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SCRIPT FOR EYEWITNESS NEWS NEWSCAST
Thursday, February 2, 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.
WELCOME
BATTLING OVER BUDGETS. WHY A FEDERAL JUDGE IS GOING TO HAVE TO EXTINGUISH A LABOR DISPUTE BETWEEN CHARLESTON AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THEN.... DIGGING DEEPER... WHAT EYEWITNESS HAS FOUND IN ITS OWN INVESTIGATION INTO LINCOLN COUNTY ELECTION FRAUD. PLUS.... 22:01:32 the little boy said he tripped and some papers went in a heater. THEN THE HOUSE WENT UP IN FLAMES! AND NOT EVERYONE SURVIVED... WHAT DEPUTIES DID TO TRY TO SAVE THE PEOPLE INSIDE. JIM AD LIB ON TAPE 
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AND I'M RICK LORD... THIS IS EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER LESLIE RUBIN IS LIVE AT CITY HALL WITH THE DETAILS... RICK...THIS IS A BATTLE THAT HAS BEEN BREWING BETWEEN THE CITY OF CHARLESTON AND THE MEMBERS OF THE CHARLESTON FIRE DEPARTMENT SINCE LATE LAST YEAR....AFTER THE CITY DETERMINED THEY WERE OVERPAYING FIREFIGHTERS FOR OVERTIME...ALL BASED ON A FAULTY FORMULA. CONTROVERSY HAS BEEN BREWING EVER SINCE THEN OVER WHAT IS THE CORRECT WAY TO CALCULATE HOURLY, OVERTIME AND HOLIDAY WAGES. NOW THE CITY HAS FILED A FEDERAL REQUEST ASKING A JUDGE TO LOOK AT THE CASE AND DETERMINE WHAT FORMULA AND METHOD IS CORRECT FOR PAYING THE CHARLESTON FIREFIGHTERS. IS IT THE WAY THEY HAD BEEN DOING IT SINCE 1993...OR THE NEW METHOD JUST ENFORCED IN NOVEMBER THE CORRECT WAY? THE CITY SAYS IN THE LAST TEN YEARS THEY UNNCESSARILY PAID IN EXCESS OF 1.4 MILLION DOLLARS IN OVERTIME. SINCE THE NEW FORMULA WENT INTO EFFECT IN NOVEMBER, THE CITY HAS RECEIVED LETTERS FROM MORE THAN 70 OF IT'S FIREFIGHTERS CHALLENGING THE WAY THEY ARE NOW BEING PAID. MAYOR DANNY JONES SAYS IT COMES DOWN TO ONE THING..PENSIONS...AND IF THEY CONTINUED PAYING ON THE FAULTY FORMULA, THE CITY WOULD GO BROKE... CHARLESTON FIRE CHIEF CHUCKOVERSTREET TELLS ME HE THINKS ITS A GOOD THING THE MATTER WILL BE LOOKED AT IN FEDERAL COURT...MYRON BOGGESS, PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL 317 PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS WILL NOT COMMENT AT THIS TIME. WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO REACH THEIR LAWYER, PAT MARONEY... MEANWHILE, ANOTHER DRASTIC CUT BACK WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY BY MAYOR DANNY JONES. 10 UNFILLED CHARLESTON POLICE POSITIONS WILL BE CUT .. JONES SAYS THERE ARE CURRENTLY 163 OFFICERS ON THE PAYROLL...WITH 11 UNFILLED SPOTS....10 OF THOSE WILL NOT BE FILLED AND TAKEN OUT OF THE BUDGET. POLICE CHIEF BRENT WEBSTER TELLS ME YOU CAN ALWAYS DO MORE WITH MORE, BUT HE WANTS TO STRESS THAT THIS IS NO WAY WILL AFFECT CHARLESTON'S SAFETY, AND NO OFFICERS WILL BE LOSING THEIR JOBS OR TAKEN OFF THE STREETS...ONCE AGAIN, JONES SAYS IT COMES DOWN TO ONE THING...PENSIONS...PENSIONS THE CITY IS