December 12 2017 Weather Snapshot
Cloudy conditions with a temperature near 24 F by 4 pm. Snow showers are 60 percent likely and a low around 12 F overnight. Breezy with gusts up to 31 mph.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 2017
Page
1
Cloudy conditions with a temperature near 24 F by 4 pm. Snow showers are 60 percent likely and a low around 12 F overnight. Breezy with gusts up to 31 mph.
Market watch notes Russell at 1.88 with 2000 shares traded and a total value of 1,519.84. Trading activity highlighted by investors monitoring Russell performance and daily price movement.
West Virginia Daily Three draws show a 7 4 0 result and a Daily Four of 3 2 1 9. Virginia Pick Three reports 8 2 1 and Pick Four 8 5 7 8.
One middle aged white male died after being run over by a dump truck at Graham Trucking off Rogers Street near Princeton. The victim, not an employee, was found in the company lot and transported to Princeton Community Hospital. Investigators continued into the night.
Princeton Rescue Squad received a $25,000 gift from the American Electric Power Foundation to fund a 21,000 square foot learning center and emergency shelter next to headquarters on Stafford Drive. CEO Stacey Hicks said winter pause halted construction but spring will see the first block laid. The facility will include training for up to 200 and shelter for 100 people during disasters.
Forecasters warn Bluefield area to expect a clipper system bringing light snow showers and a rapid temperature drop. Overnight lows may tumble to 12 degrees with single digits in rural valleys like Burkes Garden, while Wednesday remains well below freezing and winds stay breezy. Snow totals expected 1 to 2 inches. motorists urged to use caution due to icy conditions and sharp wind chills.
A Mercer County special grand jury handed down 42 indictments against area residents on drug charges including hydrocodone hydromorphone oxycodone cocaine marijuana and heroin and conspiracy. Arraignments set for December 18 before Circuit Judge William Sadler at Mercer County Courthouse starting 9 30 a.m. The indictments follow 124 from October. Mercer population 61 164 compares with Kanawha's larger figure. Names include Stephen Allen Billings Betty Jane Sullivan Jeremy Brooks James Davis Brown III and others.
A rush of gifts Monday pushed the Bluefield Daily Telegraph sponsored Community Christmas Tree toward its $25,000 mark, leaving $14,693 to reach the goal with eight days left before the 100th Little Jimmie party. The program distributes a toy filled gift bag with food gloves books and more to hundreds of area children. The 100th Little Jimmie party is set for Tuesday December 19 from 4 30 to ?
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