September 22, 2025 • 14 mins
Today on MetroNews This Morning:
--West Virginia rural hospitals will benefit from a stipulation in the One Big Beautiful Bill
--Another judge issues a non-ruling in the ongoing debate over vaccinations vs. religious exemptions
--A man accused of selling the fentanyl which led to more than 30 overdoses in 24-hours is in jail
--In Sports: WVU heads back to the drawing board after the Big XII opener was a disaster
--West Virginia rural hospitals will benefit from a stipulation in the One Big Beautiful Bill
--Another judge issues a non-ruling in the ongoing debate over vaccinations vs. religious exemptions
--A man accused of selling the fentanyl which led to more than 30 overdoses in 24-hours is in jail
--In Sports: WVU heads back to the drawing board after the Big XII opener was a disaster
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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 is Monday, September twenty second, twenty twenty five. Good morning,
I'm Chris Lawrence. We're ready to get the day started
with the information you're going to need in the Mountain State.
We begin with the forecast, which says a change in
the weather pattern could bring some much needed rainfall and
cooler temperatures our way throughout this week. We'll take a
closer look at that forecast in just a moment. Right now, though,
(00:30):
let's check what's happening at the Metro News anchor desk
across the state. Funds included in the President's One Big
Beautiful Bill are going to becoming to West Virginia to
aid with rural hospitals. The Rural Health Transformation Program would
distribute fifty billion dollars over five years to all fifty
states to help with rural healthcare. Governor Patrick Morrissey talked
(00:50):
about what West Virginia could see from this program.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
West Virginia is going to be receiving a minimum of
one hundred million dollars per year over five years to
focus on rural healthcare. Well, that's a minimum of one
hundred million that by itself is really wonderful and it
has the potential to do a lot of good.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
For West Virginia's state Health Secretary, doctor Arvin Singh, says
it helps a lot of the issues that have plagued
the state for years.
Speaker 4 (01:16):
West Virginia ranks at the bottom of nearly every health metric,
whether it's heart failure, whether it's infant mortality. But we're
not here to dwell on those problems. We're here to
seize the solutions. This initiative gives us those resources, those
needed resources, that flexibility, and the opportunity to chart our
own future.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Half the money will be divided evenly among the s
it's The other half will be discretionary and allocated based
on each state's application, rural nature, and other policies. A
Berkeley County judge has added yet another layer of complexity
to the ongoing debate over required school vaccinations. Judge Michael
Lawrenson on Friday declined to order a preliminary injunction which
(01:58):
would have forced the local school system in Berkeley County
to honor religious exemptions sought by nine families in their lawsuit.
Martinsburg attorney Chris right L represents those families and said
it was a disappointing setback.
Speaker 5 (02:10):
That's additional months of these children not being able to
participate in public education, not being able to play sports,
not being able to be with their friends. They're losing
a lot, and so we're going to take all possible
measures to obtain relief on their behalf in every court
that will hear.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Us Lawrenson said a more detailed evidendiary hearing on November twelfth,
but gave the families little hope that it would go
their way. Already, Raleigh County Judge Michael froebel Is granted
a preliminary injunction that favored the parents. In a similar
case there, Mineral County Judge Cody Pancake denied an injunction,
concluding that West Virginia's Religious Freedom's Law does not directly
apply to the vaccine requirements in Code. Rat mcilhoney writes
(02:52):
more at wbmacronews dot com. The West Virginia Coal Association
believes Governor Morrissey's recently unveiled fifty by fifty energy plan
is one of the biggest boost their industry has seen
in many years. President Chris Hamilton Colin Morrissey's plan, along
with the national support from the White House a coal revolution.
