Weather Outlook: Morning Flurries Then Clearing
Today's forecast calls for morning flurries with clouds diminishing through the day. Strong winds will prevail and the high temperature will reach around 26 degrees.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 2006
Page
1
Today's forecast calls for morning flurries with clouds diminishing through the day. Strong winds will prevail and the high temperature will reach around 26 degrees.
The report lists S and P 500 at 1407.2 with a high of 792.29 and low of 1366, noting 1,932 advances and 149 new lows while 1,883 declines and 155 unchanged. Volume tallies 2,694,572,170. An adjacent panel records 1,175 advances and 1,883 declines with 1,883 unchanged at 2,089,524,947.
Governor Kaine confirmed on a radio show that he has experienced odd calls and is researching if a haunting occurred in the Executive Mansion. He noted his family has not seen the reputed friendly ghost of a young woman.
West Virginia Daily 3 numbers were 0 5 9 and Daily 4 numbers 2 6 4 1. Virginia Pick 3 yielded 9 4 3 and Pick 4 produced 0 8 6 2.
Contact the Telegraph delivery line at 304 327 2802 from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. seven days a week for help with delivery problems. Call by noon to ensure timely delivery within the limited delivery area.
Slick driving conditions from snow and ice snarled traffic across the two Virginias on Thursday afternoon. In Princeton, Sgt. B K Ruble reported near standstill on Stafford and Courthouse Drives with two noninjury accidents. West Virginia police logged numerous weather related crashes in Mercer County while a tractor trailer overturned on Route 52 in McDowell County. Wind chill advisory from midnight to noon warned gusts of 30 to 40 mph producing wind chills five to 10 below zero at Herndon Mountain. Fire and rescue crews aided a motorist after a 3:45 p.m. incident.
Mercer and Tazewell counties form two eight person committees to develop a joint project. Mercer officials plan to ask the Mercer County Commission to appoint a working committee next Tuesday. Governors Kaine and Manchin urged cross border cooperation and pledged support to remove state barriers.
William C. Marland, former West Virginia governor, featured in the book West Virginia Politicians Personalities of Power. The profile notes his cab driving therapy, alcoholism recovery, and late 1950s notoriety as reporters pursued comments. Bluefield Daily Telegraph review highlights notable WV elected officials.
BLUEFIELD Contributions to the Community Christmas Tree lag with less than $1,000 raised Thursday toward a $25,000 target. About $7,091 has been donated, leaving $17,909 to reach the goal of gifting toys to hundreds of local children. The 89th Little Jimmie campaign is run by the Bluefield Daily Telegraph and sign-ups for gifts occur Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon at the Bluefield Youth Center on Stadium Drive. A party for families is planned Friday, Dec. 22, at noon at the Bluefield City Auditorium. Mail donations to The Community Christmas Tree, Bluefield Daily Telegraph, P.O. Box 1599, Bluefield, WV 24701, or deliver to 928 Bluefield Ave. The drive also includes memorial gifts from Grace Murphy Hill, Dick Hight, Betty Fowler, and Arnold Cecil family members.
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