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Wednesday, February 8, 2012.

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  • 11 COLD OPEN
      COMING UP ON EYEWITNESS NEWS...

      A BRUTAL BETRAYAL OF TRUST... WHAT HORRIBLE THINGS THIS MAN DID TO A MENTALLY CHALLENGED GIRL AND WHAT PUNISHMENT HE GOT.

      GOOD EVENING, I'M ELIZABETH NOREIKA...

      AND I'M RICK LORD... THIS IS EYEWITNESS NEWS.

      WE'LL GET TO THAT STORY IN JUST A MOMENT... BUT FIRST...

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    DEVELOPING STORY
      WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH A DEVELOPING STORY OUT OF KANAWHA COUNTY.

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    NARCOTICS SEIZURE
      DEPUTIES FIND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF DRUGS AFTER A HUGE BUST IN ST. ALBANS.

      THE S.T.O.P. TEAM OF THE KANAWHA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SEIZED ABOUT 200 DOSES OF HEROIN AND ABOUT A HALF OF A POUND OF MARIJUANA, SEVEN-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH AND SOME PILLS FROM THE MIDDLE DRIVE AREA.

      DEPUTIES ARRESTED 35-YEAR-OLD JESSE POST OF ST. ALBANS.

      THEY SAY IT'S A GREAT FEELING TO GET DRUGS OFF THE STREETS.

      DEPUTIES SAY THE STREET VALUE OF THE DRUGS THEY FOUND ADDED UP TO ABOUT 20-THOUSAND DOLLARS.

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    G CEDAR GROVE METH
      A KANAWHA COUNTY COUPLE IS ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY OPERATING A METH LAB WITH A BABY INSIDE.

      DERRICK EASTERDAY AND COREY RAMSEY ARE FACING NUMEROUS FELONY METH CHARGES, ALONG WITH CHILD ENDANGERMENT CREATING RISK OF INJURY OR DEATH.

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    CEDAR GROVE METH
      TROOPERS GOT A TIP THEY WERE OPERATING A METH LAB OUT OF THIS HOME ON ALEXANDER STREET IN CEDAR GROVE. INSIDE THEY FOUND SYRINGES AND SPOONS WITH RESIDUE ON THEM. EASTERDAY TOLD TROOPERS ANOTHER MAN WOULD GIVE HIM CASH TO RUN THE LAB OUT OF HIS GARAGE. EASTERDAY AND RAMSEY'S TEN MONTH OLD BABY HAS BEEN TURNED OVER CHILD PROTECTIVE CUSTODY.

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    CAR INTO TRAILER
      A MAN IS FACING CHARGES TONIGHT AFTER ALLEGEDLY DRIVING DRUNK AND CRASHING INTO A TRAILER IN CROSS LANES.

      IT HAPPENED IN THE 5300 BLOCK OF ROCKY FORK DRIVE AT THE TRAILER PARK BESIDE DORSEY STABLES.

      POLICE SAY THE DRIVER WAS INTOXICATED AND LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR.

      HE HIT SOME MAILBOXES AND THEN RAN INTO A DITCH.

      WHEN HE TRIED TO GET OUT OF THE DITCH, THE CAR SLID BACK INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE TRAILER.

      NEIGHBORS SAY THINGS COULD'VE ENDED A LOT WORSE.

      THE DRIVER HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED.

      TWO MEN ARE BEHIND BARS AND POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR TWO MORE PEOPLE IN WHAT'S BELIEVED TO BE A DRUG DEAL AND ARMED ROBBERY.

      STATE POLICE SAY IT ALL STARTED WHEN THE GROUP ROBBED BRIAN WARDEN AND THREW HIM FROM A MOVING CAR.

      STATE POLICE SAY WARDEN GOT INTO THE CAR WITH EMANUAL ANDERSON IN THE ROUTE 60 WALMART PARKING LOT.

      ANDERSON THEN ALLEGEDLY ROBBED HIM OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AT GUNPOINT.

      POLICE BELIEVE ANDERSON STOLE THE MONEY FOR A PAST DUE DRUG DEAL.

      THE TRIO DITCHED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF A FITNESS CENTER ON RT. 60... ANDERSON WAS EVENTUALLY CAUGHT AT A NEARBY HOTEL.... BUT A WOMAN NAMED JESSICA SOWARDS AND A HISPANIC MAN, WHO GOES BY THE NAME "BOOP", ARE STILL ON THE RUN.

