MetroNews This Morning

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Senators Capito and Justice call out lawmakers for lack of work on economic development--Services set for Tuesday for late Supreme Court Justice Tim Armstead to be held in the House of Delegates Chamber --A Monongalia County jury took hardly any time to find a Texas man guilty of a Morgantown murder --In Sports: High school football season is underway and WVU and Marshall are on the eve of the 2025 openers. 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --House Speaker says they'll wait and see what the courts decide on vaccination controversey--Governro Morrisey and Senators Capito and Justice to address the Business Summit today at the Greenbrier--U.S. Attorney in Northern W.Va. details a major drug confiscation from an investigation--In Sports:  It's the opening night of high school football in West Virginia 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --The state mourns the passing of Supreme Court Justice Tim Armstead--Chilling facts in a high profile murder trial in Morgantown as testimony continues today--The Business Summit at the Greenbrier starts today--In Sports: Rich Rod and Tony Gibson prepare for their debut games at new schools this weekend 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Two cases involving school vaccination requirements will be combined--Quick action by Good Samaritans saves a life in Boone County--Potomac Edison seeks approval of a stretch of the controversial MARL project in Jefferson County--IN Sports: The lid comes off soo for the high school football season 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Senator Capito backs use of the National Guard to patrol the DC streets--ACLU challenges AG McCuskey's efforts to consolidate vaccination lawsuits--A high profile Morgantown murder trial to start today--In Sports: The 2025 class of the WVU Sports HOF is announced and it's game week for high school and college teams in WV 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --There's a legal challenge to Governor Morrisey's deployment of the National Guard to Washington D.C. --There are proposals on the table aimed at shoring up PEIA--After nine long years, Richwood Middle and High School students finally have a permanent school--In Sports: Marshall players are ready to pay a visit between the hedges 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Davis' Mayor reacts to a controversial DEP ruling--State AG wants to see school vax lawsuits combined--Elkins will honor three officers who saved an elderly man's life --In Sports:  A court victory for several members of the WVU football team and Tyson Bagent is humbled by a multi-Million dollar contract 

Today on MetroNews This Morning:--The controversy over school vaccine requirements heads to the Supreme Court--DEP approves an air quality permit for a controversial Tucker County data center--A murder investigation is underway in Huntington--In Sports: Court drama over the eligibility of several WVU football players

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Tucker County Commission defends new ambulance fees--The Attorney General goes after another company tied to the Opioid Epidemic in West Virginia--The UMWA pushes back against delays in the new silica dust rules--In Sports: Quincy Wilson is back at his alma mater and ready for his first season as head coach

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --West Virginia is among three states who will sent National Guard troops to Washington D.C. --Another lawsuit over Governor Morrisey's vaccine exemptions--Kathy Mattea talks about her Grand Ole Opry invitation--In Sports: We hear from a couple of West Virginia natives battling in the NFL

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Governor Morrisey defends the state's plan to sell four nursing homes to a private company--A couple of counties are fighting push back on newly installed fees--Kanawha County school security has a significant upgrade as students return to school--In Sports: the NFL facing a significant discrimination lawsuit 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --The WVBOE and the state's Charter School Board are at odds over vaccination policy--State Board President Paul Hardesty is calling for a truce between the BOE and Morrisey Administration on disagreements over vax policy--West Virginia Troopers, Guard member, and Corrections Officers will train to aid ICE on West Virginia operations--In Sports: Depth is quickly becoming a big issue for Mountaineer Coach Rich Rodriguez 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --The state is getting out of the long-term care business--The state Board of Education meets today in Charleston--It's move-in week on the Marshall University campus in Huntington--In Sports: The WV SSAC talks about high school NIL in West Virginia 

Today on MetroNews This Morning:--The PSC considers a proposed rate hike for Wheeling and Appalachian Power while customers rage against another increase--A Trump executive order could impact West Virginia elections next year--Charges against a Kanawha County Deputy are bound over to the grand jury--In Sports: WVU pre-season workouts continues and the Mountaineer basketball team will return to Cleveland

