Local forecast for Friday December 13 2013
Mostly sunny with a high near 44. West wind 6 to 10 mph. Tonight a chance of sleet and snow.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 2013
Page
1
Mostly sunny with a high near 44. West wind 6 to 10 mph. Tonight a chance of sleet and snow.
The season opener features Bluefield visiting Princeton for a travel game to start the campaign.
43-year-old Mark Randall Trump of Cool Ridge pleaded guilty to a wire fraud charge in Beckley federal court. Prosecutor Booth Goodwin said Trump pocketed about 90,000 dollars in customer fees from heavy equipment rentals at Walker Machinery Crab Orchard from 2009 to 2012, deposited funds to his account, and deleted or altered records to hide the scheme. He faces up to 20 years. sentencing was set for April 17.
Lottery results list West Virginia Daily 3 drawing 7 7 7 and Daily 4 1 0 2 7. Virginia Pick 3 shows 5 8 7 while Pick 4 reads 3 2 4 8.
A brief local news roundup notes a surface hill wreck near Princeton, a Mercer County drug roundup, students singing at a bank event, and efforts to assemble care packages. Bill Cole is honored in a separate item amid the day’s notes including Black Friday shopping activity.
Timothy Probert, 55, a former Westminster Presbyterian Church youth volunteer and WECAN helper, was arrested in Bluefield on 38 counts including 22 counts of sexual abuse by a custodian and seven counts of third degree sexual assault. Alleged incidents date to 1986 with eight male victims aged 12 to 17, last occurring 2008 to 2010. Probert was arraigned.
The West Virginia Division of Highways will close I-77 in Mercer County today from mile 1 to 9 and a parallel Route 112 section for a planned controlled blast to stabilize a slipping hillside. The northbound slow lane remains closed since December 2, with work expected between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. Debris clearance will reopen the southbound lanes within 30 minutes after the blast. northbound reopening will follow post clearance. Authorities urge driver caution.
Princeton police officers serving an arrest warrant on December 6 detected a distinct odor of marijuana at a residence in Princeton. Investigators found ventilation, irrigation systems, heat lamps, humidifiers and lights set up to grow cannabis. Shante M. McKinley, 28, Princeton, was arrested on cultivating marijuana charges.
With nine days left the Little Jimmie campaign needs 7392 dollars to reach this year’s goal. Donations of 800 on Thursday bring total to 22608, funding toys treats books toboggans gloves and other gifts for over 800 local children. A volunteer shopping team plans to buy hundreds of toys at Bluefield Kmart as final party preparations begin.
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