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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 2004
Page
1
Weather Outlook Today With Morning Flurry Chance
Mainly cloudy and chilly today with a morning flurry possibility, followed by a light rain shower later. Highs near 40. WVVA weather team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WVVA
Church denies 1989 killings on his birthday
Walter Lesight Church testified on his 50th birthday that he had nothing to do with the 1989 murders of Robert Davis, Una Mae Davis, and Robert Hopewell in Pocahontas Virginia. He claimed he was set up and said he did not know the Davis family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abingdon
Walter Lesight
Pete” Church
Pocahontas, Va
James C
Jimmy
Davis
Robert Davis
Una Mae Davis
Robert
Bobby” Hopewell
Church
Spring into gardening experts urge waiting to plant
Homefront note advises readers to hold off on early planting as experts recommend delaying spring gardening plans.
Bobcat Attacks Woman in Narrows Basement
Giles County deputies and a Virginia Game Commission officer responded to a Narrows home after a woman reported a bobcat in her basement. The animal bit and scratched her before officers shot it. the bobcat was sent to the Giles County Health Department for disease testing, and the woman was taken to Carilton Giles Memorial Hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giles County
Giles County Health Department
Carilton Giles Memorial Hospital
Courthouse Annex Groundbreaking Near 15 Year Milestone
Mercer County and city officials broke ground Tuesday on a courthouse annex beside the Mercer County Courthouse and Memorial Building. The project aims to ease overcrowding, complement existing structures, and add a new facade as plans stretch back nearly 15 years. Judge Frazier praised the occasion and noted the courthouse’s 75 year history.
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John Frazier
Mercer County
Memorial
Princeton
Wyoming East to reject donations from aging council official
Wyoming East High School Principal Barry Smith said the school will stop accepting donations from Bob Graham director of two Wyoming County nonprofit groups until central office or state officials approve. The council on aging and All Care Home and Community Services donate about 8000 to 9000 dollars yearly, including support for Wyoming East and two Virginia basketball teams that played exhibitions at Princeton High School. Graham’s 302000 dollar annual compensation is noted amid the controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Wyoming East High
Barry Smith
Wyoming County
Wyoming County Council On Aging and
All Care Home and Community Services
Smith
Wyoming County Council On Aging
Bob Graham
Wyoming East
Virginia
Princeton High School
Graham
Counting e clovers a local Irish luck tale
NEWHALL The luck of the Irish shines on Angela Pruitt a Newhall resident who says she has found thousands of four leaf clovers over the years at 31 she began the quest at age eight and often gives them away. She quips about a little Irish in her.
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Angela Pruitt
Newhall
Angela
Pruitt
Kerry Seeks Veterans Votes as Bush Attacks
Kerry pitched himself as a veteran minded candidate while Bush aired a campaign spot accusing him of backing down on funding for troops in Iraq. Kerry told veterans Bush misled the nation on war and health care promises and later neared a primary clinch in Illinois, aiming to claim the nomination at the Boston convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
John Kerry
White House
Iraq
Kerry
Bush
Oval Office
Massachusetts
Charleston
Illinois
Boston
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