September 29, 2025 • 13 mins
Today on MetroNews This Morning:
--Comments on the MARL line to the PSC are exclusively negative
--Raleigh County Commission tries to tackle problems with panhandling
--Federal Judge John Copenhaver turns 100
--In Sports: Back to the drawing board for both Marshall and WVU after rough weekend outings
--Comments on the MARL line to the PSC are exclusively negative
--Raleigh County Commission tries to tackle problems with panhandling
--Federal Judge John Copenhaver turns 100
--In Sports: Back to the drawing board for both Marshall and WVU after rough weekend outings
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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 (00:09):
It's Monday, September twenty ninth, twenty twenty five. Good morning,
I'm Chris Lawrence. We're ready to get the day started
with all the information you're gonna need the Mountain State.
Beginning with the forecast. It's looking for mild sunshine today
and warm temperatures and that's kind of how we're gonna
roll for the rest of the week. We'll check the
full forecast in just a moment. Right now, though I
look at news, I'm across the state of West Virginia
(00:30):
at the Metronews anchor desk this morning is Jeff Jenkins.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
Good morning, Jeff, Good morning, Chris. Thank you. Stay Public
Service Commissioner has already received nearly nine hundred comments on
the proposed Marl Transmission Line project that is proposed to
travel from Pennsylvania through West Virginia before eventually ending in Virginia.
All eight hundred and seventy seven comments so far have
been against the plan. Metro New State White corspondent Brat
Michaelhaney has reviewed several of dem He writes about it
(00:55):
this morning at wv metronews dot com, including a Hampshire
County resident who wrote, this does not benefit West Virginia
in any way. It will only destroy lifestyles, farms, livestock,
our beautiful views that this state is known for.
Speaker 4 (01:10):
Now.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Developers of the project announce their preferred route. Last week
add Raleigh County to the list of counties and municipalities
that are having problems with panhandling. There are several different
anti panhandling ordinances on the books in the state, and
Raleigh County Commisster Daniel Hall says they want to learn
from those while putting together their plan.
Speaker 5 (01:27):
If you go look at my Facebook pager's been a
bunch of comments of people providing insight to certain things
and how we might address it, and then also just
most of us been supportive.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
The Hall says. People asking for money and intersections has
become a new sense and residents are beginning to feel unsafe.
He says the main thing they want to do is
come up with an ordinance that keeps them out of court.
He was a guest last Friday on Metro News Midday.
Those seeking funding in the next round of grants available
for those in charge of handing out opioid settlement money
or on a tight timeline to get those requests.
Speaker 6 (02:00):
The West Virginia First Foundation Momentum Initiative grand Cycles open
through October tenth at noon. Executive Director Jonathan Board says
they're directing resources to housing, parenting, youth prevention, and re
entry programs.
Speaker 5 (02:14):
We have a great scoring rubric and a really aggressive timeline,
but we want to make sure that the needs responded too.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
Quickly and appropriately.
Speaker 6 (02:23):
The Foundation Board will decide on applications December tenth. I
Mike Nolton for wv metronews dot com.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
The focus of what's called Vision twenty thirty from the
State High Education Policy Commission is developing a stronger foundation
in the Mountain state in the areas of science and technology,
and doing so through grant funds. The HPC launched the
vision last week. Senior Director of Science, Research and Technology,
doctor Janet Rohor explains the Vision.
Speaker 7 (02:48):
It's meant to be a blueprint for West Virginia's the universities, entrepreneurs, innovators, businesses,
and industry to really utilize to see where they can
in the state's strategic plans and how we can move
forward together as a group, or.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
Says the efforts are also helped build the state's workforce.
WV Police still going over the crime stats from the
annual Cleary Report and UPD Chief Sherry Saint Claire says
this is a good time to encourage those on campus
to use the Life Safe app.
