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Thursday, July 2, 2009.

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  • WELCOME
      COMING UP ON EYEWITNESS NEWS.......

      NO MERCY FOR THE MAN WHO BRUTALLY MURDERED HIS GIRLFRIEND IN A CROWDED RESTAURANT.

      AND, PICKET LINES FORM IN HUNTINGTON... SOME CITY WORKERS WALK OFF THE JOB... WE'LL TELL YOU WHY.

      PLUS, A SOCCER TOURNAMENT KICKS UP THE ECONOMY IN CABELL COUNTY.

      JIM AD LIB ON TAPE

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    TEASE VIDEO
      FINALLY... CLOSURE IN THE CASE OF THE BRUTAL TACO BELL MURDER.

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    WELCOME
      GOOD EVENING, I'M GILBERT CORSEY... RICK LORD AND DEBORAH LINZ HAVE THE NIGHT OFF... WELCOME TO EYEWITNESS NEWS.

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    WHAT WE KNOW
      IT'S ALMOST A YEAR TO THE DAY CLARK CHASED HIS GIRLFRIEND, NALISHA (NA-LISH-AH) GRAVELY INTO A CHARLESTON TACO BELL AND SHOT HER SIX TIMES AS SHE HID IN A CLOSET.

      DESMOND CLARK ADMITTED TO THE MURDER AND PLEAD GUILTY BACK IN MARCH.

      TODAY WAS HIS SENTENCING.

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    DESMOND CLARK
      EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER MEREDITH WOOD WAS IN THE COURTROOM -- SHE JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM THE NEWSROOM....

      MEREDITH?

      THERE WASN'T MUCH FOR JUDGE JAMES STUCKEY TO DECIDE -- EITHER LIFE WITH OR WITHOUT MERCY.

      BUT FOR DESMOND CLARK THAT MEANT A CHANCE AT LIVING OUTSIDE A PRISON CELL.

      CLARK WILL NOT GET THAT CHANCE.

      IN THE COURTROOM IT WAS SOME OF THE MOST DISTRUBING TESTIMONY I'VE EVER HEARD.

      INCLUDING THE 911 TAPES FROM THE DAY OF THE MURDER.

      THAT WAS PART OF THE 22 MINUTE PHONE CALL TO METRO 911 AFTER NALISHA GRAVELY WAS SHOT TO DEATH IN A TACO BELL -- ALMOST EXACTLY ONE YEAR AGO.

      GRAVELY'S FAMILY WAS IN THE COURTHROOM -- AND THEY WERE VERY EMOTIONAL.

      CLARK APOLOGIZED FOR THE SHOOTING AND ASKED GRAVELY'S FAMILY FOR FORGIVENESS.

      DEFENSE ATTORNEYS SAY CLARK HAS A CONDITION CALLED INTERMITTANT EXPLOSIVE DISORDER CAUSING HIM TO BECOME UNCONTROLLABLY VIOLENT.

      DOCTOR BOBBY MILLER SAYS THE DISORDER COULD BE TREATED WITH MEDICATION.

      BUT EVEN A MEDICATED DESMOND CLARK IS NOT SOMEONE JUDGE STUCKEY FELT COMFORTABLE SENDING BACK INTO SOCIETY.

      CLARK WAS TRANSFERED BACK TO THE SOUTHCENTRAL REGIONAL JAIL.

      HE WILL BE MOVED TO PRISON WHEN A CELL BECOMES AVALIABLE.

      IN THE NEWSROOM, MEREDITH WOOD, EYEWITNESS NEWS.

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    MURDER INDICTMENT
      THREE MEN FACE MURDER, BURGLARY, AND ATTEMPTED ROBBERY CHARGES IN A HOME INVASION THAT TURNED FATAL LAST JANUARY.

      OFFICERS SAY JASON HOLSTEIN, LARRY CANTRELL, JOSHUA TAYLOR SHOT DAVID SCARBRO AFTER HE CAUGHT THEM IN HIS HOME.

      THE THREE HEAD TO COURT LATER THIS MONTH.

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    ROBERT MCDONALD
      A CHARLESTON MAN WILL SPEND AT LEAST 11 YEARS BEHIND BARS FOR SEXUALLY MOLESTING A 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL LAST NOVEMBER

      A CIRCUIT JURY FOUND 38-YEAR-OLD ROBERT ALAN MCDONALD GUILTY OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND THIRD-DEGREE SEXUAL ASSAULT.

