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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 2017
Page
1
Partly sunny today with a gradual shift to full sun and a high near 55. Light northwest breeze around 6 mph.
Temes leads home champions as Beaver nation celebrates a victory milestone. The return to campus ignites fanfare with school pride, marking a historic sports triumph for the team and its supporters.
A female opossum found beside a broken bourbon bottle at a local liquor store was taken to Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge in Fort Walton Beach. Staff pumped fluids to flush alcohol toxins and released the disoriented animal days later after she sobered up.
Elizabeth Poff of Princeton recounts arriving at Rural King in Mercer Mall where an 8 year old boy was locked inside a gun safe. She expresses she had never seen anything like it and that responders from Green Valley Glenwood, Princeton Rescue Squad, and state police assisted. The boy had only been inside a few minutes and workers found a hole in the bottom of the safe.
Animal lovers in southern West Virginia and Southwest Virginia can help homeless dogs and cats this Christmas season by contributing to the Prerogative Shelter Drive. Donations will be accepted from Dec. 4 through 8 at the Bluefield Daily Shelter, A-5.
The Little Jimmie program added 162 kids on Saturday reaching 580 signups this year. A $1,000 donation from Assistant Mercer County Prosecuting Attorney Kelli Harshbarger boosted the campaign. Saturday also marked the final day for signups and total contributions reached $1,225.
After more than 70 years the Purple Heart was presented to PFC Lacy E. Walker’s family in Princeton. Rep. Even Jenkins awarded the medal to the Walker family for the July 1944 Saint-Lô battle death in World War II. The presentation honored the fallen soldier and his kin.
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