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SCRIPT FOR EYEWITNESS NEWS NEWSCAST
Wednesday, February 8, 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
MORE MILITARY CUTS. WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT WEST VIRGINIA'S TOP MILITARY LEADER SAYS THE PENTAGON HAS PLANNED FOR THE LOCAL NATIONAL GUARD. THEN.... WHAT PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN WINFIELD HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE FIRING OF THEIR POLICE CHIEF. PLUS.... HOW THIS HIGH TECH TRAINING TOOL COULD HELP GET A TEXTING BILL PUSHED THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE. JIM AD LIB ON TAPE 
Return to Story Index WELCOME
AND I'M RICK LORD... THIS IS EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexNARCOTICS SEIZURE
DEPUTIES ARRESTED 35-YEAR-OLD JESSE POST OF ST. ALBANS AFTER THE TEAM SEIZED ABOUT 200 DOSES OF HEROIN, ABOUT HALF A POUND OF MARIJUANA, SEVEN-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH, AND SOME PILLS FROM THE MIDDLE DRIVE AREA. DEPUTIES SAY THIS BUST TOOK ABOUT 20-THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF DRUGS OFF THE STREETS.
Return to Story IndexINTRO WV ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
UP NEXT...THE ARMY WILL ANNOUNCE HOW IT PLANS TO SAVE MONEY. EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER KENNIE BASS JOINS US LIVE FROM THE STATE'S NATIONAL GUARD HEADQUARTERS WITH THE STORY. THE AIR FORCE IS CUTTING A BUNCH OF AIRCRAFT AND ABOUT TEN THOUSAND JOBS. ROUGHLY HALF OF THOSE CUTS WILL COME FROM NATIONAL GUARD UNITS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WEST VIRGINIA EMERGED RELATIVELY UNSCATHED. BUT NOW, ATTENTION TURNS TO THE ARMY..AND WHAT ITS PLANS ARE. 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 HE'S CONFIDENT THE ARMY RECOGNIZES THE VALUE AND COST SAVINGS THE NATIONAL GUARD CAN PROVIDE TO THE COUNTRY. HOYER SAYS THE ARMY PICTURE SHOULD BECOME MUCH MORE CLEAR WHEN BUDGET HEARINGS START ON CAPITOL HILL IN EARLY MARCH.
Return to Story IndexVETERANS UNEMPLOYMENT
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 SAYS ITS IMPORTANT TO TAKE CARE OF VETS WHO ARE RETURNING FROM IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. 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. REPORTING LIVE AT THE WEST VIRGINIA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD IN CHARLESTON, KENNIE BASS EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexTEXTING TRANSPORTATION
THE TRANSPORTATION GROUP IS THROWING ITS WEIGHT BEHIND THE PROPOSED TEXTING BILL. IT WOULD EMPOWER POLICE TO TICKET AND FINE DRIVERS FOR TEXTING OR TALKING ON THEIR CELL PHONES. EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER ASHLEY SMITH SHOWS HOW TRUCKERS ARE DRIVING HOME THE MESSAGE OF SAFETY. 29:14 we see it everyday, people all over the road NATS of similator THIS IS "Interstate One" it's a high tech driving similator. 29:44 They don't understand what it takes to operate a large truck .. People aren't bad drivers, we just try to inform them AND THATS WHY the AMERICAN TRUCKERS ASSOCIATION BROUGHT THE HIGH TECH GADGET TO THE CAPITOL... TO SHOW HOW HARD IT IS TO DRIVE A BIG RIG AND TO SHOW support OF senate bill 2-11. the bill would make texting and driving a crime. 28:37 if you are texting while driving you are 23 times more likely to have an accident BUT HOW SAFE IS IT? I thought I would give it a try myself.. Me 36:17 Before I got behind the wheel of the simulator I was actually pretty confident, I thought I could do a pretty good job. But I've wrecked several times and that's just driving. I can't imagine texting while drivinG Jan Vineyard WV Trucking Assoc. President 28:08 We see that distracted driving is the number one cause of accidents 30:37 If we get something like this passed, that increases the odds of everyone returning home. Reporting in Charleston, Ashley Smith, Eyewitness News. THE SENATE-APPROVED BILL NOW GOES TO THE HOUSE.
Return to Story IndexG CEDAR GROVE METH
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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Return to Story IndexCAR INTO TRAILER
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. THE DRIVER HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED.
