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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.
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A MAN FORCES HIS WAY INTO AN APARTMENT AND ENDS UP STABBED TO DEATH. 
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DOUG TALKS ABOUT WEATHER
Return to Story IndexWELCOME
WELCOME TO EYEWITNESS NEWS AT NOON.
Return to Story IndexBREAKING NEWS
STINGER STINGER
Return to Story IndexHUNT DOG ABUSE
WHERE POLICE ARE ON THE SCENE OF ONE OF THE WORST CASES OF ANMIAL CRUELTY THEY HAVE EVER SEEN. EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER STEVE BORECKY JOINS US NOW WITH EXCLUSIVE VIDEO OF THE RESCUE. STEVE...WHAT DID POLICE FIND? JEN.... HUNTINGTON POLICE RECOVERED FIVE DOGS AND ATLEAST ONE KITTEN FROM A HOME ON 11-TH AVENUE. THEY SAY THE ANIMALS HAD BEEN LIVING IN A SECOND FLOOR APARTMENT IN "HORRID" CONDITIONS. THE ANIMALS WERE FOUND WANDERING AROUND IN THE FECES AND TRASH COVERED APARTMENT EARLIER THIS MORNING. INVESTIGATORS ALSO FOUND SEVERAL DEAD CATS INSIDE. HUNTINGTON POLICE SUSPECT SOMEONE WAS DROPPING A BAG OF FOOD OFF IN THE DOOR FOR THE ANIMALS AND LEAVING THEM UNATTENDED. THERE WAS WATER TO THE APARTMENT---BUT IT IS NOT BELIEVED THE ANIMALS HAD ACCESS TO IT. IT IS NOT KNOWN HOW LONG THE DOGS AND CATS LIVED IN THESE CONDITIONS---BUT INVESTIGATORS SAY IT COULD HAVE BEEN MONTHS. HUNTINGTON POLICE SAY THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE ANIMALS WILL FACE ANIMAL CRUELTY CHARGES. COMING UP TONIGHT ON EYEWITNESS NEWS AT SIX---WE'LL INTRODUCE YOU TO THE WOMAN WHO HEARD THE ANIMALS CRY FOR HELP AND ALERTED POLICE. REPORTING LIVE IN HUNTINGTON---STEVE BORECKY---EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexCHRISTOPHER WASHBURN
31-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER WASHBURN WAS IN COURT TO ANSWER HIS RECENT INDICTMENT FOR FOR CHILD NEGLECT CAUSING A DEATH. THE CHILD'S MOTHER--21-YEAR-OLD ELIZABETH THORNTON OF CROSS LANES-- HAD ALREADY BEEN ARRESTED ON THE SAME CHARGE. SHE ALSO APPEARED IN COURT TODAY. WASHBURN WAS UNABLE TO POST A 100-THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND AND WAS TAKEN JAIL. . BOTH GO ON TRIAL JANUARY 9TH. PROSECUTORS CONTEND THEY FAILED TO GET MEDICAL HELP FOR THE CHILD WITH SEVERE HEAD INJURIES.
Return to Story IndexCROSS LANES STABBING
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER BOB AARON HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING. UNLESS A KANAWHA COUNTY GRAND JURY DECIDEDS OTHERWISE, THERE WILL BE NO CRIMINAL CHARGES FILED IN THIS MORNING'S FATAL STABBING. WHEN DEPUTIES ARRIVED THEY FOUND 22-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM RUSSELL BARR LYING IN THE PARKING LOT. HE HAD BEEN STABBED IN THE NECK. POLICE SAY THE NITRO MAN FORCED HIS WAY INTO THE APARTMENT AND GOT INTO A SCUFFLE OVER A GUN WITH SOMEONE IN THE APARTMENT. THAT'S WHEN BARR WAS STABBED. HE LEFT THE APARTMENT AND COLLAPSED IN THE PARKING LOT. BARR WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND DIED A SHORT TIME LATER. DEPUTIES SAY BARR KNEW SOMEONE LIVING IN THE ARPARTMENT. NEIGHBORS WERE SHOCKED BY THE VIOLENCE. "I was very startled. Sad!..........no, sir." A WOMAN LIVING IN THE APARTMENT TOLD ME HER BOYFRIEND GRABBED A SHOTGUN AS THEY HEARD SOMEONE KICKING IN THEIR DOOR. SHE SAID BARR AND HER BOYFRIEND STRUGGLED OVER THE GUN AND THAT HER BOYFRIEND GRABBED A KNIFE AND STABBED BARR. SHE SAID SHE KNEW BARR BUT SAID HE WAS ACTING INTOXICATED AND VERY VIOLENT. DEPUTIES HAVE NOT CLOSED THE DOOR ON POSSILBE CHARGES LATER, BUT THERE ARE SELF DEFENSE ELEMENTS IN THE DEATH THAT A GRAND JURY WILL HAVE TO WEIGH.
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STATE POLICE HAVE FOUND THE THE MAN ALLEGEDLY RESPONSIBLE AND THE CAR. 28 YEAR OLD NATHAN SCOTT PHILLIPS OF DUNBAR WAS BUSTED AROUND 9-THIRTY THIS MORNING. THEY ALSO FOUND THE CAR ON FALCON DRIVE OFF ROUTE 21 IN CHARLESTON AROUND 8:30 THIS MORNING. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SUSPECT ASKED JOHN DIEGES FOR HELP AND THEN USED A GUN TO TAKE HIS CAR. THE GUN STILL HAS NOT BEEN FOUND.
