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Wednesday, August 27, 2008.

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      THIS MAN IS ACCUSED OF TERRORIZING TEENS.

      HOW SOME QUICK THINKING LANDED HIM IN CUSTODY.

      AND, POLICE UNCOVER AN ALLEGED CREDIT UNION ROBBERY CONSPIRACY.

      PLUS, HUNDREDS OF DOGS NEED A NEW HOME... HOW YOU CAN HELP THE VICTIMS OF A MAJOR PUPPY MILL.

      JIM AD LIB ON TAPE

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    TEASE VIDEO
      HE WAS ALLEGEDLY CAUGHT ON TAPE EXPOSING HIMSELF TO TEENAGERS.

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    WELCOME
      GOOD EVENING, I'M DEBORAH LINZ...

      AND I'M RICK LORD... THANKS FOR JOINING US...

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    WHAT WE KNOW
      STATE POLICE ARRESTED DAVID KAY THIS AFTERNOON IN KANAWHA COUNTY FOR EXPOSING HIMSELF TO TEENAGERS.

      THE 59 YEAR OLD WAS ALSO ARRESTED FOR TRYING TO ENTICE THE YOUNG GIRLS INTO HIS HOME NEAR BELLE..

      INVESTIGATORS TELL US THE TEENAGERS PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE ARREST.

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    INDECENT EXPOSURE
      EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER KENNIE BASS WAS IN COURT THIS AFTERNOON WHEN THE SUSPECT WAS BROUGHT IN... AND JOINS US NOW LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH THE LATEST... KENNIE...

      RICK, A 16-YEAR OLD GIRL ALLEGES SHE AND TWO FRIENDS WERE THE VICTIMS AS DAVID ROY KAY EXPOSED HIMSELF AND TRIED TO ENTICE THEM INTO HAVING SEX...AND THEY SAY THEY'VE GOT THE VIDEOTAPE TO PROVE IT.

      NAT SOT

      Kennie Bass/Eyewitness News: A criminal complaint alleges 59-year old David Roy Kay exposed his genitals and tried to persuade a 16-year old girl and two 15-year old girls to have sex with him.

      Rebecca Newman/Belle:

      Kennie Bass/Eyewitness News: Newman says her daughter and two friends videotaped Kay through this window as he was standing in his doorway early saturday morning. The girls say Kay motioned for them to come to his home, made sexual gestures, began rubbing his groin and eventually exposed himself. And the 16-year old alleges this isn't the first time this has happened. She says Kay did the same thing four years ago when she was 12.

      Trooper J.M. Comer/W.Va. State Police:

      Kennie Bass/Eyewitness News: Kay didn't answer questions about the alleged incident. Instead he talked about religion.

      David Roy Kay/Suspect:

      Kennie Bass/Eyewitness News: But if the allegations of indecent exposure and use of obscene matter with intent to seduce a minor are true, it's safe to say Jesus would not approve.

      Rebecca Newman/Belle:

      Trooper J.M. Comer/W.Va. State Police:

      KAY IS FREE ON A 75-THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND. HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SET FOR SEPTEMBER THIRD AT 1:30.

      REPORTING LIVE IN THE CHARLESTON NEWSROOM, KENNIE BASS EYEWITNESS NEWS.

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    BANK ROBBERY ARRESTS
      WE HAVE MORE DETAILS TO BRING YOU ABOUT YESTERDAY'S CREDIT UNION ROBBERY

      IT LOOKS LIKE TWO MORE PEOPLE CONSPIRED WITH THE ALLEGED ROBBER AND HIS GIRLFRIEND.

      SHERNEY MCKELLER AND LATISHA DORSEY HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN FOR QUESTIONING.

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    VO BANK ROBBERY ARRESTS
      POLICE SAY MCKELLER AND DORSEY CONSPIRED WITH SHAWN ELMORE AND CHARLENE BOWMAN AT AN APARTMENT ON HUTCHINSON STREET BEFORE THE ROBBERY.

