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Friday, June 7, 2013. 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.
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AND I'M PATRICK MCMURTRY. WELCOME TO FOX 11'S EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING . IT'S (DATE & TIME)
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EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER KATELYN SYKES IS JUST BACK FROM THE SCENE... SHE'S LIVE IN THE STUDIO WITH THE LATEST.
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IT HAPPENED AROUND 3-15 NEAR MILEMARKER 96. SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES SAID THE DRIVER OF A FRITO LAY DELIVERY TRUCK REAR-ENDED A CHEVY CALALIER. THAT'S WHEN ANOTHER DRIVER, WHO DIDN'T SEE THE CRASH, ALSO ENDED UP SMASHING INTO THE CAVALIER. TWO PEOPLE INSIDE THE CAVALIER -- AND THE DRIVER OF THE THIRD CAR WERE ALL TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. DEPUTIES DON'T BELIEVE THEIR INJURIES ARE SERIOUS. THE DRIVER OF THE DELIVERY TRUCK WASN'T HURT -- AND DEPUTIES DON'T THINK THEY'LL FILE ANY CHARGES AGAINST HIM. THEY SAID THEY'RE NOT SURE WHAT CAUSED HIM TO CRASH INTO THE CAVALIER IN THE FIRST PLACE. THIS CRASH SHUT DOWN I-77 FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR THIS MORNING -- AND BECAUSE OF THAT -- TRAFFIC WAS BACKED UP FOR MILES. THINGS SHOULD BE GETTING BACK TO NORMAL AT THIS HOUR. REPORTING IN THE STUDIO, KATELYN SYKES, EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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IT HAPPENED DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND ENDED UP SHUTTING DOWN LANES IN BOTH DIRECTIONS OF I-64 ON THE BRIDGE NEAR THE NITRO EXIT... AT LEAST 38 VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED AND 28 PEOPLE WERE HURT. HUNDREDS MORE WERE CAUGHT IN THE TRAFFIC JAMS THAT LASTED HOURS. THOSE IN THE CRASH SAY IT WAS A CHAIN REACTION. EMERGENCY WORKERS SAY SOME OF THE INJURIES WERE LIFE THREATENING. WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THAT THROUGH THE DAY.
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PEOPLE INSIDE WERE EVACUATED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON BECAUSE OF A GAS LEAK. CONSTRUCTION CREWS HIT A GAS LINE BEHIND THE OLD FASHION BUG BESIDE WALMART. THE SUPERSTORE WAS EVACUATED AS A PRECAUTION. THAT CAUSED HUGE BACKUPS ON CORRIDOR G. THE STORE WAS RE-OPENED AN HOUR AND A HALF LATER, AFTER RECEIVING THE ALL CLEAR FROM THE GAS COMPANY.
Return to Story IndexPIPELINE UPDATE
THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD DOCUMENT CONTAINS INTERVIEWS, PHOTOS AND FACTS COLLECTED DURING THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION. THE FINAL CONCLUSION OR ANY DETERMINATION OF FAULT WILL COME LATER. A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION FOUND CORRODED AND OLD PIPES.
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STEVEN RANDOLPH WAS ARRAIGNED ON MURDER CHARGES LAST NIGHT. DEPUTIES SAY HE BEAT 28-YEAR-OLD DAVID LEMONS TO DEATH INSIDE HIS DARLINGTON LANE TRAILER ON MAY 20TH. A FRIEND CALLED 9-1-1 AFTER SEEING THE BODY THROUGH A WINDOW OF THE TRAILER. DEPUTIES SAY LEMONS WAS KNOWN TO SELL HEROIN AND KEEP LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY ON HIM.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER LESLIE RUBIN EXPLAINS WHAT HAPPENED. A QUIET THURSDAY AFTERNOON WATCHING TV WITH HIS WIFE TOOK A FRIGHTENING TURN FOR WILBER WALKER. "He said help, call the ambulance...I've been shot." THE MAN HAD BEEN SHOT IN THE BACK AND THE FACE AND LIE BLEEDING ON WALKER'S FLOOR. POLICE IDENTIFIED HIM AS 22-YEAR-OLD OLLIE NICHOLSON FROM DETROIT... POLICE SAY 22-YEAR-OLD STEVEN THOMPSON OF CHARLESTON SHOT NICHOLSON IN THE DOORWAY OF A VACANT HOUSE ON RED OAK STREET BEFORE THE VICTIM BUSTED THROUGH THE DOOR OF WALKER'S CLAY AVENUE HOME. THOMPSON IS WANTED FOR MALICIOUS WOUNDING AND POLICE SAY OTHERS COULD BE INVOLVED. "If it's not in the street it's in your house." A BROAD DAYLIGHT SHOOTING IN AN AREA NEIGHBORS SAY HAS TAKEN A TURN FOR THE WORST... POLICE TRACKED FOOTPRINTS LEFT BEHIND IN THE MUD...AN PIECED TOGETHER EVIDENCE MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON...AS NEIGHBORS ARE LEFT HOPING THE CRIME STAYS OUT OF THEIR FRONT YARDS...AND DOESNT COME BARGING THRUOGH THEIR FRONT DOORS. IF YOU KNOW WHERE POLICE CAN FIND STEVEN THOMPSON, OR HAVE ANY OTHER INFORMATION...YOU'RE ASKED TO CALL POLICE.
