Weather Forecast for Friday March 2 2012
A 60 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy skies. High near 62 degrees with variable winds.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 2012
Page
1
A 60 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy skies. High near 62 degrees with variable winds.
Local police and the West Virginia State Police investigated a homicide reported on Honaker Avenue in Princeton. The body of Jerry Honaker was found at about 5 p.m. Mercer County Prosecuting Attorney Scott Ash said Princeton Police, with CSI assistance, conducted the scene inquiry. No further details were available.
Wall Street stocks saw modest gains with Dow Jones at 428.23, Industrials near 12,980, Nasdaq up 22.08, and the composite around 988.97 as technology shares led a cautious session. Traders watch earnings and inflation data for directional clues.
Lottery draw results listed for West Virginia Daily 3 and Daily 4. No clear winning numbers discernible from the fragment. The fragment also shows a string of digits for a Pick 3 and Pick 4 entry, but details are garbled.
Authorities found no explosive device after an anonymous bomb threat post led to a campus evacuation at Concord University in Athens. Classes were canceled then resumed after a lengthy search by WV State Police, Mercer County Sheriff, and campus police, with no threat located.
Four injured Thursday on US Route 460 in Tazewell County when a 2002 Mitsubishi Eclipse and a 1996 Ford Taurus collided. A vehicle struck a light pole at a nearby convenience store. Two occupants were airlifted with serious injuries. Time 2:50 p.m. between Bluefield and Springville. Identities not released.
First Community Bancshares Inc will acquire Peoples Bank of Virginia for about 40.6 million dollars. Peoples Bank, founded in 2002, operates four Richmond MSA branches with assets around 286 million, loans 181 million, deposits 246 million, and common equity 39 million as of end 2011. The merged entity becomes the 10th largest Virginia bank in the Richmond area.
A Dodge Dakota struck a fork lift unloading pipe for a water project on Goodwins Chapel Road in Mercer County. The pipe struck a construction worker from Boltonline Construction Co. in St Albans, who was taken by Princeton Rescue Squad to Princeton Community Hospital. First Sgt. J R Pauley said the injured man remained coherent on arrival.
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