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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
A HORRIBLE CASE OF ANIMAL ABUSE, WITH VIDEO YOU WILL ONLY SEE ON EYEWITNESS NEWS... your gonna be okay honey...your gonna be okay... WE TALK WITH THE WOMAN WHO HELPED RESCUE ABOUT A DOZEN DOGS AND CATS FROM HORRID CONDITIONS. THEN... IMAGINE BEING WOKEN UP BY AN INTRUDER IN YOUR BEDROOM... IT HAPPENED THIS MORNING IN CROSS LANES... NOW, ONE MAN IS DEAD... AND INVESTIGATORS HAVE TO DECIDE IF IT WAS SELF-DEFENSE... OR MURDER... PLUS, THE FLU *CAN KILL YOU! THIS WOMAN LOST HER TEENAGE SON TO THE VIRUS... TONIGHT SHE HAS A MESSAGE TO KEEP THIS TRAGEDY FROM HAPPENING TO YOUR FAMILY. JIM AD LIB ON TAPE > 
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Return to Story IndexWELCOME
AND I'M RICK LORD... THANKS FOR JOINING US...ON EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexTRUCK WRECK
A TRUCK IS ON FIRE, BUT WE'RE TOLD THE TRUCK DRIVER GOT OUT OF THE CAB OK. ONCE AGAIN... A TRUCK WRECK ON I-64 NEAR THE INSTITUTE EXIT HAS SHUT DOWN TRAFFIC HEADING WEST. AVOID THE AREA IF YOU PLAN ON HEADING OUT IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES.. WE HAVE A CREW ON THE SCENE AND WE WILL BRING YOU UPDATES AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION.
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DURING THE FIGHT, THE TABLES TURNED ON THE SUSPECT WHEN THE *VICTIM* OVERCAME HIM, AND STABBED HIM IN THE NECK. THE SUSPECT RAN OUT OF THE APARTMENT, AND COLLAPSED IN THE PARKING LOT... EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER BOB AARON WAS THE FIRST REPORTER AT THE BLOODY SCENE... THE 22-YEAR-OLD NITRO MAN MADE IT INTO THE PARKING LOT OF THE WEST WASHINGTON STREET BUSINESS AND APARTMENT BUILDING BEFORE COLLAPSING.. DEPUTIES SAID HE HAD FORCED HIS WAY INTO AN APARTMENT BEHIND CROSS LANES FLORAL EVEN THOUGH HE KNEW THE RESIDENTS SCUFFLE OVER A GUN FOLLOWED AND HE WAS STABBED IN THE NECK DURING THE FIGHT. A WOMAN LIVING IN THE APARTMENT SAID HER BOYFRIEND GRABBED A SHOTGUN BUT THAT THE ALLEGED INTRUDER WAS ALREADY IN THEIR BEDROOM AT THE POINT. STANDUP. THE VICTIM WOULD LATER BE IDENTIFIED AS 22-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM RUSSELL BARR OF NITRO. NEIGHBORS WERE SHOCKED BY THE VIOLENCE. ROGER YEAGER, NEIGHBOR: "I was very startled. Sad! " BECAUSE THERE WERE SELF DEFENSE ELEMENTS TO THE STABBING NO ARRESTS WERE MADE, BUT THE CASE WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE KANAWHA COUNTY GRAND JURY TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE VIOLENT DEATH WAS JUSTIFIED. BOB AARON, EYEWITNESS NEWS, CROSS LANES. THE CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION DELAYED THE OPENING OF CROSS LANES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THIS MORNING. (TUESDAY).
Return to Story IndexCARJACKING SUSPECT
28-YEAR-OLD NATHAN PHILLIPS OF DUNBAR IS CHARGED WITH ARMED ROBBERY, TRANSFERRING AND RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY, AND BRANDISHING A GUN. PHILLIPS--CAUGHT ON SEVERAL SECURITY CAMERAS-ALLEGEDLY ASKED JOHN DIENGES FOR A RIDE FROM HUNTINGTON TO DUNBAR, AND THEN STOLE HIS CAR AT GUNPOINT. STATE TROOPERS AND DUNBAR POLCE SAY AN ANONYMOUS TIP LED THEM TO PHILLIPS. J AND J AUTO SALVAGE WORKERS TOLD TROOPERS THEY BOUGHT THE STOLEN CAR FROM PHILLIPS. IT'S SINCE BEEN RECOVERED.
