Sun sets on 19th Chicory Square Concert season
The 19th season of Bluefield Daily Telegraph downtown Chicory Square Concert Series ended Friday amid record heat. Executive editor Tom Colley thanked coordinator Frances Wayland with flowers, noting the last concert featured Christ, Inc. and honoring late James Sims. The Mercer County CVB sponsored the day with CASE providing lunch as crowds packed downtown Bluefield.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Tom Colley
The
Daily Telegraph
Frances Wayland
Wayland
Colley
Christ, Inc
James Sims
Mercer County
Community Action
Southeastern
West Virginia
Charles Owens
Cowens
Bottonline.com
Governor orders flags at half staff for Staff Sgt Reynolds
West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin orders all state and national flags lowered to half staff on Sunday August 26 in honor of Staff Sgt Stanley Brian Reynolds who died from injuries in a helicopter crash near Al Taqqadum Iraq on August 14. Reynolds service includes private graveside rites at Shutt Shrewsbury Cemetery Lashmeet with a public visitation 1 to 3 30 p m at Bailey Kirk Funeral Home Princeton. He served with the Army 1st Battalion 52nd Aviation Regiment Task Force Dragon 49 and earned the Bronze Star among other decorations. He is survived by his wife Duchess Jill Stroud Reynolds three daughters his mother brother and in laws. Fort Knox Military Honor Guard to conduct honors. Contact Bill Archer at barcher bottonline com.
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Joe Manchin
Stanley Brian Reynolds
al Taqqadum
Iraq
Manchin
Reynolds
Shutt-Shrewsbury
Wright Mountain Road
Lashmeet
Bailey-Kirk Funeral
Princeton
U.S. Army
52Nd Aviation Regiment
Fuller waives jury trial in Mercer County murder case
Deborah Fuller 56 waives right to jury trial in two counts of first degree murder for the May 8 2006 deaths of her adoptive mother Effie Roberts 95 and Effie Akers 73 in Lashmeet West Virginia. Judge Derek Swope deliberates waiver and sets trial for Sept 11 as prosecutors consult families. Fuller remains in custody at Southern Regional Jail.
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Princeton
Lashmeet
Mercer County
Deborah Fuller
Effie Roberts
Robert
Effie Akers
CIA
Dupont
Fuller
Derek Swope
Swope
Marital woes drive trooper to self destruction in West Virginia
Cpl. Mario Gonzales a 13 year state police veteran died July 18 of a self inflicted gunshot in his cruiser at home outside Hurricane West Virginia. An internal investigation cited unspecified marital issues in a note to his wife Angel. He was the second trooper to die by own action since 1999. Gov Manchin ordered a study on police stress and suicides amid the case.
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Cpl
Mario Gonzales
Angel
Gonzales
Hurricane
Dave Lemon
Joe Manchin
Heat waves bring record highs and free lemonade
In Bluefield temperatures near 94 degrees are forecast with a 92 degree interior reading at Pocahontas High School. The Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce offers free lemonade for the 12th time this summer. Residents urge air conditioning in Pocahontas High and schools to dismiss early. Lemonade events are planned at Chicory Square and other locations if 90 degree heat repeats.
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Bluefield
Greater Bluefield
Lawson
Johnny McGhee, Jr
Charleston
McGhee
Beaver Graham
Hunter Thomas
Chicory Square
Thomas
Anitarman
Blacksburg
Ous
Silverman
Mercury
Beth Nelson
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