Knotts Visits Dying Friend on Birthday in Morgantown
Don Knotts celebrated his 79th birthday with ailing Morgantown High School classmate Jarvis Eldred II, who is dying of cancer. Knotts said the longtime buddy, known as Jarv, and he were close in high school and this year’s gathering held special meaning as Eldred faces his last year.
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Morgantown
Don Knotts
Knotts
Morgantown High School
Jarvis Eldred II
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Bad Weather Cancels Mountaineer Balloon Festival
In Morgantown AP reports a rainy summer forced the 20th Mountaineer Balloon Festival to be canceled. Organizers said weather delays the expansion project at Mylan Park, causing the cancellation. The festival has been held at Mylan Park since 2001.
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Morgantown
Mylan Park
Virginia GOP chairman resigns after guilty plea
Virginia Republican Party leader Gary R. Thomson quit after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor in a wiretap case tied to intercepted Democratic conference calls. He received a $2,000 fine and two years probation for unauthorized publication of a wire communication. The probe involved former GOP executive director Edmund Matricardi and raised ongoing questions about Republican conduct in Richmond.
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Gary R. Thomson
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Dennis W. Dohnal
Republican Party
Edmund A. Matricardi
Howard C. Vick Jr
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Salon workers enlisted in fight against violence
Hair stylists and nail technicians in Virginia will train under the Cut Out Domestic Violence program to spot signs of abuse, discuss it with clients, and refer victims to local resources. Seven domestic violence service centers will conduct the October training across the state.
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Richmond
Fire death risk higher for children in West Virginia
FEMA analysis shows children under five in West Virginia are more than twice as likely to die in residential fires than the state population. Between 1989 and 1998, 49 of 380 fire fatalities were under five, with factors including rural isolation, dwindling volunteer departments, aging housing, and high smoking rates.
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Charleston
Federal Emergency Management Agency
West Virginia
FEMA
West
Carol Nolte
Princeton men held after fleeing police in stolen van
Two Princeton men aged 21 and 28 were arrested after allegedly fleeing police in a stolen van during a house burglary in Green Valley. They face Princeton charges for burglary and grand larceny plus traffic violations as investigators determine what was taken.
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Green Valley
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Michael Paul Bibey
A.D. Beasley
Mercer County Sheriff’s Department
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Princeton Police Department
Prince
Sheriff's Department
Ribey
A.M. Ballard
Kenna Amos
Kamos
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