Speaker 6 (03:11):
Every single utility, every single generator of electricity is revising
their production and demand forecasts here over the next ten
to fifteen years. You know, it's a remarkable phenomenon that
we are experiencing with this increase electrical demand.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
The governor's plan calls for increasing the state's power generation
capacity to fifty gigawatts by the year twenty fifty. Presently,
that output stands at fifteen gigawatts. More than three hundred
members of the West Virginia National Guard remain undeployment in Washington,
d C. Those Guard members are part of President Trump's
assigned mission Operation DC Safe and Beautiful, to help assist
(03:51):
DC police with deterring criminal activity. They've been deployed more
than a month now. Metro News recently asked Guard spokesman
via email about the length of the deployment, and we
have been told, at least for now, that deployment is
expected to last through late November, but as with any deployment,
the date could change based on operational needs. A man
suspected in a Huntington murder case from four years ago
(04:13):
was now in custody. Police issued a statement Friddy after
finding a criminal complaint against twenty eight year old Quintel
Thompson of Louisville, Kentucky. He's facing a charge of first
degree murder for the January twenty twenty one killing of
David Thompson, an acquaintance in the city of Huntington. Thompson
is behind bars in Louisville on unrelated charges and is
being held as a fugitive from justice. He's awaiting extradition
(04:36):
back to West Virginia to face those charges. The annual
Treasure Mountain Festival parade in Franklin over the weekend drew
some extra excitement. A restored Chevrolet pickup truck which was
in the parade caught fire along the parade route. Initially,
fire extinguishers are used by others to get it under
control and keep it at bay until the local fire
(04:57):
department was able to jump into action and get the
blaze o completely. It did cause heavy damage to the truck, However,
nobody was hurt and there was no damage to any
nearby structure or power lines. In Franklin and US Senator
Shelley Moore Capitot visited with a number of high school
students and families over the weekend, conversation centering on the
student's future as they explored the chances i'm an appointment
(05:19):
to the US Service Academies or an ROTC scholarship. This
past weekend's events were in Charleston and Beckley. This coming weekend,
they'll stage similar activities at Jefferson High School in the
Eastern Panhandle and University High School in Morgantown. Well still ahead,
Daniel Woods will join us with a check on sports.
Rough weekend for the Mountaineers, but Marshall managed to outlast
(05:42):
the lightning and got out of Tennessee with a victory.
We'll hear more about that straight ahead, though. Jeff Jenkins
talks about preliminary hearings scheduled for an acron Ohio man
who sold fentanyl that caused widespread overdoses in Charleston. We'll
tell you about that and Moore stay with us.
Speaker 7 (06:00):
Week five of the high school football season continues Friday
night with our go Mark Game of the Week. Elkins
and fellow Barber Last catch Bluefield and Independent Morgan Down
versus Spring Nills Spring Valley and Saint Aubans, Ron County
and Braxton County and Sistan Bowen Raevens. Was all on
Metro News TV, brought to you by the Thrasher Group,
Marshall University, hand On Mountaineer Challenge Academy. Download the free
(06:20):
Metro News TV app on your iPhone, iPad, Android, Apple TV,
or Fire TV, or visit double DV Metro newstv dot
com for more information.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
Still ahead, Daniel Woods will check sports right down our
background or a preliminary hearing will be scheduled for an
acron Ohio man charge was selling the fentanyl, which police
say was linked to at least thirty five drug overdoses
in Charleston in recent days. Jeff Jenkins tells us more
in our backgrounder.
Speaker 8 (06:50):
Charleston police arrested thirty one year old Anton Jeffries Friday.
Deputy Police Chief Jason Webb says good police work brought
Jeffries into custody.
Speaker 9 (06:57):
It was intense. There's a lot of people that missed
out on a lot of sleep, a lot of time
with their families. But those are the sacrifices that our
officers make and our investigators make to make sure that
we don't lose any human life, and that's what they're
willing to do.
Speaker 6 (07:09):
I can't be more proud of them.
Speaker 8 (07:10):
The city's care team and first responders use Narcan to
revive all the victims. Mayor Amy Schuler good One.
Speaker 10 (07:16):
Attribute the non fatal that we know of non fatal
overdoses to our rapid response. You know, unfortunately we hear
an Appalachian all across the Mountain state are getting really
good at that rapid response.
Speaker 8 (07:29):
Web says. Overdoses are tragic, but he says when they
do happen, the city knows what to do.
Speaker 9 (07:34):
Over the years where West Virginia's been in the forefront
of this epidemic, and we had calls a lot of
times from a lot of different places in the world
that we have found a model that works and it's
saving lives.
Speaker 8 (07:46):
Web says thirty of the thirty five victims had to
be hospitalized after being revived with Narcan.
