MetroNews This Morning

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --WVU officials begin the changes today after the Board of Governors slashed programs and faculty positions Friday --A new school disciplinary law has the head of the state BOE concerned --A new bridge over the Ohio River will open this week to connected the Northern Panhandle to the Buckeye State. --In Sports, WVU wins the Backyard Brawl

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --WVU's Board of Governors votes today on $45 Million in cuts to help offset a budget shortfall --During a public meeting in Morgantown man students, faculty, and alumni railed against the proposed cuts --Senator Manchin denies a Washington Post report while speaking with MetroNews about a meeting with former President Bill Clinton --It's a football Friday with hig...

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --A scare at Sissonville High School turned out to be a former student who wasn't allowed to be there --Governor Jim Justice backs the plan to resize WVU in a vote set for tomorrow, final comments on the transformation is set for tomorrow --Senator Amy Grady says the zeal to repeal the high school transfer rule isn't as prominent in the Senate as in the House --In...

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --A group of state lawmakers are behind a measure to reverse the new high school sports transfer law --WVU's Board of Governors is out with an open letter to the state's residents ahead of a final vote Friday on proposed cuts at the university --West Virginia's Teacher of the Year and Service Personnel of the Year have been named --In Sports, the hype before the Ba...

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --WVU leaders try to reassure lawmakers the cuts in Morgantown are in the best interest of all tied to the university. --A man accused of ordering his pit bulls to attack a woman will have charges presented to a Kanawha County grand jury --Tourism as an industry is soaring in West Virginia --In Sports: WVU readies for the Backyard Brawl

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --It's the 22nd Anniversary of 9/11 --State lawmakers gather for interims in Charleston --Two legislative committees tour the new Herbert Hoover High School --In Sports, a Martinsburg native shines bright in WVU's win over Duquesne

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Debris cleanup continues in the flood damaged areas of Eastern Kanawha County --Members of the West Virginia National Guard are back from a deployment to the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas --Governor Jim Justice is supporting WVU President Gordon Gee amid a vote of no confidence by faculty --In Sports; It's football Friday with week three of HS football along with W...

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --A vote of no-confidence from the WVU Faculty toward University President Gordon Gee --Governor Jim Justice weighs in on the much talked about high school sports transfer rule --West Virginia National Guard Troops deployed to Texas on the U.S./Mexico border come home today --In Sports, we're headed toward Friday night and high school football in West Virginia

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Fourteen vehicles were destroyed in the parking lot of CAMC Memorial after a power line fell --The MetroNews West Virginia Poll shows a deep lack of confidence in public institutions by West Virginians --Senator Capito says she still has confidence in Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnel despite some concerns over his health --In Sports, gearing up for the Dukes...

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power begin laying out their case for a rate hike to the PSC --West Virginians are taking a very pessimistic view of the state's economy --The race for Governor next year in West Virginia continues to take shape --In Sports, Neal Brown meets the media to talk about Duquesne game

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Labor Day activities across the state celebrate workers who built America and keep it running today --Huntington has the state's first establishments who can sell alcoholic drinks to go --An inmate has escaped the Beckley Federal Prison --In Sports: The new MetroNews Power Poll in high school football is out

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Beleaguered A-B University files for bankruptcy --Governor Jim Justice visits flood damaged areas of West Virginia --A fish kill in Monongalia County is under investigation --In Sports: It's a football Friday and we'll have you covered

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --A fugitive for nearly a year from an Arkansas prison is captured in Greenbrier County --The West Virginia Business Summit gets started today at the Greenbrier --Flood victims continue to cleanup and share stories of terror from Monday's cloudbursts in eastern Kanawha County --In Sports: the final cuts are made to NFL rosters and some with West Virginia ties have...

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Stories of fear and shock after flooding in eastern Kanawha County --A state of emergency is in effect as cleanup and damage assessment get underway --WVU Faculty Senate ready to declare "no-confidence" in President Gordon Gee --In Sports, preparations continue for this week's WVU-Penn State matchup.

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Lawmakers react to criticism by the teachers union over funding shortfalls at WVU --High water caused damage over the weekend to some structures in Kanawha County --Paden City residents are dealing with major water problems --In Sports a new MetroNews Power Poll for high school football and it's gameweek for WVU and Marshall

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --AFT President rips into WVU Board of Governors over budget cuts --Plans to consolidate several state laboratories under one roof move forward --Former officer charged in the disappearance of his K-9 is behind bars this morning in Charleston --In Sports, it's the first Friday of the high school football season in W.Va.

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --A $100 Million dollar settlement over abuse at the Miracle Meadows School in Salem --Former officer charged over disappearance of police dog is expected to be extradited back to W.Va. today --Governor Jim Justice fills a pair of judicial vacancies in West Virginia --In Sports, the high school football season is off and running in West Virginia.

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Governor Justice sings bills to benefit first responders and Marshall University --The W.Va. National Guard is getting a first hand view of situation on the U.S. border with Mexico --The reshaping of the WVU structure continues with action from the Board of Governors --In Sports, High School Football season starts tonight in the Mountain State

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --WVU students protest against proposed budget cuts with a class walkout --PSC gives Appalachian Power the green light for construction of a new transmission line in Fayette County on a route that wasn't all that popular. --Frontier and the CWA continue to bargain for a new agreement even after the old contract expired. --In Sports, the battle for starting quarterb...

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --WVU students will oppose proposed cuts with a class walkout today --Charleston Mayor reacts to the resignation of Police Chief Tyke Hunt --Brad Paisley gets a look at the new Herbert Hoover High School seven years after he visited the flooded school --In Sports, the pre-season MetroNews Power Poll is out as high school football season opens this week in W.Va.

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --A former coach and administrator at the Parkersburg YMCA is charged with sex crimes --More information on an interstate shooting near Morgantown --Seven years after flood destroyed the old school, a new Herbert Hoover High School opens today --In Sports, WVU basketball signs the last member of the 23-24 team

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Extradition hearing today in Georgia for a former Chapmanville Police officer wanted in W.Va. over his missing police dog --The 2023 Charleston Sternwheel Regatta set a new record for economic impact --The proposed cutbacks at WVU may be seen as a pattern for other universities across the nation facing similar issues --In Sports: Herbert Hoover prepares to open a...

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --A former police officer wanted in Kanawha County is arrested in Georgia --Bob Huggins enters a pre-trial diversion program which will negate his scheduled appearance in a Pittsburgh courtroom later this week --Governor Jim Justice back on the job today and will have a "major economic development" announcement at 10 a.m. --In Sports: battles head up for starting p...

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Back trouble for Governor Jim Justice will limit his activities this week --WVU President Gordon Gee defends the suggested cuts at the university to help right size the budget --Herbert Hoover High School will open its new campus and school today after the old facility was destroyed in the 2016 flood --In Sports: The preseason AP Top 25 is out for college footbal...