MetroNews This Morning

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --A community mourns the death of a well known National Guard soldier on duty in Washington while a second guard member continues recovery from gunshot wounds.--West Virginia is looking at another belt of winter weather in the next 24 hours--The Salvation Army needs bell ringers as the Red Kettle Drive is off to a slow start---In Sports: The college football season in West Virginia comes to a disappointing end  

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --West Virginia's funding for it's broadband expansion plan is approved in Washington DC--It looks like a lot of those cases against the West Virginia State Police will go to trial next year --The Upshur County School Board okays the closure of Rock Cave Elementary School--In Sports: WVU and Marshall soccer teams advance in the NCAA Tourney and round two of the high school football playoffs  

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Fruth Pharmacy has been sold to Walgreens--West Virginia's conversion to broadband has a long way to go, but it's moving faster than other states--The Vice-President and Secretary of War pay tribute to a West Virginia coal miner killed on the job --In Sports: Three West Virginia college soccer teams are ready for post season play

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --The Morrisey Administration defends their handling of the child welfare system --Toyota will invest over $450 Million in its Putnam County plant--A Wyoming County teacher gets a big surprise--In Sports; WVU lands a big name recruit and Tony Gibson talks about the Appalachian State game this weekend 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --The final PEIA hearing draws a crowd in Morgantown--The US EPA puts out plans to change the Waters of the United States rules--Logan County Schools look at closing down a longtime elementary school--In Sports: WVU basketball runs the record to 5-0 with a win 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Energy officials are boosted by plans for a pair of gas fired power plants in W.Va. --PEIA Finance Board ready for final hearing of the year on increases--More tax trouble for the companies of the family of Senator Jim Justice--In Sports, lots of frustration for Mountaineer football 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Folks are remembering a lost coal miner as a true hero--PEIA Finance Board gets another earful from state workers--SNAP benefits are back in place with the government shutdown over--In Sports: The high school football playoffs start tonight and WVU wins the basketball Backyard Brawl 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --The longest Government shutdown in history--The U.S. EPA Administrator visits West Virginia--Crews continue to dewater a Nicholas County mine where a miner remains unaccounted for--In Sports: Marshall wins over WVU in soccer 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Congressman Riley Moore believes the House will approve the measure to reopen the federal government today--Governor Morrisey says the search for a missing coal miner is still very much a rescue operation--Barbour County's Superintendent says consolidation of the county's middle schools was the best move for the current situation--In Sports: Rich Rod and Gibbie talk about this weekend's road tests for the Mountaineers and Thundering Herd 

Today on MetroNews This Morning--The difficult search for a missing miner underground in Nicholas County is ongoing--The U.S. Senate okays the clean resolution to reopen the government pending the House vote--A Kanawha County Judge rules the Governor has the authority to send guard troops to DC--In Sports:  WVU women qualify for the NCAA tournament

Today on MetroNews This Morning:--A search and rescue operation continues for a missing worker in a flooded Nicholas County coal mine--A major fire is burning in an old warehouse type building in downtown Charleston--We appear much closer to an end to the ongoing Government Shutdown--In Sports: High school teams know who and when they'll play in the first round of the high school football playoffs

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --A West Virginia coal miner is killed on the job--Officials at Yeager Airport antcipate flights to be impacted by an FAA scaleback of flights nationally by 10 percent--Roane County School Board votes reluctantly for consolidation plan--In Sports; it's the final week of the regular season in high school football and WVU basketball wins their second game 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Governor Morrisey will be on the road promoting a new rural healthcare plan today--Hope Gas strikes a compromise on a rate increase, Mountaineer Gas' request is opposed by elected leaders in Kanawha County--Embattled Marshall County assessor enters plea agreement to embezzlement charges--In Sports: WVU prepares to take on the Camels in basketball 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Efforts continue in West Virginia to fill the void left by the Government shutdown--Hope Gas and the PSC may have struck a deal on a rate hike request--The state is going to need employees to fill a growing number of jobs--In Sports; the Mountaineers defeat Mt. St. Mary's on opening night of the season and the Ross Hodge era 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --West Virginia continues the process of trying to help provide food to the hungry amid the government shutdown--Hope Gas customers speak out against a propsoed rate hike--A body found buried in the back yard of a Wheeling home--In Sports; The Mountaineer women's basketball team tips off the season and it's gameday for the WVU men

Today on MetroNews This Morning--National Guard troops spend the weekend helping distribute food to those who have lost benefits due to the government shutdown--A Kanawha County Judge will continue hearing evidence in a challenge to the deployment of West Virginia guard troops to DC--Barbour County School Board due to vote on a proposal to close the county's three middle schools--In Sports: A Mountaineer win to build on for WVU

