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| City accepts hotel/motel tax ordinance Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:15:11 CDT WILLIAMSON – The proposed hotel/motel tax increase will go into effect July 1 after the second reading of the ordinance was unanimously accepted by the Williamson City Council Thursday evening. The 3 percent increase will affect occupancy of hotel rooms within the city limits. |
| Mingo Dems to hold county convention Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:15:11 CDT For the Daily News DELBARTON – The Mingo County Democratic Convention will be held at 11 a.m. today at the Delbarton Opry House. |
| State: toll bridge can be fixed for $303,500 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:15:11 CDT NOLAN – Senate Majority Leader H. Truman Chafin sent a letter to Kentucky Sen. Ray Jones this week proposing that Kentucky and West Virginia share equally in the cost of repairing the Nolan Toll Bridge. |
| Thornsbury eyes third term on circuit bench Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:15:11 CDT WILLIAMSON – Chief Judge Mike Thornsbury, who was initially appointed to the Circuit Court judgeship in January 1997 by then Gov. Gaston Caperton, is now seeking re-election for a third term as Mingo Circuit Judge in connection with the May 13 Democratic primary election. |
| Lady Bucs soar over Pike Central Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:07:40 CDT GOODY, Ky. – The Belfry Lady Pirates scored six runs in the bottom of the fifth, as they defeated the Pike County Central Lady Hawks, 9-3, Thursday at Belfry High School. |
| Belfry edges Hawks, 8-7 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:07:40 CDT BUCKLEYS CREEK, Ky. – The Belfry Pirates withstood a Pike County Central rally, as they defeated the Hawks, 8-7, Thursday at Pike County Central High School. |
| Pirates U-10 beats Letcher, 11-0 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:07:40 CDT The Belfry Pirates U-10 soccer squad recently handed Letcher-2 a 11-0 loss. |
| Jeanette Densmore Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:15:11 CDT Jeanette Stump Densmore of Greenpond, Ala., passed away Wednesday, April 9, 2008. |
| Elzie Ward Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:15:11 CDT Elzie Ward, 89, of Lenore passed away Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at Williamson Memorial Hospital. |
| Evelyne Hatfield Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:15:11 CDT Evelyne R. Hatfield, 91, of Newtown died on Thursday, April 10, 2008. |
| Harry Kinney Jr. Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:15:11 CDT Harry Kinnney Jr., 83, of Pikeville, Ky. has passed away. |
| Vonda Blackburn Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:15:11 CDT Vonda Lou (Maggard) Blackburn, 54, of Pinsonfork, Ky., passed away Friday, April 11, 2008 at her residence. |
| New restaurant provides spacious dining When Telford and Melissa Scott decided to open a restaurant in Greenbrier County, they knew what type of food they wanted to serve, but had no name for their new business. |
| Alpha companies When Gary Hartsog started Alpha Engineering Services Inc. in 1991, he knew his new business could be successful. What he didn’t know was that it would lead to two others. |
| Grip it and rip it Austin Hatfield, 8, gets his licks and takes a swing at a golf ball at The First Tee driving range Friday afternoon in Beckley. Austin was joined by his brother, Colton Hatfield, not pictured. |
| Profile: Harold Barker Forlornly and silently, they sit in the corner of a pasture or a tattered old shed, or share part of a working garage, covered with dust, their once-shiny exteriors now eclipsed by layers of rust that mock the sassy bright colors that had sparkled in the glow of lighted streets they raced along when these mechanized beasts reigned on the asphalt. |
| West Virginia Symphony to perform The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, under conductor-artistic director Grant Cooper, will fill the Woodrow Wilson Auditorium with beautiful music Sunday, April 20, at 3 p m. |
| Professionals to offer help with health care decisions Social workers and a public notary will be on site Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the former K and W Cafeteria at Crossroads Mall to offer free assistance in completing a medical power of attorney and/or a living will. |
| Events to highlight autism awareness In conjunction with National Autism Awareness Month, two Beckley organizations are hosting fundraisers to increase public knowledge about the disorder that now affects one in 150 children in America. |
| Mixing it up The week after you go on a blood thinner such as Coumadin or warfarin is not the time to go an a daily aspirin regimen, unless your physician tells you to do so. |
| We need to hear between the whines I heard the weariness in the caller’s voice. She was complaining about something in the newspaper. As I tried to deal with her concerns, she became increasingly critical of all kinds of other things. |
| W.Va. green with envy? Oh, the West Virginia hills! How majestic and how grand — but are they green?Not according to a study released last October by Forbes’ magazine’s Web site, which ranked the Mountain State dead last in the magazine’s first-ever list of America’s “Greenest” states. New Jersey, an unexpected environmental Eden, actually ranked in the top 10. |
| Hunt club chief backs senior license if optional Smokie Coyote Hunt Club founder Doug Prichard thinks he has the solution to West Virginia’s dwindling sales of hunting-fishing licenses and corresponding loss in federal money for outdoor pursuits. |
