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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 2005
Page
1
A concise digest notes Monday December 5 2005 events from the BDtonline report. Highlights cover local happenings and brief items across politics weather and community notices as carried by the Charleston based site.
A forecast warns of today snow with possible heavy bursts and total accumulation of 6 to 10 inches. Temperatures will be much cooler with highs in the low 30s and east winds around 10 mph.
Pro wrestling giant WWE says it will implement random drug testing for performers following Eddie Guerrero’s death at 38. The program, to be run by an independent agency, aims to curb illicit drugs, steroids and prescription abuse amid talks of details to come. Guerrero’s widow cites autopsy signs of heart disease linked to past substance use and intense workouts. Vince McMahon assures the policy will be fair and applied to all equally.
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Meteorologist Dennis Sleighter of the National Weather Service says a Gulf of Mexico storm will dump up to eight inches on the Bluefield region. A winter storm watch is in effect from tonight through Tuesday as a cold front moves across the area and into the Carolinas. The heaviest snow is forecast during a three hour window late morning to early afternoon with two to three inches accumulating in that span.
Mercer County investigates a May 1 1982 mobile home slaying at Rock Road near Wright Mountain. Daniel Whitely and Deborah Whitely were shot during a suspected home invasion. Three indictments were returned by the Mercer County Grand Jury, but no trial was ever scheduled.
TAZEWELL Va officials sought public input to name the new state prison in Pocahontas. A list of suggested names received by mail, email, and phone will be presented to the Tazewell County Board of Supervisors Tuesday. Some ideas, like "pocy pocy," may be rejected by the state.
Bluefield area faces slow donations for the Community Christmas Tree program sponsored by the Bluefield Daily Telegraph. The 2005 goal is $25,000 to aid about 650 children, but only $1,005 had been donated by Sunday. The program, 88 years running, will publish donor names and host a Friday December 23 gift event at the Bluefield Youth Center with Santa, meals, and bags for kids awaiting gifts.
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