WV schools told to raise test scores in three-year plan
Seventy three West Virginia public schools face probation categories seriously impaired conditional accreditation or temporary accreditation after performance audits. Schools are judged by Stanford tests and must submit improvement plans within up to three years. Five schools are listed as seriously impaired.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Office of Education
West Middle
Cabell County
Man Junior High
Logan County
Barnes
Marion County
Peterstown
Monroe County
Mount View High
McDowell County
West Virginia flood victims camp in tents in Mullens
Terry and Sheila Johnson live in a three room tent since July 10 after up to 10 inches of rain flooded Mullens and damaged thousands of homes. They survive on $900 monthly disability and await FEMA aid while rejecting travel trailers. Governor Wise notes flood plain risk as authorities plan temporary mobile home parks for 27 families on a 4.25 acre Pineville site.
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Mullens
Terry Johnson
Guyandotte River
Johnson
Sheila
Johnsons
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA
Carlos Mitchell
Pineville
Bob Wise
Hollows
Wise
Ride inspectors help keep state fair safe
At the State Fair of West Virginia inspectors from the West Virginia Division of Labor along with an independent inspector brought by Reithoffer Shows and the State Fair assess carnival rides. They inspect for proper assembly, cracks in welds, and review safety paperwork over a three day check of 42 rides, assigning a strong safety rating to Reithoffer's shows.
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State Fair
West Virginia
Ray Pauley
Pauley
Gale Rodgers
Reithoffer
Pat Reithoffer
Carnival
Grand jury indicts Smith on expanded firearm and fraud counts
A Beckley grand jury returned a Second Superseding Indictment against Rodney Eugene Smith of Ballard, expanding charges from firearm possession by a felon to include bankruptcy fraud, concealment of assets and 12 false statement counts. One Form 8300 count was dropped. Smith, who seeks self representation, was found competent for trial set for Sept. 5 in Bluefield. Federal officials describe him as tied to a group called Redeemers.
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Clarksburg
Harrison County
Shelly DeMarino
Marcel Malfregeot
Beckley
Monroe County
Rodney Eugene Smith
Ballard
Internal Revenue Service
Smith
IRS
U.S
David A. Faber
Mary S. Feinberg
Bluefield
Redeemers
Buchanan County man injured in four wheeler crash
Leslie Keith Van Dyke a 54 year old Jewell Ridge resident was airlifted to Bristol Regional Medical Center after a head on collision between a four wheeler and a van on Route 719 in the Penpatch area of Buchanan County. He remained listed in stable condition with multiple injuries as investigators continued the case.
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Buchanan County
Grundy
Bristol Regional Medical Center
Leslie Keith van Dyke
Jewell Ridge
BRMC
Penpatch
G.A. Powers
Virginia State Police
van Dyke
Powers
Bristol Hospital
Kilgore Campaign Stops In Bluefield Va
Virginia Attorney General candidate Jerry Kilgore visited Bluefield on a Southwest Virginia tour report. It marked his third regional visit this year as he plans more trips this fall and spoke to supporters at the town hall offices before proceeding to New Graham Pharmacy. Kilgore, a Richmond attorney, was nominated to run for attorney general at the state GOP convention in June.
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Kilgore
Bluefield
Virginia
Jerry Kilgore
Town Hall
Graham Pharmacy
Richmond
Sands, Anderson Marks & Miller
Navy ends search for missing aviators in Bay of Bengal
Navy officials said the F-14 Tomcat crew Lt Cmdr Robert Sides and Lt Richard Pugh are dead after radar contact was lost during a training mission off USS Constellation. The two men from Fighter Squadron 2 based at Oceana were declared dead as the search concluded.
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Navy
Norfolk, Va
U.S. Navy
Bay of Bengal
Indian Ocean
Constellation
Robert Wayne Sides
Richard Stephen Pugh
Atlantic Fleet
Fighter Squadron 2
The
Bounty Hunters
Oceana Naval Air Station
Virginia Beach
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