Ten Years of Headlines: Fugitives and Fire Debates
Samantha Perry reflects on selecting the decade’s top news stories for the Daily Telegraph. She recalls fugitive manhunts in Ohio and West Virginia, high profile crimes, local disasters, and broader issues like the opioid epidemic and coal industry turmoil, concluding the final list will spark debate.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph Staff Lineup Shuffles
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists News Editor Randy Mooney Publisher Andy Patton Sports Editor Samantha Perry and Managing Editor Charles Owens with George Thwaites among staff, plus a religious quotation from Romans 8:14 AKJV.
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WV crime lab backlog grows as DNA testing waits lag
The West Virginia State Police Crime Lab in Charleston faces a multi year backlog of about 1700 cases awaiting DNA testing. Temporary funding ends in 2021, risking further delays without new lawmakers funding. A 2017 policy limits item submissions, affecting cases like a Mercer County decapitation trial where six items were sent. The defense raised the limit, the defendant was found guilty, and officials say more funding and staffing are needed to clear backlogs.
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Rock
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Donquale
Dj” Gray
Bluefield
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Gray
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George Sitter
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Readers urged to send letters to editor in public issue debate
The Daily Telegraph invites letters on public matters. Submit with signature, address, and phone number for consideration. Names will not be withheld. Send by mail to P O Box 1599 Bluefield WV 24701 or by email editor bdtonline com.
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The perils of travel with kids
Cynthia M. Allen reflects on holiday travel with young children, acknowledging the stress and mess while highlighting moments of unexpected kindness from strangers. She frames Christmas as a penitential season and offers lessons in grace, patience, and self forgiveness learned on planes.
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