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SCRIPT FOR EYEWITNESS NEWS NEWSCAST
Wednesday, February 3, 2010.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. OPEN 1
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Return to Story IndexEARLY OPEN
WELCOME TO EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING. IT'S WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 3RD. DOUG HARLOW JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS FORECAST.
Return to Story IndexBLACK HAWK SHUT DOWN
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER ELIZABETH NOREIKA HAS MORE ON THE CLOSING OF THE BLACKHAWK SALOON. 25;58 'IT DID HAVE MY LICESNE IN IT BUT IT'S GONE NOW AS YOU CAN SEE." AN EMPTY FRAME...AND AN EMPTY BAR. 29:01 "I PRETTY MUCH DON'T KNOW WHAT I'N GOING TO DO IN THE MORNING" BLACK HAWK SALOON OWNER KERRY ELLISON ISN'T SURE OF HIS NEXT MOVE. THE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL ADMINISTRATION SUSPENDED HIS LICENSE. 26:05 "RIGHT NOW I'M PRETTY MUICH AT THE MERCY OF THE COMISSION." WHILE HIS BUSINESS IS IN LIMBO....ELLISON SAYS HE'S HAD A GOOD RUN. SINCE THE KANAWHA COUNTY SMOKING BAN TOOK AFFECT IN 2008, ELLISON HAS OPENLY DEFIED IT. EVEN HOLDING SMOKING NIGHTS AT HIS BAR...ENCOURAGING PATRONS TO LIGHT UP. FROM SMOKING NIGHTS TO CITATIONS....ELLISON MAY HAVE ALLOWED HIS BUSINESS TO GO UP IN SMOKE. G 44:09 "WE VIEW IT AS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE AND IT IS ALLOWING CRIMINAL ACITIVY TO OCCUR." G 43:47 'THE WEST VIRGINIA ABCA SUSPENDED THE LICENSE TO BLACK HAWK AS A RESULT OF AN UNDERVOCER OPERATION OCCURING THIS PAST FIRDAY." G 43:53 "IT WAS FOUND THAT NOT ONLY PATRONS BUT EMPLOYEES WERE SMOKING IN THE PROPERTY." SINCE THE ABCA DIDNT' REVOKE ELLISON'S LICENSE..HE COULD STILL GET IT BACK...BUT IF NOT.... 29:42 "I MAY HAVE TO REINVENT MYSELF...I MAY NOT...I MAY STILLBE ABLE TO BE ME....JUST IN A MORE SUBSUDE WAY.' ELLISON WILL FIND OUT SOMETIME THIS WEEK WHETHER OR NOT HE'LL GET HIS LICENSE BACK.
Return to Story IndexBOONE COAL TRUCK
IT REOPENED AROUND 1:30 THIS MORNING. EMERGENCY CREWS CLEANED UP ABOUT 200 GALLONS OF DIESEL THAT LEAKED ONTO THE ROAD AFTER A COAL TRUCK TIPPED OVER INTO A PERSON'S YARD. THE DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH INJURIES THAT DO NOT APPEAR TO BE LIFE THREATENING.
Return to Story IndexBOONE CRASH
BOONE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY 27 YEAR OLD VICTORIA SHEPARD, FROM PRENTER, LOST CONTROL AND WENT OVER A HILL ON STATE ROUTE THREE IN FOSTER EARLY YESTERDAY/ SHE AND HER 18 MONTH OLD LITTLE GIRL WERE EVENTUALLY FOUND, AND FLOWN BY HELICOPTER TO C-A-M-C GENERAL.
Return to Story IndexST. ALBANS STABBING
IT HAPPENED MONDAY NIGHT JUST AFTER 6 P.M. ON CLAREMONT AVENUE IN ST. ALBANS. 22-YEAR OLD AMBER MORGAN TOLD POLICE THAT A BLACK MAN DRESSED ALL IN BLACK APROACHED HER AND ASKED HER FOR A CIGARETTE. MORGAN SAYS SHE FELT A PAIN IN HER STOMACH, LOST CONSCIOUSNESS, AND WHEN SHE WOKE UP SHE FOUND HER DEBIT CARD AND CASH WERE MISSING.. SHE WAS TAKEN TO THOMAS HOSPITAL... HER INJURIES ARE NOT LIFE THREATENING.
Return to Story IndexSO CHAR POLICE CHASE
TROOPERS PULLED OVER 28-YEAR OLD CLAUDE HEGLAR, JR AND HIS PASSENGER 37-YEAR-OLD ERIC SEALEY...BOTH OF DAYTON . POLICE WERE PULLING HEGLAR OVER FOR AN OBSTRUCTED LICENSE PLATE WHEN HE DECIDED TO BOLT AND ENDED UP HITTING A PARKED TRUCK ALONG RIVERSIDE DRIVE. A MAN WHO LIVES NEARBY AND WITNESSED THE CRASH SAY HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. HEGLAR WAS ARRESTED AND FACES MULTIPLE CHARGES INCLUDING OBSTRUCTING AN OFFICER AND RECKLESS DRIVING. BOTH HEGLAR AND SEALY ARE CHARGED WITH SIMPLE POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA.
Return to Story IndexTOYOTA COSTS
EACH DEALER WILL GET UP TO 75 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO COVER THE COSTS TO FIX THE RECALLED VEHICLES. THE AMOUNT DEPENDS ON THE NUMBER OF CARS IT SOLD LAST YEAR. IN A LETTER FROM TOYOTA VICE PRESIDENT BOB CARTER TO TOYOTA DEALERS...HE SAYS "YOU WILL RECIEVE A CHECK FROM US...NO STRINGS ATTACHED...WITH A SIMPLE REQUEST...'DO THE RIGHT THING ON BEHALF OF TOYOTA CUSTOMERS." - END QUOTE. THE COMPANY HAS RECALLED MILLIONS OF CARS AND HALTED PRODUCTION OF EIGHT MODELS BECAUSE OF THE STICKY GAS PEDAL.
Return to Story IndexGOVERNOR SERVICE AWARD
THE GOVERNOR'S SERVICE AWARDS HONORS THOSE WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEIR TIME TO THIER COMMUNITIES... NOMINATIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE VOLUNTEER WEST VIRGINIA WEBSITE OR BY CALLING THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN... ENTRIES MUST BE IN BY MARCH 21ST...AND WINNERS BE HONORED DURING THE FACES OF LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE IN JULY.
Return to Story IndexTEXTING BILL
A NEW BILL WAS INTRODUCED YESTERDAY AT THE CAPITOL MAKING TEXTING A FIRST OFFENSE WHILE USING A CELL PHONE WOULD BE SECONDARY. IN THIS MEASURE...NO POINTS WOULD BE ADDED TO DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR THOSE WHO ARE CAUGHT. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO BEEN LOOKING AT A BILL TO BAN CELL PHONE USE WHILE DRIVING ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
Return to Story IndexDMV FEES
DMV COMMISSION WANTS LAWMAKERS TO APPROVE AN ALMOST 61 MILLION DOLLAR A YEAR FEE INCREASE. HE SAYS IT WILL HELP THE ROAD FUND. THE INCREASES WILL AFFECT VARIOUS REGISTRATIONS, LICENSING AND OTHER SERVICES. MOST OF THE FEES HAVE NOT CHANGED SINCE THE 1970'S
Return to Story IndexWV TOLL ROADS
GOVERNOR JOE MANCHIN WANTS TO PASS LEGISLATION TO ALLOW THE WEST VIRGINIA PARKWAYS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM AUTHORITY TO SELL BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS... THE AGENCY COULD THEN CHARGE TOLLS TO PAY OFF THOSE BONDS. MANCHIN'S PROPOSAL WOULD ALSO LIMIT THE AUTHORITY TO DEAL WITH JUST ROADS.