Speaker 9 (07:50):
So when you know somebody with narcan, they'll come out
of it, it'll stop the opioid. For the most part,
this time, it wasn't. They were either coming out violent
or they're coming out still under the tranquilizer's effects, and
they just weren't recovering what they normally would.
Speaker 8 (08:04):
Good One says she's not surprised Jeffries was taken into custody.
Speaker 10 (08:07):
We have a low crime rate and a very high
solve rate because our folks are always investigating and always looking,
and I feel confident that we're going to secure and
take off the streets some of the drugs that are
being pushed around.
Speaker 8 (08:23):
Please say. Jeffers was recently released from federal prison. I'm
Jeff Jenkins for the Morning News.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
And out of the sports desk, and Daniel Woods is
in it. Daniel, about the best way I could describe
it was it was like watching a car wreck in
slow motion on Saturday evening. The Mountaineers really had a
lot of flaws exposed and they get a lot of
work to do.
Speaker 11 (08:47):
That's right, Chris. The week begins with questions for the
WVU football team. After a forty one to ten loss
at Kansas dropped the Mountaineers to two and two on
the season, head coach rich Tron Drinquez says they just
didn't perform well enough to win.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Nothing was good.
Speaker 9 (09:00):
Coaching, not good, playing not good. It's always okay we
can practice, but evidently not good enough.
Speaker 3 (09:05):
A lot to work gone.
Speaker 11 (09:06):
I mean again, injuries are unfortunate, they're gonna happen.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
Needs to be hitting the bunches, but that ain't the
reason you lost.
Speaker 11 (09:11):
The West Virginia offense was held to just three points
through the first three quarters, and wide receiver Rodney Gallagher
says execution became their biggest problem. We just didn't capitalize
on the opportunities that were given coaches putting this position
to succeed, and we just didn't do that today.
Speaker 4 (09:24):
But you know, we gotta watch the film and bounce
back tomorrow.
Speaker 11 (09:27):
WVU was back home this Saturday against Utah. Marshall Is
headed into conference play this week off of a forty
two to twenty eight win at Middle Tennessee State that
included a significant weather to lay. Head coach Tony Gibson
says he's proud of what his team was able to overcome.
Speaker 4 (09:41):
It was a long nine hours.
Speaker 9 (09:42):
We're out of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and crackers
and all those good things. But just very very proud
of this football team everything we had to overcoming.
Speaker 3 (09:50):
The night got down and then boy we finished the game.
Speaker 6 (09:53):
And that's what I like to see.
Speaker 11 (09:55):
Marshall goes on the road this Saturday to play at Louisiana.
An eight o'clock kick on for that one. The WVU
men's basketball team has its first high school recruit in
the class of twenty twenty six. Highly rated big man
Elude de Yume announced his commitment to the Mountaineers on Sunday.
Rivals rates Dume is the eightieth best prospect in the
twenty twenty sixth class, and West Virginia landed the six
(10:17):
foot ten center out of a final six that also
included Illinois, Mississippi State, Syracuse, UNLV, and Wake Forest. Meanwhile,
the WVU volleyball team heads into conference play this week
with a perfect twelve to zero record. It's the best
start in program history, set as the Mountaineers won all
three matches at the Dolphin Volleyball Classic hosted by Jacksonville
(10:39):
University over the weekend. West Virginia starts conference play on
Saturday on the road at Cincinnati. The Mountaineers have already
smashed last year's win total in their second season under
head coach Jen Greeney. West Virginia won just eight games
a year ago, and both the WVU and Marshall men's
soccer teams opened Sun Belt Conference play with two to
(10:59):
one wins. On Friday, the Mountaineers defeated James Madison and
the Marshall Thundering Herd took down Coastal Carolina. Pablo Pothos
and Marcus Couldera both scored for WVU, which is back
home Tuesday against number eleven High Point. David de la
Va Bora and Hi Pinto delivered goals for the Herd,
which goes on the road to VCU Wednesday. The Marshall
women's soccer team picked up its first conference win of
(11:21):
the season on Sunday, three to two against Georgia State.