      WARDEN WAS ALSO ARRESTED FOR NOT SHOWING UP TO COURT IN KANAWHA COUNTY ON ANOTHER CHARGE.

      WINFIELD POLICE CHIEF, HARRISON LUCAS WAS FIRED EARLIER THIS WEEK... BUT THE EXACT REASON WHY ...REMAINS A MYSTERY.

      WE SPOKE TO WINFIELD MAYOR RANDY BARRETT WHO SAYS THIS IS A PERSONNEL MATTER.

      AND SAYS THERE WERE A NUMBER OF REASONS FOR THE FIRING.

      THE TERMINATION COMES JUST ONE WEEK AFTER LUCAS' 18-YEAR OLD SON, PAYTON, POSTED INFLAMMATORY COMMENTS ON HIS FACEBOOK PAGE ABOUT THE DEATH OF HURRICANE HIGH STUDENT JACOB BALL.

      IN THOSE POSTS, PAYTON CALLED JACOB STUPID FOR GETTING HIT BY A TRAIN AND SAID NO ONE LIKED HIM.

      SOME PEOPLE THINK THOSE COMMENTS COULD HAVE PLAYED A PART IN THE FIRING.

      EYEWITNESS NEWS TRIED TO TALK TO LUCAS TO GET HIS SIDE OF THE STORY TODAY, BUT HE REFUSED TO GO ON CAMERA AND SIMPLY SAID, "I ENJOYED WORKING FOR WINDFIELD FOR TEN YEARS".

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    VO PIZZA FOR JACOB
      A PIZZA JOINT IN HURRICANE IS DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO HELP THE FAMILY OF THAT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WHO WAS KILLED LAST WEEK.

      GIOVANNI'S HELD A FUNDRAISER TODAY CALLED "PIZZA FOR JACOB".

      16-YEAR OLD JACOB BALL WAS HIT AND KILLED BY A TRAIN WHILE WALKING HOME FROM SCHOOL LAST TUESDAY.

      TODAY, ANYONE WHO ORDERED CARRY OUT DELIVERY OR DINE-IN CONTRIBUTED TO THE FUND TO HELP JACOB'S FAMILY.

      GIOVANNI'S REACHED THE AMOUNT OF SALES THEY SEE IN A WHOLE DAY...IN JUST TWO HOURS OF BEING OPEN TODAY.

      ALSO, ULTIMATE PAWN IN HURRICANE WILL GIVE 10 PERCENT OF THEIR GROSS SALES THIS SATURDAY TO JACOB'S FAMILY.

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    ALIAYAH LUNSFORD VIGIL
      FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF A MISSING LEWIS COUNTY TODDLER CONTINUE HOLDING ON TO HOPE.

      THE GROUP GATHERED IN FRONT OF THE ALIAYAH LUNSFORD BANNER AT THE EAGLES CLUB IN WESTON FOR A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL.

      LUNSFORD HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE SEPTEMBER.

      EARLIER THIS WEEK A NATIONAL GROUP CALLED THE "PPP RECOVERY" JOINED IN THE SEARCH.

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    10 TAX FRAUD ARRESTS
      A MINGO COUNTY COUPLE IS ARRESTED AFTER CLAIMNG A NEIGHBOR'S DAUGHTER ON THEIR INCOME TAX RETURN. EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER LESLIE RUBIN IS LIVE IN THE STUDIO WITH A CASE THAT WILL LIKELY NOW BE TURNED OVER TO THE FEDS... LESLIE

      DELBARTON POLICE SAY THEY'RE IN SHOCK OVER HOW EASY IT WAS FOR THE COUPLE TO PULL OFF SUCH A STUNT...

      "They admitted to and they didn't think they'd get into any trouble."

      BUT TROUBLE IS EXACTLY WHAT WOORDROW PRATER JUNIOR AND HIS WIFE AMY BLANTON HAVE LANDED THEMSELVES IN...

      THE COUPLE LIVES HERE, AT THE MINGO COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY IN DELBARTON...A PLACE WHERE HOMELESS FAMILIES CAN STAY UP TO TWO YEARS UNTIL THEY GET BACK ON THEIR FEET. BUT THEY APPARENTLY DECIDED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ANOTHER STRUGGLING FAMILY. SOMEHOW, THEY GOT THEIR NEIGHBOR'S 11-MONTH-OLD DAUGHTER'S SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND BIRTHDAY...AND CLAIMED HER AS THEIR OWN ON THEIR INCOME TAXES...

