAL OF 10 MINING OPERATIONS IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRIGNIA.
Return to Story IndexCOAL REFUGE CHAMBER
A WEST VIRGINIA COMPANY HAS DEVELOPED THE GUARDIAN ANGEL RESCUE SHELTER. IT'S DESIGNED TO OFFER A SAFE HAVEN TO MINERS SHOULD THEY BECOME TRAPPED AND NEED TO BE PROTECTED FROM FIRE OR DANGEROUS GASES. AND, IT'S MOBILE...WHICH MEANS DELICATE ONBOARD INSTRUMENTATION WILL TAKE LESS OF A BEATING AS THE SHELTER MOVES THROUGH A MINE. HENRY SAYS THE GUARDIAN ANGEL RESCUE SHELTER EXCEEDS CURRENT MSHA STANDARDS...AND ALSO SURPASSES THE AGENCY'S STRICTER REGULATIONS WHICH GO INTO EFFECT IN 2018. ONCE ORDERS FOR THE SHELTER START COMING IN, IT WILL BE MANUFACTURED AT THE COMPANY'S SITES IN NITRO AND ELEANOR. THE AIR FORCE IS CUTTING ITS BUDGET BY SLASHING THE NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT IT EMPLOYS... AND THOSE CUTS ARE HITTING WEST VIRGINIA. THE 167TH AIRLIFT WING BASED IN MARTINSBURG WILL LOSE ALL 11 OF ITS C-5A GALAXY AIRCRAFT...BUT WILL ACQUIRE EIGHT C-17 GLOBEMASTER AIRCRAFT TO TAKE THEIR PLACE. THE GLOBEMASTER IS A NEWER AND MORE DEPENDABLE AIRPLANE THAN THE C-5. BOTH DO THE SAME TYPES OF CARGO AND PERSONNEL TRANSPORT MISSIONS. HERE IN CHARLESTON, THE 130TH AIRLIFT WING IS LOSING ONE OF ITS NINE C-130 HERCULES CARGO PLANES AND AN RC-26 SURVEILLANCE PLANE. BUT WITH THE PENTAGON CUTTING 50 BILLION DOLLARS FROM THE AIR FORCE BUDGET...WEST VIRGINIA IS ESCAPING MAJOR REDUCTIONS. THE CHANGES WILL BE EFFECTIVE FISCAL YEAR 2015. THEY STILL HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT. THE AIR FORCE SAYS IT WILL ANNOUNCE MANPOWER CHANGES AS A RESULT OF THE BUDGET CUTS IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
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Return to Story IndexHUNT APT FIRE
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER DAN MATICS IS IN THE HUNTINGTON NEWSROOM WITH AN UPDATE. DAN? ((DAN OC THE BIG UPDATE RIGHT NOW IS ARSON....THAT'S WHAT FIRE MARSHAL'S TELL ME...AFTER SOMEONE INTININALLY SET FIRE TO A 9TH STREET WEST HUNTINGTON APARTMENT BUILDING LEAVING 18 PEOPLE HOMELESS TAKE SOT 5:00 "IT'S SCARY, THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT." VOICE TRACK PEOPLE TOOK PICTURES..WATCHING IN SHOCK...AS A FIRE TORE THROUGH A WEST HUNTINGTON APARTMENT BUILDING. TAKE SOT 3:41 "MY UNCLE LIVES DOWN THERE...I WAS FLIPPED OUT..." VOICE TRACK THE FIRE...WHICH INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE TO BE ARSON...STARTED ON THE FIRST FLOOR. 18 PEOPLE...MOTHERS...FATHERS AND CHILDREN ARE HOMELESS.. EVERYONE MADE IT OUT SAFELY...SOMETHING MANY ARE CALLING A MIRICLE. TAKE SOT "1:48"I FEEL SORRY FOR, I JUST GLAD EVERYONE MADE IT OUT OK." AS FAMILYS PICK UP THE PIECES..THE SALVATION ARMY HAS STEPPED IN PROVIDING SHELTER...AT A LOCAL MOTEL. SALVATION ARMY SOT THAT I SENT DAN ONCAM THE SALVATION ARMY SAYS THEY WILL BE THERE...AS LONG AS NEEDED HELPING THOSE DISPLACED. . REPORTING IN HUNTINGTON DAN MATICS EYEWITNESS NEWS
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FIREFIGHTERS WERE JUST ABLE TO KNOCK DOWN A MAJOR FIRE IN THE VACANT OFFICE BUILDING ON STRATTON STREET BEFORE IT SPREAD THRU DOWNTOWN. THE NOW GUTTED BUILDING IS OWNED BY GREG GLICK. FIRE MARSHALS SAY IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS BLAZE CALL THE ARSON HOTLINE AT 1-800-233-FIRE. THERE IS A REWARD OF UP TO 25-HUNDRED DOLLARS.
