MetroNews This Morning

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --West Virginians turn out for protests over Trump Administration policies over the weekend --Senator Capito talks about the federal debt and Medicaid future --The Legislative session is now into a final week --In Sports: UConn takes the women's NCAA basketball championship and the men's title will be determined tonight

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --Weather continues to be a top story in West Virginia --Federal workers protest job cuts --Remembering UBB 15 years later --In Sports: Mountaineer Nation is introduced to Ross Hodge 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Heavy storms move across West Virginia --The new commander of the West Virginia National Guard is on board --Crossover day has passed at the Capitol with nine days left in the session --In Sports: We'll meet the new WVU basketball coach today and Mountaineer baseball runs Pitt out of the ballpark early 

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --DOGE is hitting Morgantown hard --It's been a year since the tornado hit a tiny Fayette County town --It's Crossover Day at the Legislature --In Sports: WVU and Marshall baseball both win 

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --Job losses at a plant in Fairmont --Legislation moves in the House and Senate ahead of "crossover day" --Leaders at Shepherd University talk about accomplishments and challenges --In Sports it's a big week for WVU baseball 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --The Senate is considering the much talked about locality pay issue for teachers --The Senate votes out DEI policies in the state and narrowly approves a bill to gain more authority over state education policy -IN Sports: Ross Hodge is hired as the new WVU basketball coach and it's opening day in Major League Baseball

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --Lawmaker are set to pass legislation which voters rejected as a Constitutional amendment three years ago --Senator Jim Justice says flood recovery in the coalfields is going way too slow --Beverage makers and the Teamsters Union is furious over the Governor signing the bill to ban certain food dyes in West Virginia --In Sports: An update on WVU spring football d...

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --Governor Morrisey signs legislation banning certain food dyes in West Virginia --The House rejects Morrisey backed legislation which would have allowed exemptions to required school immunization shots --Huntington passes a budget after a long night --In Sports: the WVU women fall to North Carolina in the NCAA tournament

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --The House is set to approve the vaccination bill with the religious exemption --Foster care continues to need attention and at least one lawmaker agrees they'll address it one challenge at a time --A murder case in Clarksburg and a body discovered in Marion County --In Sports: WVU women play for a shot to get into the Sweet 16 

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --A public places camping ban, aimed at homeless problems, advances in Charleston --Legislation to allow the combination of neighboring county school systems is moving in the Legislature --A father and son story from the state basketball tournament in Charleston and we look back at one of the biggest Cinderella stories in the tournament's history.  --In Sports: Se...

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --A maximum sentence for a Kanawha County couple who abused five adopted children --Charges against a man elected to the Legislature accused of threatening other lawmakers will be presented to a grand jury --A longtime lawman is charged with federal counts of child pornography --In Sports: a recap of the state high school basketball tournament 

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --Darian DeVries is out as WVU's head basketball coach --The House makes changes to a Senate passed vaccine bill  --FEMA says flood damage reimbursements in West Virginia now exceed $10 Million --In Sports; Continuing coverage of the boys state high school basketball tournament in Charleston 

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --A major apartment fire in Cabell County  --More discussion about how WVU was passed over for the NCAA tournament --An inmate had died at Mt. Olive and the investigation is underway and charges are pending --In Sports:  The boys state high school basketball tournament tips off this morning in Charleston

Today on MetroNews This Morning --WVU basketball is shut out of the Big Dance --Major wind storm damage in parts of West Virginia --House Speaker Roger Hanshaw isn't a fan of proposed changes to vaccine laws --In Sports: Although the Mountaineer men are out of the NCAA tourney, the women are in and several West Virginians will be playing in the college basketball post season

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --Coal advocates advance measure to encourage coal as a fuel to produce electricity --Senator Capito believes the 60 votes will be there to pass the C-R to keep the Government funded --More on the takeover of Mingo County Schools by the state --In Sports: It's semi-final Friday at the Girl's State High School Basketball Tourney in Charleston 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Another takeover of the Mingo County school system by the state BOE --The Riley Gaines Act is now law in West Virginia, and she was on hand for the signing --A double-murder trial could go to the jury today in Kanawha County --In Sports:  full coverage of the girls state tournament and WVU bows out of the Big XII Tournament early

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --School back in session in the flooded counties and the state BOE meets to talk more about it in Charleston --Longtime UMWA President Cecil Roberts announces plans to retire --Lawmakers pass legislation to address homeless issues  --In Sports: WVU ready to open play in Big XII tourney and it's day two of the Girl's State HS Basketball Tourney

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --FEMA adds two more W.Va. counties to a federal disaster declaration --Governor Morrisey announces allocations of opioid settlement money in Parkersburg --Lawmakers address failings in foster care and costs of operation the Vets Nursing Home in Clarksburg --In Sports: the girls state high school basketball tourney starts today and Preston Fox is back with the Mou...

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --A 4th week of flood recovery begins and children return to school in McDowell County  --Officials warn flood victims to beware of scams --The Coal Association is raising questions about a change in fuel sources by First Energy from coal to gas --In Sports:  The MEC tourney is in the books and the Big XII and high school state tournaments are ready to start

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --An armed robbery suspect is killed by police in Charleston --A measure to reintroduced the death penalty in limited capacity adavnces at the Legislature --Another measure to enable teachers to be armed in the classroom has advanced in Charleston --In Sports: March Madness is in full swing in West Virginia 

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --Elementary school discipline legislation moving at the Capitol --Marshall President Brad Smith talks about the advances of his school on Marshall Day at the Legislature --Senator Capito liked what President Trump had to say --In Sports: WVU beats Utah on the road and the girls Class AAAA state tourney bracket is set 

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --A West Virginia native rides out he Myrtle Beach fires --County leaders from across the state gather in Charleston --Frustration grows in Mingo County over water woes --In Sports; we'll start to see the girls high school basketball tournament bracket start to build today