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Speaker 1 (00:02):
This is Metro News this Morning, bringing you this morning's
biggest news headlines from across the state.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
It's Tuesday morning, October fourteen, twenty twenty five, and this
is Metro News This Morning, a service of Metro News,
the voice of West Virginia. Good morning, I'm Jeff Jenkiins.
Over the next several minutes get you updated on what's
going on across the state of West Virginia, news, weather,
and sports on this Tuesday morning. Back to work for
several today. We had the day awful Monday for Columbus Day.
(00:32):
Thanks for listening this morning. Let's get our first update
of news on this Tuesday morning from the Metro News
anchor desk. The countdown for Jewish Congregation in Charleston is
ended at seven hundred and thirty eight. That's how many
days twenty Israelis were held hostas by Hamas they were
released Monday, congregation been ad Jacob, Rabbi Adam Berman says,
this release has been a long time coming.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
This is all very personal.
Speaker 4 (00:55):
We've shed way too many tiers of morning of pain,
of grief, and now we have the opportunity to I
shed tears of joy as well.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Berman lived in Israel when October seventh happened two years ago.
He began leading the Charleston Congregation earlier this year. We'll
hear more from the rabbi coming up in a few
minutes as part of our Metro News backgrounder. The Calhoun
County Commission meets this evening with a resignation on its agenda.
Speaker 5 (01:18):
The agenda shows consideration of the resignation of Commissioner Jacob mccumbers. Mccumbers,
the thirty nine year old who was also a first
grade teacher, was arrested last month and charged with fifty
counts of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian or custodian.
A criminal complaint from the arrest said that the teenage
boy told the state Police Child Victim Unit that he
had been sexually assaulted by mccumbers beginning before he reached
(01:40):
the age of ten. The alleged victims said that the
abuse continued for eight or nine years. Mcumbers is accused
of telling the boy that he would hurt him if
he told anyone. The Commission will meet at four o'clock today.
I'm Aaron Parker for wv Metronews dot com.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
New ww President Michael T. Benson setting the bar High.
In his first State of the university addressed, Benson tell
wv's faculty Senate Monday he wants to get the university
to the point academically where he can become a member
of the Association of American Universities. Benson says, there's no
reason WV can be in the AAU at some point,
and I.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
See ourselves in there with any of those other institutes,
and I'm going to say it.
Speaker 6 (02:19):
It's the goal that we can accomplish.
Speaker 4 (02:20):
I don't know when, but the process of doing it
is going to make us better.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Getting into the AAU because by invitation only is based
on the university's research and education programs. Benson also announced
during his address that the holiday lighting at Woodburn Hall
on ww's downtown campus in Morgantown would return this year.
That's year's long tradition hasn't happened since twenty eleven. Benson
says an agreement with Huntington Bank is making the holiday
(02:45):
lighting possible. There are more court cases to be heard
by judges on the school entry vaccination controversy in West Virginia.
As a Raleigh County SOCA Judge David Rovo decides on
the question of a permanent injunction Metro New State White
courseponding Brad Micaelhaney says the next challenge is schedule to
be held tomorrow in Kanawh County Circuit Court. In the
Kanawh County case, parents want a religious exemption for their students,
(03:06):
but the school systems denied it.
Speaker 7 (03:07):
Lawyers for the Kanawu County School Board filed a response
opposing the temporary injunction, saying West Virginia's compulsory vaccination law
does not explicitly provide for religious or conscientious exceptions.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
More on this latest case from Brad at wv metronews
dot com. A lot of people are in federal prison
at being convicted on drug charges in West Virginia's Northern District.
New US Attorney for the Northern District, Matt Harvey, says
he's seen the numbers and those type of investigations will
still be a priority with him in charge of the office.
