Good Samaritan helps family sell Tickle Me Elmo for rent
A Pittsburgh area family in financial distress sold their prized Tickle Me Elmo to raise rent and Christmas funds. Justin Waters and his fiancée gave Cheryl Dague $450 after hearing of her ad and said to keep the doll, while Dague had bought it for her younger son Aaron. Her older son Cody, 2, has a blood disorder and mild cerebral palsy. The gift came after a stranger offered help following the ad.
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Justin Waters
Cheryl Dague
Pittsburgh
Crimson Moppet
Waters
Ms. Dague
Aaron
Cody
Weather outlook for Christmas week brings light snow
Countdown to Christmas weather prompts rain or snow today with less than an inch accumulation and near 40 degree highs. Tonight remains rain or snow with light expected accumulation and mid-30s lows.
Princeton man charged in Mercer Street deaths fire
An arrest was made in a Mercer Street fire case. Robert P. McPhail, 19, of Charleston, is charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter after two men, Joey Cox and Richard Linkous, died in the early morning blaze. Bond set at $5,000. Fire destroyed several apartments and the Autumn House Furniture warehouse. the store remained open.
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Mercer Street
Robert P. McPhail
Beach Ave
Charleston
Casey Martin
Princeton Police Department
McPhail
Jerry Flanagan
Bond
Joey Cox
Richard Linkous
Mercer St
Linkous
Cox
South Charleston
Martin
Autumn House
Court rejects Mercer deputies pay raise in West Virginia ruling
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals denied the Mercer County Sheriff's deputies a larger annual pay increase, sending a certified question back to Mercer County Circuit Court. Deputies argued for a 60 per year increase and a cap at 960, while the commission favored the smaller rise. county officials expect summary judgment if the normal process proceeds.
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West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
Mercer County Circuit Court
W.E. Gearhart
Mercer County Sheriff's de
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Commission
Supreme Court
Gearhart
Ralph Bailey
Sheriff's Department
County Commission
Winds topple wall at Virginia Manor renovation site
High winds toppled a front wall of the historic Virginia Manor in Princeton Tuesday morning. No injuries or damage estimate available. The wall’s collapse halted work, with debris cleared and road obstruction addressed by police and highway crews. The project’s scope remains, though costs may rise. the wall will be rebuilt.
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Virginia Manor
Princeton
Mercer Street
Robert Hager
C.R. Hutchens
Princeton Police Department
Danny Lusk
Empire Salvage
Department of Highways
Bill Draper
Samuel R. Sink
Star Builders
White Christmas Snow unlikely in Bluefield area
Meteorologist Ken Batty of the National Weather Service says Christmas snow is uncommon in West Virginia and Southwest Virginia. A Monday weather service report notes past Christmas Day snows in Bluefield occurred in 1995 1993 and 1989 with a record low of minus 13 and high of 64 degrees.
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Luefield
National Weather Service
Ken Batty
West Virginia
Bluefield
Batty
Community Christmas Tree near $8,000 thanks to locals
Terrific Tuesday Total closes in on the $8,000 goal as Four Seasons Country residents donate $1,120 on Tuesday, bringing the 1996 sum to $7,885 toward a $10,000 target. About 600 area youngsters will receive parties at Bluefield City Auditorium on Monday, Dec. 23 starting at noon with Santa gifts.
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Bluefield City Auditorium
Cecil Surratt
Don Whitt
Old Santa
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
P.O. Box
Bluefield
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