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| 30 indictments handed down by Pike Grand Jury Thu, 5 Jun 2008 07:43:31 -0500 PIKEVILLE, Ky. – A 45-year-old Pikeville man has been charged with being a persistent felony offender, first degree, after failing to register relative to sexual offense. |
| Chattaroy VFD kept busy with car wrecks Thu, 5 Jun 2008 07:43:31 -0500 The Chattaroy Volunteer Fire Department has been very busy over the last few days. Assistant Chief Matt Bucci said the department has responded to two potentially serious one-vehicle accidents in as many days. |
| MCC hard at work Thu, 5 Jun 2008 07:43:31 -0500 4-H agent Mark Whitt is working nonstop to ensure any child wanting to attend a 4-H/Youth camp in Mingo County will not be placed on a waiting list. The Mingo County Commission agreed to give Whitt the $2,500 he requested to use as a retainer for the consulting services firm, the Camp Doctor(TCDI) which will support Whitt with the development of a new youth camp facility in Mingo County. |
| Thacker appears before Magistrate Court Thu, 5 Jun 2008 07:43:31 -0500 Roger Thacker appeared in Magistrate Court Wednesday for seven counts of violating an emergency protective order obtained by his wife. Thacker was released from jail May 9 after serving time for an April 5 EPO violation. Six hours later, he was back in police custody for the same charge. Since that time, Thacker has been held in the Southwestern Regional Jail. |
| Fun in the sun... Thu, 5 Jun 2008 07:43:31 -0500 (Staff Photo/Bradley Damron) The Williamson City Pool will open for its season on Friday. Admission is $2 for students and $3 for adults. Children two years old and under are admitted for free. Season passes are also available for families, adults, students and senior citizens. The pool and community center also has dates where it is available for rent. |
| Mine blowouts a big topic Thu, 5 Jun 2008 07:43:31 -0500 PIKEVILLE, Ky. – The threat of deep mine blowouts such as those recently occurring at Grapevine and in the Virgie area are taken seriously by the Pike County Fiscal Court. |
| NASCAR’s Busch hoping for dirt-track victory Thu, 5 Jun 2008 07:43:32 -0500 ROSSBERG, Ohio (AP) — Coming so close to winning a charity race on Tony Stewart’s western Ohio dirt track last year is one thing that brought Kyle Busch back for another try Wednesday. |
| Sports Calendar Thu, 5 Jun 2008 07:43:32 -0500 Panther Pride Basketball Camp The Panther Pride Basketball Camp will be held at Tug Valley High School on June 10-12. The camp will begin at 9 a.m. each day and will last until noon for students in grades K-8. The cost of the camp is $50 per person. Pre-registration will be held June 5 at 5:30 p.m. For more information contact Garland Thompson at 235-1531 or Tyler Hodge at 393-1427. |
| Cincinnati downs Phillies, 2-0 Thu, 5 Jun 2008 07:43:31 -0500 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Edinson Volquez had no room for error, so he didn’t make any mistakes. |
| Michael Kennedy Thu, 5 Jun 2008 07:43:32 -0500 Michael David Kennedy, 37, of Simon passed away Monday, June 6, 2008 at his residence. |
| Earnest Prater Thu, 5 Jun 2008 07:43:32 -0500 Earnest Prater, age 71 of Stopover, Ky., passed away Tuesday, June 3, 2008. |
| Virtreecy Meade Thu, 5 Jun 2008 07:43:32 -0500 Virtreecy Meade, 66, passed from this world, June 3, 2008. |
| Minnie Cox Thu, 5 Jun 2008 07:43:32 -0500 Minnie Juanita Cox, 79, of North Matewan passed away Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at the South Williamson, Ky. ARH Hospital. |
| William McCoy Thu, 5 Jun 2008 07:43:32 -0500 William McCoy The publisher and past editor of “The Pendleton Times,” William McCoy, Jr., died Monday, June 2, 2008. He was 87 years old. His work with the paper, which had been established by his father in 1913, began in 1952, when he became manager and later editor and publisher. |
| Sometimes you can’t settle a score Thu, 5 Jun 2008 07:43:31 -0500 Sometimes you can't settle a score. Sometimes you can't undo an injustice. And sometimes the only way to right a wrong is, paradoxically, to forgive it. |
| Director files appeal in prevailing wage case Father Thomas Acker says he is not against prevailing wage, but does feel that it is not being properly calculated by the state Division of Labor. |
| First Fridays will feature music, book signing, jewelry making, more There’s plenty of music, fun and shopping than ever for Lewisburg’s monthly First Fridays After Five for June. |
| Hot, hot, hot -- Temperatures near 90° expected through next week Blazing summer heat struck southern West Virginia Thursday, and forecasters say this weekend will bring even worse sweating and outright misery. |
| Butterfly meeting Easter tiger swallowtail butterflies gather on the ground near U.S. 60 in Beckwith. |
| Double the dousing Four-year-old Ian Henderson and his father, Chris Henderson, of Beckley, get a surprise shower from the Jim Word Memorial Park fountain when unpredictable winds whipped water at them before Tuesday’s rain began. |
| Take five! Until now, Beckley area physicians looking for certain types of heart disease had to rely on an invasive procedure known as a heart catheterization. |
| Love potions are brewed in the brain — not the heart Falling in love is having the pleasure center in your brain go bonkers. |
| It's your turn When it’s your turn to take a dish to a family gathering or to prepare something for a special occasion, Beckley cooking instructor Sawsan Galal has a few ideas in mind. |
| Church giving others break on high gas prices Freedom Baptist Church in Beckley will host its second gas buy-down from 1 to 3 p.m. June 14 at 2-Johns on Dry Hill Road. |