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THE GOVERNMENT IS TRACKING YOU ON-LINE TOO. THIS MORNING, WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT UNCLE SAM KEEPING AN EYE AND AN EAR ON ALL AMERICANS. IS HOMELAND SECURITY WORTH YOUR LOSS OF PRIVACY? DEVIN DWYER HAS THE LATEST. OBAMA ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS SAY ALL OF THIS IS LEGAL -- APPROVED BY A SPECIAL INTELLIGENCE COURT. THEY ALSO SAY THERE ARE "EXTENSIVE SAFEGUARDS" IN PLACE. AS FOR THE INTERNET COMPANIES INVOLVED -- FIVE OF THEM FLATLY DENY ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRISM PROGRAM.
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HE WILL BE HERE EVERY FRIDAY. YOU CAN ALSO REACH JOHN AT HIS OFFICE... 334 4TH AVE. SOUTH CHARLESTON WE'LL BE BACK WITH A CHECK OF YOUR MORNING FORECAST AND MORNING COMMUTE.
Return to Story IndexINTRO CREEKSIDE RESORT IT'S A WELL KEPT SECRET OF TWO HUNDRED ACRES OF NATURAL BEAUTY AND PEACE. PHOTOJOURNALIST BRAD RICE TAKES US TO CREEKSIDE RESORT IN MONROE COUNTY, IN TODAY'S TRAVELING WEST VIRGINIA.
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Return to Story IndexHELLO
AND I'M PATRICK MCMURTRY. WELCOME TO FOX 11'S EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING . IT'S (DATE & TIME)
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EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER KATELYN SYKES IS JUST BACK FROM THE SCENE... SHE'S LIVE IN THE STUDIO WITH THE LATEST.
Return to Story IndexM 77 ACCIDENT
IT HAPPENED AROUND 3-15 NEAR MILEMARKER 96. SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES SAID THE DRIVER OF A FRITO LAY DELIVERY TRUCK REAR-ENDED A CHEVY CALALIER. THAT'S WHEN ANOTHER DRIVER, WHO DIDN'T SEE THE CRASH, ALSO ENDED UP SMASHING INTO THE CAVALIER. TWO PEOPLE INSIDE THE CAVALIER -- AND THE DRIVER OF THE THIRD CAR WERE ALL TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. DEPUTIES DON'T BELIEVE THEIR INJURIES ARE SERIOUS. THE DRIVER OF THE DELIVERY TRUCK WASN'T HURT -- AND DEPUTIES DON'T THINK THEY'LL FILE ANY CHARGES AGAINST HIM. THEY SAID THEY'RE NOT SURE WHAT CAUSED HIM TO CRASH INTO THE CAVALIER IN THE FIRST PLACE. THIS CRASH SHUT DOWN I-77 FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR THIS MORNING -- AND BECAUSE OF THAT -- TRAFFIC WAS BACKED UP FOR MILES. THINGS SHOULD BE GETTING BACK TO NORMAL AT THIS HOUR. REPORTING IN THE STUDIO, KATELYN SYKES, EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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AS EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER BOB AARON SHOWS IT, IT WAS A CHAOTIC SCENE. NINE PEOPLE HAD TO BE CUT OUT OF THEIR CARS AFTER THAT CRASH. EMERGENCY WORKERS TOLD US SOME INJURIES WERE LIFE THREATENING.
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STUDENTS, WITH THEIR CAPS AND GOWNS IN HAND, WERE OUT ON INTERSTATE 64 WALKING THROUGH THE WRECKAGE. THE KANAWHA COUNTY AMBULANCE AUTHORITY EVEN SENT A BUS TO PICK SOME OF THEM UP. THE WINFIELD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE 45 MINUTES LATE TO THEIR GRADUATION CEREMONY. ONE SENIOR, WAS INVOLVED IN THAT MASSIVE CRASH. WE DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THE STUDENTS OR THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS ARE AMONG THE INJURED.