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --The PSC to hear rate cases today for Wheeling and American Electric Power --More opposition to the MARL line project--The Supreme Court defends a successful program which is in danger of being shut down--In Sports: Rich Rod talks about the weekend WVU football scrimmage

Today on MetroNews This Morning:--One dead after an officer involved shooting in the CAMC General Emergency Room this morning--The victim in an alleged sexual assault inside the Kanawha County Judicial Building has filed a civil lawsuit.--Another increase in those taking advantage of the Hope Scholarship for the coming school year--In Sports: Mountaineer Coach Rich Rodriguez says they are alarmingly low on running backs in preseason camp

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --A Fayette County Judge has been appointed to fill a vacancy on the state Supreme Court--The state is waiting on another wavier for the SNAP benefits in West Virginia--this time adding items to what can be purchased--Opponents of high voltage transmission lines passing through the state are elevating their voices--In Sports: the latest form WVU preseason football camp and an update on the lawsuit of four Mountaineer players against the NCAA

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Some northern West Virginia residents are angered by the idea of a power line to be built literally in their back yard--Retail groups are pushing back on a wavier which would disallow the purchase of sugary drinks with SNAP benefits in West Virginia--Marshall enrollment grows for a third straight year--In Sports: Coach Rod continues to agonize over the lack of a "hard edge" 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --GreenPower Motors believes it still has a way forward despite financial struggles--SNAP benefits in W.Va. can no longer be used to buy sugary drinks--A member of the W.Va. Air Guard talks about being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for action in the final days of the Afghanistan withdrawl --In Sports:  Joe Brocato is visiting with teams and coaches statewide in their preseaosn football drills 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Four people are found dead after a wreck in Marshall County--Residents of a Keyser healthcare center had to be evacuated during a weekend fire--The state finishes the fiscal year with a surplus--In Sports: The 2025 West Virginia high school football season started early this morning for several teams who held a midnight first practice  

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --A Kanawha County deputy is charged with forcing a female inmate into a sexual encounter--A West Virginian is in Hawaii and shares the fearful experience of tsunami warnings this week--A Logan County school has structural problems and won't house kids in the coming school year--In Sports; WVU football coach Rich Rodriguez displeased with the practice performance of his team at practice and the Best Virginia run in the TBT ends in the semi-finals 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Opposition is growing in West Virginia to a power transmission line planned to cross the state--The new WVU President arrives in the Kanawha Valley--The new Athletic Director at Marshall is also meeting his constituency--In Sports:  Rich Rod says day one of fall football camp involved a lot of evaluation...and identification  

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Turnpike officials craft a plan for future disaster scenarios--We'll only have to deal with heat and humidity one more day  until the reprieve--The EPA rolls back restrictions which have impacted the burning of coal since 2009--In Sports: The second Rich Rod Era starts today at WVU with fall football camp opening in Morgantown 

Today on MetroNews the Morning: --A former child care worker in Kanawha County enters a plea to allegations of abuse--Capito calls on the White House to restore NIH funding--The new head of the West Virginia GOP talks about the party's future--In Sports: Best Virginia advances into the semi-finals of the TBT in Charleston 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --It's been a violent weekend in West Virginia with several shootings and accidents--The West Virginia GOP goes with youthful leadership--Governor Morrisey talks about a change in the U.S. Border Patrol with ties to W.Va. --In Sports: American Legion State Championship today and the TBT featuring Best Virginia resumes tonight in Charleston 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --A Raleigh County judge sides with parents wanting a religious exemption to mandatory child vaccinations--New WVU President Michael T. Benson covers a lot of ground with MetroNews during an hour long visit on Talkline. --Governor Morrisey visits Wheeling to talk more about federal disaster relief for flood victims-In Sports: A contract extension for WVU A-D Wren Baker and Marshall is ready to hire their next A-D 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --A grim murder investigation underway in Mercer County--WVU President Michael T. Benson settles into the job and gets ready to visit sites across the state--Flood help is arrivign from DC in Ohio County--In Sports; It was Marshall Day at the Sunbelt Conference Media Day and the West Virginia Open is underway