      "I asked them how much money total income was coming back to them and they said 45-hundred dollars."

      BUT INSTEAD OF KEEPING THEIR CRIME QUIET...POLICE SAY THEY WERE BRAGGING ABOUT IT TO OTHERS IN THE BUILDING WHO IN TURN TOLD THE VICTIMS...WHO CALLED POLICE...

      "It's an unfortunate situation when you deal with the types of people that we're dealing with here at the HOPE house."

      CHIEF HUGHES SAYS HE WAS BLOWN AWAY AT HOW EASY IT WAS FOR THE COUPLE TO PULL OFF THE SCHEME...

      "Their both married and she carries a different name than she does, and the child has another name naturally than the so-called parents."

      ON THE WAY TO JAIL, CHIEF HUGHES SAYS THE COUPLE SAID THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO WITH THEIR NEW FOUND MONEY...THEY ALREADY HAD A NEW CAR PICKED OUT...

      THE COUPLE IS CHARGED WITH FELONY OBTAINING MONEY BY FALSE PRETENSES, BUT POLICE SAY FEDERAL CHARGES ARE A LIKELY, AND THE CASE IS FAR FROM OVER. REPORTING LIVE IN THE STUDIO, LESLIE RUBIN, EYEWITNESS NEWS.

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    LAURENCE SMITH
      A FAYETTE COUNTY MAN HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF SEXUALLY ABUSING HIS NIECES MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO.

      A JURY CONVICTED LAURENCE SMITH OF THREE COUNTS OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND THREE COUNTS OF SEXUAL ABUSE BY A CUSTODIAN.

      PROSECUTORS SAY SMITH WAS BABYSITTING THE GIRLS, WHO RANGED IN AGES FROM SEVEN TO ELEVEN YEARS OLD WHEN THE CRIMES WERE COMMITTED IN 1988...

      THE VICTIMS DIDN'T COME FORWARD UNTIL 2010.

      PROSECUTORS WANT OTHER VICTIMS TO KNOW, THERE IS NO STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON A FELONY CRIME IN WEST VIRGINIA.

      SMITH WILL BE SENTENCED IN APRIL.

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    OH SEX OFFENDER
      SCIOTO COUNTY DEPUTIES NEED YOUR HELP FINDING A MAN WANTED FOR SEX CRIMES AGAINST A MINOR.

      DEPUTIES SAY 20-YEAR-OLD KAILEN MADDEN OF PORTSMOUTH WAS CONVICTED OF UNLAWFUL SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH A MINOR AND IS LISTED AS A SEX OFFENDER.

      HE'S WANTED ON A CHARGE OF FAILURE TO VERIFY AND FAILURE TO REGISTER.

      IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION CALL THE SCIOTO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AT 740-354-7566.

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    I SEXUAL VICITMIZATION
      PREYING ON THE INNOCENCE OF A COGNITIVELY DISABLED YOUNG WOMAN.....A FORMER JUVENILE PROBATION OFFICER IS CONVICTED OF SEXUAL BATTERY. THIS TYPE OF VICTIMIZATION IS BECOMING MORE COMMON...AND ADVOCATES FOR THESE HELPLESS VICTIMS WANT IT TO STOP.

      (nats of walking feet)

      ** 41:28 "I HAD ALWAYS TAUGHT HER TO BE KIND...TO LOVE PEOPLE....TO LOVE GOD....AND TO TRUST PEOPLE...AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED."


      petrie 11:47 'PLEASE ACCEPT MY APOLOGIES I AM DEEPLY SORRY."


      patricia 52:40 'I FORGIVE HIM THAT'S NO PROBLEM.....BUT I WONT FORGET."



      20 YEAR OLD PATRICIA MCCLOUD IS LIKE MOST YOUNG WOMEN.....

      SHE LOVES FASHION...JUSTIN BEIBER AND TWILIGHT......

      SHE SPENDS A LOT OF HER TIME WITH HER FAMILY IN THEIR MIDDLEPORT OHIO HOME......

      RELYING ON THEM TO TAKE CARE OF HER.