Speaker 8 (03:18):
That is the more preferred way to contact us. You
can be anonymous, you can text us anything, you can
send us pictures. You have twenty four hour response back.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
The numbers show most of those crime stats from WVU
held steady year over year. Marsh University School of Pharmacy
will be following CDC guidelines when it comes to COVID
nineteen shots when the school hosts a pair of vaccination
clinics this week, the first today at the Memorial Student Center.
Doctor Craig Kimball tells Metro News they'll also have flu shots.
Speaker 4 (03:48):
They base the strains that they cover in that on
what has happened in the Southern hemisphere. You know, their
winners are opposite us so for the previous year, so
they made two small changes to the vaccine for this year.
You know that they anticipate that it's cover the strains well.
Last year was a particularly hard season, so we'll.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
See Today's clinic goes from eleventh until two. Friday's clinic
the same time. It'll be held at copp Hall. No
arrest yed in connection with a weekend shooting in Huntington
and injured two people. Happened at a few minutes before
three am Saturday in the nine hundred block of twelfth Street.
Two people were shot, one was taken to the hospital.
Huntington police are investigating a Sunday morning crash involving a
(04:29):
vehicle and a motorcycle in Lewisbourg's under investigation. Several reports
indicate the collision at about nine am when yours throughout
two nineteen resulted in one death. Those reports aren't yet confirmed.
Lewisbourg police were on the scene of the wreck. Longtime
journalist Jim Reider has died. He was eighty one. He
worked for all three Charleston Huntington Market TV stations during
(04:49):
his career, including time as news director at both WCHS
Television and wo WK TV. Reader's obituary says he had
a two year battle with him. Longtime US dixtor jug
John Copenhager turns one hundred years old today. Copenhagor, who's
been a senior status judge for several years, still maintains
a full court docket and plans to be behind the
(05:11):
bench tomorrow in Charleston Federal Court hearing cases. Copenhabor was
appointed a federal judge in nineteen seventy six.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Thank you, Jeff, coming up at a moment in our
Metro News backgrounder. The Raleigh County Commission is the latest
body that's trying to deal with panhandling. We'll hear more
about that, and then Daniel Woods, we'll have a check
on sports. All still ahead.
Speaker 9 (05:35):
The second half of the high school football season continues
Friday night with our go Mark Game of the Week,
Fort Hill, Maryland at Bridgeport, Last catch Greenbrier West against
Fort Fry, Ohio, Just Sales versus Capitol Midland, Willing Park
in Morgantown, and Maryetta versus Williams Town, all on Metro
News TV brought to you by the Thrasher Group, Marshall University,
and the Mountaineer Challenge Academy. Download the free Metro News
(05:57):
TV app on your iPhone, iPad, Android, TV, Roku or
Fire TV, or visit Double DV Metro newstv dot Com
for more information.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
Still ahead, Daniel Woods will join us with a check
on sports right now. In our background or the Raleigh
County Commission considering an anti panhandling Gordonans County Commissioner Daniel
Hall says the Commission is currently doing research in hopes
of learning from other counties and municipalities. He talked about
it Friday during appearance on Metro News Midday. More in
our background.
Speaker 5 (06:27):
Every time somebody starts talking about one of these, somebody
files a lawsuit to block it, and so we're working
through that now. We're looking at other jurisdictions that have
done THEIRS. I got some feedback yesterday from a friend
that Putnam County has had one on the books now
for a while and it's been unchallenged. So obviously we're
pulling that one today. We've had discussions with the City
(06:50):
of Betsley. They're interested in doing something as well, so
they if we are able to do something, they may
do the same thing.
Speaker 10 (06:58):
What is the issue with panhandling that you're noticing, Commissioner
in Raleigh County.
Speaker 5 (07:03):
Well, I've been getting lots of complaints about it for
a long time, and then uh and now it seems
to be getting worse in Beckley. You know, it's the
same thing you see everywhere. They're standing on the standing
on the corners.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (07:16):
And that in itself is not a big deal, except
it just looks bad I think for you know, and uh,
it's bad for tourism for sure. But I tell our
some of our citizens are starting to feel and safe
and threatened by them.
