Today on MetroNews This Morning:
–Flood waters are starting to recede in the eastern panhandle revealing damage
–There are significant developments in the status of NIOSH in Morgantown
–The Ohio County School Board seeks a legal opinion on religious exemptions to vaccines
–In Sports: Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson are eligible for enshrinement in Cooperstown
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Commencement activities on the West Virginia University (WVU) campus in Morgantown get started Wednesday with a celebration of graduates, recognition of the honors college, and an ROTC commissioning ceremony.
On WAJR’s “Talk of the Town,” Director of Strategic Communications for WVU Shauna Johnson said Wednesday starts with a celebration of all graduates at the Mountainlair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The celebration will include the Mountainlair, the street in front of the facility, and the

HINTON, W.Va. — Officials with First Energy say a transmission line failure has put over 20,000 residents without power.
According to a post from the City of Hinton, the affected residents are in Pocahontas, Summers, Greenbrier, and Monroe counties.
Servicemen with Mon Power are hoping to fix the issue within the next several hours.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Florida woman has pled guilty to possession of stolen money after she fraudulently received $328,478.38 in West Virginia public employee pension benefits.
According to a release from the U.S. Department of Justice, Semiha Nilgun Gencsoy, 71, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, admitted to fraudulently receiving $328,478.38 in West Virginia public employee pension benefits.
Gencsoy’s father was a former mechanical engineering professor at WVU and taught at the school until 1985.

As Congress moves toward making significant changes to the federal Medicaid program, Congressman Riley Moore of West Virginia expressed support.
Moore said the changes being considered maintain services for those who need the health insurance safety net while reducing spending. The proposals do institute more rigorous requirements that are anticipated to cause millions of people to drop their Medicaid coverage.
Riley Moore
“So Medicaid is protected for the citizens of West Virginia,” Moore,

MASON COUNTY, W.Va. –A Mason County man has been indicted on multiple charges after he allegedly threatened family members and set their home ablaze.
According to court record, Tyler Allen Crump, 34 of Point Pleasant, is charged with three counts of attempted murder and one count of first-degree arson.
West Virginia State Police responded to an arson report in early March on Tanglewood Drive, where Crump’s relatives told police that he had threatened to burn down the house and kill them.