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SCRIPT FOR EYEWITNESS NEWS NEWSCAST
Tuesday, October 7, 2008.from Eyewitness News Online Note: Because breaking news happens fast, you may find typographic errors within news scripts. Odd punctuation, visual cues, anchor and producer notes may also appear with the scripts since these are the actual files that the news anchors present to you on Eyewitness News.
WELCOME
OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT... WE'VE GOT YOUR REACTION TO WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY. GOOD EVENING, I'M RICK LORD... AND I'M DEBORAH LINZ... THANKS FOR JOINING US...ON EYEWITNESS NEWS. 
Return to Story Index DEBATE SOUND
BOTH MEN FIELDED QUESTIONS ON THE MILITARY, ECONOMY AND ENERGY DURING THE TOWN HALL STYLE DEBATE. HERE'S SOME OF WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY. NEXT SCRIPT
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OBAMA SUPPORTERS SAY THEY LIKED HIS COOL COLLECTED STYLE DURING THE DEBATE... MC-CAIN SUPPORTERS SAY THEIR CANDIDATE HAS THE PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF REFORM. BARACK OBAMA SUPPORTERS TUNE INTO THE SECOND PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE AT HIS WEST VIRGINIA CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS. SOT he speaks the truth and doesn't sugar coat it. THE FORMAT -- A TOWN HALL STYLE MEETING WHERE VOTERS GET TO ASK QUESTIONS OF THE CANDIDATES. OBAMA SUPPORTERS LIKE THE FORMAT -- SAYING THERE IS LITTLE ROOM FOR MUDSLINGING. SOT it is a town hall style meeting they are speaking to the voters. BOTH SIDES HAVE BEEN STEPPING UP ATTACKS IN THE PAST FEW DAYS -- BUT THE CANDIDATE REMAINED COOL AND COLLECTED DURING THE HOUR AND HALF OF QUESTIONS. SOT i like that he is calm and collected. it shows he a gentleman. MEANWHILE MCCAIN SUPPORTERS SAY HE HAS THE RECORD TO LEAD THE COUNTRY. SOT john mccain has been doing this for a long time and has the record of reform. BUT NOT MATTER WHICH CANDIDATE VOTERS SUPPORT PLENTY OF PEOPLE WERE GLUED TO THE T-V -- WATCHING AND LISTENING TO THE CANDIDATES. THE THIRD AND LAST DEBATE WILL BE OCTOBER 15-TH AT HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY IN HEMPSTEAD NEW YORK. REPORTING LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM... ABA... EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexWOMEN CANDIDATES FORUM
THE FEMALE CANDIDATES CONVERGED AT THE SUMMIT CONFERENCE CENTER IN CHARLESTON FOR THE "MEET THE WOMEN CANDIDATES" COCKTAIL RECEPTION. THE WOMEN SPENT THE EVENING SHARING THEIR VIEWS ON THE FUTURE OF OUR REGION AND OUR COUNTRY. THE EVENT WAS HOSTED BY THE ALLIANCE -- PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S COUNCIL.
Return to Story IndexNITRO LEVY MEETING
CITY COUNCIL HAS DECIDED TO PUT THE ISSUE BACK ON THE BALLOT IN JANUARY. A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE LEVY FAILED BY SEVEN VOTES. THE LEVY PROVIDES THE TOWN WITH ABOUT 370-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR STREET REPAIRS, AS WELL AS FIRE AND POLICE PROTECTION. IT'S SOMETHING MAYOR RUSTY CASTO SAYS THE CITY CANNOT DO WITHOUT. THE NITRO LEVY HAS BEEN IN EFFECT ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY SINCE 1932. IT LAST FAILED IN 2000, AND WAS NOT PUT BACK ON THE BALLOT UNTIL THE FOLLOWING YEAR, WHEN IT PASSED.
Return to Story IndexFUGITIVES RECAP
THAT MAN HAS ALSO FACED METH MAKING CHARGES IN THE PAST.