| Golf tournament celebrates Bunkers’ second anniversary Area business owners and golf enthusiasts hit the links Wednesday at The Resort at Glade Springs for the 2008 Bunkers Open, a golf tournament which in 2006 celebrated the opening of the Bunkers sports bar and restaurant, and this year marked the second anniversary of the state-of-the-art establishment. |
| Pressure on Garrison continues to mount On the eve of what could be a key meeting about his future, pressure mounted on embattled West Virginia University President Mike Garrison, with his law professor colleagues and others demanding that he resign or be fired over a master’s degree scandal involving the governor’s daughter. |
| ARC: Finished roads could mean billions The hills of Appalachia, one of the country’s most poverty-stricken regions, could provide tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars once a nearly finished highway system is complete, according to a study released Thursday by the Appalachian Regional Commission. |
| Oak Hill to cut ribbon Saturday on Rails-to-Trails OAK HILL — City, county and state representatives — as well as the general public — have been invited to attend a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony for the White Oak Rails-to-Trails at 11 a.m. Saturday at the depot in town, Oak Hill Mayor Bill Hannabass announced. |
| More labor talks scheduled in dispute at The Greenbrier Three new rounds of labor talks have been scheduled this month in the ongoing collective bargaining dispute between The Greenbrier and the Council of Labor Unions, which represents more than 1,100 employees and all nine hotel unions. |
| Beckley VA, city to sponsor welcome-home celebration The Beckley VA Medical Center and the city of Beckley will welcome veterans from Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom June 14. |
| Local students represent state in skills competition Five students, from The Academy of Careers and Technology will represent West Virginia in the national Skills USA competition June 23-27 in Kansas City. The five winners are Christopher Warden, post-secondary; Sheila Manning, post-secondary; Stephen Reed, post-secondary; Derrick McMillion, senior; and Christopher Brown, senior. |
| Beckley student wins entrepreneur award The National Federation of Independent Business Young Entrepreneur Foundation and Visa awarded four $5,000 scholarships to the students selected as 2008 Young Entrepreneurs at a dinner held in Washington, D.C., Tuesday. |
| Defibrillator given to Raleigh County school system On Dec. 12, 2000, a 15-year-old junior varsity basketball player, Gregory Moyer of Pennsylvania, headed to the locker room for halftime. |
| Insurance making young drivers bide time FAIRLEA — With the bevy of high school students turning their clocks from class time to summer time, an estimated 125,000 West Virginia teenagers — all old enough to ask Mom and Dad “for the keys to the Buick” — could be appearing soon on a country road near you. |
| Z-Way research data compiled Accident and traffic data collection for the proposed multi-faceted Z-Way roads project has been completed, according to a state Division of Highways official. |
| Area dodges severe storm; heat coming Severe storms blamed for at least one death roared across West Virginia Wednesday, causing Gov. Joe Manchin to declare a state of emergency in 15 counties. |
| Coal River residents suggest wind farm over mining Wind farming or strip mining? Which energy extraction method should be used on Coal River Mountain? |
| Byrd to remain hospitalized for treatment Sen. Robert C. Byrd, 90, will remain hospitalized for several more days for treatment of a mild infection, his office said Tuesday.” |
| Obituaries - Friday, June 6, 2008 |
| Obituaries for Thursday, June 5, 2008 |
| Obituaries for Wednesday, June 4, 2008 |
| Life and death The Rich Rodriguez saga. The Heather Bresch scandal. Former WVU president Neil Bucklew’s admission that he possibly violated a federal privacy law when he obtained the transcript of a former student and gave it to his wife, who serves on the board of a Morgantown country club where the former student worked before being fired, prompting him to file a civil complaint against Bucklew. |
| Obama, McCain Now that the two major political parties in our country have presumptive presidential nominees, the race for the White House really begins.leave race out of it |
| Cheney We couldn’t help but chuckle when learning about a Charleston lawyer’s remarks when he was asked earlier this week about Vice President Dick Cheney’s cutting comments about West Virginia and inbreds. |
| Editorial: Bug off! Now’s the time to get the drop on an illness that affects children under age 16. |
| Police: Cash theft suspect arrested Raleigh County sheriff’s deputies say a man who stole money from a convenience store cash register and fled into the woods bashed his head while inside a police cruiser. |
| Man charged with breaking into ex-girlfriend’s house, attacking her Raleigh County sheriff’s detectives say a Beckley man has been charged with forcing his way into his ex-girlfriend’s house, then raping her. |
| Driver slams into sign and fence, lands in yard A Beckley man had to be cut out a car Tuesday after his BMW crashed into a road sign, tore through a fence and landed on its side in someone’s yard, city police said. |
| Women slash each other in club fight, police say Beckley police say two women slashed each other in the face during a closing-time nightclub fight. |
| Fire officials: False alarm pulled at Woodrow Wilson Beckley fire officials say a false fire alarm was pulled at Woodrow Wilson High School Tuesday night. |
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