Prepaid college tuition plan frozen not closed
Charleston AP The Legislature will decide if parents and grandparents can open savings accounts with the prepaid college tuition plan. The plan is frozen with no new accounts as state Treasurer John Perdue notes underfunding of 16 million dollars and a 2004 reopening requires legislative approval. Gov Wise is expected to veto to allow a corrected bill to pass.
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Charleston
John Perdue
Perdue
Bob Wise
Keystone College students aid Keystone town in spring break service
About a dozen Keystone College freshmen and sophomores volunteered in Keystone Pennsylvania to help the flood recovery effort. They removed garbage, painted benches, planted trees and did other tasks at Middletown and Rotary parks. Mayor Buck Wade and Del. Emily Yeager thanked them for their work and noted the town’s ongoing recovery from the July 8, 2001 flood.
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Keystone
Keystone College
la Plume
Bryan Miller
McDowell County
Buck Wade
Del
Emily Yeager
D-Mcdowell
S.P “Pat” McKinney
Ashley Cooper
Middletown
Rotary
Sonji Lee
Lee
Wade
Jennifer Kirkland
Theresa Joseph
Midletown Park
Wert trial jury continues deliberations in Mercer case
A Mercer County jury deliberated over six hours without reaching a verdict in the case of Larry Franklin Wert, 50, of Princeton. Wert faces 67 counts of sexually related charges after 14 charges were dismissed. closing arguments were held Tuesday morning and deliberations resumed at 8 30 p m with a verdict expected today.
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Princeton
Larry Franklin Wert
Deborah Garton
Mercer County
Wert
John R. Frazier
David Smith
Phillip Scantleberry
Mark Blevins
Mblevins
Bdtonline
Online cigarette tax hike not offset by web purchases
West Virginia raises cigarette tax by 38 cents per pack on May 1. Online buyers are still required to pay state taxes. Mark Machow of the Department of Tax and Revenue notes there is no exemption for online purchases and that buyers have owed sales tax since 1951.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Mark Machow
State Department of Tax and Revenue
Telegraph circulation goals outlined by Griffin at Bluefield Rotary
Brent Griffin, circulation director for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph, spoke to the Bluefield Rotary Club about three goals sales service and collection. He emphasized expanding Mercer County customers and pushing paid in advance accounts to save readers money. Executive Editor Tom Colley announced an eight page war special section for Iraq coverage with both international and local angles.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Brent Griffin
Bluefield Rotary Club
Daily Telegraph
Tom Colley
Luefield
Griffin
Mercer County
Iraq
Mercer schools set makeup days in March and April
Mercer County plans four makeup days on March 20 21 and April 18 25 due to missed time. Superintendent Dr Debbie Akers urges parents to keep children in school and avoid high absenteeism on April 25 as Spring Break lands April 21 24. Administrators convert non instructional days to instructional time and ask parents to schedule appointments outside school hours.
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Princeton
Debbie Akers
Mercer County
Akers
Kenna Amos
Kamos
Bottonline
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Treyvon Simons
James Gray
Bluefield
McDowell
Charles Owens
Mercer
John Nelson
Graham
Nick Thompson
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