Return to Story IndexMETH ARREST
"" THIS IS MELODY LEGG. STATE POLICE BUSTED HER IN THE QUINCY MALL PARKING LOT. THEY RESPONDED TO A SHOP LIFTING CALL THERE. WHEN THEY QUESTIONED LEGG ABOUT THE ALLEGED INCIDENT THEY SAW AND SMELLED A BACKPACK IN THE BED OF HER TRUNK. THE TROOPER ASKED LEGG IF THERE WAS A METH LAB IN THE BACK PACK AND SHE SAID YES. LEGG IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE A METH LAB AND OBTAINING PSUEDOEPHEDERINE WITH INTENT TO MAKE METH.
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AUTHORITIES ARRESTED TRES DAVIS TODAY AFTER A SIX COUNT INDICTMENT WAS HANDED DOWN. DAVIS ALLEGEDLY SHOT MARK KING IN THE STOMACH OUTSIDE THE MARATHON GAS STATION THEN LED POLICE ON A CHASE DOWN I-64 BEFORE BEING CAUGHT NEAR MILTON. DAVIS ALSO HAS A LENGTHY CRIMINAL PAST IN KANAWHA COUNTY... WITH ABOUT TWO DOZEN CHARGES RANGING FROM DOMESTIC BATTERY... TO DRUG POSSESSION... HE WAS ALSO WANTED FOR QUESTIONING IN A CHARLESTON SHOOTING.
Return to Story IndexHUNTINGTON SHOOTING
STEFON FURGUSON IS CHARGED WITH THAT SHOOTING. POLICE SAY GREG TRUSLOW WALKED INTO THE HOSPITAL AFTER HE WAS SHOT SEVERAL TIMES AT THE 20TH STREET SUNOCO STATION. POLICE ALSO SAY FERGUSON APPARENTLY HAD HIS YOUNG SON IN THE CAR AT THE TIME. THE CHILD WAS NOT HURT.
Return to Story IndexCHILD NEGLECT DEATH
LESLIE BOGGS FACES UP TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO CHILD NEGLECT CAUSING A DEATH. BOGGS, UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, HAD PASSED OUT AND ROLLED ON TOP OF HER TWO MONTH OLD CHILD.. ACCIDENTLY SUFFOCATING HER. PROSECUTORS SAY THE BABY HAD BEEN DEAD FOUR HOURS BEFORE HELP WAS CALLED. "The fact that I did consume alcohol. I don't know that I rolled over on my daughter. I don't know that, but I feel very negligent! " BOGGS WILL REMAIN ON HOME CONFINEMENT UNTIL HER APRIL SENTENCING. THE HUNT IS OVER FOR A MAN ACCUSED OF ROBBING TWO PEOPLE IN A ST. ALBANS APARTMENT COMPLEX. REPORTS SAY GILMORE HIT A WOMAN OVER HER HEAD WITH HIS FISTS AND STOLE HER PRESCRIPTION PILLS AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON "B" STREET. A FEW NIGHTS LATER, POLICE SAY HE ATTACKED A 17-YEAR OLD MAN WITH A HAMMER AND STOLE 300 BUCKS FROM HIM. GILMORE CLAIMS POLICE GOT THE WRONG GUY. NEIGHBORS SAY THEY'RE HOPEFUL THAT THE CRIME WILL LEAVE THEIR COMMUNITY. "Nothing happened. I didn't rob no one. I know that." "I'm the kind of person that I like to lock my doors all the time. Keep my doors locked every day." GILMORE WAS RECENTLY RELEASED FROM A PRISON IN OHIO. HE'LL BE BACK IN WEST VIRGINIA COURT IN TEN DAYS FOR HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING.
Return to Story IndexHOMELESS MAN HAS JOB
YOU MAY REMEMBER 37-YEAR OLD ELGIN PATTERSON. PATTERSON HAS BEEN LIVING ON THE STREETS FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS. ELGIN STARTED GOING TO SCHOOL AT THE GARNET CAREER CENTER TO BE AN ENGINEER AND EARNED HIS DEGREE. RECENTLY, CHARLESTON AUTO OFFERED HIM A JOB! OWNER, CHRIS REED, GAVE PATTERSON ANOTHER MUCH NEEDED INCENTIVE TO STAY EMPLOYED... A PLACE TO LIVE. PATTERSON IS HEADING BACK TO SCHOOL IN SEPTEMBER TO TAKE SOME MORE AUTOMOTIVE CLASSES.
Return to Story IndexGAZETTE HEADLINE
National Guard: 130th Airlift Wing to lose a C-130 plane; 167th Airlift Wing in Martinsburg will transition to C-17s Policy group: Ethane cracker tax break could cost counties $300 million over 25 years Marshall to take on hottest team in Conference USA in Tulsa YOU CAN READ ALL ABOUT THESE STORIES AND MORE IN TOMORROW'S EDITION OF THE CHARLESTON GAZETTE.
