Mississippi Flood Deepens Across Midwest Levees Fail
Floods spread with a new breach near Quincy Illinois sending water across thousands of acres while levee protection struggles continue. Officials warn total damage will surpass 1.2 billion dollars as Red Cross reports thousands of homes damaged and 52 shelters in use across multiple states.
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Mississippi
Illinois
Missouri
Ohio River
Cairo
Ill
Upper
Midwest
Clinton
Iowa
Terry Branstad
Nebraska
Cooler Weather Promised for Bluefield Area This Week
Weather officials forecast a cooler week for the Bluefield area as a high pressure ridge off the east coast weakens allowing a cold front to reach the southern part of the state by Tuesday morning. A chance of showers and thunderstorms is expected, with humidity remaining high.
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Phil Zinn
Charleston
National Weather Service
Weather system stalls as rains flood Mississippi region
The United States shows little overall pattern change with hot East and South and cool Northwest. Colliding air masses trigger heavy showers from central Plains to upper Midwest and western Great Lakes. Since June, rainfall totals double normal, triggering Mississippi River floods displacing over 20,000 people and causing 16 deaths. Missouri flood covers 276000 acres along 200 miles from Hannibal to Cape Girardeau. New York endures 102 degree heat, while Atlantic coast hits 97 and Washington DC records 98. Saturday in Columbia South Carolina marks the 16th consecutive day above records.
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United States
Northwest
North Central States
Central Plains
Upper Midwest
Western Great Lakes
Mississippi River
Buchanan miners join UMW strike
The United Mine Workers expanded its strike into Virginia on Monday ordering more than 2,000 coal miners to join 14,000 already on strike. The action targets four CONSOL mines and three each of Arch Mineral and Peabody holdings, affecting nearly 800 miners in Buchanan County and extending walkouts to Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Virginia. The BCOA invited UMWA leaders to return to bargaining in Washington with dates set for July 12 to July 15.
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Charleston
United Mine Workers
Virginia
Consol
Buchanan County
Consol Inc
Upper St. Clair
Arch Mineral Corp
Peabody Holding Co
St. Louis
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
UMW
Richard Trumka
BCOA
Trumka
Tom Hoffman
Hoffman
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
UMWA
Washington
Strike list targets coal mines in UMWA action
The United Mine Workers targeted multiple mines in a Monday strike with Unions expanding action at midnight. Mines listed include CONSOL Inc. Ohio No 11 Union County Kentucky Pocahontas No 3 Buchanan County Virginia and more across West Virginia Kentucky Illinois and Indiana with dates and locations noted. Eastern Associated Coal Corp issued an open invitation to return to negotiations while BCOA negotiators planned meetings.
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United Mine Workers
Consol Inc
Ohio
Union County
Virginia
Buchanan County
UMWA
BCOA
Bluefield
Beckley
Charleston
Fairmont
Morgantown
Eastern Associated Coal Corp
Patrick Gallagher
UMW
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
McMahon to appear on Tonight Show as guest
Telev ision’s famous sidekick Ed McMahon returns to NBC’s Tonight Show as a guest for the first time since Johnny Carson’s retirement. He will appear Friday July 30, aligning with a cross country Star Search bus tour.
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McMahon
Tonto
NBC
Johnny Carson
Jay Leno
Welch Area Chamber Meeting at McDowell Library
On Thursday July 15 at noon the Welch Area Chamber of Commerce convenes in the Herzbrun room of the McDowell Public Library. Weather outlook not provided.
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Welch Area
Weather note for today and tonight with showers and storms
A weather notice reports a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms today with a high not provided. Tonight there is a chance of showers and thunderstorms, with a low in the 60s. The weather package is labeled A-10.
Accused mother says baby's sale was No. 2
Lena L. Peek 26 of Bomont Clay County told undercover officers she previously sold a baby girl for 4000 dollars and admitted selling her newborn son Codie for 1400 dollars to two officers posing as desperate parents. She was held on 10000 dollar bond. Police investigate a possible earlier sale.
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Charleston
Lena. L. Peek
Bomont
Clay County
David Plantz
State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigations
West Virginia
Plantz
Peek
Codie
M.G. DeBord
Clay Detachment
DeBord
Central Regional
Sutton
Donna Ashcraft
Ashcraft
Town’s sole grocery store aims to rebuild after fire
In McDowell County residents cheer as the only local grocery store owner Sydney Jones says rebuilding hinges on insurance and awaits an electrical expert inspection planned for next week. Firefighters report firefighter Jerry Jordan is recovering after losing two fingers in the blaze that destroyed five structures Friday.
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Sydney Jones
Kimball
War Jones
Spry
Jones
Jerry Jordan
War Volunteer Fire Department
Ingram moves to Alabama NS division
Tony Ingram, longtime superintendent of Norfolk Southern's Pocahontas Division, is reassigned to head the NS Alabama Division in Birmingham. Don Kimbrough, currently NS operations chief in Decatur, is named to replace him, with Dave Brown covering interim duties. Heavy Midwest rains and Mississippi flooding delay Kimbrough's arrival.
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Bluefield
Tony Ingram
Pocahontas
Norfolk Southern Railway
Birmingham
NS Alabama
Don Kimbrough
Decatur
Ingram
Don
Bill Fox
NS Northern Region
Atlanta
Dave Brown
Fox
Kimbrough
Midwest
Mississippi
Tony
Fred Williams
St. Louis
Dauphin
Ala
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