Return to Story IndexINTRO WALMART ROBBERY
EYEWITNESS NEWS ANCHOR DAVE BENTON IS IN HUNTINGTON WITH DETAILS. DAVE. HI DEB. I SPOKE WITH STATE POLICE TODAY WHO SAY IT ALL STARTED WHEN BRIAN WARDEN WAS ROBBED OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH AND THROWN FROM A MOVING CAR. EVENTUALLY WARDEN WAS ARRESTED AS WELL FOR NOT SHOWING UP TO COURT IN KANAWHA COUNTY ON ANOTHER CHARGE. THE MAN WHO ROBBED HIM WAS CAUGHT... BUT TWO OTHERS REMAIN ON THE RUN TONIGHT. HERE'S THE BREAKDOWN... POLICE SAY WARDEN GOT INTO A CAR WITH EMANUAL ANDERSON IN THE WALMART PARKING LOT WITH TWO OTHER PEOPLE. ANDERSON HELD WARDEN AT GUNPOINT AND ROBBED HIM OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. THAT'S WHEN WARDEN JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR. POLICE BELIEVE ANDERSON STOLE THE MONEY FOR A PAST DUE DRUG DEAL. ANDERSON AND THE TWO OTHERS DITCHED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF THIS 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. WE CAUGHT UP WITH A MAN WORKING OUT AT THE FITNESS CENTER WHEN POLICE FOUND THE CAR. "...GOING ON SO." STATE POLICE SAY THEY MADE GREAT PROGRESS ON THIS CASE WITH HELP FROM BARBOURSVILLE AND HUNTINGTON POLICE AS WELL AS THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. AGAIN... SOWARDS AND BOOP ARE STILL ON THE RUN... ANYBODY WITH INFORMATION ON THEIR WHEREABOUTS SHOULD CALL 9-11. REPORTING LIVE IN HUNTINGTON... DAVE BENTON... EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexGREENBRIER BODIES
THE SHERIFF SAYS IT APPEARS THE FIRE BURNED ITSELF OUT INSIDE THE HOME, WITHOUT SERIOUSLY DAMAGING THE EXTERIOR OF SINGLE STORY HOUSE. THE VICTIMS WERE IDENTIFIED AS 80-YEAR-OLD LACY OSBORNE AND HIS SONS, MICHAEL AND DAVY, BOTH IN THEIR 40S. SHOCKED NEIGHBORS FOUND THE BODIES. " He (another neighbor) called me right away and said Norm, I found all three of them dead inside the house. The whole neighborhood is in shock over it. We just can't hardly believe it. " THE LAST TIME ANYONE SAW THE MEN WAS DURING THE SUPER BOWL ON SUNDAY NIGHT, SO THE FIRE COULD HAVE BROKEN OUT ANYTIME AFTER THEN. NEIGHBORS SAY THE FATHER WAS STILL IN HIS BED AND THE FIRE CAUSED HEAVY DAMAGE TO THE KITCHEN. NO WORD YET ON THE OFFICIAL CAUSE.
Return to Story IndexI WINFIELD POLICE CHIEF
EYEWITNESS NEWS PUTNAM COUNTY REPORTER KRISTIN KEELING IS LIVE IN OUR NEWSROOM WITH THE LATEST. KRISTIN? DEB, HARRISON LUCAS' TERMINATION COMES AFTER TEN YEARS OF SERVICE IN WINFIELD. BUT OFFICIALS ARE BEING VERY TIGHT-LIPPED ABOUT *WHY* LUCAS WAS TAKEN OFF THE JOB. HE SAYS HE GAVE LUCAS A "CHANCE" TO DO SOMETHING WHEN HE FIRST CAME INTO OFFICE...BUT THAT WAS NEVER FULFILLED. 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 IMFLAMMATORY COMMENTS ON HIS FACEBOOK PAGE ABOUT THE DEATH OF HURRICANE HIGH STUDENT JACOB BALL... JACOB WAS HIT AND KILLED BY A TRAIN. IN THOSE POSTS, PAYTON CALLED JACOB STUPID FOR GETTING HIT BY THE TRAIN AND SAID NO ONE LIKED HIM. THOSE COMMENTS INFURIATED A LOT OF PEOPLE AND SOME THINK IT COULD HAVE PLAYED A PART IN WHY CHIEF LUCAS WAS FIRED. "I've heard stories that the chief's son has done other things in the past, so that was not a surprise when I heard it was him. But it's just a tragic situation and an awful, poor reflection on a lot of people in Winfield." "I think we ought to know why he got pulled out of office and give us an explanation on what's goin' on about it." MAYOR BARRETT SAYS HE'S WAITING TO ADDRESS TOWN COUNCIL NEXT TUESDAY, BEFORE HE RELEASES DETAILS ABOUT LUCAS' TERMINATION. LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM, KRISTIN KEELING EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexTAX FRAUD ARRESTS
POLICE SAY WOODROW PRATER, JUNIOR AND AMY BLANTON OF DELBARTON CLAIMED A NEIGHBOR'S 11-MONTH OLD DAUGHTER AS THEIR OWN WHEN FILING THEIR TAX RETURN. THEN THEY APPARENTLY BRAGGED ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY THEY WERE GOING TO GET BACK. WORD APPARENTLY GOT TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES... AND DELBARTON POLICE HAVE GIVEN THE INFORMATION TO THE I-R-S TO INVESTIGATE. BOTH ARE CHARGED WITH OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENSES.