      AUTHORITIES SAY ELMORE ACTUALLY ROBBED THE CREDIT UNION... AND BOWMAN DROVE THE GETAWAY CAR..

      WHEN ALL THE SUSPECTS RETURNED TO THE APARTMENT THEY APPARENTLY COUNTED AND DIVIDE THE CASH FROM THE CRIME AND THEN WENT TO THE MALL TO SPEND IT.

      OFFICERS SAY ELMORE ROBBED THE SAME CREDIT UNION ONCE BEFORE.. BACK IN JANUARY OF 2007.

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    CRAWFORD MURDER
      THE FATE OF TWO BROTHERS CHARGED WITH MURDER IS NOW IN THE HANDS OF THE JURY.

      28 AND 25 YEAR OLDS PHILIP AND NATHANIEL BARNETT ARE THE LAST OF THE FOUR MEN CHARGED IN THE 2002 MURDER OF DEANNA CRAWFORD, WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND STRANGLED ALONGSIDE A ROAD IN SALT FORK.

      BRIAN DEMENT AND JUSTIN BLACK HAVE ALREADY BEEN CONVICTED OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.

      DEMENT TOOK THE STAND FOR THE PROSECUTION EARLIER TODAY... THE DEFENSE TRIED TO PORTRAY HIM AS A LIAR.

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    WORKER PROTECTION
      A PAIR OF MURDERS INVOLVING A SOCIAL WORKER AND THE DEATH OF A WOMAN WITH A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROTECTION ORDER HAS PROMPTED LAWMAKERS TO LOOK INTO BETTER PROTECTION.

      SOCIAL WORKER BRENDA YEAGER WAS KILLED DURING A HOME VISIT IN CABELL COUNTY.

      AND CHARLESTON POLICE SAY NALISHA GRAVELY WAS GUNNED DOWN IN A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT BY HER EX-BOYFRIEND.

      LAWMAKERS ARE PROPOSING AN UP-TO-DATE REGISTRY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROTECTIVE ORDERS, AND HIGHER REIMBURSEMENT RATES TO HELP SOCIAL WORKERS WITH SECURITY COSTS.

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    PRESS BOX FIRE
      FRIDAY'S FOOTBALL GAME AT WINFIELD HAS BEEN MOVED TO HURRICANE BECAUSE OF A FIRE...

      THIS IS HOW IT LOOKED LAST NIGHT AROUND 9 O'CLOCK AT THE WINFIELD PRESS BOX...

      INVESTIGATORS SAY AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM MAY BE TO BLAME...

      FORTUNATELY, NO ONE WAS INJURED... THE GENERALS NOW OPEN THE SEASON ON THE ROAD AGAINST THE HURRICANE REDSKINS AT 7:30 FRIDAY... YOU CAN CATCH THE HIGHLIGHTS ON OUR WEEK ONE EDITION OF FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL EXTRA.

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    DACHSHUND FOLLOW UP
      HERE'S A FOLLOW UP ON HUNDREDS OF DOGS RESCUED FROM A PARKERSBURG PUPPY MILL. MANY ARE BEING MOVED OUT OF STATE...

      BUT THEY WILL EVENTUALLY BE AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION.

      EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER BOB AARON SAYS RESCUERS HOPE TO CLOSE DOWN AN EMERGENCY SHELTER SET UP FOR THE ANIMALS BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND.