Return to Story IndexMONSTER JAM
BUT BEFORE THAT...THIS THURSDAY ONE SPECIAL VEHICLE WILL BE ROLLING INTO THE TOWN CENTER MALL. IF YOU BRING A DONATION FOR THE KANAWHA CHARLESTON HUMANE ASSOCIATION YOU CAN HAVE YOUR PICTURE TAKEN FOR FREE WITH THE MONSTER MUTT DALMATION... IT LOOKS JUST LIKE IT SOUNDS... WHITE WITH BLACK SPOTS. PICTURE PEOPLE WILL TAKE PHOTOS AND WILL PROVIDE ONE FREE 8 BY 10 TO EACH FURRY GUEST. SHELTER DONATIONS NEEDED INCLUDE DRY CAT FOOD AND DOG FOOD... CLEANING SUPPLIES, BLEACH, PAPER TOWELS, CAT LITTER AND USED TOWELS AND SHEETS. PICTURES WITH THE MONSTER MUTT DALMATION WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW OUTSIDE MACYS FROM 12 TO 2 PM.
Return to Story IndexTEASE ONE/UPCAMERA
IT'S FROM GAIL STAATS. AND METEOROLOGIST DOUG HARLOW IS WORKING ON YOUR FORECAST. HE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING RETURNS.
Return to Story IndexEYEWITNESS WEB
Return to Story IndexFULL WEATHER
Join Doug Harlow 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 IndexSNAP SHOTS
IT'S FROM GAIL STAATS. IT'S A PICTURE OF GARRETH DURST AND LEVI STAATS HAVING FUN IN THE SNOW. GAIL, THANKS FOR SENDING US YOUR PHOTOGRAPH. GET YOUR CAMERAS OUT IF YOU WANT TO SEND US ONE OF YOUR SNAP SHOTS.
Return to Story IndexGMWV ADDRESSES
IT'S SNAP SHOTS IN CARE OF WCHS-TV, 1301 PIEDMONT ROAD, CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA. THE ZIP CODE IS 25301. INCLUDE A SELF ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOP IF YOU WANT YOUR PHOTOGRAPH RETURNED. IF YOU PREFER TO SEND IT VIA E-MAIL, SEND YOUR JPEGs TO IWITNESS@WCHSTV-DOT-COM.
Return to Story IndexTEASE TWO/LUNCH MENUS
IT'S ALL COMING UP, IN THE BLOOMBERG BUSINESS REPORT. PLUS, JOSH LEWIS IS COMING UP WITH YOUR SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS.
Return to Story IndexBLOOMBERG MORNING REPORT
INVESTORS WILL GET THE LATEST GAUGE OF THE SERVICES INDUSTRY, WHICH MAKES UP NEARLY 90-PERCENT OF THE ECONOMY...AND MORE BUMPS IN THE ROAD FOR TOYOTA.... JANE KING IS AT THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE WITH THAT, IN THIS MORNING'S BLOOMBERG BUSINESS REPORT.
Return to Story IndexHOLLYWOOD MINUTE
MICHAEL JACKSON'S FORMER DOCTOR, CONRAD MURRAY IS EXPECTED TO SURRENDER TO LOS ANGELES AUTHORITIES TO FACE STILL UNSPECIFIED CHARGES RELATING TO JACKSON'S DEATH, ACCORDING TO MURRAY'S ATTORNEY. MURRAY WAS HIRED TO BE JACKSON'S PHYSICIAN LAST SPRING AHEAD OF THE SINGER'S COMEBACK TOUR. IN AN AFFIDAVIT, MURRAY SAID HE GAVE JACKSON SEVERAL SLEEP AIDS BEFORE HE WAS FOUND DEAD LAST JUNE. THE L-A COUNTY CORONER RULED JACKSON'S DEATH A HOMICIDE BECAUSE OF A COMBINATION OF DRUGS FOUND IN HIS SYSTEM. THE NOMINATIONS ARE IN FOR THE 2010 ACADEMY AWARDS! THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN SIX DECADES THAT THERE ARE TEN NOMINEES FOR BEST-PICTURE. FIRST-TIME NOMINEE GABOUREY SIDIBE (PRONO: gah-BO-ray sih-DEE-bay) IS UP FOR BEST ACTRESS FOR HER ROLE IN "PRECIOUS," AGAINST THE LIKES OF MERYL STREEP AND SANDRA BULLOCK. SIDIBE SAID SHE COULD HARDLY BELIEVE IT WHEN SHE HEARD THE NEWS. You know what's funny. I've haven't even considered winning. Like, it's such a huge deal to have been nominated. JEFF BRIDGES SAID HE WAS THRILLED ABOUT HIS NOMINATION AND EXCITED ABOUT CO-STAR MAGGIE GYLLENHALL'S NOMINATION AS WELL FOR THE MOVIE "CRAZY HEART." It was great to get that call from my publicist this morning. THE 82ND ACADEMY AWARDS ARE SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 7TH. FOR HOLLYWOOD MINUTE, I'M BROOKE ANDERSON.
Return to Story IndexTEASE THREE/LOTTERY
PLUS, HERE'S A LOOK AT LOTTERY NUMBERS FROM THE REGION.
Return to Story IndexSPORTSREPORT
IT WAS A MATCHUP OF RIVALS... AND TOP FIVE RATED TEAMS... JOSH LEWIS JOINS US WITH HI-LITES FROM SOUTH CHARLESTON-GW....
Return to Story IndexFRENCH CREEK FREDDIE
FRENCH CREEK FREDDIE DID NOT SEE HIS SHADOW YESTERDAY MORNING -- HIS ONLY FEAR WAS ALL THE SPECTATORS WATCHING. FREDDIE HAS BEEN PREDICTING THE TIMING OF SPRING SINCE 1978 -- AND THIS YEAR HE PICKED THE POPULAR STANCE -- OPTING FOR AN EARLY ENTRACE OF WARMED WEATHER. SPRING OFFICIALLY RETURNS ON MARCH 20TH -- 6 WEEKS FROM NOW.
Return to Story IndexFRANK BUCKLES
FRANK BUCKLES CELEBRATED HIS BIRTHDAY MONDAY WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS AT HIS HOME IN CHARLES TOWN.. BUCKLES DID HAVE ONE WISH ON HIS BIRTHDAY...TO SEE THE DEDICATION OF THE WORLD WAR ONE MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON. A FILMMAKER MAKING A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT BUCKLES LIFE CALLED BUCKLES AN INTERNATIONAL ICON AND PATRIOT..
Return to Story IndexFREE DIVORCE
HE'S GIVING THEM A FREE DIVORCE. RUSTY WEBB WILL HANDLE THE CASE FOR THE PERSON WHO THINKS HAS THE MOST COMPELLING STORY. THE DIVORCE HAS TO BE AN UNCONTESTED, NO-FAULT DIVORCE...WITH LITTLE OR NO CHILD CUSTODY ISSUES...AND IT MUST BE IN WEST VIRGINIA. TO ENTER...GO TO ONE OF THE WEBSITES ON YOUR SCREEN. THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED THE FRIDAY BEFORE VALENTINE'S DAY.