Tune in for the High School Sports Line tonight, recapping
all of the football action from over the weekend at
six oh six.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
Thank you, Daniel. Get your day started. Every weekday with
the West Virginia Morning News. We have a full three
hour time block of news, sports and weather, and other
information for you covering the Mountain State and around the world,
as well as right in your hometown. Listen to us
from six am to nine am on a metro news
radio station anywhere in West Virginia, or catch the live
(11:52):
stream at DOUBLEV metronews dot com. It's the West Virginia
Morning News. Now to Today is commentary. Here's the co
host of Metro News talk line, TJ. Meadows Chris.
Speaker 12 (12:02):
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, by imposing a new policy dictating
what reporters can and cannot publish, is effectively asking Americans
to just trust him. But trusting government is not what
the founders envisioned. They built our system on the assumption
that leaders should never be trusted without limits. On Friday,
(12:24):
the Pentagon introduced sweeping new restrictions. Reporters must now sign
a pledge not to gather or publish quote unauthorized information,
even some material that is not classified, or risk losing credentials.
Officials defend it as necessary for security. Critics warn it's
(12:44):
an unprecedented assault on freedom of the press. This follows
other efforts eliminating Pentagon newsrooms, requiring escorts, confining reporters to
restricted areas. Each step narrows the public's ability to scrutinize
leaders and weakens a safeguard meant to protect the people.
(13:05):
James Madison said it best if men were angels, no
government would be necessary. Thomas Jefferson agreed constitutions exist not
out of confidence, but out of jealousy, binding those in power,
and history proves the point. Watergate, Iran Contra, the Pentagon Papers.
Without a free press, cover ups would have succeeded. The
(13:28):
Constitution was not built on trust, It was built on checks,
limits and a free press. Asking Americans to simply trust
the government, the answer should always be a resounding no.
To read the full commentary and share your thoughts, visit
the website wv metronews dot com.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
Chris, thank you, tj in He'll be back at Teno's
six with Dave Wilson for Metro News talk Line on
many of these Metro news stations statewide as well as
wdbmecronews dot com. Now your West Virginia weather forecast. Another
round of showering and thunderstorms is expected later today. Some
of those could get strong and severe. The main hazard
from them damaging winds and heavy downpours. Now the chance
(14:11):
for showering thunderstorm activity will continue tomorrow and really off
and on through the end of the work week. Much
needed rainfall in the forecast, but as temperature is cool
to near seasonable values and now you are up to date,
have yourself a great day for TJ. Metis and Daniel Woods.
I'm Chris Lawrence and you're listening to Metro News for
forty years, the voice of West Virginia.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
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This is Metro News this Morning, bringing you this morning's
biggest news headlines from across the state.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
It is Monday, September twenty second, twenty twenty five. Good morning,
I'm Chris Lawrence. We're ready to get the day started
with the information you're going to need in the Mountain State.
We begin with the forecast, which says a change in
the weather pattern could bring some much needed rainfall and
cooler temperatures our way throughout this week. We'll take a
closer look at that forecast in just a moment. Right now, though,
(00:30):
let's check what's happening at the Metro News anchor desk
across the state. Funds included in the President's One Big
Beautiful Bill are going to becoming to West Virginia to
aid with rural hospitals. The Rural Health Transformation Program would
distribute fifty billion dollars over five years to all fifty
states to help with rural healthcare. Governor Patrick Morrissey talked
(00:50):
about what West Virginia could see from this program.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
West Virginia is going to be receiving a minimum of
one hundred million dollars per year over five years to
focus on rural healthcare. Well, that's a minimum of one
hundred million that by itself is really wonderful and it
has the potential to do a lot of good.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
For West Virginia's state Health Secretary, doctor Arvin Singh, says
it helps a lot of the issues that have plagued
the state for years.
Speaker 4 (01:16):
West Virginia ranks at the bottom of nearly every health metric,
whether it's heart failure, whether it's infant mortality. But we're
not here to dwell on those problems. We're here to
seize the solutions. This initiative gives us those resources, those
needed resources, that flexibility, and the opportunity to chart our
own future.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Half the money will be divided evenly among the s
it's The other half will be discretionary and allocated based
on each state's application, rural nature, and other policies. A
Berkeley County judge has added yet another layer of complexity
to the ongoing debate over required school vaccinations. Judge Michael
Lawrenson on Friday declined to order a preliminary injunction which
(01:58):
would have forced the local school system in Berkeley County
to honor religious exemptions sought by nine families in their lawsuit.
