My Network Video · WTAP Contests & Giveaways · Programming · WTAP Home · Fox Home · News · Weather · Sports
State Headlines
State Police To Beef Up Holiday Highway Patrols

Last Updated: 10:50 AM 07/03/09 - South Charleston, W.Va. (AP) -- West Virginia motorists heading out over the holiday weekend should anticipate seeing increased patrols on the state's highways in an effort to help keep travelers safe.
(Full Story)
Prosecutors: Demanjuk Fit To Stand Trial

Last Updated: 10:37 AM 07/03/09 - Munich (AP) -- German prosecutors say doctors have determined that John Demjanjuk is fit to stand trial over allegations that he was an accessory to murder at a Nazi death camp.
(Full Story)
Poll: Ohio Gov.'s Approval Rating Takes Big Hit

Last Updated: 10:34 AM 07/03/09 - Columbus, Ohio (AP) -- A new poll shows that Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland's job approval rating has dropped dramatically over the last two months.
(Full Story)
Public Comment Period For Vote-By-Mail Program

Last Updated: 10:27 AM 07/03/09 - Charleston, W.Va. (AP) -- West Virginia residents can comment on a state pilot project that will expand voting by mail in elections.
(Full Story)
Ohio Confirms Death of Swine Flu Victim

Last Updated: 10:24 AM 07/03/09 - Cincinnati (AP) -- The Ohio Department of Health has confirmed that a southwest Ohio man is the first person infected with swine flu to die in the state.
(Full Story)
More Headlines
Top National Headlines
  • Palin to resign as Alaska governor

    July 3: Sarah Palin announced Friday that she won't be seeking re-election as Alaska's governor, and that she's leaving office with over a year and a half remaining in her term. NBC’s Peter Alexander reports.  (Nightly News)Sarah Palin announced Friday she plans to resign as governor of Alaska in a few weeks, saying she will try to "affect positive change" from outside government.


  • July 4 fireworks shows go up in smoke

    July 3: Across America, fireworks displays are getting axed in favor of other budget priorities. NBC News' Kevin Tibbles reports.  (Today Show)With the recession eating away at state and local budgets everywhere, it will be a silent Fourth of July across the country for many communities that have canceled their annual fireworks shows.


  • Johnny comes marching home — to no job
    National Guardsmen are coming home from Iraq to face a new enemy – a swooning economy that has landed like a KO’d heavyweight on the canvas of their home towns.
  • Cops hunt serial killer after 4 shootings
    Authorities in South Carolina are looking for a serial killer they believe has shot four people to death within 10 miles of each other over the past six days.
  • Funeral for Billy Mays draws hundreds

    Pallbearers carry the coffin of the television pitchman Billy Mays from the church where the funeral mass was held in Mays' hometown, in the Pittsburgh suburb of McKees Rocks, Pa., on Friday.Television product pitchman Billy Mays is remembered as a pop culture icon at his funeral near Pittsburgh.


  • NSA to help watch feds' civilian networks
    A Bush-era plan to use National Security Agency help in screening government computer traffic on private-sector networks is proceeding, according to current and former government officials.
  • Drug raids reveal 'sobering' mass of arms
    Federal agents busted a drug-trafficking ring that distributed methamphetamine and cocaine from Mexico in Washington state and carried unusually powerful weaponry.
  • Ruling disappoints MySpace victim’s mom

    July 3: Tina Meier, whose 13-year-old daughter Megan committed suicide after being taunted online, tells TODAY’s Natalie Morales that she is disappointed that neighbor Lori Drew won’t be going to jail but will continue her work to spotlight the dangers of cyber-bullying. (Today Show)Tina Meier had hoped to see her neighbor and former friend, Lori Drew, go to prison for her role in the online hoax that caused Meier's 13-year-old daughter, Megan, to end her life. But even though a judge is throwing out Drew's conviction, Meier believes Drew didn't get away with anything.


  • Cheney discussed inquiries into CIA leak
    Vice President Dick Cheney talked with top White House officials about how to respond to reporters' inquiries into who leaked the identity of a CIA operative, according to a court filing.
  • Cop nabs robber minutes after graduating

    Officer Dariel Firpo, 23, has been praised after arresting an alleged mugger in what may be the "fastest police action upon graduation" in NYPD history.One of the NYPD's newest officers made his first arrest just minutes after graduating from the Police Academy in a ceremony at Madison Square Garden.


  • Cops seek record aid to avoid layoffs

    President Barack Obama greets officers at the Columbus Police Graduation Exercises in Columbus, Ohio, on March 6. The nation's police departments are asking for federal money to forestall big local tax hikes or possible mass layoffs.The nation's police departments are clamoring for an unprecedented amount of federal aid to forestall big local tax hikes or the possible layoff of nearly 40,000 police officers.


  • Hate crime probe in gay sailor's death?
    The chairman the House Veterans Affairs Committee is calling for a Defense Department and Marine Corps probe to see if the killing of a gay sailor at Camp Pendleton was a hate crime.
  • Woman obsessed with bunnies back in jail

    Miriam Sakewitz, who was arrested in 2007 with more than 250 rabbits in squalid conditions, has been arrested again.An Oregon woman obsessed with bunnies has been ordered back behind bars after police found her in a hotel room with more than a dozen rabbits.


  • Cabbie sprays deodorant to repel attacker
    Police in suburban Chicago say a taxi driver who didn't have Mace handy when he was attacked by a knife-wielding passenger instead disarmed the man with a can of aerosol deodorant.