Jury convicts Vance of first degree murder
McDowell County jury found Charlie Vance 62 of Paynesville guilty of first degree murder in the shooting death of Bradshaw Police Chief Frankie Stanton inside the Bradshaw Police Department on August 27, 1998. The panel recommended mercy, making him parole eligible after 15 years, and found him guilty of carrying a concealed deadly weapon without a license while acquitting obstruction of an officer.
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Vance
Stanton
Bradshaw
Jenny Puckett
Frankie Stanton
Kendrick King
McDowell County
Sid Bell
Charlie Vance
Snow to Continue Through Friday in Four Seasons Country
Winter weather remains in effect for Mercer County and surrounding areas through Friday with heavy snow, freezing temperatures, and hazardous roads. Emergency officials warn of black ice and urge careful driving. power outages are not widespread but shelters may be opened via 911 calls. Temperatures are forecast to dip into the teens with further chances of snow showers and possible accumulations on Wednesday.
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Rinceton
Mercer County
OES
Salvation Army
Princeton
Bluefield
U. S. Weather Service
Bland
Mercer
Summers
Tazewell
Wythe
Kiss restores committee post to end racial turmoil
Charleston AP reports House Speaker Bob Kiss restored Cabell County delegate Arley Johnson to key panels as part of a bargain aimed at ending two weeks of factional strife in the West Virginia House. Johnson, black, had been ousted from the Judiciary and Banking and Insurance panels amid accusations of racial tensions. he welcomed the move as focusing on policy, not race.
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Kiss
Charleston
Bob Kiss
Cabell County
House of Delegates
Raleigh
Legislature
Arley Johnson
House Judiciary Committee
House Banking and Insurance Committee
Johnson
Finance Committee
Harold Michael
D-Hardy
Education Committee
Jerry Mezzatesta
D-Hampshire
D-Cabell
Gas prices soar across the country amid oil shock
Consumers enraged as oil costs push gasoline higher nationwide. Since January 1999 the average price rose by over 31 cents per gallon, with AAA noting a national self serve average near $1.28 in mid January and some states topping $1.50 a gallon.
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Charleston
Greg Becheler
American Automobile Association of
West Virginia
AAA
Becheler
Concord College seeks master's programs amid growth plan
Concord College Athens weighs graduate offerings after an independent study by Dr. William Chance found strong local support for masters programs. Chance noted few West Virginia institutions offer such graduate study and urged state action. President Dr. Jerry Beasley said $100,000 was allocated for a feasibility study and legislative help.
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Athens
Concord College
William Chance
Northwest Research Center
Olympia
Washington
West Virginia
Marshall University
West Virginia University
Chance
Southwestern Virginia
Concord
Jerry Beasley
Homer’ Ball
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