Martinsburg attorney Chris right L represents those families and said
it was a disappointing setback.
Speaker 5 (02:10):
That's additional months of these children not being able to
participate in public education, not being able to play sports,
not being able to be with their friends. They're losing
a lot, and so we're going to take all possible
measures to obtain relief on their behalf in every court
that will hear.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Us Lawrenson said a more detailed evidendiary hearing on November twelfth,
but gave the families little hope that it would go
their way. Already, Raleigh County Judge Michael froebel Is granted
a preliminary injunction that favored the parents. In a similar
case there, Mineral County Judge Cody Pancake denied an injunction,
concluding that West Virginia's Religious Freedom's Law does not directly
apply to the vaccine requirements in Code. Rat mcilhoney writes
(02:52):
more at wbmacronews dot com. The West Virginia Coal Association
believes Governor Morrissey's recently unveiled fifty by fifty energy plan
is one of the biggest boost their industry has seen
in many years. President Chris Hamilton Colin Morrissey's plan, along
with the national support from the White House a coal revolution.
Speaker 6 (03:11):
Every single utility, every single generator of electricity is revising
their production and demand forecasts here over the next ten
to fifteen years. You know, it's a remarkable phenomenon that
we are experiencing with this increase electrical demand.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
The governor's plan calls for increasing the state's power generation
capacity to fifty gigawatts by the year twenty fifty. Presently,
that output stands at fifteen gigawatts. More than three hundred
members of the West Virginia National Guard remain undeployment in Washington,
d C. Those Guard members are part of President Trump's
assigned mission Operation DC Safe and Beautiful, to help assist
(03:51):
DC police with deterring criminal activity. They've been deployed more
than a month now. Metro News recently asked Guard spokesman
via email about the length of the deployment, and we
have been told, at least for now, that deployment is
expected to last through late November, but as with any deployment,
the date could change based on operational needs. A man
suspected in a Huntington murder case from four years ago
(04:13):
was now in custody. Police issued a statement Friddy after
finding a criminal complaint against twenty eight year old Quintel
Thompson of Louisville, Kentucky. He's facing a charge of first
degree murder for the January twenty twenty one killing of
David Thompson, an acquaintance in the city of Huntington. Thompson
is behind bars in Louisville on unrelated charges and is
being held as a fugitive from justice. He's awaiting extradition
(04:36):
back to West Virginia to face those charges. The annual
Treasure Mountain Festival parade in Franklin over the weekend drew
some extra excitement. A restored Chevrolet pickup truck which was
in the parade caught fire along the parade route. Initially,
fire extinguishers are used by others to get it under
control and keep it at bay until the local fire
(04:57):
department was able to jump into action and get the
blaze o completely. It did cause heavy damage to the truck, However,
nobody was hurt and there was no damage to any
nearby structure or power lines. In Franklin and US Senator
Shelley Moore Capitot visited with a number of high school
students and families over the weekend, conversation centering on the
student's future as they explored the chances i'm an appointment
(05:19):
to the US Service Academies or an ROTC scholarship. This
past weekend's events were in Charleston and Beckley. This coming weekend,
they'll stage similar activities at Jefferson High School in the
Eastern Panhandle and University High School in Morgantown. Well still ahead,
Daniel Woods will join us with a check on sports.
Rough weekend for the Mountaineers, but Marshall managed to outlast
(05:42):
the lightning and got out of Tennessee with a victory.
We'll hear more about that straight ahead, though. Jeff Jenkins
talks about preliminary hearings scheduled for an acron Ohio man
who sold fentanyl that caused widespread overdoses in Charleston. We'll
tell you about that and Moore stay with us.