Speaker 8 (03:37):
The Northern District, per capita has the highest fitnal prosecutions
in the nation. So when I see that sort of data,
and we're fourteenth in the nation as far as case light,
so I see that there's still a great need in
West Virginia to disrupt and dismantle these sophisticated organizations.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Harvey was a county prosecutor Jefferson County for a dozen
years before being appointed by President Donald Trump and confirmed
last week by the US Senate. Police in the Marshall
County town of Glendale are looking for those responsible for
breaking into several vehicles please say. Two men got into
nine vehicles early yesterday morning. They checked for unlocked doors
and moved on to the next vehicle when they found
(04:15):
one locked. One of the two men was caught on
surveillance video. No arrest have been made. Governor Patrick Morrisey
has a news conference schedule for later this morning. It's
set for eleven thirty at the Capitol. No word yet
from the Governor's office on the topic of discussion. Harrison
County Republicans scheduled to remember the life of conservative political
activist Charlie Kirk tonight. Kirk, who was assassinated on September tenth,
(04:36):
will be the focus of a gathering set to start
at six thirty at Jackson Square in downtown Clarksburg. Homecoming
activities continue on the Marsha University campus. Emu's Director of
Alumni Engagement, Walker Tatum, says, the voice of the will
Fortune Marshall grad Jim Thornton is the feature of alum
this week.
Speaker 9 (04:53):
Actually went to La a couple of weeks ago and
we got to go on the set of a Whale
of Fortune and get to see him in his element,
just the way that he he leads and he you know,
lets people know he's from this area and represents this community.
It's just out of this world.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
The annual Unity Walk was held Monday evening on the
Marshall University campus. Thanks for listening this morning and coming
up on our background are a closer look at some
West Virginia reaction to the release of the Israeli hostages.
Daniel Woods has sports all of that ahead. Thanks for
joining us on this Tuesday morning.
Speaker 10 (05:34):
The high school football season continues Friday night with our
Game of the Week Cable Midland and Parkersburg presented by Gomar.
You can also watch Princeton and Beckley Montcalm against Greenbrier West,
Parkersburg South and Morgantown, Scott and Rome County, and Winfield
versus Shady Spring, all on Metro News TV. Brought to
you by the Thrasher Group, Marshall University, and the Mountaineer
(05:54):
Challenge Academy. Stream the action live on Metro News Television,
download the free Metro News Television or visit WV metronewstv
dot com for more information.
Speaker 11 (06:06):
I'm Kyle Wigs, I'm Greg Hunter, and I'm Brad Howe,
and we welcome you to join us each weeknight at
six oh six for the City Net Statewide Sports Line.
Speaker 5 (06:14):
As always, will dive deep into Mountaineer athletics.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
We'll cover the Mountaineise, We'll cover high school sports, and
if it's happening in the world of sports, we'll be
talking about it.
Speaker 11 (06:22):
You can listen live and text into the show each
night at six oh six, or watch anytime on the
Metro News TV app. It's the City Net state Wide
Sports Line on Metro News.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
Good Tuesday morning to you, Daniel Woods with sports is
coming up in just a moment. First though, in our
Metro News backgrounder, members of the Congregation Benee, Jacob and
Charleston rejoicing after twenty years Raely hostages were released from
hamas is part of a new piece deal that was
approved last week. Rabbi Adam Berman is among those who
are celebrating their release. We hear more in our backgrounder.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
In guys on know what number tour of duty right now?
And also unfortunately the October seventh was a grim milestone
in my life as an Israeli, having actually had personal
acquaintances were who are killed and were lost in some
of the one thy two hundred people that we lost
(07:19):
on that day, including Vivian Silver, who was the aunt
of a close friend of mine, lived on the keebos
next to us keyboard. To Beri is actually a well
known peace activist, founded an organization inner faith peace organization
called Women Wage Peace, and she was murdered in her
home on October seventh. This is all very personal. We've
shed way too many tiers of mourning, of pain, of grief,
(07:42):
and now we have the opportunity to shed tears of
joy as well. Every single day, as I've been leading
services at Ben a Jacob, we've been counting the days
that our hostages have have been held, and every day
I say that, you know, we hope by by this
time tomorrow they'll be home. We're thrilled to be able
to stop the count at day one hundred and thirty eight.
(08:02):
It's a it's a it's a shame that it took
this long. We certainly I didn't imagine it would take
this long, that there will be two years in which
these people would would survive in these terror dungeons of Gaza,
and the fact that they did survive two years and
are being a reunited with their families is incredible. So
it's certainly a moment of joy and of gratitude the
(08:24):
all we've all had heaviness in our hearts for two
years and the fact that today we finally have.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
Have some relief, a bittersweet relief.
Speaker 4 (08:34):
To be sure, we certainly don't forget all we lost,
all our service members who have injured, killed and impacted
in ways that aren't necessarily readily apparent. You know, we
don't forget that for a second. But we're certainly thrilled
for the families.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
Rabbi Burman was a guest Monday on Metro News mid Day.
