Weather report for today with rain and sleet
A hundred percent chance of rain and sleet today. Expect a high near 41 and a low around 30 with damp, chilly conditions throughout.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 2013
Page
1
A hundred percent chance of rain and sleet today. Expect a high near 41 and a low around 30 with damp, chilly conditions throughout.
At Zoo Atlanta genetic testing found three young giant pandas born at the zoo are females, reversing prior belief they were males. Spokeswoman Keisha Hines noted Po and twins Mei Lun and Mei Huan were confirmed female, adding past misidentifications and ongoing challenges in determining sex of young pandas.
West Virginia Daily 3 drawing produced 3 0 2 and Daily 4 2 1 8 9. Virginia Pick 3 finished 3 8 2 and Pick 4 8 1 7 0.
A terse Mercury item notes BDTVideo.com tangled with a Surface Hill wreck amid local events. A Mercer drug roundup and students singing at a bank are listed among brief community notes including assembling care packages and Bill Cole being honored during upcoming activities.
A four day law enforcement blitz in southern West Virginia identified 54 of 317 registered sex offenders as out of compliance. Of these, 42 were from Mercer and McDowell counties, with violations ranging from moved addresses to email phone and vehicle registration changes. federal violations numbered about eight. Authorities stressed compliance is mandatory under SORNA and the Adam Walsh Act.
Northbound lanes of Interstate 77 near Bluefield will close by 7 a.m. as road crews remove rocks from a cliff above the highway. Crews blasted rock Friday to reduce slide risk after prior closures in March and a cliffside concern near mile markers along the corridor. Tom Camden of District 10 says no more blasting is planned Saturday.
Northbound lanes of Interstate 77 near Bluefield will close by 7 AM as road crews clear rocks from a cliff above the highway. The state Department of Highways blasted the cliff at noon and halted traffic in both directions during the operation. Southbound lanes reopened about 30 minutes later. Northbound traffic was rerouted onto Route 460 eastbound and rejoined I-77 at Princeton.
In Bluefield two defendants, Alphonso Washington Jr. and Leonard Graves III, face federal indictments from October. Washington, 31, is charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana and felon in possession of firearms plus a forfeiture count. Graves, 30, is charged with distributing oxycodone on three dates near Bluefield. Plea hearings set for January 6, 2014, in Bluefield at 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. respectively.
An aerial photo by Mel Grubb and staff shot by Jon Bolt depict crews closing north and southbound lanes on Friday to allow blasting at mile marker 3 on Interstate 77. The operation aims to prevent rockslides while a team rappels a mountainside to remove cliff sections not dislodged in the blast.
A Bluefield Daily Telegraph report says volunteers are buying hundreds of toys for the Little Jimmie party but donations slowed. Friday gifts of 350 bring the total to 22,958 with 7,042 still needed to meet the year’s goal for more than 800 area children.
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