Today on MetroNews This Morning: 
--The Morrisey Administration defends their handling of the child welfare system 
--Toyota will invest over $450 Million in its Putnam County plant
--A Wyoming County teacher gets a big surprise
--In Sports; WVU lands a big name recruit and Tony Gibson talks about the Appalachian State game this weekend

Today on MetroNews This Morning: 
--The final PEIA hearing draws a crowd in Morgantown
--The US EPA puts out plans to change the Waters of the United States rules
--Logan County Schools look at closing down a longtime elementary school
--In Sports: WVU basketball runs the record to 5-0 with a win 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: 
--Energy officials are boosted by plans for a pair of gas fired power plants in W.Va. 
--PEIA Finance Board ready for final hearing of the year on increases
--More tax trouble for the companies of the family of Senator Jim Justice
--In Sports, lots of frustration for Mountaineer football

Today on MetroNews This Morning: 
--Folks are remembering a lost coal miner as a true hero
--PEIA Finance Board gets another earful from state workers
--SNAP benefits are back in place with the government shutdown over
--In Sports: The high school football playoffs start tonight and WVU wins the basketball Backyard Brawl 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: 
--The longest Government shutdown in history
--The U.S. EPA Administrator visits West Virginia
--Crews continue to dewater a Nicholas County mine where a miner remains unaccounted for
--In Sports: Marshall wins over WVU in soccer 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: 
--Congressman Riley Moore believes the House will approve the measure to reopen the federal government today
--Governor Morrisey says the search for a missing coal miner is still very much a rescue operation
--Barbour County's Superintendent says consolidation of the county's middle schools was the best move for the current situation
--In Sports: Rich Rod and Gibbie talk about this weekend's road tests for the Mountaineers and Thundering Herd 

Today on MetroNews This Morning
--The difficult search for a missing miner underground in Nicholas County is ongoing
--The U.S. Senate okays the clean resolution to reopen the government pending the House vote
--A Kanawha County Judge rules the Governor has the authority to send guard troops to DC
--In Sports:  WVU women qualify for the NCAA tournament

Today on MetroNews This Morning:
--A search and rescue operation continues for a missing worker in a flooded Nicholas County coal mine
--A major fire is burning in an old warehouse type building in downtown Charleston
--We appear much closer to an end to the ongoing Government Shutdown
--In Sports: High school teams know who and when they'll play in the first round of the high school football playoffs

Today on MetroNews This Morning: 
--A West Virginia coal miner is killed on the job
--Officials at Yeager Airport antcipate flights to be impacted by an FAA scaleback of flights nationally by 10 percent
--Roane County School Board votes reluctantly for consolidation plan
--In Sports; it's the final week of the regular season in high school football and WVU basketball wins their second game 

Today on MetroNews This Morning: 
--Governor Morrisey will be on the road promoting a new rural healthcare plan today
--Hope Gas strikes a compromise on a rate increase, Mountaineer Gas' request is opposed by elected leaders in Kanawha County
--Embattled Marshall County assessor enters plea agreement to embezzlement charges
--In Sports: WVU prepares to take on the Camels in basketball