Return to Story IndexFUGITIVE ASBURY
BUT FIRST ... DONALD ASBURY HAS ALREADY DONE TIME FOR SHOOTING HIS FATHER 3 TIMES WITH A RIFLE BACK IN 2003. THAT ARREST HAPPENED JUST ABOUT A MONTH AFTER ASBURY WAS ARRESTED ... ACCUSED OF COOKING METH. NOW HE'S WANTED FOR VIOLATING HIS PAROLE. DONALD ASBURY IS 6-1, AND WEIGHS ABOUT 190.
Return to Story IndexFUGITIVE THRIFT
Return to Story IndexFUGITIVE FEATHER-THRIFT
Return to Story IndexTIPLINE
IF YOU DO CALL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE YOUR NAME. AND YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE FUGITIVES ANYTIME BY LOGGING ON TO OUR WEBSITE AT WCHSTV DOT COM. I'LL HAVE ANOTHER CRIME TRACK REPORT FOR YOU ON MONDAY, AND ANOTHER FUGITIVE FILES REPORT FOR YOU NEXT TUESDAY. LIVE IN THE STUDIO, JAKE GLANCE. EYEWITNESS NEWS. A 22-YEAR-OLD NITRO MAN WHO MAY HAVE BEEN ROBBING A HOUSE WAS STABBED TO DEATH IN CROSS LANES THIS MORNING. DEPUTIES FOUND WILLIAM RUSSELL BARR LYING IN THE PARKING LOT AT A FLOWER SHOP NEXT TO AN APARTMENT BUILDING. A MAN WHO LIVES IN THE APARTMENT SAYS BARR FORCED HIS WAY INTO THE BUILDING THROUGH THE BACK OF THE STORE, AND GOT INTO A SCUFFLE WITH HIM OVER A GUN. THAT'S WHEN THE MAN SAYS HE STABBED BARR. NEIGHBORS WERE SHOCKED BY THE VIOLENCE. "I was very startled. Sad!..........no, sir." BARR APPARENTLY KNEW THE MAN AND WOMAN LIVING IN THE APARTMENT... A KANAWHA COUNTY GRAND JURY WILL BE ASKED TO DETERMINE IF THE KILLING WAS A MURDER OR SELF-DEFENSE. NEXT TONIGHT--- VIDEO YOU WILL ONLY SEE ON EYEWITNESS NEWS HUNTINGTON POLICE RECOVERED FIVE DOGS AND AT LEAST ONE KITTEN FROM A HOME ON 11-TH AVENUE. THEY SAY THE ANIMALS HAD BEEN LIVING IN AN ABANDONED SECOND FLOOR APARTMENT IN "HORRID" CONDITIONS. HUNTINGTON POLICE SUSPECT SOMEONE WAS DROPPING OFF A BAG OF FOOD IN THE DOOR FOR THE ANIMALS AND LEAVING THEM UNATTENDED. THERE WAS WATER IN THE APARTMENT---BUT IT'S BELIEVED THE ANIMALS DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO IT. ALL OF THE ANIMALS ARE BEING CARED FOR AT THE CABELL-WAYNE ANIMAL HOSPITAL. HUNTINGTON POLICE SAY THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE ANIMALS WILL FACE ANIMAL CRUELTY CHARGES.
Return to Story IndexDUI DAMAGES
THE KANAWHA COUNTY JURY ORDERED FRANK'S PLACE OWNER JAMES FRANK JARRETT AND ROBERT LANHAM TO PAY AFTER LANHAM'S VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER ON STATE ROUTE 21 IN EARLY 2000, KILLING THREE. LANHAM WILL PAY CLOSE TO 180 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN DAMAGES, WHILE THE BAR WILL PAY 220 THOUSAND.