      MANY OF THE 927 DOGS SEIZED FROM A WOOD COUNTY PUPPY MILL HAVE ALREADY BEEN TAKEN OUT OF STATE. "Some are just scared to death." BUT EVEN WITH HUNDREDS OF DOGS BEING MOVED BY DIFFERENT RESCUE GROUPS, THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF WORK FOR VOLUNTEERS FROM AS FAR AWAY AS UTAH. "It's a labor of love." NEARLY 100 DOGS WERE MOVED TO MISSOURI TUESDAY. SHARON ROBERTS, THE 72-YEAR-OLD OWNER OF THE KENNEL WHERE THE DOGS WERE PICKED UP STILL MAINTAINS SHE CARED FOR THE ANIMALS PROPERLY. SHE FACES NO NEGLECT CHARGES, BUT AGREED TO GIVE UP THE DOGS AFTER A SEARCH WARRANT OVER HOW THE ANIMAL'S WASTE WAS HANDLED GAVE DEPUTIES A LOOK AT THE DOGS. HUMANE SOCIETY WORKERS SAY THE DOGS' LONG RUNNING CAGED LIFE MEANS MANY WON'T BE SUITABLE FOR IMMEDIATE ADOPTIONS. "These dogs may never be housebroken." BUT MOST OF THE ANIMALS ARE EXPECTED TO FIND HOMES EVENTUALLY. BOB AARON, EYEWITNESS NEWS, PARKERSBURG.

      IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ADOPTING ONE OF THE DOGS, CHECK WITH THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF PARKERSBURG, ON THE WEB AT HSOP. ORG.

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    BAR SMOKING
      A BAR OWNER THAT CONTINUES TO OPENLY DEFY THE KANAWHA COUNTY SMOKING BAN SAYS HE'S FINALLY RECEIVED A WARNING FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

      TERRY ELLISON SAYS AN INSPECTOR PAID A VISIT TO THE BLACK HAWK SALOON LAST NIGHT.

      ELLISON SAYS SAYS HE TOLD HIS EMPLOYEE TO TEAR UP THE WARNING.

      HE IS CHALLENGING THE BAN BECAUSE HE FEELS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT CAN'T ENFORCE IT PROPERLY.

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    CAMC HAMRICK
      A SURGEON WILL GET 11-AND-A-HALF MILLION DOLLARS AS PART OF A SETTLEMENT WITH C-A-M-C...

      DR. R.E. HAMRICK JR. SUED IN 2004 AFTER C-A-M-C YANKED HIS PRIVILAGES TO PRACTICE.

      THE DOCTOR WANTED TO USE HIS OWN MONEY TO INSURE HIMSELF AGAINST MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSTEAD OF USING A COMMERCIAL INSURANCE COMPANY.

      IN FEBURARY, THE DOCTOR WAS AWARDED 25 MILLION, BUT ON APPEAL, THE JUDGE REDUCED IT TO 10 MILLION PLUS INTEREST.

      HAMRICK MUST BE PAID THE ENTIRE AMOUNT BY SEPTEMBER 5TH.

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    LOCAL SOLDIER IN GEORGIA
      A LOCAL SAILOR IS HELPING TO DELIVER AID TO PEOPLE IN THE WAR TORN COUNTRY OF GEORGIA.

      CHARLESTON NATIVE JOSH BAILEY IS A LIEUTENANT ABOARD THE U-S-S MCFAUL (mc-fall).

      THE SHIP PICKED UP RELIEF SUPPLIES IN CRETE THEN SAILED TO PORT CITY OF BATUMI (ba-TOO-me).

      IT DELIVERED MORE THAN 70 PALETTES OF SUPPLIES THAT INCLUDED BABY FOOD, BOTTLED WATER, AND VARIOUS HYGIENE ITEMS.

      BAILEY SAYS THE GEORGIAN PEOPLE HAVE WELCOMED THE HELP.

      THE MCFAUL (mc-fall) IS ONE OF THREE U.S. SHIPS TAKING PART IN THE RELIEF MISSION.

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    REGATTA CLOSURES
      A MAJOR CHARLESTON STREET IS SHUT DOWN FOR REGATTA...

      THE WEST BOUND LANES OF KANAWHA BOULEVARD, FROM BROOKS TO CAPITOL STREETS will be CLOSED FROM TOMORROW NIGHT FROM 5 P-M UNTIL 1 A-M..

