Mercer Cup Winner Take All Night
Weather brief for Saturday August 16 2014 notes sunny skies and a high near 83 with a low around 62. Light winds shift from calm to west 5 to 9 mph in the morning, and the day features the Russell 2000 index down 1.69 points per AP.
Corn maze honors Al Roker at Atkins Iowa farm
Bloomsbury Farm in Atkins Iowa created a 10 acre corn maze showing Al Roker's face and the message Happy 60th Al The maze designed and cut by The Maize Company took six hours to carve and features two miles of paths It opens during Labor Day weekend and runs through Halloween Farm owners Dave and Karen Peterson say they chose Roker for his warmth and charity work.
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Lottery results from West Virginia and Virginia today
West Virginia Daily 3 numbers are 1 6 0 and Daily 4 digits are 9 3 1 4. Virginia Pick 3 draws 1 9 2 and Pick 4 numbers 8 5 5 2.
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Trailer Crashes Into Art Center in Athens Town
A trailer collided with the art center on Country Girl Road as Project Lifesaver-2014 activities occurred in Athens Town. Genoa-Park Central reports suggest no serious injuries though responders were on scene. Authorities continue to investigate the wreck and its impact on scheduled events.
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Athens Town
Genoa
Park Central
61 Indicted on Drug Charges in Tazewell County
The Tazewell County Grand Jury indicted 61 people on narcotics distribution crimes totaling 224 charges following about a year of joint work by the Narcotics Task Force, the sheriff’s office, Richlands and other local police, plus state and Cedar Bluff departments. Photographs were available for 47 suspects as authorities stress the ongoing effort against dealers amid reports heroin cases rising while opioid pain medications remain common.
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Tazewell County
Grand Jury
Ing
Commonwealth
Dennis Lee
Virginia State Police
Cedar Bluff
Lee
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Runaway trailer crashes into Appalachian Arts Center
A loaded trailer detached from a southbound tractor on U.S. Route 19 and smashed into the Appalachian Arts Center in Claypool Hill. No injuries were reported. some jewelry and crafts were damaged, with inventories helping assess losses. Trooper B C Patton cited the driver, Crashes, A-7 Treasure Hunt.
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Virginia Department of Transportation
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Southwest Virginia Community College
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B.C. Patton
Virginia State Police
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U.S
Combs Misses Court Date For Murder Trial Hearing
Linda Ann Combs 38 of Wyoming County failed to appear for a pretrial hearing in a first degree murder case. Circuit Court Judge Derek Swope issued a bench warrant Thursday morning after she did not arrive by 2 p.m. but the warrant was later lifted after she contacted her attorneys. A state trooper checked her home finding she was away camping.
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Circuit Court
Derek Swope
Linda Ann Combs
Wyoming County
Combs
Tim
Joe Harvey
John McGinnis
Bond motion denied in domestic violence case
Magistrate Mike Flanigan refused a prosecutor motion to modify bond conditions for Kanawha County defendant James Plants to proceed to trial. Plants’ attorney James Cagle argued the defendant has a right to trial and disputed signing a 32 week Batterers Intervention program agreement.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Mike Flanigan
Kanawha County
Mark Plants
James Cagle
Plants
Cagle
Putnam County
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