Return to Story IndexTEASE 4/UP CAMERA
AND METEOROLOGIST DOUG HARLOW IS WORKING ON YOUR FORECAST. HE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING RETURNS .
Return to Story IndexEYEWITNESS WEB
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Return to Story IndexWELCOME
WELCOME TO EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING. IT'S WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 3RD. DOUG HARLOW JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS FORECAST.
Return to Story IndexBLACK HAWK SHUT DOWN
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER ELIZABETH NOREIKA HAS MORE ON THE CLOSING OF THE BLACKHAWK SALOON. 25;58 'IT DID HAVE MY LICESNE IN IT BUT IT'S GONE NOW AS YOU CAN SEE." AN EMPTY FRAME...AND AN EMPTY BAR. 29:01 "I PRETTY MUCH DON'T KNOW WHAT I'N GOING TO DO IN THE MORNING" BLACK HAWK SALOON OWNER KERRY ELLISON ISN'T SURE OF HIS NEXT MOVE. THE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL ADMINISTRATION SUSPENDED HIS LICENSE. 26:05 "RIGHT NOW I'M PRETTY MUICH AT THE MERCY OF THE COMISSION." WHILE HIS BUSINESS IS IN LIMBO....ELLISON SAYS HE'S HAD A GOOD RUN. SINCE THE KANAWHA COUNTY SMOKING BAN TOOK AFFECT IN 2008, ELLISON HAS OPENLY DEFIED IT. EVEN HOLDING SMOKING NIGHTS AT HIS BAR...ENCOURAGING PATRONS TO LIGHT UP. FROM SMOKING NIGHTS TO CITATIONS....ELLISON MAY HAVE ALLOWED HIS BUSINESS TO GO UP IN SMOKE. G 44:09 "WE VIEW IT AS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE AND IT IS ALLOWING CRIMINAL ACITIVY TO OCCUR." G 43:47 'THE WEST VIRGINIA ABCA SUSPENDED THE LICENSE TO BLACK HAWK AS A RESULT OF AN UNDERVOCER OPERATION OCCURING THIS PAST FIRDAY." G 43:53 "IT WAS FOUND THAT NOT ONLY PATRONS BUT EMPLOYEES WERE SMOKING IN THE PROPERTY." SINCE THE ABCA DIDNT' REVOKE ELLISON'S LICENSE..HE COULD STILL GET IT BACK...BUT IF NOT.... 29:42 "I MAY HAVE TO REINVENT MYSELF...I MAY NOT...I MAY STILLBE ABLE TO BE ME....JUST IN A MORE SUBSUDE WAY.' ELLISON WILL FIND OUT SOMETIME THIS WEEK WHETHER OR NOT HE'LL GET HIS LICENSE BACK.
Return to Story IndexBOONE COAL TRUCK
IT REOPENED AROUND 1:30 THIS MORNING. EMERGENCY CREWS CLEANED UP ABOUT 200 GALLONS OF DIESEL THAT LEAKED ONTO THE ROAD AFTER A COAL TRUCK TIPPED OVER INTO A PERSON'S YARD. THE DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH INJURIES THAT DO NOT APPEAR TO BE LIFE THREATENING.
Return to Story IndexBOONE CRASH
BOONE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY 27 YEAR OLD VICTORIA SHEPARD, FROM PRENTER, LOST CONTROL AND WENT OVER A HILL ON STATE ROUTE THREE IN FOSTER EARLY YESTERDAY/ SHE AND HER 18 MONTH OLD LITTLE GIRL WERE EVENTUALLY FOUND, AND FLOWN BY HELICOPTER TO C-A-M-C GENERAL.
Return to Story IndexST. ALBANS STABBING
IT HAPPENED MONDAY NIGHT JUST AFTER 6 P.M. ON CLAREMONT AVENUE IN ST. ALBANS. 22-YEAR OLD AMBER MORGAN TOLD POLICE THAT A BLACK MAN DRESSED ALL IN BLACK APROACHED HER AND ASKED HER FOR A CIGARETTE. MORGAN SAYS SHE FELT A PAIN IN HER STOMACH, LOST CONSCIOUSNESS, AND WHEN SHE WOKE UP SHE FOUND HER DEBIT CARD AND CASH WERE MISSING.. SHE WAS TAKEN TO THOMAS HOSPITAL... HER INJURIES ARE NOT LIFE THREATENING.
Return to Story IndexSO CHAR POLICE CHASE
TROOPERS PULLED OVER 28-YEAR OLD CLAUDE HEGLAR, JR AND HIS PASSENGER 37-YEAR-OLD ERIC SEALEY...BOTH OF DAYTON . POLICE WERE PULLING HEGLAR OVER FOR AN OBSTRUCTED LICENSE PLATE WHEN HE DECIDED TO BOLT AND ENDED UP HITTING A PARKED TRUCK ALONG RIVERSIDE DRIVE. A MAN WHO LIVES NEARBY AND WITNESSED THE CRASH SAY HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. HEGLAR WAS ARRESTED AND FACES MULTIPLE CHARGES INCLUDING OBSTRUCTING AN OFFICER AND RECKLESS DRIVING. BOTH HEGLAR AND SEALY ARE CHARGED WITH SIMPLE POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA.
Return to Story IndexTOYOTA COSTS
EACH DEALER WILL GET UP TO 75 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO COVER THE COSTS TO FIX THE RECALLED VEHICLES. THE AMOUNT DEPENDS ON THE NUMBER OF CARS IT SOLD LAST YEAR. IN A LETTER FROM TOYOTA VICE PRESIDENT BOB CARTER TO TOYOTA DEALERS...HE SAYS "YOU WILL RECIEVE A CHECK FROM US...NO STRINGS ATTACHED...WITH A SIMPLE REQUEST...'DO THE RIGHT THING ON BEHALF OF TOYOTA CUSTOMERS." - END QUOTE. THE COMPANY HAS RECALLED MILLIONS OF CARS AND HALTED PRODUCTION OF EIGHT MODELS BECAUSE OF THE STICKY GAS PEDAL.
Return to Story IndexGOVERNOR SERVICE AWARD
THE GOVERNOR'S SERVICE AWARDS HONORS THOSE WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEIR TIME TO THIER COMMUNITIES... NOMINATIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE VOLUNTEER WEST VIRGINIA WEBSITE OR BY CALLING THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN... ENTRIES MUST BE IN BY MARCH 21ST...AND WINNERS BE HONORED DURING THE FACES OF LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE IN JULY.
