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Today on MetroNews This Morning: --A fatal stabbing under investigation in Boone County --Bob Huggins and WVU are at odds over his claim he never resigned --Money headed to the eastern panhandle for stormwater control --In Sports: The Reds finish the first half of the season in first place

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Help is on the way to Randolph County for drug enforcement efforts --U.S. Marshal service reports a widespread warrant sweep across three southern W.Va. counties --Jail and prison staffing continues to be a major problem lawmakers will have to address at some point --In Sports, another WVU basketball team member into the transfer portal

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --West Virginians celebrate Independence day and head back to work after a long weekend --Top man at CityNet talks about the task ahead to build a broadband network for West Virginia --The National Park Service seeks volunteers to serve as on-board tour guides for Amtrak trains through the New River Gorge --In Sports, the Pirates and Reds with fireworks on the 4th...

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Transcripts released of the 911 call in Charleston regarding an incident at Daniel Boone Park which have led to allegations about a Kanawha County Commissioner --An officer involved shooting in Huntington leaves a man dead --The Daughters of the American Revolution honor the man responsible for bringing the mast of the USS West Virginia to the WVU campus. --In sp...

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Folks are getting on the road today for holiday destinations --The Charleston Sternwheel Regatta gets started later today --The Mountain Valley Pipeline is on a fast track to be done by year's end --The longtime Director of the WVSSAC retires today

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Smoke from forest fires in Canada continues to impact air quality in West Virginia --Higher Ed Policy Commission considers provisional reauthorization to A-B University amid questions about finances --A plan is being crafted to efficiently install broadband internet across West Virginia --In Sports, Josh Eilert and Wren Baker talk about where things are with Moun...

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Putnam County Commission passes an ordinance blocking children from attending adult live entertainment events like drag shows. --More than 600 educators from across West Virginia are attending a two day conference in Charleston focused on academic support. --A mother who lost her young son to a drowning hopes to use his death to raise the awareness of a need to l...

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --West Virginia is getting a huge haul of federal money to extended broadband internet to every house in the state --Governor Jim Justice is recovering this morning from surgery --An early morning shooting in Montgomery claims two lives --In Sports, Josh Eilert meets the media and Tre Mitchell looks to be headed to Kentucky

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --A massive project underway at the State Capitol to weatherproof the building's steps --A standoff in Weirton results in a man shot by police after he shot a neighbor --We hear from the new State School Superintendent --In Sports, WVU picks a longtime Huggins assistant to take over as interim head basketball coach

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --The state Board of Education slated to choose a new State Superintendent today --The WVU Board of Governors will some difficult financial decisions in today's meeting --A listen back at MetroNews coverage of the 2016 flood on the seventh anniversary --In Sports, reports indicate Tre Mitchell is hitting the transfer portal out of the WVU basketball program

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --On the same day Governor Jim Justice tells the media to leave his family's private affairs alone, a federal judge says the family's companies need to pay up $400,000 owed to the government. --Justice gets a 90 day extension on the deadline to file financial disclosures in his campaign for U.S. Senate. --Richwood works to rebound as we mark the 7th anniversary of...

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --A lineman from Appalachian Power in West Virginia is killed while doing storm restoration work in Texas --Governor Justice comments on the matters surrounding the situation of former WVU Basketball Coach Bob Huggins --West Virginia Day celebration mark the state's 160th year of statehood

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --The Higher Ed Policy Commission considering a change in the Promise Scholarship GPA requirements --Glade Springs homeowners win at the Supreme Court in a lawsuit involving a development company owned by Governor Jim Justice's family --Conference in Morgantown prepares workforce for tech jobs --In Sports, two key former WVU basketball figures get involved in the e...

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --The end of an era at WVU as a DUI forces Hall of Fame basketball coach Bob Huggins into retirement --More reaction to the seizure of control of Upshur County Schools by the state DOE --Efforts to meet school safety goals in West Virginia will be extremely expensive --In Sports, with Huggins out there are now major questions about the roster at WVU and who might b...

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --A federal investigation now underway into Upshur County Schools --Putnam County business owner acquitted on all charges alleging sexual assault --WVU Medicine seeks a National Cancer Institute designation --In Sports, WVU Baseball gets a significant lift from the transfer portal

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Allegations of misspending of federal pandemic relief dollars results in a state takeover of Upshur County schools --Senator Capito says more investment is needed for broadband internet --WVU announces actions aimed at trimming a projected budget shortfall --The NWS says it was a mild winter with some record low or near record low snowfall

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --New rules in West Virginia if you plan to shutdown a fossil fuel plant --The NGK/NTK plant in Kanawha County is expanding --There's a new head man at the WV SSAC --A North Carolina man has his class ring back 50 years after he lost it in WV

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --A well known Putnam County businessman is on trial accuse of sexual assault --West Virginia political leaders react to criminal charges against former President Trump --Much needed rainfall may be on the way for West Virginia --In Sports, high school coaches deal with the new transfer rules in West Virginia

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --A West Virginia think tank believes WVU's budget problems are rooted in a lack of legislative support --Nicholas County school officials meet with FEMA and will soon meet again to talk about plans for school replacement from the 2016 flood --It's a bad year for ticks in West Virginia --In sports, the North takes the North-South All-Star football game from the wee...

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --The man charged with the murder of a W.Va. State Trooper is due before a magistrate to face the murder charge this morning --The nation's Drug Czar is back in West Virginia today --A Charleston teen gets the maximum for the killing of another teen --In Sports, WVU J.J. Wetherholt is a finalist for a major national collegiate baseball award

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Final respects paid to slain West Virginia State Trooper Cory Maynard --Another hurdle is crossed in the struggle to save the Pleasants Power Station --We get a look inside the new Herbert Hoover High School which nears completion after the old school was destroyed in the 2016 flood. --In Sports the North-South All Star Football Game draws near

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Final respects will be paid to a slain W.Va. State Trooper today, meanwhile the man charged with his death is denied bond --Memorial services for a Morgantown Police Officer who died in an off-duty accident are also today --Nicholas County School Board to meet with FEMA to try and make some decisions on where to go with completing school construction from the 201...

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Two West Virginia law men die on the same day and officers across the state are processing the grief --A Clay County man gets the maximum sentence for killing his mother --State officials help a manufacturer get started with making electric powered pontoon boats in West Virginia --In Sports, the final high school baseball rankings and players are in camp for this...