Speaker 7 (06:00):
Week five of the high school football season continues Friday
night with our go Mark Game of the Week. Elkins
and fellow Barber Last catch Bluefield and Independent Morgan Down
versus Spring Nills Spring Valley and Saint Aubans, Ron County
and Braxton County and Sistan Bowen Raevens. Was all on
Metro News TV, brought to you by the Thrasher Group,
Marshall University, hand On Mountaineer Challenge Academy. Download the free
(06:20):
Metro News TV app on your iPhone, iPad, Android, Apple TV,
or Fire TV, or visit double DV Metro newstv dot
com for more information.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
Still ahead, Daniel Woods will check sports right down our
background or a preliminary hearing will be scheduled for an
acron Ohio man charge was selling the fentanyl, which police
say was linked to at least thirty five drug overdoses
in Charleston in recent days. Jeff Jenkins tells us more
in our backgrounder.
Speaker 8 (06:50):
Charleston police arrested thirty one year old Anton Jeffries Friday.
Deputy Police Chief Jason Webb says good police work brought
Jeffries into custody.
Speaker 9 (06:57):
It was intense. There's a lot of people that missed
out on a lot of sleep, a lot of time
with their families. But those are the sacrifices that our
officers make and our investigators make to make sure that
we don't lose any human life, and that's what they're
willing to do.
Speaker 6 (07:09):
I can't be more proud of them.
Speaker 8 (07:10):
The city's care team and first responders use Narcan to
revive all the victims. Mayor Amy Schuler good One.
Speaker 10 (07:16):
Attribute the non fatal that we know of non fatal
overdoses to our rapid response. You know, unfortunately we hear
an Appalachian all across the Mountain state are getting really
good at that rapid response.
Speaker 8 (07:29):
Web says. Overdoses are tragic, but he says when they
do happen, the city knows what to do.
Speaker 9 (07:34):
Over the years where West Virginia's been in the forefront
of this epidemic, and we had calls a lot of
times from a lot of different places in the world
that we have found a model that works and it's
saving lives.
Speaker 8 (07:46):
Web says thirty of the thirty five victims had to
be hospitalized after being revived with Narcan.
Speaker 9 (07:50):
So when you know somebody with narcan, they'll come out
of it, it'll stop the opioid. For the most part,
this time, it wasn't. They were either coming out violent
or they're coming out still under the tranquilizer's effects, and
they just weren't recovering what they normally would.
Speaker 8 (08:04):
Good One says she's not surprised Jeffries was taken into custody.
Speaker 10 (08:07):
We have a low crime rate and a very high
solve rate because our folks are always investigating and always looking,
and I feel confident that we're going to secure and
take off the streets some of the drugs that are
being pushed around.
Speaker 8 (08:23):
Please say. Jeffers was recently released from federal prison. I'm
Jeff Jenkins for the Morning News.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
And out of the sports desk, and Daniel Woods is
in it. Daniel, about the best way I could describe
it was it was like watching a car wreck in
slow motion on Saturday evening. The Mountaineers really had a
lot of flaws exposed and they get a lot of
work to do.
Speaker 11 (08:47):
That's right, Chris. The week begins with questions for the
WVU football team. After a forty one to ten loss
at Kansas dropped the Mountaineers to two and two on
the season, head coach rich Tron Drinquez says they just
didn't perform well enough to win.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Nothing was good.
Speaker 9 (09:00):
Coaching, not good, playing not good. It's always okay we
can practice, but evidently not good enough.
Speaker 3 (09:05):
A lot to work gone.
Speaker 11 (09:06):
I mean again, injuries are unfortunate, they're gonna happen.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
Needs to be hitting the bunches, but that ain't the
reason you lost.
Speaker 11 (09:11):
The West Virginia offense was held to just three points
through the first three quarters, and wide receiver Rodney Gallagher
says execution became their biggest problem. We just didn't capitalize
on the opportunities that were given coaches putting this position
to succeed, and we just didn't do that today.
Speaker 4 (09:24):
But you know, we gotta watch the film and bounce
back tomorrow.
Speaker 11 (09:27):
WVU was back home this Saturday against Utah. Marshall Is
headed into conference play this week off of a forty
two to twenty eight win at Middle Tennessee State that
included a significant weather to lay. Head coach Tony Gibson
says he's proud of what his team was able to overcome.
Speaker 4 (09:41):
It was a long nine hours.
Speaker 9 (09:42):
We're out of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and crackers
and all those good things. But just very very proud
of this football team everything we had to overcoming.