Return to Story IndexMINE DRUG TEST PROTEST
THE MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION HAS EXPANDED ITS LIST OF TESTIMONY LOCATIONS TO SEVEN LOCATIONS INCLUDING BECKLEY. THE AGENCY HAD PLANNED TO ALLOW PEOPLE IN WEST VIRGINIA AND ALABAMA TO LISTEN, BUT NOT TESTIFY. WEST VIRGINIA IS THE NATION'S SECOND-LARGEST COAL-PRODUCING STATE, WHILE ALABAMA RANKS 13TH.
Return to Story IndexWATER RATE HIKE MEETING
IT WAS THE THIRD TIME THEY SAT DOWN TO TALK ABOUT A POSSIBLE RATE INCREASE. OFFICIALS WITH WEST VIRGINIA AMERICAN WATER WANT TO INCREASE RATES BY 13 PERCENT... THEY SAY THE INCREASE IS NECESSARY BECAUSE COSTS CONTINUE TO RISE. ACCORDING TO THE COMPANY, THE AVERAGE CUSTOMER WOULD PAY ABOUT FIVE DOLLARS MORE A MONTH FOR WATER. ANOTHER MEETING WILL BE HELD NEXT TUESDAY AT THE COMMISSION.
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32:39 :nats: (holding glass of dirty water) "The water looks like a weak chocolate milk." THAT'S WHAT MARK JONES AND A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE IN FRAME USED TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH. 32:06Mark: "I can fill my bathtub up with that not even half full and you can't even see the bottom of the tub." HE SAYS THE DIRTY WATER TOOK A TOLL ON HIS WALLET 33:30 "We would have to buy a lot of bottled water and if you do that on a regular basis that gets expensive." standup: Jones says before city water he and his family were getting water like this out of the faucet and as you can see, it's not a pretty sight." THANKFULLY, JONES WAS HOOKED UP TO A CITY LINE DURING PHASE ONE OF KANAWHA COUNTY'S PROJECT TO GET EVERYONE CLEAN WATER. NOW PHASE TWO IS OFFICIALLY COMPLETE AND PEOPLE IN UPPER FRAME ARE NOW ABLE TO GET WATER FROM SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN THEIR WELLS. 23:15 Commissioner/Hoppy: "177 people now can have fresh water and they don't have to worry about carrying water in." THE PROJECT COST OVER 2.6 MILLION DOLLARS-- A MILLION AND A HALF CAME FROM A GRANT PROCURED BY CONGRESSWOMAN SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO-- WHO SAYS SHE KNOWS HOW BAD WELL WATER CAN BE. 26:20 If you're repairing a well or depending on a well sometimes that can be very expensive." AND JONES SAYS YOU CAN'T PUT A PRICE TAG ON HEALTH, AND HE'S HAPPY THE COUNTY STEPPED UP TO GET CLEAN WATER FOR HIS COMMUNITY 34:36 Jones:"It's worth the cost, I really feel that water should be free." IN FRAME, RUDI RAYNES, EYEWITNESS NEWS ALONG WITH FRESH WATER GOING TO UPPER FRAME RESIDENTS.... 37 NEW FIRE HYDRANTS WILL ALSO BE PLACED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
Return to Story IndexDELTA QUEEN
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER KENNIE BASS TELLS US UNLESS CONGRESS ACTS SOON, "THE DELTA QUEEN" COULD BE HEADED TO DRY DOCK. Kennie Bass/Eyewitness News: The "Delta Queen" casts off from the Point Pleasant riverfront for what could be the final time. NAT SOT Arnolda Carpenter/Point Pleasant: Kennie Bass/Eyewitness News: This could be the riverboat's final voyage because the "Delta Queen's" exemption from the Safety of Life at Sea law is running out. That law forbids primarily wooden vessels from operating on U.S. waterways overnight while carrying more than 50 passengers. Jack Fowler/Point Pleasant River Museum: Kennie Bass/Eyewitness News: Built in 1926, the 174-passenger Delta Queen is the last traditional steamboat carrying overnight passengers on America's inland waterways. When the boat stops in places like Point Pleasant, it brings with it both money and memories. Jack Fowler/Point Pleasant River MuseumL Kennie Bass/Eyewitness News: The riverboat's supporters have launched a campaign and website to save the vessel, to ensure it lives to sail another day. Arnolda Carpenter/Point Pleasant: Kennie Bass, Eyewitness News in Point Pleasant. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EFFORT TO KEEP THE RIVERBOAT OPERATING, LOG ONTO WWW DOT SAVE THE DELTA QUEEN DOT ORG.
