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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 2003
Page
5
Flash floods inundated Charleston West Virginia, dumping about two and a half inches of rain in an hour. Fire officials reported several houses washed away and residents stranded with seven homes judged totaled as water surged through city streets. no injuries were reported.
The Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences West Virginia will open July 12 after about five months of delays and two decades of planning. The grand opening includes science and art exhibits, a planetarium show, a trailer for The Living Sea, and a concert by NYPD Officer Daniel Rodriguez. The complex houses a 1,883-seat concert hall, a 200-seat theatre, a planetarium, an art museum and a children's science museum.
Charleston scene as legislators seek to salvage a near bankrupt Workers' Compensation Division. They replace a $15 million unexpected premium charge with $6 million expected interest from the black lung fund, $5 million from two revenue accounts, and $4 million in anticipated federal funds. Senate backs the short term plan 25-7 amid worries over benefit cuts. House action due Saturday. Governor Wise hails progress as compromise narrows funding gap for three years.
West Virginia 2001 statistics show deaths exceed births by about 500 with heart disease cancer and lung disease together accounting for nearly 60 percent of deaths. Over 6,000 died from heart disease and 30 percent of all deaths, while counties lost residents and divorces outpaced marriages in several areas.
Chadrick Fulks and Brandon Basham face state charges of kidnapping and killing a Marshall University student in a multi state crime spree. They also face federal carjacking charges related to the death of Samantha Burns, who disappeared in Huntington on November 11. Burns’s body has not been found. her burned car was located near Huntington. The suspects, arrested in Indiana and Kentucky, are in federal custody in South Carolina and could face the death penalty on federal counts while facing life without parole on state charges.
Virginia State Board of Education president Mark Christie protests federal NCLB requirements that could mislabel high performing schools as failing. The final funding application reflects amendments for English learners and disabled students, while Christie argues the measures are imposed under protest. Other states share concerns over testing for special education and limited English proficiency students.
In Petersburg a man was sentenced by Circuit Judge James F. D Alton Jr. to life plus 58 years for killing William Womble and wounding his wife after abducting the couple and their daughter to a cemetery on February 22, 2002.
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