It's got an update on sports and Daniel Woods is
with us and Daniel when the Metro News Power Rankings
high school football, we got some movement after the last
round of games.
Speaker 3 (09:07):
That's right, Jeff. With this new week, the new edition
of the Metro News high School Football Power Rankings presented
by Tutors Biscuit World is out and like you said,
some changes. Huntington's still the number one team in the
Class Quad A poll, but Martinsburg moves up to number
two after beating Morgantown. Friday. Jefferson leaps into the top
ten at number nine after beating previously undefeated George Washington.
(09:29):
Bridgeport still has a hold on the top spot in TRIPLEA,
but there's two new teams in the rankings this week.
Capitol returns at number eight and Kaiser ranked for the
first time. The Golden Tornado five and one in at
the number ten spot. Independence repeats at number one. In
Double A, Philip Barber makes a big jump thanks to
a win over Petersburg, up from number eight to number five,
(09:50):
and in Class A, Wahama still the top team in
the poll. Meadow Bridge back into this week's top ten
at number nine. Fine the full rankings at wv metronews
dot com and get a breakdown tomorrow night in the
High School Sports Line from seven oh six to nine
on many of these same stations. The West Virginia football
team is getting ready to go on the road to
UCF this week. The two programs share a connection, both
(10:12):
mourning the loss of UCF offensive line coach in West
Virginia native Sean Clark, who died earlier this year. UCF
head coach Scott Frost says a gesture from WVU following
Clark's passing went a long way.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Man.
Speaker 12 (10:24):
I got a big envelope of letters from I think
everybody in their athletic department, individually written and signed, and
I think that speaks to the class of who coach
Rodriguez is and obviously the people in that athletic department too,
So I want to say thank you for that.
Speaker 3 (10:39):
The Mountaineers and Knights meet at one o'clock on Saturday
in the Major League Baseball Playoffs. The Seattle Mariners hold
a two to nothing lead over the Toronto Blue Jays
in the American League Championship Series. After a ten to
three win. The Los Angeles Dodgers took Game one of
the National League Series over the Milwaukee Brewers two to one,
eight scoreless innings on the mound for Blake Snell. Blake
Trinon got the sale with a strikeout, but the bases
(11:02):
loaded in the bottom of The ninth game two between
the Dodgers and Brewers is tonight at eight and on
Monday Night football a double header as the Atlanta Falcons
beat the Buffalo Bills twenty four to fourteen, Bjon Robinson
rushing for one hundred and seventy yards in a touchdown.
Jake Moody with a field goal for the Chicago Bears
on the final play of the game to beat the
Washington Commanders twenty five to twenty four.
Speaker 2 (11:22):
This is Metro News this Morning. Thanks for joining us
for this Tuesday morning, October fourteenth, twenty twenty five. I'm
Jeff Jenkins, and with our morning commentary, here's Metro News
Hotline host Dave Weekly.
Speaker 6 (11:33):
You probably had one of those days at work, at school,
or maybe even at home, a day when you weren't
feeling quite one hundred percent, a nagging pain, you could
feel a cold coming on, or perhaps you were just
in a bad mood. On this day in nineteen forty seven,
Chuck Yeger was having one of those days. Yeger was
already at this point a kind of larger than life
character in the world of aviation. But even heroes feel pain,
(11:57):
sometimes imagined or real. Today's anniversary of the date Jeger
became the first man to break the sound barrier in
October fourteenth, nineteen forty seven, but two days earlier was
also the third anniversary of another significant moment in his
colorful life. On October of the twelve, nineteen forty four,
during World War two's final months, Jaeger, who had already
(12:19):
been shot down earlier in the war, escaped the Germans
and aided the French resistance. Took off in his P
fifty one. A respected pilot, but he returned as an ace.
Jeger obtained rare ace in a day status after downing
five German planes during a single mission. Five of his
eleven total kills for the war came on that mission.
Flash Ahead three years Jaeger's less than forty eight hours
(12:42):
from flying the Bell X one on a mission to
crack the sound barrier, an attempt some expert believed would
be impossible. But on this date, Jeger's biggest problem was
staying on a horse. He was thrown out of the
saddle and cracked two ribs at the end of a
nighttime race back to the barn with his wife Glennis.