Return to Story IndexTEXTING BILL
A NEW BILL WAS INTRODUCED YESTERDAY AT THE CAPITOL MAKING TEXTING A FIRST OFFENSE WHILE USING A CELL PHONE WOULD BE SECONDARY. IN THIS MEASURE...NO POINTS WOULD BE ADDED TO DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR THOSE WHO ARE CAUGHT. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO BEEN LOOKING AT A BILL TO BAN CELL PHONE USE WHILE DRIVING ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
Return to Story IndexDMV FEES
DMV COMMISSION WANTS LAWMAKERS TO APPROVE AN ALMOST 61 MILLION DOLLAR A YEAR FEE INCREASE. HE SAYS IT WILL HELP THE ROAD FUND. THE INCREASES WILL AFFECT VARIOUS REGISTRATIONS, LICENSING AND OTHER SERVICES. MOST OF THE FEES HAVE NOT CHANGED SINCE THE 1970'S
Return to Story IndexWV TOLL ROADS
GOVERNOR JOE MANCHIN WANTS TO PASS LEGISLATION TO ALLOW THE WEST VIRGINIA PARKWAYS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM AUTHORITY TO SELL BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS... THE AGENCY COULD THEN CHARGE TOLLS TO PAY OFF THOSE BONDS. MANCHIN'S PROPOSAL WOULD ALSO LIMIT THE AUTHORITY TO DEAL WITH JUST ROADS.
Return to Story IndexMONSTER JAM
BUT BEFORE THAT...THIS THURSDAY ONE SPECIAL VEHICLE WILL BE ROLLING INTO THE TOWN CENTER MALL. IF YOU BRING A DONATION FOR THE KANAWHA CHARLESTON HUMANE ASSOCIATION YOU CAN HAVE YOUR PICTURE TAKEN FOR FREE WITH THE MONSTER MUTT DALMATION... IT LOOKS JUST LIKE IT SOUNDS... WHITE WITH BLACK SPOTS. PICTURE PEOPLE WILL TAKE PHOTOS AND WILL PROVIDE ONE FREE 8 BY 10 TO EACH FURRY GUEST. SHELTER DONATIONS NEEDED INCLUDE DRY CAT FOOD AND DOG FOOD... CLEANING SUPPLIES, BLEACH, PAPER TOWELS, CAT LITTER AND USED TOWELS AND SHEETS. PICTURES WITH THE MONSTER MUTT DALMATION WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW OUTSIDE MACYS FROM 12 TO 2 PM.
Return to Story IndexTEASE 5/UP CAMERA
AND METEOROLOGIST DOUG HARLOW IS WORKING ON YOUR FORECAST. HE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING RETURNS.
Return to Story IndexFULL WEATHER
Join Doug Harlow 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 IndexTSA SECURITY
THE PROPOSAL COULD PUT UP TO A MILLION MORE ARMED OFFICERS ON AIRPLANES WITHOUT COSTING A DIME. ((PKG AIRLINE SECURITY.. UNDER SCRUTINY AGAIN... AFTER A MAN IS ACCUSED OF SMUGGLING EXPLOSIVES ON BOARD A PLANE.. AND TRYING TO DETONATE IT CHRISTMAS DAY. NEW RECOMMENDATIONS CALL FOR ANALYSTS TO FOLLOW UP ON LEADS... A MORE EFFECTIVE WATCH LIST.. MORE SECURITY.. AND MORE SKY MARSHALS. BUT FOR THE "FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ASSOCATION".. AN EFFECTIVE RESOURCE REMAINS UNTAPPED. THE GROUP IS NOW ASKING PRESIDENT OBAMA TO ISSUE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT WOULD ALLOW 800-THOUSAND ACTIVE AND 200-THOUSAND RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO CARRY THEIR GUNS ABOARD AIRPLANES. AND WHILE THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE LATEST FAILED ATTACK..... THE GROUP POINTS TO THE CHRISTMAS DAY INCIDENT AS AN EXAMPLE OF A FLAWED SYSTEM. UMAR FAROUK ABDUL-MUTALLAB BOARDED THE PLANE DESPITE BEING ON A TERROR WATCH LIST. REPORTING FROM BWI THURGOOD MARSHALL AIRPORT.. I'M KEITH DANIELS. THE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION SAYS LAW ENFORCEMENT WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO CARRY THEIR FIREARMS.. BUT SHOULD HAVE THE CHOICE. NO WORD YET FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
Return to Story IndexTEASE 6/LUNCH MENUS
BUT FIRST HERE'S A LOOK AT TODAY'S SCHOOL LUNCH MENUS.
Return to Story IndexMONEYSCOPE
U.S. SALES OF CARS AND LIGHT TRUCKS ROSE 6 PERCENT FROM A YEAR EARLIER, THANKS TO INCREASES IN FLEET SALES AND STRONG DEMAND FOR NEWLY REDESIGNED VEHICLES FOR MORE, WE SEND IT OVER TO ABC IN NEW YORK WITH THIS MORNING'S MONEYSCOPE REPORT.
Return to Story IndexTEASE 8/FUN FACT
BUT FIRST HERE'S THIS MORNINGS FUN FACT. THE AVERAGE PERSON'S LEFT HAND DOES 56% OF THE TYPING.
Return to Story IndexOSCAR WRAP
THE BIGGEST BOX OFFICE HIT OF ALL TIME, "AVATAR," AND THE IRAQ WAR FILM "THE HURT LOCKER" TOP THIS YEAR'S LIST OF OSCAR HOPEFULS, WITH NINE NOMINATIONS EACH. THE FILMS ARE BOTH UP FOR BEST PICTURE, AND WILL ALSO FACE OFF IN THE DIRECTING CATEGORY -- CREATING A COMPETITION BETWEEN AVATAR'S JAMES CAMERON AND HIS FORMER WIFE, KATHERINE BIGELOW-- WHO DIRECTED "THE HURT LOCKER." THE ACADEMY DOUBLED THE SIZE OF ITS BEST PICTURE CATEGORY THIS YEAR, TO TEN NOMINEES. IT WAS BIG ENOUGH TO INCLUDE ANOTHER SCIENCE FICTION FILM, "DISTRICT NINE," BOX OFFICE HIT, "THE BLIND SIDE," AND DISNEY AND PIXAR'S "UP" -- WHICH WAS ALSO NOMINATED FOR BEST ANIMATED FILM. OTHER BEST PICTURES NOMINEES INCLUDE QUENTIN TARANTINO'S "INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS" -- WHICH PICKED UP EIGHT TOTAL NOMINATIONS, AND "PRECIOUS," WHICH PICKED UP SIX. NOMINEES FOR BEST ACTOR INCLUDE GOLDEN-GLOBE WINNER JEFF BRIDGES, FOR "CRAZY HEART," GEORGE CLOONEY FOR "UP IN THE AIR," AND MORGAN FREEMAN FOR "INVICTUS." MERYL STREEP GOT THE NOD FOR "JULIE AND JULIA," HER RECORD SIXTEENTH OSCAR NOMINATION. SHE FACES FIRST-TIME NOMINEE SANDRA BULLOCK, OF "THE BLIND SIDE" AND OSCAR-WINNER HELEN MIREN OF "THE LAST STATION." NOMINEES IN THE SUPPORTING ACTOR CATEGORIES INCLUDE GOLDEN GLOBE WINNERS MO'NIQUE, FOR "PRECIOUS," AND CHRISTOPH WALTZ FOR "INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS." THE 82ND ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS WILL BE HANDED OUT MARCH 7TH. REPORTING FROM ATLANTA, I'M CHERYL CASTRO.
