TMS Headlines: September 10, 2025

Episode Transcript

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Stay informed on local issues on the Morning Spiel brought
to you by Royal Water on WKMZ. This is the
morning Spiel for Senate by Royal Water Treatment. I wanted
three to three WKMZ. Alex Weederspiel here with you. Let's
check in on our local news and sports headlines. The
Clarksburg Water Board is set to hold a public hearing
on the upcoming proposed water rate increase. The board is

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proposing an ordinance to increase water rates based on Gallon's meter.
The final vote is set for September twenty fourth at
three pm. Interested parties can be heard at this meeting
and the ordinance may be amended as a result at
that meeting. Adoption would render changes by November tenth, Harrison
County man will spend years in prison for staging vehicle
accidents to obtain insurance money. Thirty one year old Jesse
Pumpfrey of Clarksburg will serve seven years and eight months

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in federal prison for filing false insurance claims. He reportedly
worked with others to stage vehicle accidents in Preston County,
then submitted false insurance claims for property damage and medical
bills that investigators say we're also fraudulent. He's facing an
unrelated charge for armed robbery in Preston County. A man
and a woman are now facing charges in Upshur County
after their two year old child wandered down the road

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in the area of French Creek. Thirty year old Rebecca
Kittle and thirty three year old Daryl Kittle are charged
with three counts of child neglect with risk of injury.
A two year old girl had been missing on Alton
Road near French Creek. Police say she suffered lacerations on
her legs and feet during her journey. Other children were
removed from the home following an investigation. Police said the
home was in deplorable condition. An elementary school in Barbara

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County closed Tuesday because of staffing issues. Bilington Elementary School
didn't have enough teachers and staff in general. They were
out connected to what the superintendent of Barbara County described
to WDTV as an internal issue that they are trying
to deal with. It's not clear whether this will impact
the school's availability in the future. City council failed to
get out of a deadlock vote this week on whether
to engage a company that provides interim city managers until

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a permanent selection is made in Bridgeport. As a result,
Joe Shuttlesworth will remain in both the role of interim
manager and director of Parks and Recreation for the City
of Bridgeport. The town has been without a permanent city
manager since pat Ford was fired earlier this year. They
were considering this route due to the difficulty and strain
caused by both running a department and being the interim

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city manager. A former Bridgeport doctor will spend two years
in federal prison. He was found guilty recently on four
counts of improper prescribing and one count of destroying records.
Investigators say sixty one year old David Hess wrote his
patients adderall prescriptions, and a jury agreed that it was
without a legitimate medical purpose. A Georgia woman will serve
seven months in prison in connection to a case involving
one million dollars in defrauding a Gilmer County business, twenty

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nine year old CHIZEMACNQUO of Lawrenceville, Georgia, and another defendant
created an email address to spoof an employee at the business,
resulting in a vendor check of more than one million
dollars being sent out. The defendants reportedly spent more than
six hundred thousand dollars before they were caught. The One
and Only Stevo is coming to Clarksburg. The Star of
Jackass is bringing his all new Crash and Burned tour
to the Robinson Grant Performing Arts Center, as announced on

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WKMZ earlier this month, Tickets go on sale officially for
the Friday, November seventh show Friday of this week date.
Higher Education Chancellor Doctor Sarah Armstrong Tucker says she's hoping
to address the state's low college going rate. She's hoping
to simplify financial aids the students can better understand it
and current college rates go up in the process. In
West Virginia, for all institutions, it's more than forty seven

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percent in that rate needs to go up, according to Tucker,
to meet future needs for the economy. You can read
much more about what she had to say at wvmetro
news dot com. The City of Bridgeport has already set
their trick or treat for this year. The trick or
treat has officially been announced for October thirtieth, from six
pm to seven thirty pm Halloween, of course, on a
Friday this year and features a home football game between

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Bridgeport and rival Fairmont Senior. Serious concern in Charleston is
mounting over the future of FEMA. That's the word from
the state's voluntary organizations active in disaster. You can read
the full story today at wv Metro News dot com.
It's not exactly clear who will start at quarterback and
Saturday's backyard brawl, with both Nico Markhiall and Jalen Henderson
expected to be in the mix following the seventeen to

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ten loss to Ohio. Rich Rodriguez would not confirm either
as a starter during practice. So far this week, the
Mountaineers are facing tall odds. They opened as six and
a half point underdogs against unbeaten pit following the upset
loss in Athens last week. Bridgeport is still number one
in the Metro News Claster pl A power rankings, with
Fairmont Senior at three, North Marion at six, and Elkins
now up to eight. In Class DOUBLEA, Dondridge County is

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up to number five, Philip Barber at six, and in
sigal A, Tucker County is at three, while Clayvetel is
at nine. Where is everybody else? And who else received votes.
Check out the full rankings today at wv metronews dot com.
You can hear the Week two recap bonus pod of
the Friday free for all by checking out the show
on the speaker app or your preferred podcasting platform. Chris

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Johnson and I will have the Week three preview live
this Friday morning at seven oh six on one oh
three three wkmzwkmsnews dot com and the WVRC Media app.
MEC Soccer Action Today. West Virginia wesley and Davison Nelkins
both in action. The Senators will host West Liberty on
the men's side, that's at four o'clock. West Virginia Wesleyan
is at Frostbrook State that's set for a five o'clock kickoff.

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In women's soccer, Fairmont State with a matinee. They'll host
clarin University in non conplay at two thirty. Glennville State
is at Ursuline College that's set for three thirty, and
then West Virginia Wesleyan's women's soccer team will host Calpa
kickoff set for six. The San Francisco forty nine ers
have extended tackle Colton mckivitzs for three years. And forty
five million dollars. The former Mountaineer standout is now locked

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up in the Bay Area through the twenty twenty eight season.
Let's take a look now at your weather. Fog could
impact morning commuters Today Sonny with a high of seventy seven, clear, Tonight,
low forty nine. Sonny on Thursday, high seventy nine clear
Thursday night, and mild low fifty Friday. For Week three
of high school football, much nicer, sunny and a high

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of eighty one. Saturday, Sonny, a high of eighty two
for folks attending the backyard Brawl. Sunday, mostly sunny, high
eighty two. Monday, Sonny with a high of eighty two.
That'll do it for the Morning Spiel news and sports
headlines segment. As always, check it out your own leisure
if you ever miss it you just want to get
caught up on the day's headlines, We'll have them for

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you every day that there's an episode of the Morning Spiel.
We're back just after this to talk with Greg Carey
of wv metronews dot com to get his thoughts, his feelings,
his reaction on what's going on in the first two
weeks of the high school football season. Been a great
start to the season. We'll talk with Greg coming up
here in just a few minutes on the radio during

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the main segment, and of course for you podcast listeners
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