Despite the injury, Yeager was determined to make that flight.
(13:03):
He managed to keep his broken ribs a secret by
avoiding the flight surgeon by going to the veterinarian in
town for treatment. In the attempt to break the sound barrier,
the Bell X one had to be dropped midair from
the bombay of a B twenty nine bomber twelve thousand
feet above the California Desert. For Yeager, having the nerve
to fly the mission wasn't the problem, but reaching up
(13:24):
to close the hatch once he settled into the cockpit
was Project engineer Jack Ridley knew Jaeger's secret, and he
came up with an idea, a sowd off broomstick that
he used to extend his reach and pull the hatch shut.
Nothing like a little Lincoln County problem. Solving Yeager's flight
into history was relatively short. After cracking the sound barrier
(13:46):
at six hundred and sixty miles an hour, he flew
supersonically under power from his rocket for twenty seconds, then
cut the power and glided down to the lake bed
for a safe landing without any breaks. After touching down,
the X one went for two miles before stopping. Total
time of the flight fourteen minutes. From the b twenty
nine release to a safe desert landing. Yeger will always
(14:08):
be best known for breaking the sound barrier, and while
his story was so much more than that, this is
the anniversary that's been noted multiple times for obvious reasons.
On October fourteenth, nineteen eighty five, the airport here in
Charleston was renamed for him, and thirteen years ago in
twenty twelve, the sixty fifth anniversary of his breaking of
the sound barrier, Yeger broke it again at the age
(14:30):
of eighty nine. Then four months later after that, on
his ninetieth birthday, Yeger went skydiving. So this morning we
remember Chuck Yeger, arguably America's greatest pilot, on the anniversary
of his journey into the unknown, broken ribs and all,
seventy eight years ago today October fourteenth, nineteen forty seven.
I'll talk to you later today on Metro News Hotline
(14:51):
beginning at three oh six on many of these same stations.
Speaker 2 (14:54):
Another nice day in West Virginia put me a sunshine,
temperatures once again getting up into the seventies on this
dry October day. Thanks for joining us on Metro News
this morning. For Daniel Woods I'm Jeff Jenkins. Have a
great day.
Speaker 1 (15:07):
Metro News This Morning is an exclusive production of the
Metro News Radio Network. All rights reserved.
This is Metro News this Morning, bringing you this morning's
biggest news headlines from across the state.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
It's Tuesday morning, October fourteen, twenty twenty five, and this
is Metro News This Morning, a service of Metro News,
the voice of West Virginia. Good morning, I'm Jeff Jenkiins.
Over the next several minutes get you updated on what's
going on across the state of West Virginia, news, weather,
and sports on this Tuesday morning. Back to work for
several today. We had the day awful Monday for Columbus Day.
(00:32):
Thanks for listening this morning. Let's get our first update
of news on this Tuesday morning from the Metro News
anchor desk. The countdown for Jewish Congregation in Charleston is
ended at seven hundred and thirty eight. That's how many
days twenty Israelis were held hostas by Hamas they were
released Monday, congregation been ad Jacob, Rabbi Adam Berman says,
this release has been a long time coming.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
This is all very personal.
Speaker 4 (00:55):
We've shed way too many tiers of morning of pain,
of grief, and now we have the opportunity to I
shed tears of joy as well.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Berman lived in Israel when October seventh happened two years ago.
He began leading the Charleston Congregation earlier this year. We'll
hear more from the rabbi coming up in a few
minutes as part of our Metro News backgrounder. The Calhoun
County Commission meets this evening with a resignation on its agenda.
Speaker 5 (01:18):
The agenda shows consideration of the resignation of Commissioner Jacob mccumbers. Mccumbers,
the thirty nine year old who was also a first
grade teacher, was arrested last month and charged with fifty
counts of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian or custodian.
A criminal complaint from the arrest said that the teenage
boy told the state Police Child Victim Unit that he
had been sexually assaulted by mccumbers beginning before he reached
(01:40):
the age of ten. The alleged victims said that the
abuse continued for eight or nine years. Mcumbers is accused
of telling the boy that he would hurt him if
he told anyone. The Commission will meet at four o'clock today.
I'm Aaron Parker for wv Metronews dot com.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
New ww President Michael T. Benson setting the bar High.
