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Mostly sunny Thursday with a high near 48 and southeast wind 5 to 8 mph. Tonight will be mostly cloudy with a low around 40.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 2017
Page
1
Community Christmas Tree Fund Report
Community Christmas Tree drive notes a January contribution from Frosty’s Used Cars of 100 dollars. The daily total reaches 100 dollars, lifting the ending balance to 41,047 dollars from a previous balance of 40,947 dollars.
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Frosty
Amber alert issued for 14-year-old Nicole Hall in Greenbrier County
Greenbrier County Sheriffs Department seeks 14 year old Nicole Hall missing since Dec 18 in Greenbrier with parole absconder and sex offender Christopher Rider and 21 year old Charles Krafft. Call 911 or Sgt. Gary Workman with any information.
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Greenbrier County
Sheriff's Department
West Virginia
Gary Workman
West Virginia Daily 3 and Virginia Pick 4 Numbers Revealed
Lottery results list West Virginia Daily 3 numbers 5 8 6 and Daily 4 0 8 9 9. Virginia Pick 3 4 7 4 and Pick 4 1 4 0 1 with ticket code 25675 00001.
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West Virginia
Trump hails $1.5 trillion tax overhaul passage
President Trump and GOP lawmakers celebrated the House and Senate passage of a $1.5 trillion tax bill. The measure cuts corporate and wealthy individual taxes while offering smaller relief to middle and lower incomes. Democrats argued the plan favors the rich. The vote was 224-201 in the House after Senate approval, marking the first major tax overhaul since 1986.
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Washington
Donald Trump
U.S
White House
House
Trump
Senate
Mitch McConnell
Kentucky
Paul Ryan
Wis
Tim Scott
S.C
Congress
Plea Being Considered in Shaken Baby Case
Mercer County judge hears that a plea deal is under discussion in the first degree murder and child abuse resulting in death case of Jacob Lee Richards 25 from Bluefield. Richards is tied to the July death of his 10 month old daughter with signs of shaken baby syndrome and brain injuries. The new trial date was set for early March 2018 after waiver of speedy trial rights.
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Eric DiNovo Jacob Lee Richards
Circuit Court
Mark Wills
Holly Flanigan
Wills
Princeton
Mercer County
Bluefield
Jacob Lee Richards
John Byrd
Richards
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
K.L. Adams
Roanoke
West Virginia
Judge rules part of suspect statement admissible at murder trial
A Mercer County judge ruled that part of Bradford Spencer’s police statement may be used at his trial for first degree murder in his mother Virginia Spencer’s January 31 overdose death. The motions hearing, before Circuit Court Judge Derek Swope, focused on the admissibility of the statement.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Bluefield
Bradford Spencer
Circuit
Derek Swope
Spencer
Virginia Spencer
Mercer
Eric DiNovo
Circuit Court
Keep Mercer Clean Campaign Celebrates 2017 Volunteer Efforts
In Princeton officials describe 2017 as the best year yet for the Keep Mercer Clean Campaign with more than 1,000 volunteers. They organized a midweek cleanup on Courthouse Road as part of a holiday giving back initiative led by County Commissioner Greg Puckett and local volunteers including Roger Williams expressing pride in keeping Mercer County clean.
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Princeton
Mercer
Courthouse Road
Mercer County
Roger Williams
Greg Puckett
Eric DiNovo
Josh Parks
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