Body recovered from New River in Giles County
A body pulled from the New River near Giles County was recovered by local rescue crews at 3 p.m. and has been sent to the Roanoke medical examiner. Officials do not know if the victim is one of two missing men reported March 8 after a boat overturned. Further details will be released by Inland Fisheries in Marion.
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Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
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Sheriff’s Department
State
Roanoke
Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
Marion
Charles Owens
Cowens
Bottonline.com
War advances into Iraq amid sandstorms and relief convoys
Troops landed across southern and northern Iraq as paratroopers joined the ground push toward Baghdad. Bush pledged that victory would come, while Iraqi forces resisted with Fedayeen tactics. A first relief convoy reached Umm Qasr with food and water amid continuing air and ground operations and civilian casualties reported in Baghdad.
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Florida
U.S. Central Command
Kirkuk
Thomas Collins
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Southern European Task Force
Turkey
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Basra
Saddam
Fedayeen
B.T. McCoy
Associated Press
MacDill Air Force Base
U.S
Umm Qasr
U.S. Navy
Bluewell schools rehearse code red drills after Columbine influence
Jessee stated all students and staff participate in code red drills at Bluewell and Pike View High School. Evacuation sites stretch across the 160 acre campus while team leaders coordinate procedures. Mercer County requires at least 12 drills annually, with some years reaching 15. Families of military parents worry, and schools offer support to anxious students.
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Columbine
Pike View High School
Ben Dissibio
Tion
Dissibio
Mercer County
Central Office
Bluewell Elementary
Persian Gulf
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