MetroNews This Morning

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Weather is the top story overnight with floods in the south and tornadoes in the north--Today is also the 10th anniversary of the deadly 2016 flood in West Virginia--Another stretch of the Corridor H highway is now open--In Sports: Oklahoma knocks off Carolina for the College World Series crown 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --A plane crash in Wyoming County, but the only one on board walked away--Sports produce huge positive impact on WVU--The next stretch of Corridor H to be dedicated today--In Sports: The North claims the victory over the South in the North-South All Star Football Game 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Two employees of the Berkeley County tax office are charged with stealing millions over many years from the office--Remains found in Randolph County may be those of a missing man--Senator Capito talks about being the target of a terror plot to attack the White House UFC event--In Sports: WVU baseball is now back home from Omaha and reflecting on what a season it was 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Severe weather will be an issue today in West Virginia--West Virginia's Congressional delegation was specifically targeted in that UFC attack plan at the White House--A North Carolina man is in custody charged in a Kanawha County murder case--In Sports: WVU's run in the College World Series ends with a 12-7 loss to North Carolina 

Today on Metronews This Morning: --The Supreme Court could hear a couple of high profile cases later this year--The Freedom Caucus in the Legislature plans to look for legislation to block the MARL--The man accused of shooting to members of the West Virginia National Guard could now face the death penalty--In Sports: The Mountaineers send Troy home and now turn their attention to North Carolina 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Economic Development leader tells lawmakers West Virginia continues to be attractive to businesses--A murder is under investigation in Kanawha County--Lawmakers continue to examine the school aid formula--In Sports: WVU's season is on the line today when they play Troy in the CWS

Today on MetroNews This Morning:--A couple of costly errors put the Mountaineers into the losers bracket at the CWS in Omaha--Remembering deadly floods in West Virginia a year later--Appalachian Power ready to use federal money to defray the cost of needed upgrades at coal fired power plants--In Sports: Four communities are celebrating state baseball championships today after the state tournament concluded Saturday

Today on MetroNews This Morning:--It's gameday for the Mountaineers in Omaha--Capito worries a Trump appointment could derail efforts to renew FISA warrant process--Riley Moore can't say much about reports he could be in line to be the next U.S. Labor Secretary--In Sports:  The final semi-final matchups in the state HS baseball tournament are today in Huntington 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --The Mountaineer baseball team arrives in Omaha to begin their question in the College World Series. --Stormy weather could hit West Virginia again today--Marshall expands its Metro Tuition Rate Program--In sports, the semi-finals have arrived at the state high school baseball tournament 

Today on MetroNews This Morning:--The last two hearings on the MARL line are this week--Berkeley County wants to understand the financial breakdown on a proposed data center--A West Virginian in Omaha predicts loads of fun for Mountaineer fans making the trip to the CWS--In Sports: Some classics at the state high school baseball tournament 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Parole denied again for a notorious Morgantown killer--Two United Way groups in West Virginia team up ahead of the next natural disaster --An acid mine treatment facility has cleaned up a Monongalia County stream.--In Sports: the state baseball tournament is moving in Huntington and WVU now knows the schedule for the CWS in Omaha 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Scary moments on Randy's Ridge during the weekend Super Regional Baseball game--Teamsters Local 175 hold a community appreciation event as they continue a strike agaisnt The Beverage Market--Congress eyes legislation aimed at reining in the problems with today's college athletics--In Sports: The Mountaineers prepare for their first trip to Omaha in program history 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --President Trump announces a $700 Million investment in the nation's coal industry--PSC holds the first public hearing on the MARL transmission line --A man charged with a high profile murder in Parkersburg is back in West Virginia--In Sports: WVU and Cal-Poly play Game one of the NCAA Baseball Super Regional today in Morgantown

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --A Parkersburg fire truck flips on the way to a fire--Reports of improvement in schools now run by the state BOE--The first of four public hearings on the MARL Transmission Line tonight--In Sports: it's championship day at the state high school softball tournament 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Two large drug rings operating in West Virginia and Maryland are taken down--WVU Health Systems expands footprint into Western Pennsylvania--Mercer County Sheriff's Department reports progress in a fatal hit-and-run investigation--In Sports: Super Regional game times are announced and a day for pitchers at the state Softball Tourney

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --The Mountaineers walk-off Kentucky and secure a spot in the Super Regional in college baseball--State Reveneus for May were again ahead of estimates--Teamsters Local 175 claims guards roughed up a picketing worker--In Sports: Along with Mountaineer baseball, the state softball tourney resumes today 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Public hearings before the PSC on the MARL Transmission line get started this week--A scary incident leaves a West Virginia Turnpike toll collector with minor injuries--Those deep freeze temperatures on a couple of days in April have severely crippled this year's fruit crop--In Sports: WVU defeats Kentucky to force a final game in the Morgantown regional of the NCAA baseball tourney

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --A woman accused of killing her daughter waives her preliminary hearing in Nicholas County--The question of who is responsible for the opioid epidemic is back before a federal judge in Charleston--Marshall's Bill Noe Flight School and the WV Dept. of Education strike a deal for aviation education--In Sports: The Morgantown regional of the NCAA baseball tournament starts today 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --The weather will finally take a turn toward dry and pleasant--WVU's new CFO has some baggage, but the University stands behind him--Yeager Airport's next fiscal year budget is approved--In Sports: A soggy day one was finally put in the books at the state high school softball tournament 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --An inmate has died at the federal prison in Preston County--The debt holder of the Greenbrier's note isn't convinced the Justice family has worked out new finanicng--West Virginia is looking at the potential for flooding today--In Sports: The state high school softball tournament gets started today 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Lawmakers have questions about shortfalls in TANF--The state clearly has a lot to do to for children aging out of foster care--The Parkways Authority to begin looking at a new headquarters--In Sports: WVU knows who they'll start play to start on the Road to Omaha