      BLOOM WILL REMAIN UNDER SUPERVISION FOR 30 YEARS FOLLOWING HIS RELEASE FROM JAIL.

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    RONNIE ADAMS
      AN OUT OF TOWN ARREST MARKS ANOTHER CAPTURE FOR OUR FUGITIVE FILES.

      DEPUTIES GOT A TIP SAYING RONNIE ADAMS WAS IN DAYTON, OHIO AND SURE ENOUGH, HE WAS.

      POLICE ARRESTED ADAMS FOR HOLDING A CLERK AT GUNPOINT AT A ST. ALBANS GO MART ABOUT A MONTH AGO.

      ADAMS IS OUR 146TH CAPTURE THANKS TO YOU.

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    TEEN DROWN UPDATE
      WE HAVE AN EYEWITNESS NEWS UPDATE FOR YOU NOW...

      IT APPEARS THE 16 YEAR OLD BOY WHO DROWNED IN RIPLEY WAS A RUNAWAY.

      OFFICERS SAY BRANDON BANDA'S MOTHER REPORTED HIM MISSING IN MAY.

      HE WAS FROM LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA.

      THAT'S ABOUT 30-MILES FROM ATLANTA.

      REMEMBER, BANDA DROWED IN A SWIMMING ACCIDENT WITH FIRENDS IN OBRIEN LAKE YESTERDAY.

      TONIGHT THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE ACCIDENT AND HIS RUNAWAY STATUS CONTINUES.

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    CHESAPEKE FIRE
      A FIRE IN CHESAPEAKE OHIO NOW HAS INVESTIGATORS THINKING IT WAS INTENTIONALLY SET.

      IT STARTED AROUND 10-45 THIS MORNING.

      TWO HOMES WERE DESTROYED.

      NO ONE WAS HOME AT THE TIME IN EITHER HOUSE, AND FIREFIGHTERS BELIEVE IT STARTED IN THE HOME WHERE NO ONE LIVED...MEANING THERE WAS NO ELECTRICITY OR GAS CIRCULATING THROUGH.

      FIREFIGHTERS ARE STILL INVESTIGATING.

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    I HUNT PICKETT
      FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW, UNION WORKERS IN THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON HEADED TO THE PICKETT LINE.

      EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER BRYANT SOMERVILLE JOINS US NOW LIVE IN HUNTINGTON, AND BRYANT I UNDERSTANT THE WORKERS WANT..SECURITY?

      GILBERT, UNION LEADERS SAY THEY'VE OFFERED TO TALK WITH CITY OFFICIALS ABOUT NEGOTIATING A NEW CONTRACT...AND WHEN THEY WERE TOLD THE CITY DECLINED...THEY WENT TO THE PICKETT LINE.

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    HUNT PICKETT
      MEMBERS OF PUBLICS WORKS, THE FIRE UNION AND THE POLICE UNION WERE HOLDING UP THEIR SIGNS TODAY IN PROTEST OF THE MAYORS OFFICE, FOR NOT WANTING TO NEGOTIATE A NEW CONTRACT.

      THEIR ORIGINAL CONTRACT EXPIRED JUNE OF 2008.

      THE MAYORS OFFICE SENT OUT A LETTER IN REGARDS TO THE PROTESTING...WHICH SAYS THE MAYOR HAS OFFERED TO SIGN A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE BARGAINING...SIMPLY MEANING THAT UNLESS THERE IS SOME SORT OF DEVASTATING ECONOMIC DOWNTURN...THE WORKERS WILL STILL HAVE A JOB.

      BUT FOR WORKERS...THATS NOT ENOUGH.

      "thats not what this unions about, we have to feed our families, we want some type of security...we want a whole contract and we deserve a pay raise, we havent had a pay raise since july of 07."

      PICKETTERS SAY THEY PLAN ON BEING OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL EVERYDAY THAT FOLLOWS...UNTIL AN AGREEMENT IS REACHED.

      MAYOR WOLFE, MEANWHILE SAYS ITS DIFFICULT TO REACH AN AGREEMENT WHEN THE CITY IS STILL UNSURE OF COSTS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.

      REPORTING LIVE IN HUNTINGTON; BSO; EYEWITNESS NEWS.

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    TURNPIKE TOLLS PROTEST
      THE DAY THE TURNPIKE TOLLS HIKE GOES INTO EFFECT, WILL BE THE DAY ONE DELEGATE PLANS TO BLOCK THE GHENT TOLL PLAZA.