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --The Government shutdown hits day 31 and many West Virginians are due to lose benefits tomorrow--The sale of four state hospials to the private sector will go forwad today--A dispute between one of the state's largest ambulance companies and one of the state's largest insurance companies---In Spots:  It's a football Friday in West Virginia with high school football tonight, the Mountaineers tomorrow, and a rough Thursday night for Marshall 

Today on MetroNews This Morning--New leadership at the United Mine Workers Union--Concerns abound in West Virginia over the potential of SNAP benefits not being available come Saturday--Parents push back on school consolidation--In Sports: It's Gameday for Marshall and Toronto takes the lead in the World Series

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --A federal appeals court reverses the suit filed by Cabell County and Huntington against the Big 3 Opioid Distributors--The deal to sell four state-owned hospitals is a go on Friday--Governor Morrisey creates a fundraiser to be matched by the state in response to potential loss of SNAP benefits. --In Sports: Rich Rodriguez talks about his young quarterback 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --There are grave concerns about how West Virginia will deal with a loss of SNAP benefits amid federal government shutdown--PSC is confident Verizon is a different company than when they sold Frontier 15 years ago--A trucker who caused a fatal crash in Morgantown is sentenced--In Sports: A World Series classic 18 inning affair on Monday night 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Another vaccine case may be headed to the Supreme Court--A trial for a 2021 murder case gets started this morning in Charleston--A new book takes a look at families of one of West Virginia's worst industrial tragedies--In Sports: It's cross over season for college football and basketball 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --A private citizen group is challenging the Governor's authority to send W.Va. Guard troops to D.C.--The Government Shutdown hits 24 days--Jim Justice reacts to Tax Liens form IRS--In Sports: WVU preapares for TCU, high school football matchups, and the World Series begins tonight 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Wood County investigators never gave up on a murder case after 11 years --More tax trouble for U.S. Senator Jim Justice and his family of companies--Yeager Airport officials report FAA and TSA workers have been showing up without fail despite no paycheck--In Sports: Coverage of WVU at the Big XII basketball media day 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --An officer involved shooting in Harrison County leaves a suspect dead--State Police and ICE team up for a busy weekend in the Mountain State--An arrest and indictment in an 11 year old murder case in Wood County. --In Sports: quarterback woes continue for the Mountaineers

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --There are breaks in some key hit and run accidents around the state--More tax trouble for U.S. Senator Jim Justice--In Sports it will be the Dodgers and Blue Jays in the World Series 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --State Police need the public's help in identifying a body found on a rural roadway --No Kings rallies large and small were held in West Virginia Saturday--It's week three of the Government Shutdown--IN Sports:  It's back to the drawing board for the Mountaineers as they try to right the ship 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --It could be a few weeks before a Raleigh County judge rules in an ongoing challenge to childhood vaccination requirements--Senator Capito says Democrats shoulder the blame for the federal government shutdown, now on day 10--It's Black Walnut Festival time in Spencer--In Sports: some big games tonight in high school football and Marshall prepares to face Old Dominion 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --More testimony today in the Raleigh County court case over required vaccinations for children vs. religious exemptions--A Charleston teen is headed to prison for life for his role in the death of another and a Kanawha County jury has acquitted a man of involvement in a shooting that incited panic at a youth soccer tournament--The Berkeley County sheriff defense actions of his deputies in a fatal officer involved shooting--In Sports: the WVSSAC suspends Braxton County's football coach for a year 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --An overnight pileup on the West Virginia Turnpike is cleared up--Updates to lawmakers on flood recovery--The state's Bureau of Risk and Insurance Management takes a major hit over claims in the Miracle Meadows case--In Sports the WVSSAC playoff rankings for the week are posted 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Changes are coming for those who get Medicaid coverage in West Virginia--A public swearing in for the newest member of the state Supreme Court--A drive-by shooting trial in Charleston continues today--In Sports: The latest MetroNews Power Poll in high school football is out 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Hospitals are worried about the potential increase in cost for the H-1B visas in the recruitment of foreign doctors--State lawmakers are in Charleston for interim meetings--Senator Capito says the threat of federal job losses is real as the government shutdown continues--In Sports: WVU Coach Rich Rodriguez says each member of the Mountaineer family needs to look within to determine if they are doing everything they can to win 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Governor Patrick Morrisey says WV will help keep open a couple of National Park Service units duuring the federal government shutdown--Two more vaccination lawsuits are filed in West Virginia courts--A bust in Mercer County is the biggest haul of illegal drugs ever in West Virginia --In Sports: the high school football season hits the halfway point and WVU plays a rare Friday night game on the road with a very late kickoff. 

Today on MetroNews This Morning:--It's day two of the Government shutdown and a number of West Virginians who work for the feds are impacted--A plane had to make an emergency landing in Monongalia County--State Board of Education President Paul Hardesty pulls no punches in his criticism of lawmakers and the state of public education--In Sports: The Reds' season is over and WVU prepares for a long and difficult road trip