Thursday December 11 2003 News Briefs
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph in Bluefield, West Virginia
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 2003
Page
1
Weather and police report fragment from WVVA notes
Today is cloudy windy and cold with scattered flurries. Highs in the 30s with wind chills in the 20s. Partial clearing late day. Mercer authorities report arrests near a shootout in progress. A2
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Mercer
Wise visit First graders meet governor in Iowa
First graders receive a holiday visit from governor Harry Potter during a Christmas themed event in OVA Falls Iowa. The scene contrasts with a local restaurant theft revelation where a former employee sends five $100 bills totaling about $500 with a Christmas note saying the money plus interest is owed.
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Ova Falls
Iowa
Dave
Sharon McCaulley
Dave Alley
Rise in drugstore robberies alarms Mercer County
Detective Sgt. Mike Gills notes a surge in pharmacy robberies in Mercer County with about 10 incidents this year including a Blue Wells Family Pharmacy break in at 2 a.m. by two or three suspects after throwing asphalt through a plate glass window. He says prevention is limited and urges stronger reinforced glass.
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Bluefield
Mike Gills
Mercer County Sheriff’s Office
Mercer County
Blue Wells Family
Gills
Nine NS cars derail at Princeton rail yard
Norfolk Southern officials responded to a derailment at Princeton rail yard on Wednesday after witnesses reported a track break. A 100-car coal train from a Surveyor mine to a power plant in Hico NC derailed with no injuries and no spill into nearby streams. Division crews headed to the scene to determine the cause.
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Rinceton
Norfolk D Southern
Princeton
Susan Bland
Surveyor
Hico
N.C
Bland
Virginia Guard unit to stay home for holidays
Ward en Virginia Richlands based 276th Engineering Battalion of the Virginia National Guard will delay their departure to Fort Dix New Jersey until early January. Lt. Col. Chester Carter said likely departure dates are January 4 or 5 after a validation process ensures soldiers and equipment are ready for deployment.
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Carter
Fort Dix
Hatfield homicide near Bluefield may see key development
Virginia authorities signal a major development in the Brandy Nicole Hatfield homicide case. Commonwealth’s Attorney Dennis Lee said an Friday announcement will address new information in the unsolved six month old inquiry. Hatfield’s 25 year old body was found May 30 in Crescent View Apartment Complex.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Commonwealth
Dennis Lee
Brandy Nicole Hattfield
Community Christmas Tree fund hits $7,296 toward $15,000 goal
BLUEFIELD The Community Christmas campaign neared the halfway point as Wednesday contributions pushed the total to $7,296. Organizers raised this year’s goal to $15,000 due to expected greater local need this holiday season.
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Bluefield
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