In his first State of the university addressed, Benson tell
wv's faculty Senate Monday he wants to get the university
to the point academically where he can become a member
of the Association of American Universities. Benson says, there's no
reason WV can be in the AAU at some point,
and I.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
See ourselves in there with any of those other institutes,
and I'm going to say it.
Speaker 6 (02:19):
It's the goal that we can accomplish.
Speaker 4 (02:20):
I don't know when, but the process of doing it
is going to make us better.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Getting into the AAU because by invitation only is based
on the university's research and education programs. Benson also announced
during his address that the holiday lighting at Woodburn Hall
on ww's downtown campus in Morgantown would return this year.
That's year's long tradition hasn't happened since twenty eleven. Benson
says an agreement with Huntington Bank is making the holiday
(02:45):
lighting possible. There are more court cases to be heard
by judges on the school entry vaccination controversy in West Virginia.
As a Raleigh County SOCA Judge David Rovo decides on
the question of a permanent injunction Metro New State White
courseponding Brad Micaelhaney says the next challenge is schedule to
be held tomorrow in Kanawh County Circuit Court. In the
Kanawh County case, parents want a religious exemption for their students,
(03:06):
but the school systems denied it.
Speaker 7 (03:07):
Lawyers for the Kanawu County School Board filed a response
opposing the temporary injunction, saying West Virginia's compulsory vaccination law
does not explicitly provide for religious or conscientious exceptions.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
More on this latest case from Brad at wv metronews
dot com. A lot of people are in federal prison
at being convicted on drug charges in West Virginia's Northern District.
New US Attorney for the Northern District, Matt Harvey, says
he's seen the numbers and those type of investigations will
still be a priority with him in charge of the office.
Speaker 8 (03:37):
The Northern District, per capita has the highest fitnal prosecutions
in the nation. So when I see that sort of data,
and we're fourteenth in the nation as far as case light,
so I see that there's still a great need in
West Virginia to disrupt and dismantle these sophisticated organizations.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Harvey was a county prosecutor Jefferson County for a dozen
years before being appointed by President Donald Trump and confirmed
last week by the US Senate. Police in the Marshall
County town of Glendale are looking for those responsible for
breaking into several vehicles please say. Two men got into
nine vehicles early yesterday morning. They checked for unlocked doors
and moved on to the next vehicle when they found
(04:15):
one locked. One of the two men was caught on
surveillance video. No arrest have been made. Governor Patrick Morrisey
has a news conference schedule for later this morning. It's
set for eleven thirty at the Capitol. No word yet
from the Governor's office on the topic of discussion. Harrison
County Republicans scheduled to remember the life of conservative political
activist Charlie Kirk tonight. Kirk, who was assassinated on September tenth,
(04:36):
will be the focus of a gathering set to start
at six thirty at Jackson Square in downtown Clarksburg. Homecoming
activities continue on the Marsha University campus. Emu's Director of
Alumni Engagement, Walker Tatum, says, the voice of the will
Fortune Marshall grad Jim Thornton is the feature of alum
this week.
Speaker 9 (04:53):
Actually went to La a couple of weeks ago and
we got to go on the set of a Whale
of Fortune and get to see him in his element,
just the way that he he leads and he you know,
lets people know he's from this area and represents this community.
It's just out of this world.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
The annual Unity Walk was held Monday evening on the
Marshall University campus. Thanks for listening this morning and coming
up on our background are a closer look at some
West Virginia reaction to the release of the Israeli hostages.
Daniel Woods has sports all of that ahead. Thanks for
joining us on this Tuesday morning.
Speaker 10 (05:34):
The high school football season continues Friday night with our
Game of the Week Cable Midland and Parkersburg presented by Gomar.
You can also watch Princeton and Beckley Montcalm against Greenbrier West,
Parkersburg South and Morgantown, Scott and Rome County, and Winfield
versus Shady Spring, all on Metro News TV. Brought to
you by the Thrasher Group, Marshall University, and the Mountaineer
(05:54):
Challenge Academy. Stream the action live on Metro News Television,
download the free Metro News Television or visit WV metronewstv
dot com for more information.
Speaker 11 (06:06):
I'm Kyle Wigs, I'm Greg Hunter, and I'm Brad Howe,
and we welcome you to join us each weeknight at
six oh six for the City Net Statewide Sports Line.