Speaker 11 (07:28):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (07:28):
They're starting to approach vehicles, and so I've been getting
complaints about that, and we need to be able to
give our our law enforcement some type of a tool
to you know, move them along.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
That's Raleigh County Commissioner Daniel Hall. Time now for a
check on sports, and for that we're joined by Daniel Woods. Daniel,
good morning, Good morning, Chris.
Speaker 10 (07:53):
It was a long weekend when it comes to college
football in the state of West Virginia, especially for WVU
and Marshall. The Mountaineer foot ball team is under five
hundred for the first time this season, falling to two
and three with a forty eight to fourteen home loss
against Utah. The Mountaineers trailed thirty five to nothing at
one point, and head coach Rich Rodriguez says they just
weren't good enough to win.
Speaker 12 (08:14):
Embarrassing, how we just failed to execute, did have anything
that was really good. Coaching wasn't good, playing wasn't good. Obnestly,
they've never even had a punt, didn't punt one time,
had thirty three first downs. We only had fourteen first downs.
A lot of things to fix.
Speaker 10 (08:28):
WVU is back in action on the road Friday at BYU.
Marshall is reeling after a dramatic loss to Louisiana fifty
four to fifty one in overtime. The Herd blew a
seventeen point lead in the second half, and head coach
Tony Gibson says the defense was not up to the task.
Speaker 5 (08:44):
He scored fifty some points and lose a football game.
Speaker 7 (08:46):
I mean, that's unacceptable.
Speaker 12 (08:48):
So got a lot of stuff we didn't get fixed.
Speaker 6 (08:50):
Four and keep fighting is embarrassing.
Speaker 7 (08:52):
What wes and what we did in the second this game.
Speaker 10 (08:56):
Marshall is off this week before hosting Old Dominion on
October eleventh. Was another weekend of exciting high school football.
In our Metro News Games of the Week, Morgantown beat
Spring Mills twenty one to nothing in Class four, a
night tro took care of business against Ripley forty eight
to six in Triple A, Independence with a statement win
against Bluefield thirty one to ten in Double A, and
Wahama winning big over Wirt County fifty five to six
(09:19):
in Single A. The WVU men's and women's soccer teams
are back in Morgantown after successful weekend road trips. The
Mountaineer men earned a conference victory Sunday UCF with Sammy
Walker delivering the only goal in a one to nothing win.
The West Virginia women completed their two game venture to
the state of Utah following their upset win at BYU
with a one to one draw against Utah. Both teams
(09:40):
return home this week, the women hosting Arizona Thursday, the
men against number nineteen Georgia Southern Saturday. That same Georgia's
Southern team handed Marshall its first loss of the season Sunday,
two to one in Statesborough. Marshall is back home Saturday
against Georgia State. The Herd women toppled Arkansas State Saturday
three to nothing and go to James Madison and on Thursday.
(10:01):
In the NFL, the Pittsburgh Stealers are three and one
after beating the Minnesota Vikings twenty four to twenty one.
In Ireland, DK metcalf with one hundred and twenty six
yards and a touchdown in the win. Other big results
the Philadelphia Eagles staying undefeated with a thirty one to
twenty five win against Tampa Bay. The Jacksonville Jaguars out
to a surprise three and one start twenty six to
twenty one over San Francisco. Big one in the AFC
(10:23):
the Kansas City Chiefs beating the Baltimore Ravens thirty seven
to twenty Thank.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
You, Daniel. Week Days from three to six sketch Metro
News Hotline with Dave Weekley and Coop. They've got a
wide range of topics for a three hour conversation. Starts
with sports, but then it branches out in all different
directions from there, things like food, beer, TV, movies, pop culture, technology, finance.
They cover about everything except politics. You'll find none of
(10:48):
that there. Check them out weekday afternoons on Metro News
Radio or the live stream at doubledv metronews dot com.
Now today is commentary. Here's the co host of Metronews Talkline, Tjmeadows.
