Weather Outlook For Tuesday March 15 2011
The forecast calls for a 70 percent chance of rain with cloudy skies and a high near 49. A southeast wind 16 to 20 mph will gust up to 31 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and a quarter of an inch expected.
Siblings Rally To Drive PikeView To State Showdown
In a hard fought regional meet, siblings deliver clutch performances for PikeView, lifting the team toward a state berth as they overcome rivals and secure a crucial spot.
Intruder Fires Shotgun Through Door in Ada Road Home
Bluefield Mercer County 911 reports no injuries after an intruder pointed a shotgun through a front door on Ada Road near Route 112. A single shot was fired and struck a refrigerator before the door was slammed. Sheriff’s deputies investigate. no suspect description available.
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Route 112
Mercer County Sheriff’s Department
Lottery results for West Virginia and Virginia drawn numbers
West Virginia Daily Three numbers are 4 6 1 and Daily Four is 3 1 2 8. Virginia Pick Three is 1 3 2 and Pick Four is 8 0 4 9.
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Delivery questions for paper service contact info
Customer service for home and e edition delivery issues is available seven days a week. Hours are 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on weekends with morning redelivery through 12 p.m. in a limited area. Call 304-327-2800.
Community mourns loss in Grundy vigil for deputies
In Grundy Virginia a candlelight vigil drew about 500 mourners for Deputies Cameron Justus and Billy Stiltner killed in a weekend shooting near Vansant while Deputies Rasnake and Stiltner remain hospitalized. Sheriff Foster urged community unity as Chaplain Cox and others led prayers and readings.
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Linda Stiltner
Stiltner
Drew Lumpkin
Mark Warner
Buchanan County Commonwealth
Tamara Neo
Sheriff Foster
Foster
Mary Carter
Grundy
Jene Vandike
William ‘Billy
Ezra Stiltner
Linda
Buchanan County
Buchanan County Sheriff's
Virginia shooting details emerge in Grundy incident
Details surface about a weekend shooting in Grundy Virginia where Randy Gilbert Newberry, 52, of Vansant killed two Buchanan County Deputies Cameron Justus and Billy Stiltner and injured two other deputies during a spree. Newberry was shot and killed in an exchange with police Sunday afternoon.
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Hurley
William “Billy” Ezra Stiltner
Maxie
Newberry
Eric Dwayne Rasnake
Jewell Ridge
Shane Earl
Meltdown threat rises at Japanese nuclear plant
A third explosion at Fukushima Dai Ichi followed the quake and tsunami, raising fears of radiation release. TEPCO said Unit 2 containment cooling pools were affected, workers evacuated, and millions urged to shelter as authorities inject seawater and monitor fallout. 15 workers injured, up to 190 exposed, while Soma residents describe devastation near the plant.
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Japan
Fukushima Dai-ichi
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Kyoko Nambu
Soma
Coal severance tax bill dies in Charleston standoff
Local leaders lament the death of House Bill 2912 that would have redirected five percent of coal severance tax proceeds to 30 county coal counties over five years, an estimated twenty million dollars. Conferees could not reach agreement on county level spending safeguards, leaving revival possible next session.
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Senate
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Register-Herald
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D-Boone
Register- Herald
Harry Keith White
Mingo
Richard Browning
Wyoming
Browning
Register Herald
John R. Frazier
D-Mercer
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