Governor signs historic Bluefield State College bill in Charleston
Gov Jim Justice and Bluefield State College officials marked 125 years since Senate Bill 122 established the school then called Bluefield Colored Institute. The 1895 measure passed the Legislature but was not signed by the governor at the time and is now finally signed in the Governor's Reception Room.
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Gov. Justice
BSC
Gov. MacCorkle
Bluefield
Bluefield State College
West Virginia
Jim Justice
Justice
Charleston
Senate
Bluefield Colored Institute
William A. MacCorkle
Eric DiNovo
William B. Robertson
Capito backs area's Minor League teams in West Virginia
U S Senator Shelley Moore Capito visited Bowen Field in Bluefield to assess Minor League Baseball's economic impact and to express support for keeping the Bluefield Blue Jays and Princeton Rays in the state. She planned to tour facilities and meet local leaders at Bowen Field and Princeton Municipal Building.
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Blueheld
West Virginia
Senators
U.S
Shelley Moore Capito
R-W.va
Bowen Field
Bluefield Blue Jays
Princeton Rays
Hunnicutt Field
Three indicted in grisly Skygusty murder in McDowell
Three nonresident suspects face first degree murder charges in a 2019 Skygusty case in McDowell County involving the death and concealment of John Thomas McGuire. Indicted are Larry Paul McClure and Amanda Michelle Naylor McClure of Pendleton Kentucky and Anna Marie Choudhary of Boone North Carolina. The case ties to the marriage of a father and daughter.
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Skygusty
Minnesota
McDowell County
Larry Paul McClure
Amanda Michelle Naylor McClure
Pendleton, Ky
Anna Marie Choudhary
Boone
N.C
McClure
John Thomas McGuire
Amanda McClure
McGuire
Indictments in McDowell over teen drinking turpentine case
Three McDowell County residents were indicted after a 2019 case involving a juvenile ingesting turpentine to end a pregnancy. Sharon Baker Adams and Sherry Kirk face charges of attempted poisoning, child abuse, gross neglect, and conspiracy, while Daniel Atwell is charged with two counts of third degree sexual assault. The case began July 24, 2019, with a report to authorities.
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McDowell County
Sharon Faye
Baker Adams
Bartley
Sherry Kirk
Daniel Lee Atwell
West Virginia
D.G. Pierson
Child Protective Service
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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Charles Boothe
Gamics
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