Speaker 11 (10:59):
Chris last Friday, there was a buzz in the air
on social media, in coffee shops, even on the Metro
News text line. Some don't like the idea of putting
a sponsor's name on the WVU coliseum. The first argument goes,
it's always been the coliseum, it should stay that way. Well,
that ignores the reality of today's college sports landscape. WVU
(11:23):
has to find new dollars to keep up in the
nil era. The transfer portal and constant conference reshuffling naming
rights bring in money that keeps WVU competitive. The Board
of Governors knows it. President Benson knows it. Athletic Director
Reren Baker knows it. Success in football and basketball drives enrollment,
(11:45):
drives interest, and ultimately supports the university as a whole.
This isn't the Atlantic Ten in the nineties. Either adapt
or fall behind, maybe even die. The second argument Hope
Gas shouldn't spend money on this, They should lower our
bills instead. That's not how it works. Hope Gas is
(12:06):
a regulated utility. Customers aren't paying for the deal. There's
no new line item on their bills. This is shareholder money.
It's the profit they made invested the same way any
company might advertise or sponsor something. If shareholders don't like it,
the company will answer to them. But it's not anti consumer,
(12:26):
it's just business. What would be better a faceless national
company on the building or no deal at all. WVU
needs the resources and Hope chose to step up. Good
on them. You don't have to like it, but like.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
It or not.
Speaker 11 (12:42):
The Mountaineers now play inside the Hope Coliseum. To read
the full commentary and share your thoughts, visit the website
wv metronews dot com.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Chris, thanks ToJ and he'll be back at ten oh
six this morning along with Dave Wilson for Metro News
talk Line. You're West Virginia weather forecast. High pressure system
providing dry weather with dense valley fog likeily developing once
again overnight each night this week. A long stretch of
dry weather expected for the new wark week courtesy of
high pressure that'll bring a lot of sunshine during the
day and river valley fog at night. Afternoon's also going
(13:17):
to be warm, nights, cooler around midweek, some fresh Canadian
air sneaking in there. And now you're up to date,
have yourself a great day for Daniel Woods and Jeff Jenkins.
I'm Chris Lawrence and this is Metro News for forty years,
the voice of West Virginia.
Speaker 1 (13:31):
Metro News This Morning is an exclusive production of the
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This is Metro News this Morning, bringing you this morning's
biggest news headlines from across the state.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
It's Monday, September twenty ninth, twenty twenty five. Good morning,
I'm Chris Lawrence. We're ready to get the day started
with all the information you're gonna need the Mountain State.
Beginning with the forecast. It's looking for mild sunshine today
and warm temperatures and that's kind of how we're gonna
roll for the rest of the week. We'll check the
full forecast in just a moment. Right now, though I
look at news, I'm across the state of West Virginia
(00:30):
at the Metronews anchor desk this morning is Jeff Jenkins.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
Good morning, Jeff, Good morning, Chris. Thank you. Stay Public
Service Commissioner has already received nearly nine hundred comments on
the proposed Marl Transmission Line project that is proposed to
travel from Pennsylvania through West Virginia before eventually ending in Virginia.
All eight hundred and seventy seven comments so far have
been against the plan. Metro New State White corspondent Brat
Michaelhaney has reviewed several of dem He writes about it
(00:55):
this morning at wv metronews dot com, including a Hampshire
County resident who wrote, this does not benefit West Virginia
in any way. It will only destroy lifestyles, farms, livestock,
our beautiful views that this state is known for.
Speaker 4 (01:10):
Now.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Developers of the project announce their preferred route. Last week
add Raleigh County to the list of counties and municipalities
that are having problems with panhandling. There are several different
anti panhandling ordinances on the books in the state, and
Raleigh County Commisster Daniel Hall says they want to learn
from those while putting together their plan.
Speaker 5 (01:27):
If you go look at my Facebook pager's been a
bunch of comments of people providing insight to certain things
and how we might address it, and then also just
most of us been supportive.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
The Hall says. People asking for money and intersections has
become a new sense and residents are beginning to feel unsafe.
