Hope for furry friends at Mercer County shelter drive
Mercer County Animal Shelter receives holiday support from Prerogative Magazine and Bluefield Daily Telegraph readers. Donors sent hundreds of dog and cat items, including toys, squeaky toys, food and treats, collected via newspaper tubes on Dec. 18 and delivered by carriers. Shelter staff note the after hours drop-off and revamped facility enhance adoption and care as the shelter handles 250 to 300 animals daily.
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Green Valley
Mercer County Animal Shelter
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Stacey ‘Shampo
Samantha
Joe Perry
Perry
Daily Telegraph
Mercer County
Shampo
Harold
Pat Brewster
Bill Archer
Barcher
Bottonline
Ercer County
Robert Shaffer
Michael Wimmer
Prerogative Magazine
Body found in crawl space may be missing MU student
Huntington police: investigators found a body in a basement laundry room of a Marshall University student’s apartment building. The remains are believed to be 21 year old Leah Hickman missing since December 14. No suspects named and cause of death not yet released.
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Huntington (Ap
Marshall University
Huntington Police Department
Leah Hickman
Skip Holbrook
Holbrook
Hickman
Bluewell soldier comes home for Christmas then returns to Iraq
Pfc Bone Morris of Bluewell spent Christmas with his family before traveling to Roanoke to board a plane home to Iraq. The 21-year-old Bluefield High School graduate said the 18 days with family were the best part of his Christmas leave and thanked locals for their prayers. He plans to rejoin his unit in Germany and later Iraq, after a brief family visit.
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Luewell
Pfc
Bone Morris
U.S. Army
Bluewell
Roanoke
Iraq
Morris
I-81
Virginia
Bluefield High School
Chris
Devon Morris
Joy Morris
Drag
Germany
Joy
Patrick Morris
Caleb
Lindsey Morris
Jeremy Morris
Korea
Daily Telegraph staff helps family after Christmas tree drive
Bluefield Daily Telegraph staff and its advertising team organized aid for a War family of five after a December house fire. They gathered beds, TVs, furniture, and clothing from colleagues, friends, and customers and transported supplies in two trips on December 15 and 21. The effort supported the Community Christmas Tree program funding relief for 700 plus local children.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Nathan Hendrick
Kelli
Hendrick
Tina Reed
Telegraph
Terri Hale
Hale
War
Charlene Castle
Natalie Fanning
Lisa Grimm
Carmen Mabe
Jessica Sarrett
Kathie Shore
Jessica Wolfe
Josh Mills
Shafali Pendleton
Tina Burgess
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Prerogative
John Nelson
By Bill Archer
Eric DiNovo
Will Archer
Anjean
L.T. Powell
Bluefield
W.va
Powell
June Horne Brown
C. Stuart McGehee
Greenbrier County
McDowell County
William Leckie
Leckie
Annie
Maple Avenue
Welch
Ron Deitz
Princeton
Rupert
June Brown
Graham High School
Greenbrier
Rainelle
Jim
Fred
WH. Leckie
Roseann
Buchanan County
Leckies
Aflex
Borderline
Maryhill
Brown
June Leckie
Sharon Perkinson
R.E
Bob” Perkinson Jr
R.E. “Perk” Perkinson
Barboursville
Danielle “Dee Dee” Winningham
Soffe
Dee Dee
Sherry
New York City
Don
Zane Rice
Cabell-Midland High School
Ray McCoy
Cabell County
Danielle
Dudley
Graham
Mike Boyd
Jennings Boyd
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
Ruby
Mike
Laura
Boyd
Northfork Blue Demons
Mercerman
Coal People
Montcalm
Coal Country
Walter Lawson
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