Mountain Festival pageant set for Bluefield state college
The Mountain Festival pageant at Bluefield State College’s Basic Science Building airs at 7 p.m. Saturday May 17. Entry forms are at the Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce with a $50 fee. The first 15 entrants are accepted. Contestants must be 16 by May 17 and under 22, be Bluefield area residents or local college students, never married with no children, and sponsored by a business or organization. TeleScripps Cable Co. will grant a $500 scholarship to the winner. For more details call 327-7184.
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Bluefield State College
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TeleScripps Cable Co
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Community concert association drives memberships today
The Bluefield Community Concert Association runs a membership drive today from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at an unspecified location. those wanting to join or renew should call First Century Bank at 324-3366.
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First Century Bank
Bluefield Regional Wellness Center
Federal St
Sunny day with mid 60s in West Virginia
Today is sunny with a high in the mid 60s. Tonight there is a chance of showers after midnight and a low in the lower to mid 60s. A weather package appears in the Daily Telegraph via BDTOline. Lottery numbers for Tuesday include Red 4 13 White 4 11 Blue 6 9.
Dead man found beneath tractor near Gratton Route 61
An elderly man about 80 was found dead early Tuesday under a farm tractor on Route 61 near Gratton in Tazewell County. The body was found at 6:45 a.m. and pronounced dead at Tazewell Community Hospital. Investigators and sheriff's officials said the death is under investigation and being treated as a possible accident. Jeffersonville Rescue Squad and Tazewell Fire Department responded. no other injuries reported.
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Tazewell County
Gratton
R.A. Brewster, Jr
Tazewell Community Hospital
Sheriffs Department
Brewster
Jeffersonville
Athens considers Route 20 options for traffic relief
At a Division of Highways workshop in Athens hundreds of residents weighed seven Route 20 alternatives from a $24.3 million North Athens to Gardner Exit plan to a $103 million Valley Route Around Athens. Mayor Robert Richardson and Council Member David Klingensmith pressed to gather data while residents favored a new Concord Connector over upgrading Route 20, arguing that widening street will not reduce driveway conflicts. Seven options, each with three to six scenarios, were outlined along with costs and corridors including Existing WV 20, County Route Seven, and US 460 connections.
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Division of Highways
Robert Richardson
David Klingensmith
Hector
Gardner
Ex Heaven's Gate follower found dead in Encinitas hotel
In Encinitas California a former Heaven's Gate member Wayne Cooke was found dead and Chuck Humphrey was unconscious in a hotel room. Deputies said purple shrouds and black running outfits were nearby echoing the mass death event. A note similar to the Heaven's Gate communication was found, suggesting a planned rendezvous with their leader beyond the comet.
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Sheriff's Deputies
Wayne Cooke
Las Vegas
Chuck Humphrey
Denver
CBS
Lesley Stahl
Cooke
Rancho Santa Fe
Don Crist
Jones sentenced to life for double murder in DWI crash
Thomas Richard Jones, 39, was given two consecutive life sentences after a jury rejected the death penalty for the September crash that killed Maia Witzl and Julie Hansen, both 19, as four others were injured. Prosecutors sought capital punishment but argued two felonies occurred during the incident.
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N.C. We
Thomas Richard Jones
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Washington State
California
Wake Forest University
Maia Witzl
Arlington
Texas
Julie Hansen
Rockville
Winston-Salem
Powell named Princeton fire chief succeeds Howell
Richard A. Dick Powell was introduced as the new Princeton Fire Chief at a council meeting. The Civil Service Commission certified his appointment based on a scoring formula. Powell will shift from a 24 to a 40 hour week and leads an active department testing hose, expanding services and ongoing CPR and First Aid programs.
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Richard A
Dick” Powell
J.W. Howell
Doug Freeman
Civil Service Commission
Powell
Mitchell Barker
Barker
Ate
Howell
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