He says the main thing they want to do is
come up with an ordinance that keeps them out of court.
He was a guest last Friday on Metro News Midday.
Those seeking funding in the next round of grants available
for those in charge of handing out opioid settlement money
or on a tight timeline to get those requests.
Speaker 6 (02:00):
The West Virginia First Foundation Momentum Initiative grand Cycles open
through October tenth at noon. Executive Director Jonathan Board says
they're directing resources to housing, parenting, youth prevention, and re
entry programs.
Speaker 5 (02:14):
We have a great scoring rubric and a really aggressive timeline,
but we want to make sure that the needs responded too.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
Quickly and appropriately.
Speaker 6 (02:23):
The Foundation Board will decide on applications December tenth. I
Mike Nolton for wv metronews dot com.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
The focus of what's called Vision twenty thirty from the
State High Education Policy Commission is developing a stronger foundation
in the Mountain state in the areas of science and technology,
and doing so through grant funds. The HPC launched the
vision last week. Senior Director of Science, Research and Technology,
doctor Janet Rohor explains the Vision.
Speaker 7 (02:48):
It's meant to be a blueprint for West Virginia's the universities, entrepreneurs, innovators, businesses,
and industry to really utilize to see where they can
in the state's strategic plans and how we can move
forward together as a group, or.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
Says the efforts are also helped build the state's workforce.
WV Police still going over the crime stats from the
annual Cleary Report and UPD Chief Sherry Saint Claire says
this is a good time to encourage those on campus
to use the Life Safe app.
Speaker 8 (03:18):
That is the more preferred way to contact us. You
can be anonymous, you can text us anything, you can
send us pictures. You have twenty four hour response back.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
The numbers show most of those crime stats from WVU
held steady year over year. Marsh University School of Pharmacy
will be following CDC guidelines when it comes to COVID
nineteen shots when the school hosts a pair of vaccination
clinics this week, the first today at the Memorial Student Center.
Doctor Craig Kimball tells Metro News they'll also have flu shots.
Speaker 4 (03:48):
They base the strains that they cover in that on
what has happened in the Southern hemisphere. You know, their
winners are opposite us so for the previous year, so
they made two small changes to the vaccine for this year.
You know that they anticipate that it's cover the strains well.
Last year was a particularly hard season, so we'll.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
See Today's clinic goes from eleventh until two. Friday's clinic
the same time. It'll be held at copp Hall. No
arrest yed in connection with a weekend shooting in Huntington
and injured two people. Happened at a few minutes before
three am Saturday in the nine hundred block of twelfth Street.
Two people were shot, one was taken to the hospital.
Huntington police are investigating a Sunday morning crash involving a
(04:29):
vehicle and a motorcycle in Lewisbourg's under investigation. Several reports
indicate the collision at about nine am when yours throughout
two nineteen resulted in one death. Those reports aren't yet confirmed.
Lewisbourg police were on the scene of the wreck. Longtime
journalist Jim Reider has died. He was eighty one. He
worked for all three Charleston Huntington Market TV stations during
(04:49):
his career, including time as news director at both WCHS
Television and wo WK TV. Reader's obituary says he had
a two year battle with him. Longtime US dixtor jug
John Copenhager turns one hundred years old today. Copenhagor, who's
been a senior status judge for several years, still maintains
a full court docket and plans to be behind the
(05:11):
bench tomorrow in Charleston Federal Court hearing cases. Copenhabor was
appointed a federal judge in nineteen seventy six.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Thank you, Jeff, coming up at a moment in our
Metro News backgrounder. The Raleigh County Commission is the latest
body that's trying to deal with panhandling. We'll hear more
about that, and then Daniel Woods, we'll have a check
on sports. All still ahead.