      WHILE MATURE IN HER APPEARANCE PATRICIA IS MUCH YOUNGER MENTALLY.

      37:19 "IT COME UP THAT SHE WAS A HIGH FUNCTINOING 6 YEAR OLD...I HAD THOUGHT SHE WAS A LITTLE OLDER "

      FOR YEARS PATRICIA ATTENDED SPECIAL SCHOOLS TO MEET HER NEEDS......

      IT'S HERE IN HER HOME.....A PLACE OF COMFORT AND SECURITY....THAT SOMETHING HORRIBLE HAPPENED TO HER THE SUMMER OF 2011.

      31:02 "HE HAD COME HERE AND ASKED IF HE COULD STAY A NIGHT OR TWO UNTIL HE GOT BACK ON HIS FEET......"

      FAMILY FRIEND AND FORMER JUVENILE PROBATION OFFICER ....SHAWN PETRIE...... NEEDED A PLACE TO STAY...PATRICIA'S FATHER JOSEPH LET HIM IN.

      31:17 'I SAID YOU CAN'T MOVE IN BUT I CAN'T SEE YOU SLEEPING ON THE RIVER BANK."

      THE NIGHT OF FRIDAY JULY 22 ND ....SHAWN PETRIE CHANGED PATRICIA'S LIFE FOREVER.

      31:46 "HE WAS SITTING UP ON THE EDGE OF HIS BED THAT EVENING..IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT......AND SHE GOT UP TO GO TO THE REST ROOM..AND SHE CAME THROUGH AND CLOSED OUR BEDROOM DOOR."

      32:39 "HE TOLD HER THAT HE KNEW SHE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A BOYFRIEND.....AND HE COULD BE HER BOYFRIEND."

      32:45 "SHE TOOK HIM NOT SERIOUSLY AND SAID YOUR OLD AS MY DAD."

      32:54 "WHEN SHE WENT TO GET UP HE PUT HIS HAND OVER HER MOUTH AND PULLED HER DOWN.....AND PROCEEDED TO RAPE HER FOR TWO AND A HALF HOURS."

      P 54:10 'IT FELT LIKE I WAS GETTING MURDRED I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN...I WAS SCARED OUT OF MY...I DONT KNOW WHAT...I WAS JUST SCARED"

      PATRICIA DIDN'T TELL HER PARENTS THAT NIGHT......

      SHE WAS AFRAID AND CONFUSED......

      SHE FINALLY CAME FOREWARD.. 2 DAYS LATER

      38:32 "AT FIRST IT WAS SHOCK...AND RAGE......."

      34:19 'I TOOK HER TO THE HOSPITAL AND SHE WAS SO SCARED SHE WOULND'T LET THEM DO A FULL EXAMINATION BUT THEY GOT ENOGUH EVIDENCE OFF OF HER UPPER BODY TO MERIT AN ARREST."

      34:58 "THEY HAD ENOUGH EVIDENCE...BITE MARKS...SALIVA...ON HER UPPER PARTS THAT THEY GOT HIM."

      POLICE ARRESTED PETRIE......AND CHARGED HIM WITH RAPE, KIDNAPPING AND SEXUAL BATTERY.

      DUE TO THE LACK OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE....PROSECUTORS MADE A DEAL....WHERE PETRIE WOULD ONLY PLEAD GUILTY TO SEXUAL BATTERY.

      NOT WANTING TO PUT THEIR FAMILY THROUGH A TRIAL THE MCCLOUDS AGREED.

      P 52:52"I ACTUALLY THOUGHT HE WAS A NICE GUY, IT JUST GOES THROUGH MY MIND....I CAN'T TRUST ANYBODY."

      THE SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION OF PERSONS WITH DISABLITIES IS A CRIME COMMITTED ALL TOO OFTEN......

      ACCORDING TO RESEARCH FROM WEST VIRGINIA S.A.F.E.....A NON PROFIT GROUP THAT SERVES SEXUAL VIOLENCE VICTIMS WITH DISABILITIES....... ....MORE THAN 90 PERCENT OF PEOPLE NATIONWIDE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITES WILL EXPERIENCE SOME FORM OF SEXUAL ABUSE AT SOME TIME IN THEIR LIVES.

      C 24:02 "THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST SERIOUS PROBLEMS FACED BY PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABLITIES......"