GOING BROKE PAYING, HE SAYS... REPORTING LIVE IN CHARLESTON, LESLIE RUBIN, EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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THE COUNTY CLERK AND SHERIFF HAVE ADMITTED THEIR ROLES IN TRYING TO STUFF THE BALLOT BOX IN THE 2010 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY. NOW, EYEWITNESS NEWS HAS LEARNED AN ACCOMPLICE IS LINCOLN COUNTY COMMISSIONER THOMAS RAMEY. SOURCES TELL EYEWITNESS NEWS THAT RAMEY IS THE QUOTE, "KNOWN PERSON" COUNTY CLERK DONALD WHITTEN PROVIDED ABSENTEE BALLOTS TO. THE KNOWN PERSON... RAMEY... THEN ALLEGEDLY HAND-DELIVERED THOSE BALLOTS TO VOTERS. RAMEY IS SCHEDULED TO PRESIDE TONIGHT ALONG WITH HIS FELLOW COMMISSIONERS IN A MEETING GOING ON RIGHT NOW AT THE LINCOLN COUNTY COURTHOUSE. ONCE WHITTEN AND SHERIFF JERRY BOWMAN TENDER THEIR RESIGNATIONS, RAMEY AND HIS FELLOW COMMISSIONERS WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR NAMING THEIR REPLACEMENTS. IN A 2010 INTERVIEW WITH EYEWITNESS NEWS DURING A CANVASS OF THE LINCOLN COUNTY VOTE, RAMEY TALKED ABOUT HOW HE WENT AFTER ABSENTEE BALLOTS.
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VANCE SAYS RESIDENTS DESERVE TO HAVE THEIR VOTES COUNTED FAIRLY.
Return to Story IndexVANCE SOT THEIR PLEA AGREEMENTS WITH THE U-S ATTORNEY STATE THEY MUST RESIGN FROM OFFICE BEFORE OFFICIALLY PLEADING GUILTY.
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JOHN MCCLUNG WAS BUSTED FOR FRAUDULENT SCHEMES AND OBTAINING BY FALSE PRETENSES... THE CASE INVOLVES THE ALLEGED IMPROPER USE OF TOWN MONEY. THE CHARGES ARE FELONIES. MCLUNG POSTED A 5-THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND AND IS NOW OUT OF JAIL.
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AND A MAN WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN THAT BLAZE. A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY WHO MADE AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO PULL THE WOMAN FROM THE BURNING HOME ON CIRCLE AVENUE REFUSED TREATMENT AFTER BEING DRIVEN BACK INTO THE STREET BY SMOKE AND HEAT. IT TOOK FIREFIGHTERS TWO ATTEMPTS TO REACH HER BODY ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE BURNING HOUSE. NEIGHBORS SAY THE COUPLE WAS MARRIED WITH THREE CHILDREN. THEY ALSO SAY THEIR EIGHT-YEAR-OLD SON ACCIDENTLY STARTED THE FIRE WHEN HE DROPPED SOME PAPERS ON A HEATER. THE FIRE MARSHAL HAS NOT CONFIRMED THAT OR RELEASED THE NAMES OF VICTIM. THE CHILD WAS APPARENTLY NOT HURT.
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IT ALL STARTED WHEN A TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE GOT DIZZY. AN AMBULANCE AND FIRE CREWS WERE CALLED TO CHECK HIM OUT. THEY DID SOME BLOODWORK AND FOUND HE HAD AN ELEVATED LEVEL OF CARBON MONOXIDE IN HIS SYSTEM. THEY FOUND NO TRACE OF C-O IN THE LOTTERY BUILDING BUT FIREFIGHTERS WERE ASKED TO CHECK OUT HIS HOME. THE WORKER WENT TO THE HOSPITAL, NO WORD YET ON HIS CONDITION.
