Multiple WV incidents mix tragedy and politics in brief
A 73 year old Lincoln County man Kermit Dalton was killed in an ATV crash near Ferrellsburg when the vehicle plunged down a steep embankment on a private dirt drive. Dalton was not wearing a helmet. In Charleston the West Virginia Ethics Commission seeks to post lobbyist photos on its site alongside names. At West Liberty State College biotechnology will reach high schools this fall, expanding teacher training. In Richmond Gov. Warner appointed two judges to Circuit Court vacancies, naming Richard Taylor Jr. and Bradley Cavedo. In Virginia Beach a 16 year old from Hampton injured officer Jocelyn Barwick in a suspect vehicle incident. the minor was arrested hours later.
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Ferrellsburg
Lincoln County
Kermit Dalton
Harts
Shawn Coleman
Dalton
Richmond
Mark R. Warner
Richard D. Taylor Jr
Thomas N. Nance
Bradley B. Cavedo
Learned D. Barry
Taylor
Georgetown University
Georgetown Law
Virginia Beach
Hampton
Don Rimer
Jocelyn N. Barwick
Rimer
McDowell County receives 92 500 in grants for sewer study and repairs
Gov. Wise announced 13 community development grants totaling 92 500 for McDowell County. A 2 500 grant funds a study on removing raw sewage from Elkhorn Creek as required by a federal court order. Also funded are roof and sidewalk projects in Northfork, a Leckie park, Jaeger fire department renovations, Gary hall repairs, Kimball museum furnace upgrade, War water line extensions, and Little League field improvements. County leaders praise the aid as timely for recovery and progress.
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Welch
McDowell County Commission
Elkhorn Creek
Bob Wise
Northfork
Leckie
Lambert
Anawalt
Commission
Wise
Jaeger
Gary
Kimball
Coal Heritage Museum
City of War
Middletown
War
Little League
Press Bay
Jol
McDowell County
Bette
Charles Owens
Cowens
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Mixed verdict in free-speech case at Sissonville High
A six-member jury found school officials acted improperly when denying Katie Sierra a proposed anarchy club and ordered $1 in damages, while upholding that her anti-war T shirts disrupted classes and justified a three-day suspension. The suit targeted school policy after Sierra’s desk flyers and protests following September 11.
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Charleston
Katie Sierra
Sissonville
Sierra
United States
Sissonville High School
Ron Duerring
Kanawha County
Duerring
Amy
Kanawha County School Board
Forrest Mann
America
Jason Huber
Gary Pullin
Kanawha County Board of Education
Occa
Sion
Pullin
Mann
Katie
West Virginia
First lady helps lay keel of Texas submarine at Newport News
Laura Bush participates in keel laying of the Virginia-class submarine Texas at Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard. Welders etch LWB initials on a plate as officials from Navy, General Dynamics Electric Boat and shipyard leaders attend. Texas to join fleet in 2005 with Virginia first in class. ceremony marks first keel lay for the Virginia-class at Newport News.
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Newport News
Laura Bush
Texas
United States Navy
Mrs. Bush
General Dynamics’ Electric Boat Shipyard
Groton
Virginia
Bush
Mark R. Warner
U.S
John Warner
R-Va
Warner
Marine
Navy
Newport News Yard
Secretary of the Navy
Gordon England
Naval Operations
Adm
Vern Clark
Northrop Grumman
Kent Kresa
Electric Boat
Mike Toner
John Dalton
Fourth Circuit dismisses Keystone banker's appeal
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal of conviction by Terry Lee Church former head of the defunct First National Bank of Keystone. Church 50 of the Federal Prison Camp Fluvanna Troy Virginia appealed an October 12 2001 conviction on conspiracy to commit bank fraud and mail fraud. A federal jury in Parkersburg convicted on nine counts but Judge David A Faber threw out four due to missing language in the indictment. The order also schedules Churchs transport to Charleston on August 26 and notes co defendant Billie Jean Cherry deposition in the civil cases.
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Luefield
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Terry Lee Church
First National Bank of Keystone
Church
Fluvanna
Troy
Parkersburg
David A. Faber
West Virginia
Fourth Circuit
U.S. District Court
Bluefield
U.S
Mary E. Stanley
Stanley
Robert C. Byrd
Charleston
Billie Jean Cherry
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West Virginia Ethics Commission
Ethics Commission
Weirton
West Liberty State College
West Liberty State College Biotechnology
McDowell
County Commission
Gordon Lambert
Keystone
Eric DiNovo
Norfolk Southern Day
Roxanne Bourne
Norfolk Southern
Nns.com
Keystone Banker
Cherry
Lexington
FNB Keystone Board
Michael H. Graham
Ashland
Bill Archer
Barcher
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