Weather forecast notes possible light precip early
Today minor chance of rain or snow early with otherwise cloudy skies. Expect mainly overcast conditions through the day as moisture remains limited.
21 Feb 2004
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 2004
Page
1
Today minor chance of rain or snow early with otherwise cloudy skies. Expect mainly overcast conditions through the day as moisture remains limited.
Celestis Inc. and Baoshan Enterprise announce space burial service for Taiwanese clients. Ashes placed in aluminum tubes about lipstick size are launched on commercial rockets and orbit Earth every 90 minutes before burning up, offering a lasting space memory.
Former Tazewell County deputy Edward Lee Honaker testified that he found Charles Gilmore asleep in a Lincoln Continental at Falls Mills near 2:15 a.m. on June 7 1989 with a pistol and a note on the dash, and Gilmore said he feared federal investigators would arrest him. Glymore also claimed he had nothing to do with the April 16 1989 shotgun slayings of Robert Davis Una Mae Davis and her son Robert Hopewell Jr while noting others were talking.
After a brief warm spell, the region experiences 60 degree sunshine, with residents like Tanya Sheppard in Glenwood City Park enjoying outdoor time. National Weather Service hydrologists note 39 degree overnight and projections of continued mild air before a potential cold snap.
A mobile home at 213 Twin Oaks Circle in Oakvale was destroyed by fire on Thursday with cause undetermined. Firefighters from East River Athens and Oakvale extinguished the blaze. no injuries reported as owners were away.
A Mercer County Circuit Court jury convicted former Princeton attorney Tracy Lusk of embezzling up to 38000 dollars from clients. Judge Robert Irons sentenced her Friday to one to ten years on each of four counts of obtaining money by false pretenses and two counts of embezzlement, to be served consecutively. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Tom Berry led the case.
Firefighters fought three Mercer County brush fires on Friday afternoon. At Surface Hill Bluewell a debris burn spread to hay bales owned by Charles Thomason. Division of Forestry official Chris White said the hay may burn for days but will not spread and is too messy to unroll and water.
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