Car crashes through gate at Ace Construction Center
A 32 year old Virginia man was hospitalized in serious condition after his white four door Hyundai crashed through a closed metal gate at Ace Construction Center on Bluefield Avenue around 8 15 p m Friday. The car snapped the fence slid through the lot and struck a concrete barrier before ending on its side as Bluefield police fire and Lambert's Towing removed the vehicle. Investigators seek the cause as crews cleaned up spills.
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Welch police announce back to school extra patrols
Welch officers will patrol city streets when school opens August 22 to protect students. Two officers will work morning and evening under a Governor's Office of Highway Safety grant, enforcing 15 mph school zones and bus routes with RADAR, targeting stopped buses.
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WVU and China to form clean coal research pact
A Chinese delegation will join WVU officials to formalize a partnership on clean coal technologies. The agreement to share research will be signed in Morgantown, with the Advanced Coal Technology Consortium totaling about 50 million dollars from U.S., China, state and private donors and 17 U.S. partners including universities and labs.
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Time Warner drops WCYB TV from Richlands cable
WVVA of Bluefield asked for removal of WCYB NBC signal to avoid duplication in the Richlands market. Time Warner cited FCC rules and removed WCYB Wednesday. WVVA stresses continued NBC coverage and community service in Tazewell County area.
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Bristol Area Chamber of Commerce
Three Die In Pittsburgh Flash Flood After Heavy Rains
Three people died in a flash flood in Pittsburgh as heavy rains submerged cars along Washington Boulevard near Highland Park. Up to 3 inches fell in an hour, with waters near the city zoo reported as six feet deep. Rescue crews used inflatable boats to reach stranded drivers and several swam to safety.
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Virginia executes man with new three drug cocktail
Jerry Terrell Jackson, 30, was put to death at Greensville Correctional Center, the first Virginia inmate executed with a revised three drug protocol using pentobarbital after a sodium thiopental shortage. He raped and suffocated Ruth Phillips in her Williamsburg apartment in 2001, then fled with $60. Authorities say the process took about 15 minutes from line insertion to death.
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Scam call targets donors with fake deputy fundraiser
Bailey warned of a scam where callers claim to collect donations for a Mercer County Sheriff's Deputies Association shop with a deputy program or for the State Police. They arrange home pickups and issue receipts. Call the weekend tip line at 304-487-8365 to report victimization. no such fundraiser exists.
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