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NICHOLSON WAS ABLE TO LEAVE AND BUST THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR OF A HOME ON CLAY AVENUE SCREAMING THAT HE HAD BEEN SHOT. THE MAN AND WOMAN LIVING THERE SAY THEY CALLED 911. POLICE SAY OTHERS COULD BE INVOLVED, BUT RIGHT NOW THOMPSON IS THE ONLY ONE THEY HAVE A WARRANT FOR. NEIGHBORS WERE SHAKEN UP, ESPECIALLY THE COUPLE THAT OWNED THE HOME WHERE NICHOLSON COLLAPSED, BLEEDING ON THEIR FLOOR. "It's pretty bad up here anymore...it used to be nice. Here lately, just everything's happening." IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT STEVEN THOMPSON CALL POLICE.
Return to Story IndexMISSING LOGAN MAN THE LOGAN COUNTY SHERIFF NEEDS YOUR HELP TO LOCATE A MISSING MAN.
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HE'S BEEN MISSING FROM HIS HENLAWSON HOME SINCE TUESDAY. HE WAS LAST SEEN RIDING A RED HONDA A-T-V TOWARD MILL CREEK. IF YOU'VE SEEN JAMES MARCUM, CALL THE LOGAN COUNTY SHERIFF.
Return to Story IndexWILLIAMSON BODY ID
OFFICIALS CONFIRM IS WAS STEVEN DANIELS WHO WAS FOUND SATURDAY BY TWO MEN WHO WERE FISHING NEAR WILLIAMSON. HE HAD BEEN MISSING SINCE MAY 25. A CAUSE OF DEATH HASN'T BEEN RELEASED.
Return to Story IndexTROPICAL STORM
TODAY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EXPECTS IT TO SOAK WASHINGTON IN AS MUCH AS SIX INCHES OF RAIN. ANDREW SPENCER SHOWS US WHAT THE STORM LEFT BEHIND WHEN IT MADE LANDFALL IN FLORIDA. TOPPLED TREES... FLOODED ROADS... AND CHOPPY WATERS... THESE WERE TROPICAL STORM ANDREA'S PARTING GIFTS AS IT MOVED THROUGH FLORIDA. GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT URGED PEOPLE TO GET READY FOR MORE OF THESE KINDS OF STORMS. THOSE TRYING TO HEED THAT ADVICE HAD TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED STREETS.... THOSE WHO GOT INTO THE WATER...QUICKLY FOUND THEMSELVES TOSSED AROUND BY THE WIND AND WAVES. "When we went out there it wasn't nearly this bad. It was kinda not too windy and then as we started getting out there it kinda just hit us like a blast." THE FIRST TROPICAL STORM OF THE SEASON ALSO SPAWNED TWO TORNADOES. ONE HIT FERNANDINA BEACH. THIS WOMAN WAS THERE ON VACATION. SHE DESCRIBES THE MOMENT THE TORNADO HIT. SHE RODE OUT THE STORM IN A CLOSET. SHE SAYS IT'S HER FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH SUCH SEVERE WEATHER... I'd be alright if I don't experience that again, actually. I'M ANDREW SPENCER REPORTING. THE PROJECTED PATH OF THE STORM IS SIMILAR TO TROPICAL STORM DEBBY'S ALMOST A YEAR AGO. THAT STORM DUMPED UP TO TWO FEET OF RAIN IN THE SOUTHEAST CAUSING MAJOR FLOODING IN THAT REGION.
Return to Story IndexPOCA SHEETZ OPENING
SHEETZ IS NOW OPEN IN POCA. THIS IS THE THIRD STORE TO OPEN UP IN PUTNAM COUNTY AND MORE ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE KANAWHA VALLEY. SHEETZ IS KNOWN FOR ITS MADE TO ORDER FOOD.
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Return to Story IndexDRESS FOR SUCCESS ON A BUDGET
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER TAISHA WALKER SHOWS US HOW TO DRESS FOR SUCCESS WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK. MUSIC POP- MACKLEMORE AND RYAN- THRIFT SHOP NAT SOUND POP OF CLOTHING HANGERS SHOPPING FOR BUSINESS ATTIRE CAN BE EXPENSIVE. DALAYSHA GOINES (goynes) KNOWS LOOKING PROFESSIONAL FOR HER INTERNSHIP COMES WITH A HIGH PRICE ... ONE THE MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SOPHMORE CAN'T AFFORD. HER BUDGET ... TODAY'S GOAL ... TO FIND AN OUTFIT SUITABLE FOR HER INTERNSHIP AT LOCAL CONSIGNMENT SHOPS, UNDER 40 BUCKS, THE PRICE TAG? 33 DOLLARS. GOYNES LIKED IT EVEN MORE WHEN WE TOLD HER IT WAS 28 DOLLARS. SHE LOOKED THE PART WHILE RIPPING THE RUNWAY INSTEAD OF HER WALLET. MUSIC POP- MACKLEMORE AND RYAN- THRIFT SHOP AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHOP AT A CONSIGNMENT SHOP OR THIFT STORE TO GET A GOOD DEAL. ONE OF THE BEST SHOPPING TIPS OUT THERE IS TO BUY CLOTHING OUT OF SEASON. SO INSTEAD OF BUYING SPRING CLOTHES,WHICH WILL LIKELY BE FULL PRICED, SHOP FOR WINTER CLOTHES NOW BECAUSE YOU'LL GET THEM ON SALE. FOR MORE TIPS, VISIT OUR WEBSITE, WCHSTV DOT COM.