      THE TOLLS ARE GOING UP ON AUGUST 1ST.

      DELEGATE CLIF MOORE SAYS HE WILL BE THERE IN PROTEST.

      TOLLS ON PASSENGER CARS WILL INCREASE FROM $1.25 TO $2 AND ON LARGE TRUCKS FROM $4.25 TO $6.75.

      DISCOUNTS WILL BE OFFERED TO DRIVERS WHO BUY A WEST VIRGINIA E-Z PASS.

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    MONEY FOR ADDICTS
      A CONTROVERSIAL DRUG PREVENTION PROGRAM IS MAKING A STOP IN THE MOUNTAIN STATE.

      RIGHT NOW C.R.A.C.K'S PROJECT PREVENTION MOTORHOME IS PARKED IN FRONT OF EMBASSY SUITES IN CHARLESTON.

      WORKERS ARE OFFERING THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO DRUG ADDICTS WHO AGREE TO USE LONG TREMOR PERMANENT BIRTH CONTROL.

      THEY SAY SOME FIND IT CONTROVERSIAL TO GIVE DRUG ADDICTS HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS, BUT THEY THINK IT'S A COMMON SENSE SOLUTION TO A VERY REAL PROBLEM.

      "Why allow children to be born with the cards stacked against them. I mean, they come into this world and the odds are already against them. And it's just not okay. If you can prevent that from happening I believe that we should."

      WE'LL HAVE MORE DETAILS ON THE PROGRAM TONIGHT BUT IN THE MEANTIME WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. IS IT A GOOD IDEA TO GIVE A DRUG ADDICT HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS IF THEY AGREE TO GET ON BIRTH CONTROL? SEND US YOUR RESPONSE TO NEWS AT WCHSTV.COM. AND WE MAY READ IT HERE ON THE AIR

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    GILBERT CLOSINGS
      THE RECOVERY AND OUTREACH CENTER IN GILBERT WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW FOR THE HOLIDAY.

      BACK IN MAY THE TOWN WAS ONE OF THE AREA'S HARDEST HIT BY DEVISTATING FLOODS.

      THE CENTERS ARE HELPING THOSE AFFECTED BY THE TONS OF MUD CLOGS STREETS, HOMES, AND BUSINESSES.

      THEY WILL REOPEN ON MONDAY.

      OTHER CLOSINGS INCLUDE....DMV, POST OFFICES, MOST CITY HALLS, LIBRARIES AND COURTHOUSES... SO BEFORE YOU HEAD TO ANY GOVERNMENT OFFICE YOU MAY WANT TO CALL FIRST.

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    SOCCER TOURNEY
      IT'S A SOCCER EXTRAVAGANZA UNLIKE ANY OTHER...AND IT'S HAPPENING IN THE MOUNTAIN STATE...

      IT'S TIME FOR THAT STORY WITH MARK MARTIN... MARK.

      GILBERT, OVER THE COURSE OF SIX DAYS, 22 SOCCER FIELDS IN BARBOURSVILLE AND HUNTINGTON WILL BE FILLED WITH MORE THAN 5,000 PLAYERS FROM 13 DIFFERENT STATES...THE AREA IS HOME TO THE U.S. YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION REGION I TOURNAMENT...

      MARSHALL UNIVERSITY'S JOAN C. EDWARDS FOOTBALL STADIUM WAS THE VENUE FOR TODAY'S OPENING CEREMONIES...PLAYERS AGES 12-THROUGH-19 FROM WILL BE COMPETING...BESIDES WEST VIRGINIA STATES BEING REPRESENTED ARE VIRGINIA, MARYLAND, VERMONT, RHODE ISLAND, MAINE, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, DELAWARE, NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NEW JERSEY...GOVERNOR JOE MANCHIN IS GLAD TO HAVE NOT ONLY THE TEAMS BUT THE FANS IN THE BEAUTIFUL MT. STATE...

      I'LL HAVE MORE ON THIS GREAT SOCCER EVENT COMING UP LATER IN SPORTS, HERE ON EYEWITNESS

      THE ANNUAL MOUNTAIN STATE ART AND CRAFT FAIR STARTED THIS MORNING.

      FROM GREAT FOOD TO HANDMADE ITEMS...THERE'S LOTS TO CHECK OUT.

      EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER KENNIE BASS WAS IN RIPLEY WITH A LOOK AT THE FESTIVITIES.

      THAT WAS KENNIE BASS REPORTING.