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --The White House issues federal disaster declaration for Ohio and Marion Counties for Father's Day Flood--The battle over required school vaccinations and religious exemptions is headed to court--Schools prepare for the food dye ban in West Virginia schools--In Sports: Best Virginia advances to the quarter-finals of the TBT

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --A patient at the Sharpe Hospital is charged with making terrorist threats against the facility--Governor Morrisey is narrowing down whom he'll selected to fill a vacancy on the state Supreme Court--Huntington Police talk about the bruatlity of an attack which wound up as an internet video--In Sports: Best Virginia plays for the Charleston Regional Championship of the TBT tonight 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Flood activity overnight in southern W.Va. and the possiblity remains for much of the day--There is a battle for leadership of the Republican party in West Virginia--A West Virginian reflects on the new laws stiffening penalteis for dealing fentanyl in W.Va. --In Sports:   Best Virginia beats Herd That in the TBT 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Some in Tucker County continue to raise opposition to data center development there--Senator Capito says White House disaster declaration should come next week for Ohio and Marion Counties--Capito also says she supports disclosing Epstein files--In Sports: The Basketball Tournament opens play tonight in Charleston 

Today on MetroNews This Morning:--Heavy downpours could create flash flooding later today in West Virginia--Already overnight weather in the eastern panhandle has created serious situations--Raleigh County makes a move to rein in largely unregulated vape shops --In Sports: WVU basketball has announced a two game series with Wake Forest to be played in Charleston and Greensboro 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --An appeals court upholds West Virginia's near total abortion ban--Grand juries in two counties return child abuse indictments in separate cases--The state's top development leader has quit--In Sports: an All-Star game for the ages and getting ready for the TBT return to West Virginia 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --The state Board of Education has begun it's lawsuit to challenge new legislation requiring oversight from lawmakers in the Board's policy actions--Michael Benson begins his tenure at WVU in the retirement of E. Gordon Gee today--The last of the Southern Regional Jail officers who were part of an inmate's death has been sentenced. --In Sports: MLB Home Run Derby results and we're ready to put the ball in the air for the TBT 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --The state Republican Party will soon have new leadership--New Presidents on board this week at WVU and Concord--The state Board of Education will learn more about a lawsuit over vaccination requirements--In Sports: Major League Baseball has reached the All-Star Break

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Emergency repairs which created a traffic nightmare in Charleston should wrap up today--Utilities need to immediately improve communications with customers per a new law--More prison time for former Corrections Officers over an inmate death--In Sports: the WVU Baseball team continues building an impressive roster for next season

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Decades in prison for two former corrections officers in an inmate's death--Roane County schools are in a financial mess and the state is stepping in--Newly approved state laws take effect this week in West Virginia--In Sports: Rich Rod addresses the media at Big XII Media Days in Texas 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --A lot more students take advantage of the Hope Scholarship--Senator Capito defends provisions of the Big Beautiful Bill--The State School Board meets in Charleston today--In Sports: An update on the state of the conference form Big XII media days 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --An illegal alien admits to his role in a Jefferson County murder case--Congressman Riley Moore defends provisions of the Big Beautiful Bill--West Virginia first responders are on stand-by if needed for flood recovery efforts in Texas--In Sports: Mountaineer basketball Coach Ross Hodge talks about his team and summer workouts 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --The PSC is mulling over allowances for utility rate increases for a number of companies, including AEP--The four day 4th of July holiday weekend gave tourism a BIG boost in West Virginia--Wyoming County's prosecutor has tendered his resignation--In Sports: A couple of former Mountaineers had a good showing in the NBA summer league 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Both WV members of Congress vote for the Big Beautiful Bill--State Police I-D a body found in Wayne County--Lots of 4th of July celebrations across West Virginia today--In Sports: Champs crowned in the West Virginia Amateur