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THE HOTEL HAS RELEASED A STATEMENT. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED TUESDAY AFTER A SWIMMING POOL HEATER LEAKED THE POISONOUS GAS AT HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AT CORRIDOR -G-. 44 YEAR OLD WILLIAM MORAN WAS KILLED AND HIS CO WORKER BAIN EDMUNDSON WAS HOSPITALIZED. EDMUNDSON REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. 17 OTHERS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL...TREATED AND RELEASED. THE HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS'S CORPORATE OFFICE ISSUED THIS STATEMENT SAYING QUOTE....OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH THE GUEST'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS DURING THIS TIME. THE HOTEL WILL CONTINUE TO COOPERATE FULLY WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN THEIR INVESTIGATION." A WOMAN WHO WAS BRUTALLY MURDERED AND DECAPITATED IS REMEMBERED TODAY. DOZENS OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY HONORED 53 YEAR OLD CAROL RHIM OF CHARLESTON WITH A MEMORIAL SERVICE TODAY. THEY WORE THE COLOR PURPLE IN SUPPORT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS. LAST MONTH, CHARLESTON POLICE SAY HER BOYFRIEND NATHANIEL LAWTON KILLED RHIM AND DISMEMBERED HER BODY BEFORE KILLING HIMSELF. RHIM LEAVES BEHIND FOUR CHILDREN, FOUR BROTHERS AND A SISTER ALONG WITH SEVERAL GRANDCHILDREN. FAMILY MEMBERS SAY THEY HOPE PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER RHIM FOR THE LIFE SHE LIVED AND NOT THE WAY SHE DIED.
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"It's a shame that two families are hurt by this, not just our family but the other guy's family as well. All you have to do is talk it out. If you can't compromise them walk away." POLICE RECOVERED RHIMS' HEAD AND HANDS BUT HER TORSO HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND.
Return to Story IndexJACOB'S VIGIL
16 YEAR OLD JACOB BALL WAS HIT AND KILLED BY A PASSING TRAIN ON TEAYS VALLEY ROAD TWO DAYS AGO... PRELIMINARILY REPORTS SAY THE TEEN MAY HAVE BEEN WEARING HEADPHONES AND IT'S POSSIBLE HE DIDN'T HEAR THE TRAIN APPROACHING. TONIGHT, FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE GATHERING AT HURRICANE HIGH SCHOOL.
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CALLED "PIZZA FOR JACOB."... IT WILL DONATE A PORTION OF ALL SALES TO JACOB'S FAMILY. THE WORKERS SAY THE COMMUNITY STICKS TOGETHER IN TIMES LIKE THIS, AND THEY WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW IT'S FOR THE FAMILY. ONCE AGAIN THAT FUNDRAISER WILL BE ALL DAY ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH... FROM 11 TO 10. IF TODAY WAS ANY INDICATION, WEST VIRGINIA'S OWN WEATHER CRITTER COULD BE RIGHT ON THE MONEY TODAY. FRENCH CREEK FREDDIE DID NOT SEE HIS SHADOW WHEN HE EMERGED FROM HIS UPSHUR COUNTY DEN. ABOUT 100 PEOPLE SANG TO THE WOODCHUCK AND CHEERED HIS PREDICTION FROM AT THE WILDLIFE CENTER IN UPSHUR COUNTY. UNLIKE HIS FAMOUS COUSIN PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL WHO CALLED FOR SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER TODAY, FREDDIE'S LACK OF A SHADOW SIGNALED SPRING IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. FANS ARE CONFIDENT FREDDIE'S MORE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT MEANS HIS FORECAST IS ACCURATE. FREDDIE ONLY CLAIMS HIS FORECAST IS ACCURATE FOR CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA., BUT WE'LL TAKE IT.
Return to Story IndexMARDI GRAS MAVERICK
MAVERICK DIDN'T SEE HIS SHADOW THIS MORNING AT THE MARDI GRAS RESORT IN CROSS LANES...AND THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR MAVERICK PREDICTED THE END OF WINTER. AND FOR THE RECORD -- HE WAS RIGHT LAST YEAR.
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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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IF IT'S A GOOD PICTURE OF A GOOD STORY... WE'LL USE IT ON THE AIR!