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IF WALKING ON THE CATWALK CAN BE DEFINED AS A "SPORT" THE 31ST MOUNTAINEER ATHLETIC CLUB FASHION SHOW FEATURED FORMER MOUNTAINEER PLAYERS AND EVEN OUR OWN KALLIE CART AND JOSH LEWIS. THE SHOW HELPED FUND ABOUT 500 ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS. THE THEME FOR LAST NIGHT'S EVENT WAS 'DIAMONDS IN THE SKY.' "all the people or most of them are all West Virginia graduates or children of West Virginia graduates. I've got five grand children in this, so we just keep bringing them up and its been very successful" SEVERAL STORES SHOWED OFF THEIR CLOTHING, INCLUDING GERANIUMS, CHARLIE, KELLEY'S MENS SHOP AND THE CHARLESTON DEPARTMENT STORE.
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ELIZABETH CORRIDAN HAS THE DAY'S ENTERTAINMENT HEADLINES IN THIS HOLLYWOOD MINUTE. JUSTIN BIEBER IS HEADED OUT OF THIS WORLD....SERIOUSLY! ACCORDING TO RICHARD BRANSON THE POPSTAR AND HIS MANAGER WILL TAKE A FUTURE FLIGHT WITH BRANSON'S VIRGIN GALACTIC. BRANSON TWEETED: Great to hear @justinbieber & @scooterbraun are latest @virgingalactic future astronauts. Congrats, see you up there! HE GAVE THE FUTURE ASTRONAUTS ANOTHER SHOUT OUT, TWEETING: @justinbieber @scooterbraun @virgingalactic music video in space? Now that's what I call music! THERE'S NO WORD ON WHEN BIEBER WILL SUIT UP AND TAKE OFF. ACADEMY AWARD WINNER JENNIFER LAWRENCE CONTINUES TO BUILD HER RESUME. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY REPORTS THE 22-YEAR-OLD WILL BOTH STAR IN AND PRODUCE HER UPCOMING MOVIE "THE RULES OF INHERITANCE." THE FILM IS BASED ON A BOOK CHRONICLING A TEEN'S COMING-OF AGE WHEN SHE LEARNS BOTH HER PARENTS HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER. AND--SWIM CHAMP TURNED HOLLYWOOD STAR ESTER WILLIAMS HAS DIED. DUBBED "AMERICA'S MERMAID" SHE BECAME FAMOUS DURING THE 1940S AND 50S APPEARING IN MOSTLY AQUATIC THEMED MOVIES. SHE CONTINUED SWIMMING PAST HER NINETIETH BIRTHDAY AND EVEN DESIGNED A LINE OF RETRO SWIMSUITS. ESTER WILLIAMS WAS 91 YEARS OLD FOR HOLLYWOOD MINUTE, I'M ELIZABETH CORRIDAN.
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HERE TO TELL US ABOUT IT IS OUR OLD FRIEND JIM STRAWN... AND LOLA SPENCER FROM THE BAND MOTHER'S NATURE.
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A MASSIVE CRASH ON I-64 SHUT DOWN BOTH SIDES OFTHE INTERSTATE FOR HOURS LAST NIGHT. IT HAPPENED ON THE BRIDGE NEAR THE NITRO EXIT. 38 VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED AND 28 PEOPLE WERE HURT. HUNDREDS WERE CAUGHT IN THE TRAFFIC JAMS. A GAS LEAK FORCED THE EVACUATION OF THE SOUTHRIDGE WAL MART YESTERDAY. CONSTRUCTION CREWS HIT A GAS LINE BEHIND THE OLD FASHION BUG BESIDE THE SUPERSTORE. THE EVACUATION CAUSED A MAJOR TRAFFIC JAM ON CORRIDOR G. FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS HAVE RELEASED MORE THAN 14-HUNDRED PAGES OF DOCUMENTS ABOUT LAST DECEMBER'S NATURAL GAS PIPELINE EXPLOSION IN SISSONVILLE. THE DOCUMENTS CONTAIN INTERVIEWS, PHOTOS AND FACTS COLLECTED DURING THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION ... BUT NO MENTION ABOUT A CAUSE.
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