Return to Story IndexFUGITIVE FILES
WE HAVE A HUSBAND AND WIFE ... NOW WANTED BY KANAWHA COUNTY DEPUTIES AND U-S MARSHALS.
Return to Story IndexFUGITIVE INTRO
ALSO GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT A GUY WHO DID TIME FOR SHOOTING HIS FATHER.
Return to Story IndexLIVE LOOK
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IF YOU DO CALL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE YOUR NAME. NOW, LET'S OPEN THE FUGITIVE FILES. STINGER DONALD ASBURY HAS ALREADY DONE PRISON TIME ... AND IF HE GETS CAUGHT AGAIN, HE MAY BE GOING BACK. HE'S WANTED NOW FOR VIOLATING HIS PAROLE. HE DID SEVERAL YEARS ON A MALICIOUS WOUNDING CHARGE. HIS CRIMINAL COMPLAINT FROM 2003 TELLS HOW HE SHOT HIS FATHER 3 TIMES WITH A RIFLE. ASBURY HAS A LENGTHY CRIMINAL PAST ... EYEWITNESS NEWS WAS THERE IN 2003 WHEN ASBURY AND TWO OTHER MEN WERE ARRESTED FOR COOKING METH ... NATS - "Bob Aaron reporting." ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT, THOSE TWO OTHER MEN WERE THERE THE NIGHT ASBURY SHOT HIS FATHER. ASBURY IS 38 YEARS OLD, 6-1, 190. HE'S BELIEVED TO BE IN THE SISSONVILLE AREA. NATS - ALSO, TAKE A LOOK AT RODNEY THRIFT. HE'S WANTED BY KANAWHA COUNTY DEPUTIES FOR SKIPPING HIS ARRIAGNMENT ON DRUG CHARGES. U-S MARSHALS ALSO HAVE A FEDERAL WARRANT FOR THRIFT FOR VIOLATING THE TERMS OF HIS SUPERVISED RELEASE. THRIFT IS 5-9, 200 POUNDS. NATS - HIS WIFE, JAMIE FEATHER THRIFT, HAS ALREADY APPEARED ON THE FUGITIVE FILES. HER CRIME ... A LITTLE LESS ... REMARKABLE. SHE'S WANTED FOR STEALING A WINDOW AIR CONDITIONER. THE HEAT MUST'VE BEEN TOO MUCH. NATS - IF YOU'VE SEEN DONALD ASBURY, RODNEY THRIFT, OR JAMIE FEATHER-THRIFT ... PLEASE CALL OUR TOLL FREE TIPLINE.
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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. IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, WE'LL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THOSE FUGITIVES ... WE'LL SEE YOU THEN.