Speaker 3 (09:50):
The night got down and then boy we finished the game.
Speaker 6 (09:53):
And that's what I like to see.
Speaker 11 (09:55):
Marshall goes on the road this Saturday to play at Louisiana.
An eight o'clock kick on for that one. The WVU
men's basketball team has its first high school recruit in
the class of twenty twenty six. Highly rated big man
Elude de Yume announced his commitment to the Mountaineers on Sunday.
Rivals rates Dume is the eightieth best prospect in the
twenty twenty sixth class, and West Virginia landed the six
(10:17):
foot ten center out of a final six that also
included Illinois, Mississippi State, Syracuse, UNLV, and Wake Forest. Meanwhile,
the WVU volleyball team heads into conference play this week
with a perfect twelve to zero record. It's the best
start in program history, set as the Mountaineers won all
three matches at the Dolphin Volleyball Classic hosted by Jacksonville
(10:39):
University over the weekend. West Virginia starts conference play on
Saturday on the road at Cincinnati. The Mountaineers have already
smashed last year's win total in their second season under
head coach Jen Greeney. West Virginia won just eight games
a year ago, and both the WVU and Marshall men's
soccer teams opened Sun Belt Conference play with two to
(10:59):
one wins. On Friday, the Mountaineers defeated James Madison and
the Marshall Thundering Herd took down Coastal Carolina. Pablo Pothos
and Marcus Couldera both scored for WVU, which is back
home Tuesday against number eleven High Point. David de la
Va Bora and Hi Pinto delivered goals for the Herd,
which goes on the road to VCU Wednesday. The Marshall
women's soccer team picked up its first conference win of
(11:21):
the season on Sunday, three to two against Georgia State.
Tune in for the High School Sports Line tonight, recapping
all of the football action from over the weekend at
six oh six.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
Thank you, Daniel. Get your day started. Every weekday with
the West Virginia Morning News. We have a full three
hour time block of news, sports and weather, and other
information for you covering the Mountain State and around the world,
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radio station anywhere in West Virginia, or catch the live
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stream at DOUBLEV metronews dot com. It's the West Virginia
Morning News. Now to Today is commentary. Here's the co
host of Metro News talk line, TJ. Meadows Chris.
Speaker 12 (12:02):
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, by imposing a new policy dictating
what reporters can and cannot publish, is effectively asking Americans
to just trust him. But trusting government is not what
the founders envisioned. They built our system on the assumption
that leaders should never be trusted without limits. On Friday,
(12:24):
the Pentagon introduced sweeping new restrictions. Reporters must now sign
a pledge not to gather or publish quote unauthorized information,
even some material that is not classified, or risk losing credentials.
Officials defend it as necessary for security. Critics warn it's
(12:44):
an unprecedented assault on freedom of the press. This follows
other efforts eliminating Pentagon newsrooms, requiring escorts, confining reporters to
restricted areas. Each step narrows the public's ability to scrutinize
leaders and weakens a safeguard meant to protect the people.
(13:05):
James Madison said it best if men were angels, no
government would be necessary. Thomas Jefferson agreed constitutions exist not
out of confidence, but out of jealousy, binding those in power,
and history proves the point. Watergate, Iran Contra, the Pentagon Papers.
Without a free press, cover ups would have succeeded. The
(13:28):
Constitution was not built on trust, It was built on checks,
limits and a free press. Asking Americans to simply trust
the government, the answer should always be a resounding no.
To read the full commentary and share your thoughts, visit
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Speaker 2 (13:49):
Chris, thank you, tj in He'll be back at Teno's
six with Dave Wilson for Metro News talk Line on
many of these Metro news stations statewide as well as
wdbmecronews dot com. Now your West Virginia weather forecast. Another
round of showering and thunderstorms is expected later today. Some
of those could get strong and severe. The main hazard
from them damaging winds and heavy downpours. Now the chance
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for showering thunderstorm activity will continue tomorrow and really off
and on through the end of the work week. Much
needed rainfall in the forecast, but as temperature is cool
to near seasonable values and now you are up to date,
have yourself a great day for TJ. Metis and Daniel Woods.
I'm Chris Lawrence and you're listening to Metro News for
forty years, the voice of West Virginia.
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