Return to Story IndexFULL WEATHER
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 IndexIWITNESS NEWS
IF IT'S A GOOD PICTURE OF A GOOD STORY... WE'LL USE IT ON THE AIR!
Return to Story IndexUSA UPDATE
TO INDIANA... Five Indianapolis police officers are credited with saving the life of a woman trapped in her burning car. 27 YEAR OLD Sherica Lovett hit the back of a tractor-trailer, sparking a fire in her car's engine. When OFFICERS couldn't get the driver's side door open, they went to the passenger's side, broke the window and pulled Lovett to safety. Moments later, the car exploded. LOVETT SUFFERED THIRD DEGREE BURNS. ======================================== TO WASHINGTON STATE... A SPECIAL KITTEN WITH UNIQUE CHALLENGES IS GETTING A NEW HOME. MEET NOODLE-THE-CAT. APTLY NAMED, SINCE SHE HAS A CONDITION THAT MAKES HER LEGS GO LIMP -- LIKE A NOODLE! SHE HAS "CEREBELLAR HYPOPLASIA" WHICH MEANS THE PART OF HER BRAIN THAT CONTROLS MOVEMENT ISN'T COMPLETELY DEVELOPED. VETERINARIANS SAY NOODLE'S CONDITION DOESN'T CAUSE HER ANY PAIN, AND ISN'T CONTAGIOUS. KIRKLAND, WA ================================= TO MASSACHUSETTES... IF YOU LIKE THE YANKEES...HERE'S A HALLOWEEN DISPLAY THAT MAY REALLY SCARE YOU. A FARM IN LEXINGTON IS DISPLAYING THEIR LOVE FOR THEIR 'BOSTON RED SOX'...WITH PUMPKINS! THIS RED SOX LOGO WAS MADE WITH 27-THOUSAND POUNDS OF PUMPKINS...AND MEASURES ABOUT 125-FIVE FEET ACROSS. THE PUMPKIN ART TOOK ABOUT TWO HOURS TO COMPLETE. LEXINGTON, MA / MONDAY
Return to Story IndexFLU SHOTS
NOW THAT'S CHANGING -- EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER MEREDITH WOOD EXPLAINS. DIANE:IT WAS VERY QUICK, WE DID NOT EVEN KNOW HE WAS SICK. IT DIDN'T EVEN TAKE A DAY FOR THE FLU TO KILL 15 YEAR OLD MARTIN MCGOWAN. DIANE:WITHIN 16 HOURS, HIS HEART FAILED ON THE OPERATING TABLE. DIANE MCGOWAN SET UP THE MARTIN FLU FOUNDATION IN THE NAME OF HER SON TO HELP EDUCATE OTHER PARENTS ABOUT THE FLU VACCINE. SHE SPOKE WITH THE WEST VIRGINIA IMMUNIZATION NETWORK ABOUT THE NEW RECOMMENDATION OF FLU SHOTS FOR ALL CHILDREN 6 MONTHS TO 18 YEARS. STATE IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM DIRECTOR JEFF NECCUZI SAYS FLU SHOTS ARE A GOOD IDEA. JEFF:INFLUENZA VIRUS IS EASILY TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WHERE THE CHILDREN, TEACHERS ARE VERY CLOSE QUARTERS. NECCUZI ALSO SAYS CHANGING THE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL UP THE NUMBER OF VACCINES MADE SO MORE WILL BE AVAILABLE. IN THE PAST THE SHOT WAS ONLY RECOMMENDED FOR YOUNG CHILDREN AND SENIOR CITIZENS. NECCUZI SAYS YOU CAN'T GET THE FLU FROM THE VACCINE -- BUT IT CAN PREVENT YOU AND OTHERS FROM THE DISEASE. JEFF:THE MORE PEOPLE WE PROTECT FROM THE FLU THE MORE DISEASE WE REDUCE IN GENERAL. FLU AND PNEUMONIA IS THE 7TH LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE MOUNTAIN STATE. MCGOWAN SAYS A MOMENT OF PAIN IS A SMALL PRICE FOR A LIFE. DIANE:IF I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN HIM A FLU SHOT I COULD HAVE SAVED HIS LIFE. IN CHARLESTON, MEREDITH WOOD, EYEWITNESS NEWS. FLU SHOTS ARE NOW AVALIBLE -- CHECK WITH YOUR COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR MORE INFORMATION.
