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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 2003
Page
1
A local education initiative focusing on Appalachian studies gains community interest. Officials describe expanded curriculum options and community programs aimed at boosting awareness of regional history culture and economic development. Local schools and organizations collaborate to provide resources and events for residents.
D-1 reports on ongoing World Talks as a peace roadmap is examined. Telegraph state of the art features wireless gadgets. Community observes Day of Prayer with praying hands seen. Familiar face noted as principal leaves a mark on Mercer schools.
Mercer County police will run a sobriety checkpoint beginning Saturday at 10 p m and ending Sunday at 2 a m to raise public awareness and deter driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol.
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business leaders warn of a looming fund insolvency as benefits outpace premiums. A luncheon briefing at The Douglas Center outlined that next year WV may spend about 2 million more than collected, with lawmakers and chambers urging substantial reforms to divert pension funds.
McDowell County investigators say a murder suicide left two people dead. Jerry Wayne Collins 56 of Davy shot his estranged wife Connie Collins 44 also of Davy twice before taking his own life. Deputy D D Shirley of the McDowell County Sheriff's Department reported the incident.
Jerry Wayne Collins, 56, of Davy, allegedly shot his estranged wife Connie Collins, 44, twice before turning the gun on himself. The deputy described the incident as occurring Wednesday afternoon in the attached garage at the couple’s home on Ascoe Road, after a recent separation. Collins had been staying at another residence.
West Virginia State Police say a 1993 Ford Escort Sport left the Ingleside-Mt Horeb Road junction collided on U S 460 in Princeton. Front-seat passenger Kathy Combs, 46, of Lexington North Carolina, was ejected and pronounced dead at the scene. The 911 call came in around 2 p.m. and the crash occurred about half a mile from the intersection.
LUEFIELD Virginia officials say a new law in Virginia aims to curb unsolicited email and unclog computer mailboxes. The measure threatens up to five years in prison for those who send spam, according to the Associated Press. Local Internet providers weighed in on the impact.
A hunter found possible human remains Tuesday in a wooded area of the Wilmore community near Jaeger in Welch. State Police Sgt. D.B. Rogers said investigators, including a crime van, canvassed the site and collected evidence but would not describe the items found. The investigation into the possible grave remains ongoing.
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