Return to Story IndexRAZZIES AWARDS
MILEY CYRUS PICKED UP A NOD FOR WORST ACTRESS FOR HER SHOW "HANNAH MONTANA" AND BEYONCE ALSO DID FOR HER ROLE IN "OBSESSED." THE AWARD HONORS THE WORST ACTING PERFORMANCES OF THE YEAR. MADONNA AND MARIAH CAREY WERE CHOOSEN FOR WORST ACTRESSES OF THE DECADE. MADONNA RECEIVED THE NOD FOR "SWEPT AWAY" AND MARIAH CAREY FOR "GLITTER." RAZZIES ARE GIVEN OUT ON MARCH SIXTH.. THAT'S THE DAY BEFORE THE OSCARS.
Return to Story IndexWE ARE THE WORLD
THE NEW NAME IS *WE ARE THE WORLD, TWENTY-FIVE FOR HAITI.* IT'S BEEN TRANSFORMED TO HAVE A HIP-HOP, POP TWIST. PRODUCER LIONEL RICHIE -- SAYS THE SONG IS POWERFUL. RICHIE says "..And this one right here. i must tell you the enthusiasm, what we just witness in there i must tell you i never witness anything like it, again it's the new generation doIng it." PROCEEDS FROM THE NEW SONG WILL INITIALLY GO TO THE NEWLY FORMED CHARITY *WE ARE THE WORLD FOUNDATION L-L-C* AND THEN BE DISTRIBUTED TO HAITI... THE ORIGINAL WAS WRITTEN BY RICHIE AND MICHAEL JACKSON.
Return to Story IndexTEASE 9/HISTORY
IT WAS ON THIS DAY IN......1995 SPACE SHUTTLE "DISCOVERY" BLASTED OFF, FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH A FEMALE IN THE PILOT SEAT.
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Return to Story IndexWELCOME
WELCOME TO EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING. IT'S WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 3RD. DOUG HARLOW JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS FORECAST.
Return to Story IndexBLACK HAWK SHUT DOWN
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER DARRAH WILCOX IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH MORE DETAILS. DARRAH? MONTHS OF FIGHTING THE KANAWHA COUNTY SMOKING BAN HAVE COME TO AN END FOR ONE LOCAL BAR. EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER ELIZABETH NOREIKA HAS MORE ON THE CLOSING OF THE BLACKHAWK SALOON. 25;58 'IT DID HAVE MY LICESNE IN IT BUT IT'S GONE NOW AS YOU CAN SEE." AN EMPTY FRAME...AND AN EMPTY BAR. 29:01 "I PRETTY MUCH DON'T KNOW WHAT I'N GOING TO DO IN THE MORNING" BLACK HAWK SALOON OWNER KERRY ELLISON ISN'T SURE OF HIS NEXT MOVE. THE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL ADMINISTRATION SUSPENDED HIS LICENSE. 26:05 "RIGHT NOW I'M PRETTY MUICH AT THE MERCY OF THE COMISSION." WHILE HIS BUSINESS IS IN LIMBO....ELLISON SAYS HE'S HAD A GOOD RUN. SINCE THE KANAWHA COUNTY SMOKING BAN TOOK AFFECT IN 2008, ELLISON HAS OPENLY DEFIED IT. EVEN HOLDING SMOKING NIGHTS AT HIS BAR...ENCOURAGING PATRONS TO LIGHT UP. FROM SMOKING NIGHTS TO CITATIONS....ELLISON MAY HAVE ALLOWED HIS BUSINESS TO GO UP IN SMOKE. G 44:09 "WE VIEW IT AS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE AND IT IS ALLOWING CRIMINAL ACITIVY TO OCCUR." G 43:47 'THE WEST VIRGINIA ABCA SUSPENDED THE LICENSE TO BLACK HAWK AS A RESULT OF AN UNDERVOCER OPERATION OCCURING THIS PAST FIRDAY." G 43:53 "IT WAS FOUND THAT NOT ONLY PATRONS BUT EMPLOYEES WERE SMOKING IN THE PROPERTY." SINCE THE ABCA DIDNT' REVOKE ELLISON'S LICENSE..HE COULD STILL GET IT BACK...BUT IF NOT.... 29:42 "I MAY HAVE TO REINVENT MYSELF...I MAY NOT...I MAY STILLBE ABLE TO BE ME....JUST IN A MORE SUBSUDE WAY.' ELLISON WILL FIND OUT SOMETIME THIS WEEK WHETHER OR NOT HE'LL GET HIS LICENSE BACK. REPORTING LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM... DARRAH WILCOX... EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexBOONE COAL TRUCK
IT REOPENED AROUND 1:30 THIS MORNING. EMERGENCY CREWS CLEANED UP ABOUT 200 GALLONS OF DIESEL THAT LEAKED ONTO THE ROAD AFTER A COAL TRUCK TIPPED OVER INTO A PERSON'S YARD. THE DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH INJURIES THAT DO NOT APPEAR TO BE LIFE THREATENING.
Return to Story IndexBOONE CRASH
BOONE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY 27 YEAR OLD VICTORIA SHEPARD, FROM PRENTER, LOST CONTROL AND WENT OVER A HILL ON STATE ROUTE THREE IN FOSTER EARLY YESTERDAY/ SHE AND HER 18 MONTH OLD LITTLE GIRL WERE EVENTUALLY FOUND, AND FLOWN BY HELICOPTER TO C-A-M-C GENERAL.
Return to Story IndexST. ALBANS STABBING
IT HAPPENED MONDAY NIGHT JUST AFTER 6 P.M. ON CLAREMONT AVENUE IN ST. ALBANS. 22-YEAR OLD AMBER MORGAN TOLD POLICE THAT A BLACK MAN DRESSED ALL IN BLACK APROACHED HER AND ASKED HER FOR A CIGARETTE. MORGAN SAYS SHE FELT A PAIN IN HER STOMACH, LOST CONSCIOUSNESS, AND WHEN SHE WOKE UP SHE FOUND HER DEBIT CARD AND CASH WERE MISSING.. SHE WAS TAKEN TO THOMAS HOSPITAL... HER INJURIES ARE NOT LIFE THREATENING.
Return to Story IndexSO CHAR POLICE CHASE
TROOPERS PULLED OVER 28-YEAR OLD CLAUDE HEGLAR, JR AND HIS PASSENGER 37-YEAR-OLD ERIC SEALEY...BOTH OF DAYTON . POLICE WERE PULLING HEGLAR OVER FOR AN OBSTRUCTED LICENSE PLATE WHEN HE DECIDED TO BOLT AND ENDED UP HITTING A PARKED TRUCK ALONG RIVERSIDE DRIVE. A MAN WHO LIVES NEARBY AND WITNESSED THE CRASH SAY HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. HEGLAR WAS ARRESTED AND FACES MULTIPLE CHARGES INCLUDING OBSTRUCTING AN OFFICER AND RECKLESS DRIVING. BOTH HEGLAR AND SEALY ARE CHARGED WITH SIMPLE POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA.
Return to Story IndexTOYOTA COSTS
EACH DEALER WILL GET UP TO 75 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO COVER THE COSTS TO FIX THE RECALLED VEHICLES. THE AMOUNT DEPENDS ON THE NUMBER OF CARS IT SOLD LAST YEAR. IN A LETTER FROM TOYOTA VICE PRESIDENT BOB CARTER TO TOYOTA DEALERS...HE SAYS "YOU WILL RECIEVE A CHECK FROM US...NO STRINGS ATTACHED...WITH A SIMPLE REQUEST...'DO THE RIGHT THING ON BEHALF OF TOYOTA CUSTOMERS." - END QUOTE. THE COMPANY HAS RECALLED MILLIONS OF CARS AND HALTED PRODUCTION OF EIGHT MODELS BECAUSE OF THE STICKY GAS PEDAL.