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NESTLED ON TOP OF SOME SCENIC WEST VIRGINIA HILLS LIES "A LITTLE ROUND CHURCH," THAT WILL SURELY CATCH YOUR EYE. PHOTOJOURNALIST BRAD RICE TAKES US TO CALHOUN COUNTY FOR A LOOK AT THE UNIQUE DESIGN OF ALBERT'S CHAPEL IN TONIGHT'S TRAVELING WEST VIRGINIA.
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IF YOU GO ON SUNDAY, CHURCH STARTS AT 11:00 IN THE MORNING... EVERYONE'S WELCOME.
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A.J. GOOD: JUST THREE YEARS AGO, DENNIS TINNON WAS WORKING AT A MEAT PROSESSING PLANT WITH HIS DREAMS OF BASKETBALL GLORY ALL BUT FORGOTTEN. NOW IN 2012, AS A STARTER FOR MARSHALL, TINNON'S QUEST FROM SLICER TO REBOUNDER IS ONE OF DETERMINATION AND FAITH. Dennis Tinnon: A.J. GOOD: TINNON'S JOURNEY BEGAN IN HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE WAS A STAR AT GREEN BAY EAST HIGH IN WISCONSIN, BUT ITS WHAT OFF THE COURT THAT LED HIM TO WHERE HIS IS TODAY. A INCIDENT IN HIGH SCHOOL AND A VIOLATION OF HIS PROBATION DURING HIS FIRST STINT IN JUCO LED HIM TO SPEND OVER FOUR MONTHS IN JAIL. CAUSING HIM TO HIT ROCK BOTTOM, WHERE HE BEGAN TO START OVER. Dennis Tinnon: A.J. GOOD: AFTER HIS RELEASE FROM JAIL, TINNON BEGAN TO TURN HIS LIFE AROUND, BUT IT WAS A CHANCE ENCOUNTER WITH A FRIEND THAT LED HIM TO KANSAS CITY KANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE. AND AFTER A GREAT COUPLE OF SEASONS, TINNON CAUGHT THE EYE OF MARSHALL HEAD COACH TOM HERRION, WHICH STARTED TINNON'S RISE TO THE TOP THAT HE NEVER SAW COMING JUST FEW YEARS AGO. Dennis Tinnon: A.J. GOOD: NOW AS ONE OF THE TOP REBOUNDERS IN THE COUNTRY, TINNON HAS ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS A FAN FAVORITE, AND LOVE BETWEEN THE FANS AND THE PLAYER IS MUTUAL. Dennis Tinnon: A.J. GOOD: TINNON'S FOUNDATION IN LIFE IS WITH IS WIFE ROBIN AND THEIR DAUGHTER DENYAH, WHO HAVE SUPPORTED HIM THROUGH THICK AND THIN. Dennis Tinnon: A.J. GOOD: DENNIS'S FOCUS NOW IS ON HELPING THE HERD GET BACK ON TRACK, AND HELP TO BUILD ON THE PROMISE THAT EVERYONE FELT IN THE PRE-SEASON. Dennis Tinnon: AJ GOOD: TINNONS NEXT BATTLE IS WITH THE NCAA AS HE FIGHTS FOR HIS FINAL YEAR OF ELIGIBILTY......BUT IF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN....HIS CHANCES AT THE NEXT LEVEL ARE VERY HIGH.......FOR AGAINST THE ODDS....A.J. GOOD EYEWITNESS SPORTS....
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HOSE HAD SERVED AS SPORTS EDITOR OF THE PARKERSBURG NEWS AND MARIETTA TIMES IN THE EARLY 50S...FOLLOWING THE SERVICE, HE WENT TO WORK FOR THE CHARLESTON DAILY MAIL IN 1957 AND WAS THERE UNTIL JOINING UPI...HOSE WAS STILL VERY VISIBLE FOLLOWING RETIREMENT IN 1990, HELPING OUT WITH THE ANNUAL STATE HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS AND THE WV SPORTSWRITERS ASSOCIATION VICTORY AWARDS DINNER...HE WAS THE WINNER OF THE SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR IN 1981...HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, A SON, AND THREE DAUGHTERS...ONE OF THE NICEST GUYS ONE COULD EVER MEET, DAN HOSE WAS 78...
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