MetroNews This Morning

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 t...

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 tournam...

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...

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 Char...

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