Attorneys seek to overturn water contamination verdict in Wyoming County
Attorneys for 16 families seek to set aside a May verdict absolving Mechel Bluestone Coal of responsibility for contaminated well water. Judge Warren McGraw will hear motions at 9 a.m. on Aug. Son nn dozen miners wore United Mine Workers insignia during the trial amid claims witnesses and jurors were influenced. The case centers on water replacement and potential bench trial options if the verdict is set aside.
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Mechel Bluestone Coal Company
Wyoming
Warren McGraw
United Mine Worker of America
McGraw
Kevin Thompson
Montana
Angela Jordan
Mechel Bluestone
Dynamic Energy
Thompson
Eric Scott
Scottie” Sewards
Wyoming County
UMWA
Jordan
Howards
Billy Shelton
Calvary's Call Quartet to Perform Friday at Chicory Square
Calvary's Call Quartet, a Mercer County based southern gospel group led by Lacy Brooks, will perform Friday at Chicory Square in downtown Bluefield. The free event, sponsored by Bluefield Daily Telegraph and Downtown Merants Association, begins at noon with four members delivering gospel songs of faith and harmony.
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Calvary’s Call
Chicory Square
Bluefield
Calvary’s
Bfield Daily Telegraph
Merants Association
Calvary’s Call Quartet
Lacy Brooks
Brooks
Calvary
Cal
Mercer County
Two indicted in Buchanan County homicide case
Steven Ray Matney 31 of Vansant is charged with first degree murder robbery and use of a weapon in a felony as a result of the June Great Oak Road death of Ruby Gay Hurley 69. Shelia Martin 52 of Vansant faces a robbery count. Both indicted by a Buchanan County Grand Jury and jailed without bond pending arraignment.
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Vansant
Buchanan County
Great Oak Road
Steven Ray Matney
Shelia Martin
Ruby Gay Hurley
Hurley
Buchanan
Matney
Martin
Southwest Regional
Housi
Trump seeks 10 million damages in NDA dispute with aide
In a court filing, Donald Trump seeks 10 million in damages from former senior campaign consultant Sam Nunberg over alleged NDA breaches. Nunberg accuses Trump of trying to silence him to shield media coverage of an apparent staffer affair. The dispute centers on secrecy within the campaign and potential implications for future disclosures.
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Washington
Donald Trump
Sam Nunberg
Nunberg
Associated Press
Trump
Andrew Miltenberg
Miltenberg
Alan Garten
New York Post
Lewandowski
Hope Hicks
Garten
The
Hicks
Trump Campaign
Rebecca Citron Nunberg
New York
Obama hosts White House meeting with law enforcement and activists
President Obama met privately with elected officials law enforcement leaders and Black Lives Matter activists to discuss reducing police violence and building trust. Attendees included Gov. John Bel Edwards and Mayor Chris Coleman along with activists DeRay Mckesson and Mica Grimm. The session followed deadly shootings in Dallas Baton Rouge and Minneapolis and included calls for stories and ideas to address challenges as one nation.
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Barack Obama
Black Lives Matter
Obama
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Minneapolis
Dallas
Alton Sterling
Philando Castile
Minnesota
White House
Facebook
Josh Earnest
Earnest
John Bel Edwards
Chris Coleman
St. Paul
Mica Grimm
DeRay Mckesson
Mckesson
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Virginia State Police
Blake Stowers
Listowers
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Daniel Scavino Jr
D.C
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