Local Weather Forecast for August 6 2015
There is a chance of showers and thunderstorms today with a likely afternoon shower or thunderstorm. High near 74 with southeast winds 3 to 7 mph. Precipitation probability is about 80 percent.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 2015
Page
1
There is a chance of showers and thunderstorms today with a likely afternoon shower or thunderstorm. High near 74 with southeast winds 3 to 7 mph. Precipitation probability is about 80 percent.
Franklin County Sheriff Pat Melton posted a Facebook flyer that jokes about drug dealers turning in rivals. The post invites reporting dealer names and vehicles with space for tips. Melton says the post is humorous but the department does not tolerate drug activity and copied the idea from Georgia.
West Virginia Daily 3 draws are 9 7 3 and Daily 4 results 8 9 2 2. Virginia Pick 3 shows 8 0 3 and Pick 4 4 0 9 9.
A McDowell County jury deliberated about 12 minutes before finding 1 Starr Dalton not guilty in a case tied to an alleged ax attack on a vehicle and passengers. Dalton, who represented himself after rejecting a self defense claim, argued that the incident stemmed from a hat dispute and involved four beating him during the altercation at a Gary residence on April 12, 2014. He spoke of plans to be a musician and newspaper founder.
Senate President Bill Cole and House Speaker Tim Armstead jointly revoke West Virginia's agreement to establish Common Core standards. The move signals GOP aim to roll back the 2009 Memorandum of Agreement, ahead of the 2015 legislative session, with the board previously approving the standards.
Mercer County Sheriff Don Meadows said autopsies on Lesly Joe Hicks 38 Joseph Dean Hicks 52 and Ernest David Hicks 57 found no signs of homicide. Toxicology results typically take six to eight weeks and the state crime lab is very busy. authorities sought an expedited review.
In Blacksburg Virginia seven teams compete in the annual Mine Rescue Competition hosted by the Virginia Mining Institute down from as many as 20 in past years. Volunteers like Ralph Moon Mullins reflect on coal industry decline while teams from Wellmore Coal Consol Buchanan Mining Prairie State Generating Co compete.
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