Return to Story IndexGOVERNOR SERVICE AWARD
THE GOVERNOR'S SERVICE AWARDS HONORS THOSE WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEIR TIME TO THIER COMMUNITIES... NOMINATIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE VOLUNTEER WEST VIRGINIA WEBSITE OR BY CALLING THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN... ENTRIES MUST BE IN BY MARCH 21ST...AND WINNERS BE HONORED DURING THE FACES OF LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE IN JULY.
Return to Story IndexTEXTING BILL
A NEW BILL WAS INTRODUCED YESTERDAY AT THE CAPITOL MAKING TEXTING A FIRST OFFENSE WHILE USING A CELL PHONE WOULD BE SECONDARY. IN THIS MEASURE...NO POINTS WOULD BE ADDED TO DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR THOSE WHO ARE CAUGHT. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO BEEN LOOKING AT A BILL TO BAN CELL PHONE USE WHILE DRIVING ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
Return to Story IndexDMV FEES
DMV COMMISSION WANTS LAWMAKERS TO APPROVE AN ALMOST 61 MILLION DOLLAR A YEAR FEE INCREASE. HE SAYS IT WILL HELP THE ROAD FUND. THE INCREASES WILL AFFECT VARIOUS REGISTRATIONS, LICENSING AND OTHER SERVICES. MOST OF THE FEES HAVE NOT CHANGED SINCE THE 1970'S
Return to Story IndexWV TOLL ROADS
GOVERNOR JOE MANCHIN WANTS TO PASS LEGISLATION TO ALLOW THE WEST VIRGINIA PARKWAYS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM AUTHORITY TO SELL BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS... THE AGENCY COULD THEN CHARGE TOLLS TO PAY OFF THOSE BONDS. MANCHIN'S PROPOSAL WOULD ALSO LIMIT THE AUTHORITY TO DEAL WITH JUST ROADS.
Return to Story IndexMONSTER JAM
BUT BEFORE THAT...THIS THURSDAY ONE SPECIAL VEHICLE WILL BE ROLLING INTO THE TOWN CENTER MALL. IF YOU BRING A DONATION FOR THE KANAWHA CHARLESTON HUMANE ASSOCIATION YOU CAN HAVE YOUR PICTURE TAKEN FOR FREE WITH THE MONSTER MUTT DALMATION... IT LOOKS JUST LIKE IT SOUNDS... WHITE WITH BLACK SPOTS. PICTURE PEOPLE WILL TAKE PHOTOS AND WILL PROVIDE ONE FREE 8 BY 10 TO EACH FURRY GUEST. SHELTER DONATIONS NEEDED INCLUDE DRY CAT FOOD AND DOG FOOD... CLEANING SUPPLIES, BLEACH, PAPER TOWELS, CAT LITTER AND USED TOWELS AND SHEETS. PICTURES WITH THE MONSTER MUTT DALMATION WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW OUTSIDE MACYS FROM 12 TO 2 PM.
Return to Story IndexTEASE 10/UP CAMERA
PLUS, DOUG HARLOW IS WORKING ON YOUR FORECAST. HE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING RETURNS.
Return to Story IndexFULL WEATHER
Join Doug Harlow 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 IndexTEASE 11/LUNCHES
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IT WAS A MATCHUP OF RIVALS... AND TOP FIVE RATED TEAMS... JOSH LEWIS JOINS US WITH HI-LITES FROM SOUTH CHARLESTON-GW....
Return to Story IndexTEASE 13/BIRTHDAYS
BUT FIRST, HERE'S SOME BIRTHDAY WISHES WE WANT TO PASS ALONG THIS MORNING.
Return to Story IndexTEASE 14/EVENTS
Return to Story IndexBANANA CAR
(NATS) INSIDE THIS COOPERSBURG LEHIGH COUNTY GARAGE, STEVE BRAITHWAITE CREATES A VEHICLE UNLIKE ANY OTHERS ON THE ROAD. "This is the first time I have ever tackled anything as peculiar as this." THIS IS A BANANA CAR. WHEN IT'S FINISHED THIS SPRING, BRAITHWAITE SAYS IT WILL LOOK EXACTLY LIKE THE LONG YELLOW FRUIT. A RECENT MOTORCYCLE RIDE THROUGH INDIA INSPIRED HIM TO DO SOMETHING BIG. A BANANA IN A BOWL OF FRUIT ACTUALLY SERVED AS THE MUSE FOR THIS CREATION. "I was looking at these and I picked one up and I'm examining it from every angle and I'm thinking this would make a perfect vehicle." USING A PICKUP TRUCK AS A BASE, BRAITHWAITE STARTED TO SHAPE THE BANANA CAR. "So how exactly did Stephen get a pickup truck to look like a piece of fruit? He says he used an actual banana when designing the car." "Sliced it, drew around each one of those slices, blew them up and traced them onto hardboard, which we then cut out with a jigsaw, and fitted them to the pickup truck frame." THE DRIVER AND THREE PASSENGERS WILL RIDE LIKE BOBSLEDDERS. "The challenge is definitely going to be getting out of this thing." BRAITHWAITE SAYS ONCE THE BANANA CAR PEELS OUT OF THIS GARAGE-- HOPEFULLY THIS JUNE-- HE AND HIS BROTHER WILL DRIVE IT AROUND THE WORLD. "What do you think people are going to say when they're driving next to you and they see this giant banana?" "They're either going to laugh and think it's a bit of fun, or think I'm the stupidest person in the world. Either way is fine with me."
Return to Story IndexMONSTER JAM
BUT BEFORE THAT...THIS THURSDAY ONE SPECIAL VEHICLE WILL BE ROLLING INTO THE TOWN CENTER MALL. IF YOU BRING A DONATION FOR THE KANAWHA CHARLESTON HUMANE ASSOCIATION YOU CAN HAVE YOUR PICTURE TAKEN FOR FREE WITH THE MONSTER MUTT DALMATION... IT LOOKS JUST LIKE IT SOUNDS... WHITE WITH BLACK SPOTS. PICTURE PEOPLE WILL TAKE PHOTOS AND WILL PROVIDE ONE FREE 8 BY 10 TO EACH FURRY GUEST. SHELTER DONATIONS NEEDED INCLUDE DRY CAT FOOD AND DOG FOOD... CLEANING SUPPLIES, BLEACH, PAPER TOWELS, CAT LITTER AND USED TOWELS AND SHEETS. PICTURES WITH THE MONSTER MUTT DALMATION WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW OUTSIDE MACYS FROM 12 TO 2 PM.
Return to Story IndexEYEWITNESS WEB
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WELCOME TO EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING. AND, I'M PATRICK McMURTRY. IT'S WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 3RD. DOUG HARLOW JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS FORECAST.
