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

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

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

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

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

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