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Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --A big win for those advocating for keeping Paden City High School open for the coming school year --A new Sheriff will be named today in Fayette County --First Responders in Kanawha County engage in a mass casualty terrorism drill --In Sports:  WVU and Marshall kickoff preseason football drills

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --Fire rips through a Charleston Apartment complex --Law enforcement breaks up a major drug operation in Martinsburg --Kanawha County prepares for the unthinkable --In Sports; College football pre-season drills start today

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --A Morgantown man gets the maximum sentence for a drug related murder --Two corporate officers with Governor Jim Justice's family companies are held in contempt of a federal court in Kentucky --The search for WVU's next President is well underway --In Sports: Wheeling claims the state American Legion title

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --Demolition is nearly complete on a Bluefield city block as part of a transformation downtown --Tax liens on the Greenbrier Hotel have been removed --The Secretary of State is looking for poll workers for November --In Sports: a legendary figure in high school baseball has suffered an untimely death

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Governor Jim Justice talks more about the departure of Administration Secretary Mark Scott --More of the operations of the now bankrupt Allegheny Wood Products are being sold off --A marathon court hearing last night over Paden City High School --In Sports: the state American Legion baseball tournament underway in the eastern panhandle

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --We're learning more about potential lawsuits over the new murals at the State Capitol --Workers with Optium in parts of southern West Virginia have a new contract --President Biden addresses the nation on his reasons for leaving the race for a second term in the White House --In Sports: West Virginia's Little League Champion is crowned and the state American Legi...

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --A plea agreement ends the case in Nicholas County over the death of a sheriff's deputy --A Charles Town police officer fights for life after an off-duty accident --Charleston's Go-Mart Ballpark will become a well-lit, holiday snow globe again this year --In Sports: Herd That bows out of the TBT

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --West Virginia Democrats are lining up in unity to back Kamala Harris for the Democratic Presidential nomination --U.S. Senator Joe Manchin suggests if Harris doesn't modify her position on some issues, she'll be "beat like a drum" in the November election --Cleveland Cliffs announces plans to retool their old tin mill in Weirton to make electric transformers and...

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --Joe Biden bows out of the race for re-election and endorses Kamala Harris.  Reports indicate Joe Manchin may be interested in getting back in the race --A big economic development announcement today for Weirton --Today is the final day to apply for aid from the disaster declared in 11 West Virginia counties in the first week of April.  --In Sports: Herd That win...

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --Former President Donald Trump accepts the GOP nomination to seek the office again in November --A Kanawha County Delegate calls on President Biden to end his campaign for a second term --Finally some good news regarding foster children in West Virginia --In Sports: Best Virginia and Herd That gear up to tipoff the TBT this weekend 

Today on MetroNews This Morning:- -A lawsuit may be coming over the inclusion of Babydog in one of those state capitol murals --Ohio Senator J.D. Vance speaks to the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee --A major drought continues to grip West Virginia--particularly in the agriculture rich Eastern Panhandle --In Sports: The TBT is getting underway featuring West Virginia teams Herd That and...

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Governor Jim Justice with high praise for Donald Trump at the RNC in Milwaukee --Republican lawmakers are examining the Governor's desire to cut another five percent from the state income tax --A West Virginia native will become the state's first woman in space --In Sports: Professional baseball reaps a lot of talent out of the Mountain State in 2024

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Governor Jim Justice and other state leaders react to the attempted assassination of former President Trump --Three Morgantown residents share their experience of being seated only feat away from Trump when the gunfire started --The heat wave continues across West Virginia --In Sports: More Mountaineers taken in the MLB draft 

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --Full coverage of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump --President Biden reacts to the incident with an address from the Oval Office --The Legislature will examine whether another five percent reduction in income tax is possible in W.Va.  --In Sports: J.J. Wetherholt goes in the MLB draft as the 7th overall pick to St. Louis 

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --A judge refuses to allow a cases against a former Harrison County boarding school to be moved to another jurisdiction --Lowe's will direce $200,000 toward renovations at two West Virginia fire departments --The Charleston Sternwheel Regatta continues to draw big crowd despite dodging thunderstorms --In Sports: the Reds sweep the Yankees in New York

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --It's the 4th of July and all across West Virginia the celebration of Independence is on --Senate Finance Committee Chairman Eric Tarr says another income tax cut sought by the Governor is premature --The West Virginia DNR has introduced a new 10 member diving team to serve the state --In Sports: the West Virginia Junior Amateur Golf tournament wraps up at Canaan...

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --NTSB out with more on that plane crash of an aircraft due to stop in Charleston on the way to Florida --Governor Jim Justice says there's no reason to wait to cut the state income tax another five-percent --It's day one of Charleston's biggest party, the Charleston Sternwheel Regatta --In Sports: The Big XII preseason football poll is out 

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --Governor Jim Justice says revenues are so strong it may trigger another cut to the state's income tax --The new fiscal year brings a new level of starting pay for Corrections Officers in West Virginia --The longtime President of Concord University will retire --In Sports, a coach talks about preparing a WVU runner for the Paris Olympic games

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --July 1st brings an end to the pop tax in West Virginia --Campus Carry is also now legal in West Virginia --Charleston is moving ahead with a plan to reimagine the city's riverfront area --In Sports: Another with WVU ties is headed to the Olympics in Paris

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --A document signed by Abraham Lincoln about the early formation of West Virginia is coming back to the Mountain State --One of the most familiar voices on the air in the Elkins area retires today after almost five decades on the radio --Bids for a Nicholas County school destroyed in the 2016 flood came in below budget --In Sports: Two West Virginia natives are hea...