Return to Story IndexBLACK HAWK SHUT DOWN
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER DARRAH WILCOX IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH MORE DETAILS. DARRAH? MONTHS OF FIGHTING THE KANAWHA COUNTY SMOKING BAN HAVE COME TO AN END FOR ONE LOCAL BAR. EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER ELIZABETH NOREIKA HAS MORE ON THE CLOSING OF THE BLACKHAWK SALOON. 25;58 'IT DID HAVE MY LICESNE IN IT BUT IT'S GONE NOW AS YOU CAN SEE." AN EMPTY FRAME...AND AN EMPTY BAR. 29:01 "I PRETTY MUCH DON'T KNOW WHAT I'N GOING TO DO IN THE MORNING" BLACK HAWK SALOON OWNER KERRY ELLISON ISN'T SURE OF HIS NEXT MOVE. THE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL ADMINISTRATION SUSPENDED HIS LICENSE. 26:05 "RIGHT NOW I'M PRETTY MUICH AT THE MERCY OF THE COMISSION." WHILE HIS BUSINESS IS IN LIMBO....ELLISON SAYS HE'S HAD A GOOD RUN. SINCE THE KANAWHA COUNTY SMOKING BAN TOOK AFFECT IN 2008, ELLISON HAS OPENLY DEFIED IT. EVEN HOLDING SMOKING NIGHTS AT HIS BAR...ENCOURAGING PATRONS TO LIGHT UP. FROM SMOKING NIGHTS TO CITATIONS....ELLISON MAY HAVE ALLOWED HIS BUSINESS TO GO UP IN SMOKE. G 44:09 "WE VIEW IT AS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE AND IT IS ALLOWING CRIMINAL ACITIVY TO OCCUR." G 43:47 'THE WEST VIRGINIA ABCA SUSPENDED THE LICENSE TO BLACK HAWK AS A RESULT OF AN UNDERVOCER OPERATION OCCURING THIS PAST FIRDAY." G 43:53 "IT WAS FOUND THAT NOT ONLY PATRONS BUT EMPLOYEES WERE SMOKING IN THE PROPERTY." SINCE THE ABCA DIDNT' REVOKE ELLISON'S LICENSE..HE COULD STILL GET IT BACK...BUT IF NOT.... 29:42 "I MAY HAVE TO REINVENT MYSELF...I MAY NOT...I MAY STILLBE ABLE TO BE ME....JUST IN A MORE SUBSUDE WAY.' ELLISON WILL FIND OUT SOMETIME THIS WEEK WHETHER OR NOT HE'LL GET HIS LICENSE BACK. REPORTING LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM... DARRAH WILCOX... EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexBOONE COAL TRUCK
IT REOPENED AROUND 1:30 THIS MORNING. EMERGENCY CREWS CLEANED UP ABOUT 200 GALLONS OF DIESEL THAT LEAKED ONTO THE ROAD AFTER A COAL TRUCK TIPPED OVER INTO A PERSON'S YARD. THE DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH INJURIES THAT DO NOT APPEAR TO BE LIFE THREATENING.
Return to Story IndexBOONE CRASH
BOONE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY 27 YEAR OLD VICTORIA SHEPARD, FROM PRENTER, LOST CONTROL AND WENT OVER A HILL ON STATE ROUTE THREE IN FOSTER EARLY YESTERDAY/ SHE AND HER 18 MONTH OLD LITTLE GIRL WERE EVENTUALLY FOUND, AND FLOWN BY HELICOPTER TO C-A-M-C GENERAL.
Return to Story IndexST. ALBANS STABBING
IT HAPPENED MONDAY NIGHT JUST AFTER 6 P.M. ON CLAREMONT AVENUE IN ST. ALBANS. 22-YEAR OLD AMBER MORGAN TOLD POLICE THAT A BLACK MAN DRESSED ALL IN BLACK APROACHED HER AND ASKED HER FOR A CIGARETTE. MORGAN SAYS SHE FELT A PAIN IN HER STOMACH, LOST CONSCIOUSNESS, AND WHEN SHE WOKE UP SHE FOUND HER DEBIT CARD AND CASH WERE MISSING.. SHE WAS TAKEN TO THOMAS HOSPITAL... HER INJURIES ARE NOT LIFE THREATENING.
Return to Story IndexSO CHAR POLICE CHASE
TROOPERS PULLED OVER 28-YEAR OLD CLAUDE HEGLAR, JR AND HIS PASSENGER 37-YEAR-OLD ERIC SEALEY...BOTH OF DAYTON . POLICE WERE PULLING HEGLAR OVER FOR AN OBSTRUCTED LICENSE PLATE WHEN HE DECIDED TO BOLT AND ENDED UP HITTING A PARKED TRUCK ALONG RIVERSIDE DRIVE. A MAN WHO LIVES NEARBY AND WITNESSED THE CRASH SAY HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. HEGLAR WAS ARRESTED AND FACES MULTIPLE CHARGES INCLUDING OBSTRUCTING AN OFFICER AND RECKLESS DRIVING. BOTH HEGLAR AND SEALY ARE CHARGED WITH SIMPLE POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA.
Return to Story IndexTOYOTA COSTS
EACH DEALER WILL GET UP TO 75 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO COVER THE COSTS TO FIX THE RECALLED VEHICLES. THE AMOUNT DEPENDS ON THE NUMBER OF CARS IT SOLD LAST YEAR. IN A LETTER FROM TOYOTA VICE PRESIDENT BOB CARTER TO TOYOTA DEALERS...HE SAYS "YOU WILL RECIEVE A CHECK FROM US...NO STRINGS ATTACHED...WITH A SIMPLE REQUEST...'DO THE RIGHT THING ON BEHALF OF TOYOTA CUSTOMERS." - END QUOTE. THE COMPANY HAS RECALLED MILLIONS OF CARS AND HALTED PRODUCTION OF EIGHT MODELS BECAUSE OF THE STICKY GAS PEDAL.
Return to Story IndexGOVERNOR SERVICE AWARD
THE GOVERNOR'S SERVICE AWARDS HONORS THOSE WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEIR TIME TO THIER COMMUNITIES... NOMINATIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE VOLUNTEER WEST VIRGINIA WEBSITE OR BY CALLING THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN... ENTRIES MUST BE IN BY MARCH 21ST...AND WINNERS BE HONORED DURING THE FACES OF LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE IN JULY.
Return to Story IndexTEXTING BILL
A NEW BILL WAS INTRODUCED YESTERDAY AT THE CAPITOL MAKING TEXTING A FIRST OFFENSE WHILE USING A CELL PHONE WOULD BE SECONDARY. IN THIS MEASURE...NO POINTS WOULD BE ADDED TO DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR THOSE WHO ARE CAUGHT. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO BEEN LOOKING AT A BILL TO BAN CELL PHONE USE WHILE DRIVING ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
Return to Story IndexDMV FEES
DMV COMMISSION WANTS LAWMAKERS TO APPROVE AN ALMOST 61 MILLION DOLLAR A YEAR FEE INCREASE. HE SAYS IT WILL HELP THE ROAD FUND. THE INCREASES WILL AFFECT VARIOUS REGISTRATIONS, LICENSING AND OTHER SERVICES. MOST OF THE FEES HAVE NOT CHANGED SINCE THE 1970'S
Return to Story IndexWV TOLL ROADS
GOVERNOR JOE MANCHIN WANTS TO PASS LEGISLATION TO ALLOW THE WEST VIRGINIA PARKWAYS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM AUTHORITY TO SELL BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS... THE AGENCY COULD THEN CHARGE TOLLS TO PAY OFF THOSE BONDS. MANCHIN'S PROPOSAL WOULD ALSO LIMIT THE AUTHORITY TO DEAL WITH JUST ROADS.