Speaker 5 (06:14):
As always, will dive deep into Mountaineer athletics.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
We'll cover the Mountaineise, We'll cover high school sports, and
if it's happening in the world of sports, we'll be
talking about it.
Speaker 11 (06:22):
You can listen live and text into the show each
night at six oh six, or watch anytime on the
Metro News TV app. It's the City Net state Wide
Sports Line on Metro News.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
Good Tuesday morning to you, Daniel Woods with sports is
coming up in just a moment. First though, in our
Metro News backgrounder, members of the Congregation Benee, Jacob and
Charleston rejoicing after twenty years Raely hostages were released from
hamas is part of a new piece deal that was
approved last week. Rabbi Adam Berman is among those who
are celebrating their release. We hear more in our backgrounder.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
In guys on know what number tour of duty right now?
And also unfortunately the October seventh was a grim milestone
in my life as an Israeli, having actually had personal
acquaintances were who are killed and were lost in some
of the one thy two hundred people that we lost
(07:19):
on that day, including Vivian Silver, who was the aunt
of a close friend of mine, lived on the keebos
next to us keyboard. To Beri is actually a well
known peace activist, founded an organization inner faith peace organization
called Women Wage Peace, and she was murdered in her
home on October seventh. This is all very personal. We've
shed way too many tiers of mourning, of pain, of grief,
(07:42):
and now we have the opportunity to shed tears of
joy as well. Every single day, as I've been leading
services at Ben a Jacob, we've been counting the days
that our hostages have have been held, and every day
I say that, you know, we hope by by this
time tomorrow they'll be home. We're thrilled to be able
to stop the count at day one hundred and thirty eight.
(08:02):
It's a it's a it's a shame that it took
this long. We certainly I didn't imagine it would take
this long, that there will be two years in which
these people would would survive in these terror dungeons of Gaza,
and the fact that they did survive two years and
are being a reunited with their families is incredible. So
it's certainly a moment of joy and of gratitude the
(08:24):
all we've all had heaviness in our hearts for two
years and the fact that today we finally have.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
Have some relief, a bittersweet relief.
Speaker 4 (08:34):
To be sure, we certainly don't forget all we lost,
all our service members who have injured, killed and impacted
in ways that aren't necessarily readily apparent. You know, we
don't forget that for a second. But we're certainly thrilled
for the families.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
Rabbi Burman was a guest Monday on Metro News mid Day.
It's got an update on sports and Daniel Woods is
with us and Daniel when the Metro News Power Rankings
high school football, we got some movement after the last
round of games.
Speaker 3 (09:07):
That's right, Jeff. With this new week, the new edition
of the Metro News high School Football Power Rankings presented
by Tutors Biscuit World is out and like you said,
some changes. Huntington's still the number one team in the
Class Quad A poll, but Martinsburg moves up to number
two after beating Morgantown. Friday. Jefferson leaps into the top
ten at number nine after beating previously undefeated George Washington.
(09:29):
Bridgeport still has a hold on the top spot in TRIPLEA,
but there's two new teams in the rankings this week.
Capitol returns at number eight and Kaiser ranked for the
first time. The Golden Tornado five and one in at
the number ten spot. Independence repeats at number one. In
Double A, Philip Barber makes a big jump thanks to
a win over Petersburg, up from number eight to number five,
(09:50):
and in Class A, Wahama still the top team in
the poll. Meadow Bridge back into this week's top ten
at number nine. Fine the full rankings at wv metronews
dot com and get a breakdown tomorrow night in the
High School Sports Line from seven oh six to nine
on many of these same stations. The West Virginia football
team is getting ready to go on the road to
UCF this week. The two programs share a connection, both
(10:12):
mourning the loss of UCF offensive line coach in West
Virginia native Sean Clark, who died earlier this year. UCF
head coach Scott Frost says a gesture from WVU following
Clark's passing went a long way.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Man.
Speaker 12 (10:24):
I got a big envelope of letters from I think
everybody in their athletic department, individually written and signed, and
I think that speaks to the class of who coach
Rodriguez is and obviously the people in that athletic department too,
So I want to say thank you for that.