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A SUSPECT FLIPS OUT IN UTAH... AND THE LATEST ENTRY INTO THE WING OF HONOR, ON TONIGHT'S USA UPDATE! TEXAS... A CHILD STABBED THIS MORNING IN HOUSTON... LEADING TO A STANDOFF BETWEEN THE SUSPECT AND A SWAT TEAM... THE FOUR-YEAR-OLD WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE... BUT THE SUSPECT BARRICADED HIMSELF IN A HOME AND REFUSED TO COME OUT... AS OF EARLYTHIS EVENING, POLICE WERE STILL TRYING TO DIFFUSE THE SITUATION... UTAH... A DRAMATIC ENDING TO A HIGH SPEED POLICE CHASE IN SALT LAKE CITY!... IT ENDED WITH THE SUSPECT'S CAR FLIPPED ON ITS SIDE.. PINNED BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND ANOTHER PARKED CAR... AND THE SUSPECT TRAPPED INSIDE... FIRE FIGHTERS HAD TO CUT THE ROOF OFF THE CAR TO GET THE "SUSPECT" OUT, BUT IT TOOK THEM AWHILE BECAUSE THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT FIRE AROUND THE CAR AND THE HOUSE... NO ONE ELSE WAS HURT. PENNSYLVANIA... WHEN IT COMES TO COMPETITIVE EATING, THESE PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO 'WING' IT... THE ANNUAL WING BOWL WAS HELD IN PHILADELPHIA TODAY... AND THE WINNER WAS KOBAYASHI, WHO PUT DOWN 337 CHICKEN WINGS IN A HALF HOUR, AND FOR HIS EFFORTS, PICKED UP A TWENTY-THOUSAND DOLLAR PRIZE... KOBAYASHI HAS ALSO WON THE NATHAN'S HOT DOG EATING CONTEST ON CONEY ISLAND SIX TIMES... AND WITH THAT, WE ARE FULL... ON THIS USA UPDATE... IT'S "GO RED FOR WOMEN" DAY!! EVENTS WERE GOING ON ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND HERE AT HOME TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE NUMBER ONE KILLER OF WOMEN. TODAY IN HUNTINGTON... ABOUT 200 WOMEN AND A FEW MEN CAME OUT FOR A LUNCHEON AT ST. MARY'S EDUCATION CENTER. HEART DISEASE KILLS ONE WOMAN ABOUT EVERY MINUTE. ONE IN THREE WOMEN IS AFFECTED BY HEART DISEASE... BUT IF YOU START DOING THINGS LIKE EATING HEALTHIER AND EXERCISING REGULARLY... YOU CAN CUT YOUR RISK FACTORS BY ABOUT 80 PERCENT! MACY'S ALSO SPONSORED A FASHION SHOW FOR TODAY'S LUNCH AND ENCOURAGE WOMEN TO GO RED FOR THE CAUSE. THE CIVIC CENTER IS READY TO JAM THIS WEEKEND. MONSTER TRUCKS WILL BE CRUNCHING CARS AND POPPING WHEELIES. THE TRUCKS ARE 12 FEET TALL, 12 FEET LONG AND SIT ON TOP OF 66 INCH TIRES. GRAVE DIGGER, MONSTER MUTT, TRIPLE X AND MOUNTAINEER WILL BE ENTERTAINING THE CROWDS. MONSTER JAM KICKED OFF EARLIER TONIGHT BUT CONTINUES TOMORROW WITH SHOWS AT 2 P-M AND 7:30 P-M. IT'S LAST SHOW IS SUNDAY AT 2 P-M.
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-2ND QTR-WINFIELD CAMERON POWELL FOR 3 -WINFIELD POWELL TO ZACH FISHER FOR 3.......GENERAL FANS -LOGAN STEVEN BROWNING DRIVE AND FLOATER -LOGAN KEATON JOHNSON PULLUP JUMPER......MARK HATCHER -LOGAN BROWNING FOR 3.....LOGAN WINS 67-58
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--SISSONVILLE... CHAZ CLARK FOR 3... --HOOVER OFF THE INBOUNDS... JOEY FORBES... --HOOVER... CLAYTON EDENS OPEN FLOOR LAYUP... --COACH SKEENS NOT HAPPY!!!!! --INDIANS WITH SOME "D"... CALEB WILKINSON PICKS OFF THE PASS AND HITS THE JUMPER.... --HUSKIES INSIDE TO CODY MORRIS.... --SISSONVILLE... ZACH NULL FOR 3... --HUSKIES COUNTER WITH SAM SCHOOLCRAFT FROM THE OUTSIDE... SISS 72-70, DOUBLE-OT
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