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --An Ohio kidnapping suspect is arrested in Taylor County--The Troopers Associations to the Timothy Kennedy Verdict--Governor Morrisey unveils plans for a major USA 250 Celebration in Charleston--In Sports: WVU baseball goes home heavy with hardware in Big XII post season honors 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --A Mingo County jury wastes no time in convicting a man of killing a trooper--Parkersburg residents turn out to remember a murder victim--Delegates debate the openness of data center developers--In Sports: WVU baseball in a good place heading into the post season 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Two are dead after an officer involvled shooting in Parkersburg--A Preston High School student dies in a wreck--Briefs are into the Supreme Court for a challenge to the state's vaccination law--In Sports: WVU prepares for the Big XII Tourney as a #2 seed

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Mingo County murder trial completes a second week of testimony today--NWS confirms it was a tornado in Preston County--Senator Capito talks about the current state of the economy--In Sports: WVU takes Game 1 of a pivotal series with TCU

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --An accused cop killer testifies in his own defense in a Mingo County murder trial--Federal Judge John Copenhaver has died at age 100--Party chairman react to Tuesday's election results--In Sports: A pivotal WVU baseball series starts Friday, but Coach Steve Sabins downplays the hype 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Reaction to Tuesday's primary election results--In Sports: Mountaineer football now into summer workouts 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --It's Primary Election day in West Virginia, and after all of the expensive campaigning the people will have thier say. --A longtime Ast. US Attorney is set to appear before a judge in federal court today for a plea hearing to identity theft--The trial of Timothy Kennedy will continue today in Mingo County Circuit Court--In Sports: WVU readies for an important weekend baseball season and Marshall softball prepares for the NCAA Tournament 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Testimony will resume in Kennedy trial in Mingo County--A former US Attorney is now on the other side of the fence--West Virginia voters will have to show a Photo ID a the polls for the first time ever --In Sports: A first for WVU Baseball as the Mountaineers sweep a ranked team on the road 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --An indictment is returned in the case of a man struck and killed by an ambulance in Kanawha County--Testimony continues in the trial of Timothy Kennedy for a 5th day--West Virginia becomes the 15th stat to join an iniative aimed at improving the sates' foster care systems--In Sports: a big weekend for Mountaineer baseball on the road at Kansas 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --The murder trial of Tim Kennedy reaches a fourth day of testimony in Mingo County Circuit Court--President Trump honors military mothers, including a prominent one from West Virginia--Students not old enough to vote will soon be old enough to work the polls--In Sports: The WVU Golf Team is into the NCAA Tourney. 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Testimony resumes in the murder trial of Tim Kennedy in Mingo County--The Department of Justice sues West Virginia and 30 other states over voter information--Candidate Marc Harman can stay on the ballot according to a Kanawha County Judge--In Sports: WVU gets the season sweep of Marshall in baseball

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --The tussle over the Greenbrier is now becoming a potential political fight --Two members of the West Virginia National Guard are awarded medals for their actions following a terror attack in Washington DC--The process for a major sports complex development in Berkeley County is underway--In Sports: WVU and Marshall baseball tonight at Go-Mart Ballpark in Charleston 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --We could learn today if the trial of an accused killer in Mingo County is delayed at the last minute--Back to the drawing board on plans for the state consolidated laboratory--The new Bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling Charleston is no stranger to West Virginia--In Sports: a strong weekend for Mountaineer baseball  

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Purdue Pharma, maker of Oxy--the scourge of West Virginia's opioid epidemic is about to be no more --Omni Hotel officials say there's no conspiracy to take over the Greenbrier by their company--It was a confirmed tornado which touched down in Fayette County--In Sports: Marshall softball makes history and JJ Weatherholt keeps on pounding the baseball 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --A Logan County teacher is arrested on charges of sexual abuse--An attorney for the Greenbrier says they have evidence of Omni's bid for a hostel takeover of their property--An attorney for a man struck and killed by a Kanawha County ambulance is speaking about the case--In Sports: West Virginia girls basketball legend Alexis Bordas committs to transfer to WVU. 

Today on MetroNews This Morning:   --Two staff members at Logan Middle School are off the job and under criminal investigation--Jury selection continues for the man charged with killing a State Trooper in Mingo County--Governor Morrisey inks a pair of bills aimed at improving highway safety in West Virginia. --In Sports; WVU baseball prepares to try and bounce back 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --The Berkeley County Commission seeks clarification on how data center revenues will be divided--A man convicted of sex crimes escapes a Huntington hospital--Some big names headline this summer's Charelston Sternwheel Regatta--In Sports: JJ Weatherholt returns to his hometown and rocks the Pirates 

Today on Metronews This Morning: --West Virginia elected leaders react to Saturday attempt on President Trump's life--Berkeley County leaders question the legality of the allocation of tax funds collected on a Data Center--Brad McElhinny on developments with the challenge for control of the Greenbrier Resort--In Sports: A rough weekend for Mountaineer baseball 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Multiple investigations are getting underway at the site of a chemical incident this week in Kanawha County--Governor Morrisey continues to have a heavy hand in the Republican Primary--Residents of Putnam County plan to gather tonight to talk about how to fight announced plans for a Google Data Center--In Sports: WVU baseball opens a weekend series at Cincinnati