Speaker 3 (10:39):
The Mountaineers and Knights meet at one o'clock on Saturday
in the Major League Baseball Playoffs. The Seattle Mariners hold
a two to nothing lead over the Toronto Blue Jays
in the American League Championship Series. After a ten to
three win. The Los Angeles Dodgers took Game one of
the National League Series over the Milwaukee Brewers two to one,
eight scoreless innings on the mound for Blake Snell. Blake
Trinon got the sale with a strikeout, but the bases
(11:02):
loaded in the bottom of The ninth game two between
the Dodgers and Brewers is tonight at eight and on
Monday Night football a double header as the Atlanta Falcons
beat the Buffalo Bills twenty four to fourteen, Bjon Robinson
rushing for one hundred and seventy yards in a touchdown.
Jake Moody with a field goal for the Chicago Bears
on the final play of the game to beat the
Washington Commanders twenty five to twenty four.
Speaker 2 (11:22):
This is Metro News this Morning. Thanks for joining us
for this Tuesday morning, October fourteenth, twenty twenty five. I'm
Jeff Jenkins, and with our morning commentary, here's Metro News
Hotline host Dave Weekly.
Speaker 6 (11:33):
You probably had one of those days at work, at school,
or maybe even at home, a day when you weren't
feeling quite one hundred percent, a nagging pain, you could
feel a cold coming on, or perhaps you were just
in a bad mood. On this day in nineteen forty seven,
Chuck Yeger was having one of those days. Yeger was
already at this point a kind of larger than life
character in the world of aviation. But even heroes feel pain,
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sometimes imagined or real. Today's anniversary of the date Jeger
became the first man to break the sound barrier in
October fourteenth, nineteen forty seven, but two days earlier was
also the third anniversary of another significant moment in his
colorful life. On October of the twelve, nineteen forty four,
during World War two's final months, Jaeger, who had already
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been shot down earlier in the war, escaped the Germans
and aided the French resistance. Took off in his P
fifty one. A respected pilot, but he returned as an ace.
Jeger obtained rare ace in a day status after downing
five German planes during a single mission. Five of his
eleven total kills for the war came on that mission.
Flash Ahead three years Jaeger's less than forty eight hours
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from flying the Bell X one on a mission to
crack the sound barrier, an attempt some expert believed would
be impossible. But on this date, Jeger's biggest problem was
staying on a horse. He was thrown out of the
saddle and cracked two ribs at the end of a
nighttime race back to the barn with his wife Glennis.
Despite the injury, Yeager was determined to make that flight.
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He managed to keep his broken ribs a secret by
avoiding the flight surgeon by going to the veterinarian in
town for treatment. In the attempt to break the sound barrier,
the Bell X one had to be dropped midair from
the bombay of a B twenty nine bomber twelve thousand
feet above the California Desert. For Yeager, having the nerve
to fly the mission wasn't the problem, but reaching up
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to close the hatch once he settled into the cockpit
was Project engineer Jack Ridley knew Jaeger's secret, and he
came up with an idea, a sowd off broomstick that
he used to extend his reach and pull the hatch shut.
Nothing like a little Lincoln County problem. Solving Yeager's flight
into history was relatively short. After cracking the sound barrier
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at six hundred and sixty miles an hour, he flew
supersonically under power from his rocket for twenty seconds, then
cut the power and glided down to the lake bed
for a safe landing without any breaks. After touching down,
the X one went for two miles before stopping. Total
time of the flight fourteen minutes. From the b twenty
nine release to a safe desert landing. Yeger will always
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be best known for breaking the sound barrier, and while
his story was so much more than that, this is
the anniversary that's been noted multiple times for obvious reasons.
On October fourteenth, nineteen eighty five, the airport here in
Charleston was renamed for him, and thirteen years ago in
twenty twelve, the sixty fifth anniversary of his breaking of
the sound barrier, Yeger broke it again at the age
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of eighty nine. Then four months later after that, on
his ninetieth birthday, Yeger went skydiving. So this morning we
remember Chuck Yeger, arguably America's greatest pilot, on the anniversary
of his journey into the unknown, broken ribs and all,
seventy eight years ago today October fourteenth, nineteen forty seven.
I'll talk to you later today on Metro News Hotline
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beginning at three oh six on many of these same stations.
Speaker 2 (14:54):
Another nice day in West Virginia put me a sunshine,
temperatures once again getting up into the seventies on this
dry October day. Thanks for joining us on Metro News
this morning. For Daniel Woods I'm Jeff Jenkins. Have a
great day.
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