      CLARICE HAUSCH IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF WEST VIRGINIA ADVOCATES... A GROUP THAT PROTECTS THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

      C 7:18 "PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ARE OFTEN VERY KIND.....THEY ARE VERY INNOCENT...THEY DON'T OFTEN UNDERSTAND COMPLEX THINGS...THEY DON'T LOOK AT THE WORLD EXPECTING SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING BAD TO THEM.....THEY LOOK AT THE WORLD AND TRUST THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM."

      HAUSCH SAYS OFTEN TIMES CASES LIKE PATRICIA'S GO UNREPORTED.....OR THEIR ISN'T ENOUGH EVEDIENCE FOR PROSECUTORS TO SECURE A CONVICTION .IN 2003, THE NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS SURVEY SHOWED THAT ONLY 39 PERCENT OF SEXUAL ASSUALTS WERE REPORTED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT....THE REPORTING OF THESE CRIMES BY PERSONS WITH DISABLITIES IS EVEN LESS FREQUENT.

      HAUSCH SAYS TO HELP WITH THE PROBLEM.....LAW ENFOCRMENT, THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND ADVOCATES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABLITIES...ALL NEED TO COME TOGETHER......AND FIGURE OUT A TRANING PROGRAM TO UP THE CONVICTION RATE ON THESE TYPES OF PREDATORS.

      C 18:51 "LINKING A SYSTEM TOGETHER OF PROSCUTORS STATE POLICE ...ALL OF THEM COMING TOGETHER TO LOOK AT HOW CAN WE SOLVE THIS PROBLEM......WHAT CAN WE DEVELOP.......WHAT WILL MAKE INVESTIGATORS COMFORTABLE SO THEY CAN TAKE THAT INFORMATION TO COURT.....CUZ RIGHT NOW THERE ISN'T A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE HW THAT CAN BE DONE IN WEST VIRIGNIA BUT IT CAN BE DONE AND IT CAN BE DONE SUCCESSFULL.Y"



      IT IS THE DAY THE MCCLOUDS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR....PETRIE'S SENTENCING.

      WHILE WE WERE NOT PERMITTED TO FILM PATRICIA AND HER FATHER INSIDE THE COURTROOM.......WE DID HEAR PETRIES APOLOGY.

      11:08 "I AM TRULY SORRY FOR WHAT I HAVE DONE WRONG...PLEASE ACCEPT MY APOLOGY."

      11:19 "MY INTENTIONS WERE NEVER TO MAKE TRISH FEEL THREATENED OR FEAR FOR HER LIFE."

      JUDGE 13;39 'YHOU ARE GOING TO BE SENTENCED TO A PERIOD OF 3 YEARS IN AN INSTITUTION

      A JUDGE SENTENCED PETRIE TO 3 YEARS IN JAIL.......

      AND HE MUST REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

      WHILE THE SENTENCE MAY NOT BE AS LONG AS THE MCCLOUD'S HAD HOPED FOR....SEEING PETRIE PUT BACK BEHIND BARS HELPS THEM COME CLOSER TO CLOSURE.

      MCCLOUD IN COURT 18:54 "IN ORDER NOT TO GO THROUGH ANOTHER YEAR OF COURT AND DRAG THIS OUT..W.E WANTED CLOSURE...AND I THINK THIS GAVE HER SOME CLOSURE....."

      MCCLOUD IN COURT 19:46 "SHE IS GOING TO GO ON WITH HER LIFE.....THIS IS GOING TO HANG OVER HIS HEAD THE REST OF HIS LIFE....SHE'S GOING TO LIVE HER LIFE AND ENJOY HER LIFE."

      PATRICIA WANTED TO SHARE HER STORY....TO ENCOURAGE OTHER VICTIM'S TO COME FOREWARD EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE SCARED.

      P 56:04"IF I WOULDNT HAVE TOLD MY MOM AND DAD...HE WOULD HAVE STILL BEEN HERE AND PROBABLY DONE IT AGAIN...AND PROBABLY EVEN WORSER THIS TIME"

      MCCLOUD IN COURT 21:42 "GOD WILL SEE THAT HE GETS WHAT HE DESERVES IF NOT ON EARTH SOMEWHERE ELSE.....AND IT'S NOT IN MEIGS COUNTY."

      A NIGHTMARE NEARLY OVER FOR A BRAVE YOUNG WOMAN.