Speaker 9 (05:35):
The second half of the high school football season continues
Friday night with our go Mark Game of the Week,
Fort Hill, Maryland at Bridgeport, Last catch Greenbrier West against
Fort Fry, Ohio, Just Sales versus Capitol Midland, Willing Park
in Morgantown, and Maryetta versus Williams Town, all on Metro
News TV brought to you by the Thrasher Group, Marshall University,
and the Mountaineer Challenge Academy. Download the free Metro News
(05:57):
TV app on your iPhone, iPad, Android, TV, Roku or
Fire TV, or visit Double DV Metro newstv dot Com
for more information.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
Still ahead, Daniel Woods will join us with a check
on sports right now. In our background or the Raleigh
County Commission considering an anti panhandling Gordonans County Commissioner Daniel
Hall says the Commission is currently doing research in hopes
of learning from other counties and municipalities. He talked about
it Friday during appearance on Metro News Midday. More in
our background.
Speaker 5 (06:27):
Every time somebody starts talking about one of these, somebody
files a lawsuit to block it, and so we're working
through that now. We're looking at other jurisdictions that have
done THEIRS. I got some feedback yesterday from a friend
that Putnam County has had one on the books now
for a while and it's been unchallenged. So obviously we're
pulling that one today. We've had discussions with the City
(06:50):
of Betsley. They're interested in doing something as well, so
they if we are able to do something, they may
do the same thing.
Speaker 10 (06:58):
What is the issue with panhandling that you're noticing, Commissioner
in Raleigh County.
Speaker 5 (07:03):
Well, I've been getting lots of complaints about it for
a long time, and then uh and now it seems
to be getting worse in Beckley. You know, it's the
same thing you see everywhere. They're standing on the standing
on the corners.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (07:16):
And that in itself is not a big deal, except
it just looks bad I think for you know, and uh,
it's bad for tourism for sure. But I tell our
some of our citizens are starting to feel and safe
and threatened by them.
Speaker 11 (07:28):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (07:28):
They're starting to approach vehicles, and so I've been getting
complaints about that, and we need to be able to
give our our law enforcement some type of a tool
to you know, move them along.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
That's Raleigh County Commissioner Daniel Hall. Time now for a
check on sports, and for that we're joined by Daniel Woods. Daniel,
good morning, Good morning, Chris.
Speaker 10 (07:53):
It was a long weekend when it comes to college
football in the state of West Virginia, especially for WVU
and Marshall. The Mountaineer foot ball team is under five
hundred for the first time this season, falling to two
and three with a forty eight to fourteen home loss
against Utah. The Mountaineers trailed thirty five to nothing at
one point, and head coach Rich Rodriguez says they just
weren't good enough to win.
Speaker 12 (08:14):
Embarrassing, how we just failed to execute, did have anything
that was really good. Coaching wasn't good, playing wasn't good. Obnestly,
they've never even had a punt, didn't punt one time,
had thirty three first downs. We only had fourteen first downs.
A lot of things to fix.
Speaker 10 (08:28):
WVU is back in action on the road Friday at BYU.
Marshall is reeling after a dramatic loss to Louisiana fifty
four to fifty one in overtime. The Herd blew a
seventeen point lead in the second half, and head coach
Tony Gibson says the defense was not up to the task.
Speaker 5 (08:44):
He scored fifty some points and lose a football game.
Speaker 7 (08:46):
I mean, that's unacceptable.
Speaker 12 (08:48):
So got a lot of stuff we didn't get fixed.
Speaker 6 (08:50):
Four and keep fighting is embarrassing.
Speaker 7 (08:52):
What wes and what we did in the second this game.
Speaker 10 (08:56):
Marshall is off this week before hosting Old Dominion on
October eleventh. Was another weekend of exciting high school football.
In our Metro News Games of the Week, Morgantown beat
Spring Mills twenty one to nothing in Class four, a
night tro took care of business against Ripley forty eight
to six in Triple A, Independence with a statement win
against Bluefield thirty one to ten in Double A, and
Wahama winning big over Wirt County fifty five to six
(09:19):
in Single A. The WVU men's and women's soccer teams
are back in Morgantown after successful weekend road trips. The
Mountaineer men earned a conference victory Sunday UCF with Sammy
Walker delivering the only goal in a one to nothing win.