      NOW, ALL THE FUN WILL RUN THROUGH THE WEEKEND..

      TICKET PRICES RANGE FROM SIX DOLLARS FOR ADULTS AND TWO DOLLARS FOR CHILDREN.

      PARKING IS FREE.

      FOR INFORMATION ON THE FAIR AND A DAILY EVENT SCHEDULE GO ONLINE AT WWW.MSACF.COM OR CALL 1-800-CALLWVA.

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    FULL WEATHER
      ANCHORS TOSS TO JIM FOR 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!
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    IWITNESS NEWS
      IF YOU SEE NEWS HAPPENING, CLICK AWAY, AND SEND US THE PICTURES AT IWITNESS@WCHSTV.COM....

      IF IT'S A GOOD PICTURE OF A GOOD STORY... WE'LL USE IT ON THE AIR!

      WELCOME BACK TO EYEWITNESS NEWS AT SIX.

      A VERY EXPENSIVE ROOT THAT IS SAID TO CURE ALL SORTS OF AILMENTS GROWS RIGHT HERE IN WEST VIRGINIA.

      IN TONIGHT'S TRAVELING WEST VIRGINIA, PHOTOJOURNALIST BRAD RICE TAKES US TO PUTNAM COUNTY IN SEARCH OF GINSENG AT THE SHADY OAKS FARM.

      YOU CAN PURCHASE PRODUCE FROM SHADY OAKS FARM AT THE CAPITAL MARKET IN CHARLESTON OR CHECK THEM OUT ON THE WEB AT shadyoaksginseng.net.

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    SPORTS
      WELCOME BACK TO EYEWITNESS NEWS AT SIX.

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    US YOUTH SOCCER
      IT'S SOCCER TIME IN THE TRI-STATE...THE U.S. YOUTH SOCCER REGION 1 CHAMPIONSHIPS GOT UNDERWAY TODAY WITH OPENING CEREMONIES...THEN TOMORROW ACTIONA WILL UNFOLD IN 22 DIFFERENT FIELDS IN BARBOURSVILLE AND HUNTINGTON...

      THOSE OPENING CEREMONIES UNFOLDED THIS AFTERNOON AT THE HOME FOR MARSHALL UNIV. THUNDERING HERD FOOTBALL - JOAN C. EDWARDS STADIUM...ABOUT 5,000 PLAYERS RANGING IN AGES 12-THROUGH 19 WILL BE COMPETING OVER SIX DAYS...THOSE PLAYERS FROM HAIL FROM 13 DIFFERENT STATES...WE HEARD FROM GOVERNOR JOE MANCHIN EARLIER ABOUT WELCOMING THOSE STATES TO THE AREA...AND FOR WEST VIRGINIANS, IT'S GREAT TO PLAY IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD...

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    HS FOOTBALL
      WHEN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TWO-A-DAY PRACTICES BEGIN AUGUST 3RD AROUND THE MOUNTAIN STATE, SEVERAL WEST VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOLS WILL HAVE NEW HEAD COACHES...AND ONE AREA PROGRAM WILL HAVE ITS THIRD DIFFERENT LEADER IN AS MANY YEARS...BOB GOBEL TAKES OVER THE REIGNS AT NITRO HIGH...

      GOBEL IS CERTAINLY NO STRANGER TO THE FOOTBALL SCENE IN THE KANAWHA VALLEY HAVING SERVED AS THE HEAD COACH AT BOTH WEST VIRGINIA TECH AND WEST VIRGINIA STATE IN ADDITION TO HERBERT HOOVER...HE MOST RECENTLY WAS AN ASSISTANT COACH AT HURRICANE...GOBEL'S BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE THREE-WEEK JUNE PRACTICE SESSION AND IS HAPPY...

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    CHASE SMITH
      GEORGE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL SHARPSHOOTER CHASE SMITH HAS FOUND HIS COLLEGE BASKETBALL PLAYING HOME...SMITH WILL HEAD TO EASTERN MENNONITE UNIVERSITY IN HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA...THE SCHOOL COMPETES AT THE NCAA DIVISION III LEVEL..SMITH WAS A CLASS AAA FIRST TEAM ALL-STATER THIS PAST SEASON FOR RICK GREEN'S PATRIOTS...HE AVERAGED 23 POINTS A GAME, INCLUDING A CAREER-HIGH OF 44 AGAINST SOUTH CHARLESTON...SMITH FINSIHED THIRD IN THE STATE PLAYER OF THE YEAR BALLOTING...

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