Return to Story IndexSPORTS TEASE
Return to Story IndexHS FOOTBALL
AND ONE GAME THAT ALWAYS HAS PLENTY OF INTRIGUE IS THE BATTLE OF THE BRIDGE FEATURING ST. ALBANS AND NITRO WORD WAS CIRCULATING EARLIER TODAY THAT NITRO'S FIRST YEAR HEAD FOOTBALL COACH JOHN SOWARDS WAS ON HIS WAY OUT...SOMETHING THAT WASN'T TRUE... PRINCIPAL PAUL MCCLANAHAN TOLD OUR KENNIE BASS THIS MORNING HE ISN'T CONCERNED ABOUT WINS AND LOSSES, BUT IS LOOKING FOR THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM TO MIRROR AND REFLECT THE WAY THE SCHOOL IS OPERATED.... MCCLANAHAN SAYS HE IS COMMITTED TO THE WILDCAT COACHING STAFF.... SOWARDS' FIRST TEAM IS 1-AND-4 AND READY TO TURN THINGS AROUND IN A GREAT HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RIVALRY..
Return to Story IndexWVU FOOTBALL
THE MOUNTAINEERS ARE GUNNING FOR A THIRD STRAIGHT WIN ON SATURDAY AND LOOKING TO MOVE TO 2-AND-0 IN THE BIG EAST CONFERENCE...WEST VIRGINIA HAS BEATEN THE ORANGE SIX STRAIGHT TIMES...BILL STEWART TODAY DISCUSSED THE STATUS OF QUARTERBACK PAT WHITE...
Return to Story IndexHS SOCCER-CC-CAPITAL
-1ST HALF-CHAS. CATHOLIC ADDISON HUTCHINSON GOAL.....1-0 IRISH -SAME HALF-CAPITAL KYLE MANER GOAL......TIED AT 1 -2ND HALF-CHAS. CATHOLIC ETHAN NELSON GOAL.......2-1 IRISH -SAME HALF-CHAS. CATHOLIC SETH RITCHIE GOAL.....3-1 IRISH
Return to Story IndexNAKED MAN IN MOAT
BUT THIS WASN'T AN ORDINARY SWIM... HE TOOK A DIP NAKED, JUST *OUTSIDE* THE IMPERIAL PALACE IN JAPAN. THE NUDE SWIMMER JUMPED INTO THE MOAT OUTSIDE THE PALACE IN TOKYO, AND STARTED THROWING ROCKS AND SPLASHING POLICE WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED TO ARREST HIM... THEY EVENTUALLY HAD TO JUMP IN A ROW BOAT TO CATCH HIM. THE EMPEROR WAS INSIDE THE PALACE AT THE TIME, BUT THERE'S NO WORD ON IF HE SAW ANYTHING.
Return to Story IndexGMWV TEASE
DOUG HARLOW WILL ALSO KEEP YOU UPDATED AS YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR FOR YOUR MORNING COMMUTE.
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