Return to Story Index6 HUNT DOGS
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER STEVE BORECKY WAS THE ONLY REPORTER THERE DURING THE RESCUE AND JOINS US NOW WITH THIS EXCLUSIVE VIDEO... DEB, THIS IS VIDEO YOU YOU CAN ONLY SEE ON EYEWITNESS NEWS. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE ANIMALS MAY HAVE BEEN LIVING LIKE THIS FOR YEARS. (NAT - your going to a better place. you're going to be a lot better now) THIS IS EXCLUSIVE EYEWITNESS NEWS VIDEO OF HUNTINGTON POLICE RESCUING MANGEY--MALNOURISHED AND ILL-TEMPERED DOGS FROM THIS 11-TH AVENUE HOME... CAPTAIN MIKE ALBERS SAYS THESE FIVE SHETLAND SHEEP DOGS AND A HANDFUL OF KITTENS WERE LIVING IN THIS ABaNDONED HOME. INVESTIGATORS ALSO FOUND SEVERAL DEAD CATS. ALBERS SAYS IT APPEARS SOMEONE HAS BEEN LEAVING FOOD BAGS FOR THE ANIMALS---BUT THAT'S ABOUT THE EXTENT OF THE CARE THEY'VE RECEIVED. JACQUELINE MUTH called POLICE AFTER HEARING THE DOGS yelping. SHE HOPES OTHERS WILL STEP FORWARD AND REPORT ANIMALS THEY THINK MAY BE ABUSED. THE DOGS ARE CURRENTLY BEING TREATED AT THE CABELL-WAYNE ANIMAL SHELTER. POLICE ARE STILL TRYING TO DETERMINE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DOGS. THEY SAY WHOEVER IS WILL FACE ANIMAL CRUELTY CHARGES. REPORTING LIVE IN HUNTINGTON---STEVE BORECKY---EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexSTOLEN LAPTOP
THE COMPUTER WAS TAKEN FROM A CAR BELONGING TO THE SUTTLE AND STALNAKER ACOUNTING FIRM-- WHICH WAS AUDITING SOME STATE AGENCIES. THE LAPTOP HAD PAYROLL INFORMATION ON IT-- INCLUDING FULL NAMES AND SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS. ALL INFORMATION ON THE COMPUTER WAS PASSWORD-PROTECTED.
Return to Story IndexSOLDIER RETURNED
THE BODY OF SERGEANT FIRST CLASS JAMIE NICHOLAS ARRIVED IN CHARLESTON AROUND NOON TODAY. HE WAS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN WHEN HIS HUMVEE HIT A ROADSIDE BOMB. THE FUNERAL FOR JAMIE NICHOLAS WILL BE TOMORROW MORNING IN CLAY COUNTY.
Return to Story Index6 FRAME WATER
BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN ONE KANAWHA COUNTY COMMUNITY ARE SEEING THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME. EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER RUDI RAYNES JOINS US NOW, LIVE IN OUR NEWSROOM, AS CITY WATER IS FLOWING IN FRAME... RUDI RICK THE SMALL KANAWHA COUNTY COMMUNITY HAD NOTHING BUT WELL WATER IN THE PAST BUT NOW THEY CAN TURN ON THEIR FAUCETS AND GET PURIFIED AMERICAN WATER. THE WATERLINES WERE OFFICIALLY TURNED ON IN FRONT OF THE FRAME VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT EARLIER TODAY. 98 PERCENT OF KANAWHA COUNTY IS NOW OFFICIALLY HOOKED UP TO WATER. THANKS TO A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE KANAWHA COUNTY COMMISSION, VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS, AMERICAN WATER, AND SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO, 177 PEOPLE ARE NOW ABLE TO HOOK INTO A CITY WATERLINE. THE PROJECT COST OVER 2.6 MILLION DOLLARS BUT KANAWHA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SAY IT'S WELL WORTH THE COST AND PEOPLE IN THE AREA WILL BE PLEASED WHEN THE SEE THEY'RE INSURANCE IS LOWER. "When you have fresh water and a volunteer fire department that is certified, which they are certified, the people are going to enjoy a fire insurance fee that's gonna be a whole lot cheaper than what they have had." ALSO 37 NEW FIRE HYDRANTS WILL BE PLACED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. REPORTING LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM... RRA... EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexNITRO LEVY
CITY COUNCIL IS DEBATING ON WHETHER OR NOT TO PUT THE ISSUE BACK ON THE BALLOT. BACK IN SEPTEMBER NITRO VOTERS SHOT DOWN THE LEVY BY SEVEN VOTES. THE EXCESS TAX PROVIDES THE CITY WITH ABOUT 370-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR STREET REPAIRS, AS WELL AS FIRE AND POLICE PROTECTION. TUNE IN TO EYEWITNESS NEWS TONIGHT TO SEE IF NITRO WILL PUT THE ISSUE UP FOR VOTE IN JANUARY.