      AND WILL CLOSE AGAIN ON FRIDAY NIGHT AT FIVE AND WON'T REOPEN TILL 1-EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

      100 BLOCK OF LAIDLEY STREET WILL ALSO BE CLOSED TOMORROW AT FIVE TILL LABOR DAY MORNING AT ONE A-M.

      AND THE EASTBOUND LANES FROM CAPITOL TO MORRIS STREETS WILL BE CLOSED SATURDAY FROM 11 A.M. TO 4 P.M.

      AND SATURDAY FROM 6 AM TO 1 AM ON MONDAY.

      LIMITED LOCAL TRAFFIC WILL BE ALLOWED IN THE BLOCKS OF LEON SULLIVAN WAY AND MCFARLAND STREET.

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    PRE REGATTA COUNTRY MUSIC
      A PRE-REGATTA COUNTRY MUSIC NIGHT AT THE TOWN CENTER MALL WILL START IN ABOUT AN HOUR.

      IT FEATURES CHARLESTON'S TEEN IDOL WINNER DWIGHT HOLSOPPLE, JR.

      THE CONCERT TAKES PLACE AT MACY'S COURT.

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    REGATTA KICKS OFF
      AND HERE IS A SCHEDULE FOR THE FIRST DAY OF REGATTA... AT NOON, THERE'S A CONCERT FEATURING BLUE MAGGIE!

      THE CHILDREN'S STREET CARNIVAL STARTS AT 5:00PM AND RUNS THROUGH - 10:30...

      BREWER & COMPANY PRESENTS SANTA CRUZ AT SEVEN...

      AND MORRIS DAY AND THE TIME WILL TAKE THE STAGE AT 9:30

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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!

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    OHIO RIVER FISH
      THE OHIO RIVER IS FULL OF FISH, BUT FOR FOLKS WANTING TO DROP A LINE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE, WELL, LET'S JUST SAY THEY FACED A BIG CHALLENGE.

      IN TONIGHT'S WEST VIRGINIA WILDLIFE REPORT, PATRICK McMURTRY EXPLAINS HOW A JOINT FEDERAL-STATE PROJECT OPENED THE BIG RIVER UP FOR ANGLERS.

      THE OHIO RIVER MAY BE WEST VIRGINIA'S LARGEST FISHIERIES,

      HOWEVER, PROPBLEMS SUCH AS PROVIDING PUBLIC ACCESSS AND BANK

      STABLIZATION HAVE CONTINUED TO BE A PROBLEM FOR FISH AND WILDLIFE

      MANAGERS. NOW THANKS TO A COPPERATIVE EFFROT OF THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE

      SERVICE AND THE DNR - IMPROVEMENETS ARE BEING MADE....

      4:03-19Dean Rhine/USFWS says:

      "This project is a cooperative project that we work with the state DNR on. The goal was to try to provide access to the Ohio to the general public. It's one thing that's really missing in this area-public access and public lands."

      THIS IS REALLY A SERIES OF PROJECTS DESIGNED TO MAKE THE OHIO RIVER ACCESSBILE TO EVERYONE. THIS PARTICULAR PART WILL BE ADA COMPLIANT, MEANING DISABLED ANGLERS WILL HAVE NO TROUBLE ENJOYING A DAY FISHING.

      YOU CAN SEE OTHER PARTS OF THE PROJECT FROM THE BANK.

      6:37Dean Rhine/USFWS says:

      "We have some stablization work and we have the actual fishing angle debris you can see the first ones sticking out further, and those angle dikes will provide structure into the river which attract fish and provide some access to anglers, especially on the 4th structure."

      THE OHIO RIVER ISLANDS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1990 TO PROTECT, CONSERVE AND RESTORE HABITAT FOR NATIVE WILDLIFE. THAT INCLUDED PUTTING ACTUAL ROCK INTO THE RIVER TO CREATE A NATURAL HABITAT FOR NATIVE FISH. THE WEST VIRGINIA DNR ALSO KICKED IN SOME HELP.