| Local chamber to honor Kissinger for her service to the community Nancy Kissinger is busy. After all, she is president of Chase bank in Beckley, a national board member of YMCA of the USA where she served on several committees, board chair of Raleigh General Hospital, vice chair of the United Way of Southern West Virginia, board member on the Region I Workforce, treasurer of the Jobs Foundation, chairwoman for the West Virginia Capital Corp. and a board member with Beckley-Raleigh County YMCA, Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce, Forward Southern West Virginia, First Tee of Beckley, Southern West Virginia Convention and Visitors Bureau and State Workforce Council, where she also serves on the executive committee. |
| Democrats pack ‘crucial’ convention Stephanie Allen and Laverne Borders never worked for a political campaign, but now they say the stakes are too high for them to stand back and casually observe. |
| Firefighters battle brush fires A warm, dry and windy day left Raleigh County firefighters battling numerous brush fires, according to authorities. |
| Suspect arrested in video poker parlor robbery A Raleigh County man was jailed after sheriff’s detectives say he robbed a video poker parlor at gunpoint early Saturday morning. |
| Shade Tree ready for new season The Shade Tree Car Club is experiencing growing pains, and for lovers of classic vehicles that once prowled the asphalt, that is good news. |
| Severe storm downs trees and knocks out power Severe thunderstorms rumbled across southern West Virginia Friday evening, uprooting trees and leaving thousands without power.Fayette and Logan counties appeared to be the state’s hardest hit counties. |
| Byrd says Bush ‘wrong’ on Iraq spending Critical needs at home are being ignored while President Bush is insisting another $3 billion be poured into Iraq, and that kind of policy is “flat wrong,” Sen. Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia says. |
| Preschoolers celebrate Earth and Arbor Day “I promise to be a litter getter and not a litter bug,” the children at Beckley’s St. Stephen’s Episcopal Day School shouted Friday.In honor of Earth Day and Arbor Day, a 7-foot-tall service berry tree was planted on the grounds of the Virginia Street school. The tree came from West Virginia State University, and Ed Mason of Aspen Corp. planted the tree. |
| Raleigh sheriff’s sergeant named county’s top police officer for ’07 Sgt. Dustin Joynes was named Raleigh County’s top officer Friday night, but he was quick to honor everyone but himself.Every person who wears a police officer’s uniform, he said, deserves to be honored. |
| Birth to Three losing providers, wants state help Birth to Three, an early intervention program that strives to help developmentally delayed children get back in the groove with their contemporaries, boasts success stories that have made parents smile and a service coordinator weep. |
| Lewisburg celebrating all things chocolate The second annual Lewisburg Chocolate Festival gets under way today with a full schedule of everything chocolate. |
| DNR cracks down on boaters who skip safety training West Virginia state law requires all people born after Dec. 31, 1986, to complete a boating education course before operating a motorboat in state waters. |
| Rabies cases force quarantine on livestock in Greenbrier Greenbrier County health officials said Friday a goat from an Organ Cave area farm was euthanized earlier this month due to contracting rabies, and seven people and 20 livestock are being treated for the virus. |
| Obituaries - Sunday, April 13, 2008 |
| Obituaries - Saturday, April 12, 2008 |
| Endorsements The 2008 May primaries are one month away and the political fires are stoked as candidates work toward convincing the public they are the right servant for the office they seek. |
| Thumbs - Saturday, April 12, 2008 |
| Ex-Beckley police secretary sentenced A former Beckley Police Department secretary who pleaded guilty in February to embezzlement, admitting she stole more than $1,500 from the narcotics unit, received a one-year suspended sentence with two years’ probation Friday in Raleigh County Circuit Court. |
| Plea set aside in Raleigh shooting Raleigh County Circuit Judge Robert Burnside on Friday set aside Isaac P. Reed’s January guilty plea of attempted murder after refusing to follow through with the sentencing aspect of the arrangement made with assistant prosecutor Tom Canterbury. |
| Beckley man pleads to sexual abuse of his daughter A Raleigh County man faces 10 to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty in Raleigh County Circuit Court Friday to one count of sexual abuse by a parent or legal guardian. |
| Drivers escape injury in Airport Road head-on crash Two drivers escaped injury in a head-on collision Friday in Beaver, authorities said. |
| Scott Brown Memorial Classic: Class AAA favored In a game of big-time stars, the two smallest players on the floor may play the greatest role in the final outcome of the 19th annual Scott Brown Memorial Basketball Classic tonight at the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center. |
| Scott Brown Memorial Classic: Former rivals become teammates When the AA-A girls basketball all-stars meet the AAA stars today in the Scott Brown Memorial Classic, former rivals will become teammates for the first time. |
| Mountaineers’ Schmitt coming to Beckley today Owen Schmitt didn’t waste much time endearing himself to West Virginia fans. |
| Oak Hill coach confident team will bounce back OAK HILL — Chris Walls had just watched his team lose 15-5 at Independence. It was Oak Hill’s first loss of the season, and the coach was taking it hard, like he always does. |
| National AAU wrestling tourney coming to Beckley National Wrestling Promotions Inc. is set to put Beckley on the national wrestling stage. It will hold the inaugural Coal Power Nationals Nov. 23 at the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center. |
| Local Roundup PREP BASEBALL; PREP SOFTBALL; Hole-in-one; Love to be inducted into wrestling hall of fame |
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