Return to Story IndexI SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION
EYEWITNESS NEWS ANCHOR ELIZABETH NOREIKA JOINS US LIVE IN THE STUDIO WITH A PREVIEW OF HER SPECIAL REPORT... ELIZABETH? THIS TYPE OF VICTIMIZATION IS BECOMING MORE COMMON...AND ADVOCATES FOR THESE HELPLESS VICTIMS WANT IT TO STOP. TONIGHT WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT A SEX CRIME AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO STOP THESE TYPES OF PREDATORS FROM STRIKING AGAIN. WE FOLLOW THE STORY OF 20 YEAR OLD PATRICIA MCCLOUD. A BRAVE YOUNG WOMAN WHO IS THE VICTIM OF A HORRIBLE SEX CRIME. WHILE SHE MAY LOOK LIKE A 20 YEAR OLD YOUNG WOMAN, MEIGS COUNTY PROSECUTORS SAY SHE HAS THE MENTAL CAPACITY OF A 6 YEAR OLD. PATRICIA SHARES HER STORY OF WHEN CLOSE FAMILY FRIEND SHAWN PETRIE LIVED WITH THEM....AND HOW HE ABUSED HER TRUST..BY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF HER SEXUALLY. "" ADVOCATES FOR THOSE WITH COGNITIVE DISABILITIES SAY THE SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IS A TREMENDOUS PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. PETRIE PLEAD GUILTY TO SEXUAL BATTERY AND WILL SPEND 3 YEARS IN PRISON AND REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER. TONIGHT ON EYEWITNESS NEWS AT 10 AND 11....WE WILL HEAR MORE FROM PATRICIA AND HER FAMILY ABOUT TAKING A STAND AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO PREVENT SOMEONE YOU LOVE FROM BECOMING A VICTIM.
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Return to Story IndexWINTER FISHING
EYEWITNESS NEWS ANCHOR PATRICK MCMURTRY GIVES YOU SOME TIPS ON FISHING IN THE WINTER IN THIS WEEK'S WEST VIRGINIA WILDLIFE REPORT. When you have a warm winter like we are this year, it's awfully tempting to grab your pole and hit the streams looking for trout. But while it might be 65 outside, the water's still awfully cold..in fact, here outside Elkins, the water was 37 degrees and the trout were hunkered down. That calls for a different type of fishing. 16:10David Thorne, DNR says, "I'm going back and forth in the same area over and over. I have a good run here, it's deep, there is a lot of slow water along the edges and there is fast current up above which is where the insects and food is produced." But since it's cold, the trout's metabolism slows way down...they're awake, but are trying to conserve as much energy as they can. That means they're not going to attack your bait like they will in warm water, in fact, you might not even know they are hitting your bait at all. 15:004David Thorne, DNR says, "You really need a strike indicator or something to help you see the strike because you're not going to feel it, the fish are very gentle on the hit when the water is cold. you want everything in your power to increase your sensitivity to get your strike." And just because you're not getting a strike at first doesn't mean there aren't fish to be caught. David says you need to be patient and persistent. 16:29David Thorne, DNR says, "If thery're going to eat anything, they're gonna be up here in the shoots where the foods being carried down to them, so I'm going to through the shoots time and time again hoping a trout will take what I've got to offer." Also, make sure your hook has enough weight to bounce off the bottom..that's where trout hang out in the winter. Go out and have fun, if nothing else, you're fishing in an area some folks only dream about. For West Virginia Wildlife, I'm Patrick McMurtry, Eyewitness News. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT FISHING IN THE WINTER, GO TO OUR WEBSITE WCHS-TV-DOT-COM, OR SHOOT PATRICK AN EMAIL.
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Return to Story IndexANGELO SIRIANI
THE WILDCATS ARE IN THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE MSAC'S WEST DIVISION STANDINGS..BUT THEY DO HAVE A RAY OF LIGHT WITH ANGELO SIRIANI... JOSH LEWIS HAS MORE WITH THE JUNIOR WHO IS AMONG THE TOP SCORERS IN THE LEAGUE HE MAY NOT WIN THE BILL EVANS AWARD AS THE STATE'S TOP BASKETBALL PLAYER... BUT IF THERE WAS A DRAFT ANGELO SIRIANI WOULD BE NUMBER ONE ON AT LEAST ONE DRAFT BOARD... SOUND SIRIANI: IS A WELL ROUNDED PLAYER WHO GETS IT DONE ON THE DEFENSIVE END... AND HE CAN ALSO PUT IT IN THE BUCKET AS WELL... HE'S ONE OF THE TOP SCORERS IN THE MOUNTAIN STATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE... LEAD INTO BITE... SOUND IT'S HARD TO GET SIRIANI TO SAY MORE THAN TWO WORDS ABOUT HIMSELF.. BECAUSE-- JUST LIKE HIS IDOL TIM TEBOW-- HE'S HUMBLE... NOT ALWAYS A COMMON TRAIT FOR A HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL STAR.... SOUND SIRIANI'S LEADERSHIP ABILITIES... NOT TO MENTION WHAT HE CAN DO ON THE BASKETBALL COURT-- HAVE MADE FOR A SEAMLESS TRANSITION FOR FIRST YEAR HEAD COACH FABER... SOUND NITRO HASN'T BEEN TO THE STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SINCE 1999... SIRIANI AND HIS TEAMMATES HAVE DREAMS OF ENDING THAT DROUGHT THIS YEAR... WITH THE WILDCATS JOSH LEWIS EYEWITNESS SPORTS....
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