Today on MetroNews This Morning: 
--A Kanawha County deputy is charged with forcing a female inmate into a sexual encounter
--A West Virginian is in Hawaii and shares the fearful experience of tsunami warnings this week
--A Logan County school has structural problems and won't house kids in the coming school year
--In Sports; WVU football coach Rich Rodriguez displeased with the practice performance of his team at practice and the Best Virginia run in the TBT ends in the semi-finals 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: 
--Opposition is growing in West Virginia to a power transmission line planned to cross the state
--The new WVU President arrives in the Kanawha Valley
--The new Athletic Director at Marshall is also meeting his constituency
--In Sports:  Rich Rod says day one of fall football camp involved a lot of evaluation...and identification

Today on MetroNews This Morning: 
--Turnpike officials craft a plan for future disaster scenarios
--We'll only have to deal with heat and humidity one more day  until the reprieve
--The EPA rolls back restrictions which have impacted the burning of coal since 2009
--In Sports: The second Rich Rod Era starts today at WVU with fall football camp opening in Morgantown

Today on MetroNews the Morning: 
--A former child care worker in Kanawha County enters a plea to allegations of abuse
--Capito calls on the White House to restore NIH funding
--The new head of the West Virginia GOP talks about the party's future
--In Sports: Best Virginia advances into the semi-finals of the TBT in Charleston

Today on MetroNews This Morning: 
--It's been a violent weekend in West Virginia with several shootings and accidents
--The West Virginia GOP goes with youthful leadership
--Governor Morrisey talks about a change in the U.S. Border Patrol with ties to W.Va. 
--In Sports: American Legion State Championship today and the TBT featuring Best Virginia resumes tonight in Charleston 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: 
--A Raleigh County judge sides with parents wanting a religious exemption to mandatory child vaccinations
--New WVU President Michael T. Benson covers a lot of ground with MetroNews during an hour long visit on Talkline. 
--Governor Morrisey visits Wheeling to talk more about federal disaster relief for flood victims
-In Sports: A contract extension for WVU A-D Wren Baker and Marshall is ready to hire their next A-D 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: 
--A grim murder investigation underway in Mercer County
--WVU President Michael T. Benson settles into the job and gets ready to visit sites across the state
--Flood help is arrivign from DC in Ohio County
--In Sports; It was Marshall Day at the Sunbelt Conference Media Day and the West Virginia Open is underway

Today on MetroNews This Morning: 
--The White House issues federal disaster declaration for Ohio and Marion Counties for Father's Day Flood
--The battle over required school vaccinations and religious exemptions is headed to court
--Schools prepare for the food dye ban in West Virginia schools
--In Sports: Best Virginia advances to the quarter-finals of the TBT

Today on MetroNews This Morning: 
--A patient at the Sharpe Hospital is charged with making terrorist threats against the facility
--Governor Morrisey is narrowing down whom he'll selected to fill a vacancy on the state Supreme Court
--Huntington Police talk about the bruatlity of an attack which wound up as an internet video
--In Sports: Best Virginia plays for the Charleston Regional Championship of the TBT tonight 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: 
--Flood activity overnight in southern W.Va. and the possiblity remains for much of the day
--There is a battle for leadership of the Republican party in West Virginia
--A West Virginian reflects on the new laws stiffening penalteis for dealing fentanyl in W.Va. 
--In Sports:   Best Virginia beats Herd That in the TBT