The West Virginia women completed their two game venture to
the state of Utah following their upset win at BYU
with a one to one draw against Utah. Both teams
(09:40):
return home this week, the women hosting Arizona Thursday, the
men against number nineteen Georgia Southern Saturday. That same Georgia's
Southern team handed Marshall its first loss of the season Sunday,
two to one in Statesborough. Marshall is back home Saturday
against Georgia State. The Herd women toppled Arkansas State Saturday
three to nothing and go to James Madison and on Thursday.
(10:01):
In the NFL, the Pittsburgh Stealers are three and one
after beating the Minnesota Vikings twenty four to twenty one.
In Ireland, DK metcalf with one hundred and twenty six
yards and a touchdown in the win. Other big results
the Philadelphia Eagles staying undefeated with a thirty one to
twenty five win against Tampa Bay. The Jacksonville Jaguars out
to a surprise three and one start twenty six to
twenty one over San Francisco. Big one in the AFC
(10:23):
the Kansas City Chiefs beating the Baltimore Ravens thirty seven
to twenty Thank.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
You, Daniel. Week Days from three to six sketch Metro
News Hotline with Dave Weekley and Coop. They've got a
wide range of topics for a three hour conversation. Starts
with sports, but then it branches out in all different
directions from there, things like food, beer, TV, movies, pop culture, technology, finance.
They cover about everything except politics. You'll find none of
(10:48):
that there. Check them out weekday afternoons on Metro News
Radio or the live stream at doubledv metronews dot com.
Now today is commentary. Here's the co host of Metronews Talkline, Tjmeadows.
Speaker 11 (10:59):
Chris last Friday, there was a buzz in the air
on social media, in coffee shops, even on the Metro
News text line. Some don't like the idea of putting
a sponsor's name on the WVU coliseum. The first argument goes,
it's always been the coliseum, it should stay that way. Well,
that ignores the reality of today's college sports landscape. WVU
(11:23):
has to find new dollars to keep up in the
nil era. The transfer portal and constant conference reshuffling naming
rights bring in money that keeps WVU competitive. The Board
of Governors knows it. President Benson knows it. Athletic Director
Reren Baker knows it. Success in football and basketball drives enrollment,
(11:45):
drives interest, and ultimately supports the university as a whole.
This isn't the Atlantic Ten in the nineties. Either adapt
or fall behind, maybe even die. The second argument Hope
Gas shouldn't spend money on this, They should lower our
bills instead. That's not how it works. Hope Gas is
(12:06):
a regulated utility. Customers aren't paying for the deal. There's
no new line item on their bills. This is shareholder money.
It's the profit they made invested the same way any
company might advertise or sponsor something. If shareholders don't like it,
the company will answer to them. But it's not anti consumer,
(12:26):
it's just business. What would be better a faceless national
company on the building or no deal at all. WVU
needs the resources and Hope chose to step up. Good
on them. You don't have to like it, but like.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
It or not.
Speaker 11 (12:42):
The Mountaineers now play inside the Hope Coliseum. To read
the full commentary and share your thoughts, visit the website
wv metronews dot com.
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Chris, thanks ToJ and he'll be back at ten oh
six this morning along with Dave Wilson for Metro News
talk Line. You're West Virginia weather forecast. High pressure system
providing dry weather with dense valley fog likeily developing once
again overnight each night this week. A long stretch of
dry weather expected for the new wark week courtesy of
high pressure that'll bring a lot of sunshine during the
day and river valley fog at night. Afternoon's also going
(13:17):
to be warm, nights, cooler around midweek, some fresh Canadian
air sneaking in there. And now you're up to date,
have yourself a great day for Daniel Woods and Jeff Jenkins.
I'm Chris Lawrence and this is Metro News for forty years,
the voice of West Virginia.
Speaker 1 (13:31):
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