      2:07Cris O'Bara/WVDNR biologist says:

      "We contributed $25,000 to the Fish and Wildlife Service to put that habitat structure in and we're continuing to look for new places and projects to work with them on up and down the Ohio river."

      THANKS TO THIS PARTNERSHIP THE OHIO RIVER IS BECOMING MORE

      ACCESSIBLE TO ANGLERS AND FISH ALIKE. HABITAT IS BEING PROTECTED

      BENEFITING WILDLIFE AND THE PUBLIC FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. FOR WEST

      VIRGINIA WILDLIFE, I AM PATRICK MCMURTRY, EYEWITNESS NEWS.

      FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT FISHING THE OHIO RIVER, GO TO WCHSTV dot COM AND CLICK ON THE WEST VIRGINIA WILDLIFE ICON, OR YOU CAN E-MAIL PATRICK DIRECTLY.

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    T.L. ASBURY
      THIS WEEKEND BEGINS SEASON NUMBER SIX FOR FOOTBALL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHARLESTON...AND WITH THE BLINK OF AN EYE IT STARTS THE FINAL YEAR FOR WINFIELD NATIVE T.L. ASBURY...EYEWITNESS NEWS SPORTS REPORTER A.J. GOOD TELLS US IT'S BEEN A CAREER TO REMEMBER...

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    WVU FOOTBALL
      WEST VIRGINIA'S FOOTBALL TEAM WILL OPEN THE 2008 SEASON ON SATURDAY AT 3:30 AGAINST THE WILDCATS OF VILLANOVA...IT'S A GAME YOU WILL SEE LIVE RIGHT HERE ON WCHS-TV8...

      IT BEGINS THE END OF AN ERA FOR MOUNTAINEER FOOTBALL FANS...THE GREAT PAT WHITE BEGINS HIS LAST SEASON AT WVU...WHITE HAS BEEN LEADING THE WAY SINCE THE MOUNTAINEERS COME-FROM-BEHIND WIN OVER LOUISVILLE IN 2005....NEW MOUNTAINEER HEAD COACH BILL STEWART SAYS IT'S TIME FOR EVERYONE TO SIMPLY ENJOY THE PRESENCE OF NO. 5....

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    MARSHALL FOOTBALL
      MARSHALL OPENS WITH THE REDBIRDS OF ILLINOIS STATE ON SATURDAY...GAME TIME IS 4:30 AT JOAN C. EDWARDS STADIUM...IT'S BEEN A TOUGH CAMP FOR THE THUNDERING HERD, BUT NOT SO MUCH IN A PHYSICAL SENSE...HEAD COACH MARK SNYDER AND HIS STAFF LIMITED THE AMOUNT OF CONTACT TO HOPEFULLY AVOID THE INJURY BUG THAT STRUCK THE HERD TIME AND TIME AGAIN IN 2007....

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    HS FOOTBALL
      HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL'S FIRST BIG FRIDAY GETS GOING IN JUST ABOUT 48 HOURS...BUT THE FIRST GAME ON THE DOCKET IN THE GREAT STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA WILL UNFOLD TOMORROW NIGHT HERE IN THE CAPITAL CITY...THE CAPITAL HIGH COUGARS AND THE GEORGE WASHINGTON PATRIOTS GET TOGETHER...KICKOFF IS SET FOR 7:30....

      -ONE GAME NOTE FOR FRIDAY...THE HURRICANE-WINFIELD GAME WILL NOT BE PLAYED AT REDSKINS STADIUM DUE THE PRESS BOX FIRE AT GENERALS STADIUM...

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    FOOTBALL EXTRA
      DON'T FORGET FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL EXTRA BEGINS THIS FRIDAY NIGHT RIGHT AFTER A SHORT VERSION OF EYEWITNESS NEWS HERE ON WCHS-TV8

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