Return to Story IndexHEALTHY FOR LIFE
STINGER
Return to Story IndexIMMUNIZATION NETWORK
THAT'S WHY SHE IS NOW ON A CRUSADE... ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO VACCINATE THEIR CHILDREN. DIANE MCGOWAN--- THE FOUNDER OF THE MARTIN FLU FOUNDATION-- WAS IN CHARLESTON TODAY.... HER SON MARTIN DIED IN 2005... ONE DAY AFTER BEING TESTED FOR INFLUENZA. HE WAS 15 YEARS OLD. ON AVERAGE, THE FLU KILLS 36-THOUSAND AMERICANS EVERY YEAR. "IF I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN HIM A FLU SHOT I COULD HAVE SAVED HIS LIFE. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND CLEAR UP MISCONCEPTIONS OUT THERE." THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION RECOMMEND FLU SHOTS FOR ALL CHILDREN SIX- MONTHS TO 18 YEARS OLD. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MARTIN FLU FOUNDATION... LOG ONTO MARTIN FLU FOUNDATION DOT ORG
Return to Story IndexCOLD MEDICINES
MANUFACTURERS ARE ALSO ADDING A LABEL TO THEIR PRODUCTS TELLING PARENTS WHO WANT TO MAKE THEIR CHILDREN SLEEPY *NOT TO GIVE YOUNG CHILDREN ANTI-HISTAMINES .
Return to Story Index6 DELTA QUEEN
WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL INTERVENTION, THE RIVERBOAT'S EXEMPTION FROM THE "SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA LAW" RUNS OUT AT THE END OF THE MONTH. THAT LAW FORBIDS PRIMARILY WOODEN VESSELS FROM OPERATING ON U-S WATERWAYS OVERNIGHT WHILE CARRYING MORE THAN 50 PASSENGERS. THE "DELTA QUEEN" MAKES REGULAR STOPS IN POINT PLEASANT, BOOSTING THAT CITY'S ECONOMY. PEOPLE WHO CAME OUT TO SEE IT TODAY SAYS IT WOULD BE A MAJOR LOSS IF THE STERNWHEELER IS RETIRED. HOUSE TRANSPORTATION CHAIRMAN JAMES OBERSTAR OF MINNESOTA IS BLOCKING LEGISLATION THAT COULD SAVE THE "DELTA QUEEN." DESPITE PREVIOUSLY VOTING FOR THE LONG-STANDING EXEMPTION, HE NOW CALLS THE BOAT A FIRE HAZARD. SENATOR GEORGE VOINOVICH OF OHIO HAS INTRODUCED LEGISLATION IN THE UPPER CHAMBER THAT WOULD KEEP THE STERNWHEELER AFLOAT.
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WONDER NO MORE... THE 'LIFE BELOW THE WATERLINE' DISPLAY ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS. CHECK THIS OUT.. A 2-THOUSAND GALLON AQUARIUM WAS ON DISPLAY IN THE PARKING LOT OF LAIDLEY TOWER TODAY. IT'S SPONSORED BY THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY WATER SANITATION COMMISSION, AND SHOWCASES THE DIVERSITY OF KANAWHA RIVER FISH. WHEN THE EXHIBTION IS OVER, THE FISH WILL GO BACK INTO THE KANAWHA.
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 IndexFUGITIVES RECAP
THAT MAN HAS FACED METH MAKING CHARGES IN THE PAST.
Return to Story IndexFUGITIVE ASBURY
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. SEE YOU BACK HERE AT 10 AND 11, TO SEE IF YOUR TIPS HELPED CATCH A FUGITIVE.
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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... THE PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN A PART OF THE PLAYOFF SCENE ON A CONSISTENT BASIS, INCLUDING THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN 2006, IS OFF TO A TOUGH 1-AND-4 START... 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 HAS HAD HIS SHARE OF FIRST-YEAR GROWING PAINS BUT IS ALL ABOUT GIVING HIS ALL TO WILDCAT FOOTBALL
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 IndexTONIGHT AT TEN
COMING UP AFTER THE DEBATE ON EYEWITNESS NEWS... WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT THE COUNCIL DECIDES AND LET YOU KNOW IF CITY VOTERS WILL HAVE TO HEAD BACK TO THE POLLS ABOUT THE EXCESS LEVY...
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