Weather forecast for Monday June 24 2013
Today offers a 40 percent chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 84.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 2013
Page
1
Today offers a 40 percent chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 84.
In Aransas Pass Texas a traffic stop turned comic when a pet monkey aboard a car leaped at Officer Keith Moore. The monkey bit his right hand prompting no serious injuries and a video capture of the incident aired by KRIS-TV.
The Powerball numbers drawn were 13 19 23 33 57 with Powerball 28. The Win for Life numbers drawn were 3 14 15 17 34 40 with top prize of 42.
Northfork VFD presents a Richlands area Vacation Bible School singers event during a local festival with Civil War stamp exhibits and related activities including a Snakebite training session at Chicory Square.
Police converge on the Bluewell Dollar General after an armed man held up an employee shortly before 7 p.m. A white male in his mid-20s, about 6 feet tall with dark hair, wearing a hat, fled in a blue Ford Taurus. Authorities searched the lot and nearby areas for the suspect and vehicle. The gun used was described as black. Exact amount of money taken was not released.
Bluefield city officials on Sunday addressed media comments about releasing information on a police review panel created under a 1998 civil settlement with the late Robert Ellison. Ellison, paralyzed after an incident at a Jefferson Street nightclub, lived in Bluefield and died in 2002 after a city police contact. The settlement reached in 2000 with the city’s insurer totaled $1 million.
TASK Inc led by Patti Cettin has run a four week summer camp for area special needs children for 19 years. The Second Chance Rocks the Two Virginias concerts have funded this program for three years, with sponsors donating blocks of tickets to non profit agencies who resell them to raise all proceeds. Erik Robinson and Billy Wagner are praised for their community impact.
Tim Miley, 47, reflects on becoming speaker of the West Virginia House after Rick Thompson steps down to join Veterans' Assistance. Miley, already Judiciary Committee chair, notes increased expectations as he leads the Democrat majority toward meaningful progress. He was elected speaker Tuesday in a 53-44 vote.
A Hatfield-McCoy Trail rider from Columbus, Ohio donated an All Terrain Res Q cart for mountain rescues to the Northfork Volunteer Fire Department during a weekend visit. The department celebrated 65 years of active service with a small Sunday party at the station as Chief Eric Graham's son Kyler blew out the birthday candles on the cake.
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