Return to Story IndexMONSTER JAM
BUT BEFORE THAT...THIS THURSDAY ONE SPECIAL VEHICLE WILL BE ROLLING INTO THE TOWN CENTER MALL. IF YOU BRING A DONATION FOR THE KANAWHA CHARLESTON HUMANE ASSOCIATION YOU CAN HAVE YOUR PICTURE TAKEN FOR FREE WITH THE MONSTER MUTT DALMATION... IT LOOKS JUST LIKE IT SOUNDS... WHITE WITH BLACK SPOTS. PICTURE PEOPLE WILL TAKE PHOTOS AND WILL PROVIDE ONE FREE 8 BY 10 TO EACH FURRY GUEST. SHELTER DONATIONS NEEDED INCLUDE DRY CAT FOOD AND DOG FOOD... CLEANING SUPPLIES, BLEACH, PAPER TOWELS, CAT LITTER AND USED TOWELS AND SHEETS. PICTURES WITH THE MONSTER MUTT DALMATION WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW OUTSIDE MACYS FROM 12 TO 2 PM.
Return to Story IndexTEASE 16/UP CAMERA
IT'S FROM GAIL STAATS. AND METEOROLOGIST DOUG HARLOW IS WORKING ON YOUR FORECAST. HE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING RETURNS.
Return to Story IndexFULL WEATHER
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Return to Story IndexSNAP SHOTS
IT'S FROM GAIL STAATS. IT'S A PICTURE OF GARRETH DURST AND LEVI STAATS HAVING FUN IN THE SNOW. GAIL, THANKS FOR SENDING US YOUR PHOTOGRAPH. GET YOUR CAMERAS OUT IF YOU WANT TO SEND US ONE OF YOUR SNAP SHOTS.
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Return to Story IndexTEASE 17/LUNCHES
HERE'S A LOOK AT TODAY'S SCHOOL LUNCH MENUS.
Return to Story IndexTERROR WED
The conclusion by the nation's intelligence chiefs -- that Al Qaeda is likely to launch an attack on the U.S. within the next six months -- is as chilling as it is blunt. (SOT/SEN. FEINSTEIN) "What is the likelihood of another attempted terrorist attack on the US homeland in the next 3-6 months? (SOT/DENNIS BLAIR, DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE) "An attempted attack. The priority is certain I would say." (Sen. F.) "Mr. Panetta?" (SOT LEON PANETTA, CIA DIRECTOR) "I would agree with that." (Sen. F.) "Mr. Mueller?" (SOT ROBERT MUELLER, FBI DIRECTOR) "Agreed." What is being done to thwart these plans is just one of the questions lawmakers will likely ask later this morning, when top Intelligence and Defense leaders testify at more hearings. Yesterday, the heads of the CIA, the FBI, and National Defense said Al Qaeda has deployed smaller groups with little history and simpler methods of attack. The CIA chief said trying to stay ahead of the terrorists before they act keeps him up at night. SOT Leon Panetta, CIA DIRECTOR "The biggest threat is not so much that we face another attack similar to 9/ 11. I think the greater threat is that al Qaeda is adapting their methods in ways that oftentimes make it difficult to detect." ABC News has learned some of the intelligence has come from the accused Christmas Day bomber. In the past week, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab has provided interrogators with, quote, "useful and actionable intelligence." This comes after the FBI secretly flew family members from Nigeria to the U.S. to convince him to cooperate. (STANDUP TAG) This revelation is welcomed by the Obama Administration that was sharply criticized for reading the suspected Christmas Day bomber his Miranda rights soon after his arrest. Viviana Hurtado, ABC News, Washington.
Return to Story IndexBLACKHAWK SHUT DOWN
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER DARRAH WILCOX IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH MORE DETAILS. DARRAH? MONTHS OF FIGHTING THE KANAWHA COUNTY SMOKING BAN HAVE COME TO AN END FOR ONE LOCAL BAR. THE BLACKHAWK SALOON WAS RECENTLY CAUGHT ALLOWING SMOKING AGAIN DURING AN UNDERCOVER STING. THE STATE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL ADMINISTRATION HAD THREATENED TO PULL KERRY ELLISON'S LICENSE IF ANOTHER PERSON WAS CAUGHT SMOKING AT THE BAR. this has been an ongoing investigation.... we can not allow this kind of behavior to occur ELLISON SHOULD KNOW BY THE END OF THE WEEK WHETHER OR NOT HE'LL GET HIS LICENSE BACK. REPORTING LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM... DARRAH WILCOX... EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexTOYOTA COSTS
EACH DEALER WILL GET UP TO 75 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO COVER THE COSTS TO FIX THE RECALLED VEHICLES. THE AMOUNT DEPENDS ON THE NUMBER OF CARS IT SOLD LAST YEAR. IN A LETTER FROM TOYOTA VICE PRESIDENT BOB CARTER TO TOYOTA DEALERS...HE SAYS "YOU WILL RECIEVE A CHECK FROM US...NO STRINGS ATTACHED...WITH A SIMPLE REQUEST...'DO THE RIGHT THING ON BEHALF OF TOYOTA CUSTOMERS." - END QUOTE. THE COMPANY HAS RECALLED MILLIONS OF CARS AND HALTED PRODUCTION OF EIGHT MODELS BECAUSE OF THE STICKY GAS PEDAL.
Return to Story IndexWV TOLL ROADS
GOVERNOR JOE MANCHIN WANTS TO PASS LEGISLATION TO ALLOW THE WEST VIRGINIA PARKWAYS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM AUTHORITY TO SELL BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS... THE AGENCY COULD THEN CHARGE TOLLS TO PAY OFF THOSE BONDS. MANCHIN'S PROPOSAL WOULD ALSO LIMIT THE AUTHORITY TO DEAL WITH JUST ROADS.
Return to Story IndexMONSTER JAM
BUT BEFORE THAT...THIS THURSDAY ONE SPECIAL VEHICLE WILL BE ROLLING INTO THE TOWN CENTER MALL. IF YOU BRING A DONATION FOR THE KANAWHA CHARLESTON HUMANE ASSOCIATION YOU CAN HAVE YOUR PICTURE TAKEN FOR FREE WITH THE MONSTER MUTT DALMATION... IT LOOKS JUST LIKE IT SOUNDS... WHITE WITH BLACK SPOTS. PICTURE PEOPLE WILL TAKE PHOTOS AND WILL PROVIDE ONE FREE 8 BY 10 TO EACH FURRY GUEST. SHELTER DONATIONS NEEDED INCLUDE DRY CAT FOOD AND DOG FOOD... CLEANING SUPPLIES, BLEACH, PAPER TOWELS, CAT LITTER AND USED TOWELS AND SHEETS. PICTURES WITH THE MONSTER MUTT DALMATION WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW OUTSIDE MACYS FROM 12 TO 2 PM.
Return to Story IndexTEASE 18/BIRTHDAYS
BUT FIRST, HERE'S SOME BIRTHDAY WISHES WE WANT TO PAST ALONG THIS MORNING.
Return to Story IndexDAY FORECAST
DOUG, ???? DOUG PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS
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