      MCCLOUD IN COURT NATS 22:46 "THA'TS MY GIRL."

      RIGHT NOW PATRICIA ISN'T SEEKING COUNSELING, BUT RELYING ON HER FAITH TO HELP HER COPE WITH WHAT HAPPENED.

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    WHAT YOU THINK
      WHAT CAN BE DONE TO BETTER PROTECT PEOPLE WHO ARE MENTALLY DISABLED?

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    FULL WEATHER
      ANCHORS TOSS TO JIM FOR WEATHER

      JIM PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS

      WEST VIRGINIA'S AIR NATIONAL GUARD UNITS WILL SEE SOME CHANGES AS THE BUDGET IS CUT TO HELP THE GOVERNMENT'S MULTI-TRILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT.

      UP NEXT...THE ARMY WILL ANNOUNCE HOW IT PLANS TO SAVE MONEY.

      THERE ARE 41 ARMY GUARD UNITS ACROSS THE STATE, WITH RESPONSIBILITIES THAT RUN FROM MILITARY POLICE TO FIELD ARTILLERY TO COMBAT ENGINEERS.

      THE STATE'S ADJUTANT GENERAL SAYS HE'S BEEN TOLD THERE ARE NO CHANGES PLANNED FOR WEST VIRGINIA UNITS FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR THAT BEGINS IN OCTOBER.

      GENERAL JAMES HOYER SAYS THE ARMY PICTURE SHOULD BECOME MUCH MORE CLEAR WHEN BUDGET HEARINGS START ON CAPITOL HILL IN EARLY MARCH.

      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!
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    VETERANS UNEMPLOYMENT
      REGARDLESS OF WHERE THE BUDGET CUTS COME FROM, THE MILITARY IS DOWNSIZING...AND THAT MEANS MORE SOLDIERS WILL BE JOINING THE CIVILIAN WORKFORCE LOOKING FOR A JOB.

      U-S SENATOR JOE MANCHIN IS FOCUSING ON FINDING POSITIONS FOR VETS.

      HE'S FORMED A BIPARTISAN GROUP WORKING TO REDUCE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES FOR THE NATION'S 857-THOUSAND VETERANS LOOKING FOR WORK.

      MANCHIN IS DEVELOPING A PROGRAM CALLED "I HIRE VETERANS." HE WANTS TO SCHEDULE MONTHLY EVENTS TO SHARE INFORMATION ON HIRING INITIATIVES AND MONITOR ISSUES VETS ARE HAVING WHILE LOOKING FOR WORK.

      A LAW BANNING TEXTING AND TALKING ON A CELL PHONE WHILE DRIVING MAY BE PASSED SOON.

      TODAY THE WEST VIRGINIA TRUCKING ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCED THEIR ENDORSEMENT OF THE BILL.

      TO DRIVE HOME THEIR MESSAGE THEY ALSO BROUGHT "INTERSTATE ONE" TO THE CAPITOL.

      THE SIMULATOR DEMONSTRATES THE DISTRACTIONS OF DRIVING A BIG RIG UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND HOW CRUCIAL IT IS TO PAY ATTENTION.

      TRUCKERS SAY THIS BILL IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL MOTORISTS AND PASSENGERS ON THE ROAD.

      MEMBERS OF THE TRUCKING ASSOCIATION SAY THE BILL STANDS A GOOD CHANCE OF PASSING THE LEGISLATURE THIS SESSION.

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    TATS AND TANNING
      WEST VIRGINIA LAWMAKERS WANT TO GIVE PARENTS MORE POWER TO PROTECT THEIR KIDS FROM SOME POTENTIALLY BAD DECISIONS.

      THE SENATE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY ON A BILL TO PROHIBIT CHILDREN UNDER 16 FROM GETTING A TATTOO.

      TEENS OLDER THAN 16 WOULD HAVE TO BRING THEIR PARENTS TO THE SHOP TO GIVE THEIR WRITTEN CONSENT.

      ANOTHER SENATE BILL WOULD BAN TEENS FROM USING INDOOR TANNING BEDS.

      THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY SUPPORTS THE BILL BECAUSE TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS ARE AT A HIGHER RISK OF DEVELOPING SKIN CANCER FROM JUST ONE INDOOR TANNING SESSION A MONTH.

