Groundhog Day lore under scrutiny in western PA
Punxsutawney Phil, famed seer of seers, has predicted correctly only three of six winters in western Pennsylvania. Accu Weather’s Bob Larson notes the flawed track record while club president Bud Dunkel defends the tradition as the weather seen through the beholder.
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Ittsburgh (Ap
Punxsutawney
Pennsylvania
Bob Larson
Accu-Weather Inc
State College
Bud Dunkel
Mercer County Board of Education Special Session Planned
Mercer County Board of Education meets in the Seminar Center at the Technical Education Complex in Princeton Tuesday February 4 at 6 p.m. to discuss School Improvement Councils input and an adoption agreement PEIA 125 plan. Also Red Cross Bloodmobile to Bluefield Youth Center February 6 noon to 6 p.m. blood types needed.
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Mercer County Technical Education Complex
Princeton
Red Cross
Bluefield Youth Center
Stadium Drive
Increasing cloudiness with drizzle in the 50s
Weather report notes increasing cloudiness today with highs in the lower to mid-50s and a chance of drizzle. Lows expected in the lower 40s. Weather package A-6 references the Daily Telegraph site. Saturday drawing results list Red 12-18 and White 16-18.
Star Wars re release draws fans nationwide and locally
Sara Coleman reports the 1977 film Star Wars was re released Friday drawing hundreds at Cinema 8 in Mercer County Mall with fans recounting improved effects and added scenes. Industry figures estimate nationwide weekend ticket sales at 25 to 30 million dollars as audiences packed theaters.
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Barbara Justice
Cinema 8
Mercer County Mall
Justice
Gray Carper
Michael Belcher
America
Casey O’neal
United Artists Theater Circuit
Denver
Mercer King Banquet spotlights youth voice at Princeton event
The 17th annual Mercer County Chapter Martin Luther King Jr. Banquet in Princeton featured 16 year old Todd French delivering a keynote on Black America and self-esteem. Students Felicia Morton and Tirrah Hunt led youth roles while younger performers sang and read poetry, culminating in a candle lighting and saxophone solo tribute.
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Mercer County
Martin Luther King Jr
J.H. Easley Tabernacle
Todd French
Ere Ae
Graham High School
America
Whitney
Brittany
Hunt
Ramsey Elementary
Bluefield Middle School
Nakesha Cabbell
Straley Elementary
Dr. King
Alicia Grych
Tirrah Hunt
BHS
Felicia Morton
Blanche
Laurice Morton
Mother: Seatbelts Save Two Lives In Three Days
In Bluefield area a family escaped serious harm after two separate crashes amid belt use. Brandon Testerman, 17, survived a Sunday rollover in a 1990 Pontiac Sunbird. Two days later Donna Testerman, driving a 1987 Celebrity, was knocked into a tree but wore a seatbelt and survived. The family credits seatbelt safety for two near-misses.
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Bluefield
Lorton Lick
Testerman
Donna Testerman
Med Response
Bluewell
Brandon
Bramwell Road
Brushfork Armory
Mercer County
Matt Ash
Raymond
Scott
New Tazewell Names Roy Brewster Sr Police Chief
Roy Brewster Sr takes command as Tazewell Virginia police chief succeeding Dan Martin. Brewster, a 1970s veteran with 20 years as an investigator at the sheriff's office, aims to curb drug activity while serving a quiet town that has few homicides. He returned to the department in 1992 and plans management reforms. Timothy J. Sargent was hired as the new police department investigator.
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Tazewell
Roy Brewster
Brewster
Dan Martin
Tazewell County
Bishop
Roy Brewster, Jr
Sheriff's Department
Timothy J. Sargent
Police Department
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Bluefield High School
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Roy Brewster Sr
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