MetroNews This Morning

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 quickl...

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...

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 alar...

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 footb...

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 o...

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 sta...

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 performan...

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 Wr...

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 Championshi...