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    SPORTS TEASE
      THEY WEREN'T THERE TO ENJOY DISNEY WORLD TONIGHT, BUT RATHER LOOKING FOR A WIN...MARK MARTIN HAS HIGHLIGHTS FROM MARSHALL AND UCF NEXT IN SPORTS...HERE

      ON EYEWITNESS NEWS...

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    WVU BASKETBALL
      ON SUNDAY THE MOUNTAINEERS ENDED A THREE-GAME LOSING STREAK WITH AN OVERTIME WIN OVER PROVIDENCE...SO, TONIGHT THE MISSION AGAINST NOTRE DAME WAS GET AN EXTENSION IN THE WIN COLUMN...

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    NOTRE DAME-WVU
      -GREAT CROWD

      -LUKE COOLEY

      -GARY BROWN...

      -KJ

      -KJ

      -DENIZ KILICLI...

      TURNOVERS DOWN THE STRETCH...

      -darian grant

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    MARSHALL BASKETBALL
      ELI MANNING WASN'T THE ONLY ONE PAYING A VISIT TO ORLANDO THIS WEEK...THE NEW YORK GIANTS QUARTERBACK, WHO HAPPENS TO BE A TEAMMATE OF FORMER MARSHALL STAR AHMAD BRADSHAW, EARNED A TRIP TO DISNEY WORLD THANKS TO BEING NAMED MVP OF SUPER BOWL XLVI...MARSHALL'S BASKETBALL TEAM WAS IN ORLANDO THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS FOR A SCHEDULED CONFERENCE USA MEETING WITH CENTRAL FLORIDA...

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    MARSHALL-UCF
      --TOM HERRION...

      --1ST HALF... DEANDRE KANE MISSES... NIGEL SPIKES TIPS IT HOME... HERD TIES IT AT 26....

      --DAMIER PITTS PULLS UP ON THE BREAK...

      --TOM HERRION TAKES A 2 POINT LEAD INTO THE LOCKER ROOM...

      --2ND HALF... KEITH CLANKTON FOR 3... UCF PULLS IN FRONT...

      --JUST OVER 3 MINUTES TO GO... ISSAIH SIKES PICKS OFF THE PASS AND THROWS IT DOWN... MARSHALL DOWN 14...

      --BUT THE HERD CHIPS AWAY... SHAQ JOHNSON AND 1... HE'D MISS THE FREE THROW BUT IT'S A 9 POINT GAME...

      --HERD HOT FROM OUTSIDE... DAGO PENA FOR 3...

      --DAGO AGAIN.. THIS TIME OFF THE PUMP FAKE...

      --THEN OFF THE LOOSE BALL... PITTS KNOCKS IT DOWN... IT'S SUDDENLY A 2 POINT GAME WITH 50 SECONDS TO GO...

      --16 SECONDS TO PLAY NOW HERD DOWN 2... UCF WITH THE BALL BUT THE SHOT CLOCK DOWN TO 2... MARCUS JORDAN HITS THE 3... IN FRONT OF HIS DAD... MARSHALL'S COMEBACK FALLS SHORT... THEY LOSE 67-60....

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    RIVERSIDE-SC
      --SC ESTABLISHER...

      --1ST HALF... SC... A-D CUNNINGHAM BUCKET...

      --RIVERSIDE DOWN DOUBLE DIGITS AT HALFTIME...

      --3RD QTR... NICK LIGHT WITH THE JUMPER...

      --SC TOO MUCH TREVOND REESE IN THE OPEN FLOOR... SC WINS 84-52..

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    FAYETTEVILLE-CC
      --CATHOLIC ESTABLISHER...

      --KATHRYN DUNDERVILL WITH SOME DEFENSE... GETS THE STEAL AND THE LAYUP ON THE OTHER END...

      --MORE CATHOLIC D... ANNA WHELAN WITH THE STEAL... THEN KNOCKS IN THE JUMPER...

      --ASHLEY SHEPLER'S TEAM GAVE FAYETTEVILLE A HARD TIME WITH THE PRESS...

      --STILL IN THE 1ST QTR... ANOTHER STEAL... WHELAN AGAIN... CATHOLIC ALL OVER FAYETTEVILLE...

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    EYEWITNESS WEB
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    WAKE UP WEATHER
      ANCHORS TOSS TO JIM FOR WAKE UP WEATHER

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