MetroNews This Morning

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --PSC Chairman Charlotte Lane says she's firm in her belief coal will have a place in the state's energy portfolio --Lawmakers hear some options to the PEIA spousal surcharge --The National Weather Service says we're in a lull between winter storms --In Sports; the final Tudors Biscuit World MetroNews Power Rankings in high school football are published 

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --General Seward gives an update on Sgt. Andrew Wolfe to the White House --Charleston police search for a man wanted for a weekend murder --Winter is giving the soutehrn half of the state another blast today --In Sports: a recap of the state high school football championships in Charleston 

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --AARP approves premium increase for state employees' insurance --Services in Washington honore the life of late National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom --The state's official Christmas tree is officially on for the season in Charleston --In Sports: It's championship weekend for high school football in West Virginia 

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --A vigil in Martinsburg provides an update on the condition of a wounded member of the West Virginia National Guard.  --The lighting of the Capitol Christmas Tree will be tonight in Charleston --Three employees of the Marshall County school systems are facing criminal charges  --In Sports: Rich Rod is all smiles about WVU's football recruiting class 

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --Formal charges of murder against the man accused of shooting two members of the West Virginia National Guard in Washington D.C.  --A child dies in a car wreck in Kanawha County  --A trucker survives a five-hour harrowing ordeal in Mason County without a scratch --In Sports: Neal Brown is a head coach again 

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --A mixed bag of winter weather in West Virginia ---Governor Morrisey and General Seward talk more about the shooting of two West Virginia guard membes in Washington DC --Scary times in a Preston County School --In Sports: Rough night for WVU women's basketball 

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --A community mourns the death of a well known National Guard soldier on duty in Washington while a second guard member continues recovery from gunshot wounds. --West Virginia is looking at another belt of winter weather in the next 24 hours --The Salvation Army needs bell ringers as the Red Kettle Drive is off to a slow start ---In Sports: The college football se...

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --West Virginia's funding for it's broadband expansion plan is approved in Washington DC --It looks like a lot of those cases against the West Virginia State Police will go to trial next year  --The Upshur County School Board okays the closure of Rock Cave Elementary School --In Sports: WVU and Marshall soccer teams advance in the NCAA Tourney and round two of the...

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --Fruth Pharmacy has been sold to Walgreens --West Virginia's conversion to broadband has a long way to go, but it's moving faster than other states --The Vice-President and Secretary of War pay tribute to a West Virginia coal miner killed on the job  --In Sports: Three West Virginia college soccer teams are ready for post season play

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --The Morrisey Administration defends their handling of the child welfare system  --Toyota will invest over $450 Million in its Putnam County plant --A Wyoming County teacher gets a big surprise --In Sports; WVU lands a big name recruit and Tony Gibson talks about the Appalachian State game this weekend 

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --The final PEIA hearing draws a crowd in Morgantown --The US EPA puts out plans to change the Waters of the United States rules --Logan County Schools look at closing down a longtime elementary school --In Sports: WVU basketball runs the record to 5-0 with a win 

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --Energy officials are boosted by plans for a pair of gas fired power plants in W.Va.  --PEIA Finance Board ready for final hearing of the year on increases --More tax trouble for the companies of the family of Senator Jim Justice --In Sports, lots of frustration for Mountaineer football 

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --Folks are remembering a lost coal miner as a true hero --PEIA Finance Board gets another earful from state workers --SNAP benefits are back in place with the government shutdown over --In Sports: The high school football playoffs start tonight and WVU wins the basketball Backyard Brawl 

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --The longest Government shutdown in history --The U.S. EPA Administrator visits West Virginia --Crews continue to dewater a Nicholas County mine where a miner remains unaccounted for --In Sports: Marshall wins over WVU in soccer 

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --Congressman Riley Moore believes the House will approve the measure to reopen the federal government today --Governor Morrisey says the search for a missing coal miner is still very much a rescue operation --Barbour County's Superintendent says consolidation of the county's middle schools was the best move for the current situation --In Sports: Rich Rod and Gibb...

Today on MetroNews This Morning --The difficult search for a missing miner underground in Nicholas County is ongoing --The U.S. Senate okays the clean resolution to reopen the government pending the House vote --A Kanawha County Judge rules the Governor has the authority to send guard troops to DC --In Sports:  WVU women qualify for the NCAA tournament

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --A search and rescue operation continues for a missing worker in a flooded Nicholas County coal mine --A major fire is burning in an old warehouse type building in downtown Charleston --We appear much closer to an end to the ongoing Government Shutdown --In Sports: High school teams know who and when they'll play in the first round of the high school football play...

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --A West Virginia coal miner is killed on the job --Officials at Yeager Airport antcipate flights to be impacted by an FAA scaleback of flights nationally by 10 percent --Roane County School Board votes reluctantly for consolidation plan --In Sports; it's the final week of the regular season in high school football and WVU basketball wins their second game 

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --Governor Morrisey will be on the road promoting a new rural healthcare plan today --Hope Gas strikes a compromise on a rate increase, Mountaineer Gas' request is opposed by elected leaders in Kanawha County --Embattled Marshall County assessor enters plea agreement to embezzlement charges --In Sports: WVU prepares to take on the Camels in basketball 

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --Efforts continue in West Virginia to fill the void left by the Government shutdown --Hope Gas and the PSC may have struck a deal on a rate hike request --The state is going to need employees to fill a growing number of jobs --In Sports; the Mountaineers defeat Mt. St. Mary's on opening night of the season and the Ross Hodge era 

Today on MetroNews This Morning:  --West Virginia continues the process of trying to help provide food to the hungry amid the government shutdown --Hope Gas customers speak out against a propsoed rate hike --A body found buried in the back yard of a Wheeling home --In Sports; The Mountaineer women's basketball team tips off the season and it's gameday for the WVU men