Concord football players waive preliminary hearings in home invasion case
Three Concord University football players from Beckley and South Carolina waived preliminary hearing dates in Mercer County Magistrate Court. Russell Bailey Jr Maricco Sanders and Riyard Richardson face charges tied to a November home invasion in Athens. Richardson waived, Saunders and Bailey postponed. all remain free on bond.
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Princeton
Concord University
Mercer County
Russell Bailey Jr
Beckley
Maricco Sanders
Riyard Richardson
South Carolina
Rick Fowler
Mercer County Sheriff's Deputies
West Virginia State Police
Athens
Richardson
John McGinnis
Mercer County Grand Jury
Saunders
Bailey
McGinnis
Icy storm shuts down North Texas and Dallas Marathon
Freezing rain and winds blanketed the Southwest forcing the cancellation of the Dallas Marathon and leaving North Texas with impassable frost covered roads. Power outages affected hundreds of thousands as temperatures plunged from 80s earlier in the week. Authorities warned of travel hazards while residents stocked up and stayed indoors amid icy conditions.
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Dallas
Texas
U.S
Rob Yates
Rowlett
Yates
Manchester
England
South Texas
Midwest
Ohio Valley
New England
Canadian Maritimes
Wintry Mix Ahead for Mercer County This Weekend
The National Weather Service in Blacksburg warns cold, wet weather for Mercer County with a wintry mix late Saturday night into Sunday. Meteorologist Mike Sporer says Bluefield will be on the fringes but expects ice glaze on Sunday along with sleet and snow, with rain persisting into Sunday night and Monday.
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Bluefield
Mercer County
National Weather Service
Mike Sporer
Blacksburg
Sporer
Atwell man arrested on domestic assault charges
Johnny Hurley, 53, of Atwell Branch Road in McDowell County, was arrested after a Welch WV State Police call about a domestic assault. He faces domestic assault and domestic battery charges. Hurley was arraigned in McDowell County Magistrate Court after the Thursday evening arrest. Police say he scratched, cut and choked his wife during the incident. It was unclear if he had posted bond by Friday.
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Alajuela
Costa Rica
Artavia
Houston
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Little Rock
Ark
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North Dakota
Atwell
Welch
McDonnell County
West Virginia
Johnny Hurley
Atwell Branch Road
C.A. Dunn. Hurley
McDowell County Magistrate Court
Hurley
Dunn
Obama health site gains traction with 3.7 million visitors
HealthCare.gov traffic hit 3.7 million this week with 29 000 enrollments in two days, surpassing October totals for many states. Spanish signups roll out this weekend via Cuidado DeSalud.gov. Improvements include cleaner enrollment files and a new window shopping feature for plans and prices.
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Washington
Amazon
Travelocity
Barack Obama
HealthCare.gov
Julie Bataille
Cuidado DeSalud.gov
HHS
Experts urge measuring happiness in federal statistics
A National Academy of Sciences panel urges adding happiness questions to official surveys to gauge well being. They argue happiness data could inform policy on retirement, care, unemployment, and work conditions, noting US lag behind other nations and that money is not the sole driver of happiness.
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Uncle Sam
National Academy of Sciences
Academy
Arthur Stone
New York
Stony Brook University
Stone
Carol Graham
Brookings Institution
United States
John Helliwell
University of British Columbia
Vancouver
Denmark
Canada
Israel
Mexico
Helliwell
Graham
Plos One
Eugenio Proto
University of Warwick
U.S
WVU researchers study natural gas fuel mix for shale drilling
WVU Center for Alternative Fuels, Engines and Emissions will field a team to measure methane emissions from diesel and natural gas engines used in shale gas drilling. Funded by a $2 million grant from the Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory, the work explores a blended fuel approach to cut diesel costs and utilize domestic fuel.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
The
State Journal
Center For Alternative Fuels
WVU
Department of Energy
National Energy Technology Laboratory
Memorial room honors Mercer County veterans in museum
Local veterans and families donated relics from World War I through the Vietnam War to a Mercer County museum. A new memorial room honors those who died in service and includes a POW and MIA exhibit. The museum closes in winter, but the memorial room stays open year round. Appointments are available for groups of five or more. contact Whitlow at 304-384-7875.
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Mercer County
Whitlow
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