Return to Story IndexHOTEL ROBBERY
ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS---A MAN CARRYING A KNIFE WALKED INTO THE COLONIAL INN ON WINCHESTER AVENUE AND DEMANDED MONEY. THEY SAY HE THEN TOOK OFF ON FOOT. THE SUSPECT IS A WHITE MAN--APPROXIMATELY 6-FOOT TALL, WITH A MEDIUM BUILD. HE WAS WEARING A GRAY HOODED SWEATSHIRT AND WEARING A YELLOW BANDANA WITH BLUE DOTS ON HIS FACE. IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION--CALL ASHLAND POLICE AT 606-327-2078.
Return to Story IndexPOLITICS TUESDAY
THE CANDIDATES ARE FACING OFF WITH EXACTLY FOUR WEEKS TO GO, UNTIL ELECTION DAY, YOU CAN SEE THE DEBATE RIGHT HERE STARTING AT NINE P.M.
Return to Story IndexOBAMA CAMPAIGNING
THE VISIT IS PART OF A TWO-DAY "AMERICAN JOBS TOUR". OBAMA WILL HOLD A RALLY IN PORTSMOUTH AT THE ALUMNI GREEN AT SHAWNEE STATE UNIVERSITY AT 7:30 THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BE IS OBAMA'S FIRST CAMPAIGN VISIT TO THE AREA. TICKETS ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR THE EVENT.
Return to Story IndexHILLARY FOR BARTH
CLINTON WILL BE IN CHARLESTON FRIDAY, CAMPAIGNING FOR ANNE BARTH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHARLESTON. BARTH IS TAKING ON INCUMBENT REPRESENTATIVE SHELLY MOORE CAPITO IN WEST VIRGINIA'S 2ND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. THE EVENT IS SCHEDULED FOR ONE O'CLOCK ...AND IT'S FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Return to Story IndexCAMPAIGN CAR
THE MERCEDES BENZ NOW PERMINANTELY REFLECTS SUPPORT FOR A SUPREME COURT CANDIDATE. TIMOTHY STAFFORD SAYS HE JUST WANTED TO OUTWARDLY DISPLAY HIS POSITION.
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TRI-STATE RACE TRACK AND GAMING CENTER NOW OFFERS BLACKJACK, CRAPS AND ROULETTE. AND LAST NIGHT TRI-STATE HOSTED CHARITY NIGHT AS A PRACTICE RUN FOR ITS NEWEST WORKERS. THE KANAWHA CHARLESTON HUMANE ASSOCIATION AND THE CITY OF NITRO HANDICAPPED CHILDREN'S PARK BENEFITED FROM THE EVENT. THEY EACH RECIEVED FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. CHARITY NIGHT CONTINUES TONIGHT FROM FOUR TO TEN. THE KANAWHA VALLEY FELLOWSHIP HOME AND HIGHLAND HOSPITAL'S INDIGENT FUND WILL GET FIVE GRAND EACH.
Return to Story IndexSCHOLAR ATHLETE
Return to Story IndexDANCING WITH THE STARS
GOLD MEDALIST MISTY MAY TREANOR IS BEING SIDELINED FROM THE COMPETITION DUE TO AN INJURY. MISTY MAY APPEARED AT THE END OF LAST NIGHT'S DANCING WITH THE STARS WITH HER LEG IN A CAST AND ON CRUTCHES TO MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT. THE BEACH VOLLEYBALL STAR RUPTURED HER LEFT ACHILLES TENDON LAST WEEK WHILE PRACTICING THE JIVE. BEFORE THE INJURY MISTY MAY AND HER PARTNER MAKSIM WHERE CONSIDERED ONE OF THE FRONTRUNNERS IN THE COMPETITION. MISTY MAY IS EXPECTED TO HAVE SURGERY TODAY. SHE PLANS TO RETURN TO THE SHOW TO CHEER ON THE OTHER CONTESTANTS. TUNE IN TONIGHT TO DANCING WITH THE STARS TO FIND OUT WHAT MISTY MAY'S EARLY EXIT MEANS FOR THE COMPETITION.
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Return to Story IndexBABY STEPS 10/6
AND, ENRICHING THEIR LIVES IS A FULL-TIME JOB. BUT, ONE WAY TO HELP YOUR BABY LEARN, IS TO PLAN SOME TUMMY TIME. DOCTOR JOE MATUSIC SHOWS US HOW THAT SIMPLE PLAN WILL HELP STRENGTHEN YOUR BABIES MIND AND BODY. The back to sleep campaign has babies on their backs when it's time for sleep. But when baby's awake, it's full speed ahead for learning! What to do? The answer is tummy time. A chance to get a different view on their new world. Not all babies love the idea, so they'll need a little help. sot.. Dr Joe Matusic One thing is when they're on their belly is they can't lift their head until a certain age. so it may be two [demonstrates], three, four, six months until they can lift their head all the way up. They want to see everything so you may have to lift their head so they can see the world Physical therapists say tummy time can help your baby strengthen her back and neck muscles, all while exploring her new surroundings. You can schedule tummy time for a few minutes, a few times a day... With you... so she can see you and bond-- starting when they can lift their head. Some medical experts say it helps develop motor skills... however Dr. Matusic says don't push the tummy time if it isn't working out. sot.. Dr. Joe Matusic I think it's important to get them used too tummy time. Will it make a difference in the long run? No. But right now it is [making a difference]. Dr. Matusic stresses there is a wide range of normal when it comes to developmental milestones, especially those associated with tummy time. So take your time with your growing baby, and make sure to tell you pediatrician if you think there are some delays. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS STORY AGAIN, YOU CAN LOG ON TO BABYMD.NET, THERE'S A LINK TO BABY STEPS STORIES AT THE TOP OF THE HOME-PAGE.
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