Weekend Weather Outlook and Coupons Highlight
The forecast calls for a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms on Saturday May 7, 2011 with partly sunny skies and a high near 70. Tomorrow’s edition features coupons offering more than 47 in savings.
Fight starts fire beer puts it out
An early morning blaze at an occupied home was extinguished not by firefighters but with the homeowner’s beer after a dispute between a boy and his girlfriend. Chief Billy Confers said the towel was lit and thrown on the floor around 4 a.m., leaving only a burned hole with no injuries.
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Market Indices Report May 6 2011 Dow Nasdaq S&P
Market watch notes May 6 2011 figures for Dow Jones 454.57 point rise to 12638.74 Nasdaq up 12.84 to 2827.56 S&P 500 up 5.10 to 1340.20 Russell 2000 up 4.10 to 833.34 NYSE and Nasdaq diaries referenced.
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Lottery draw results from West Virginia and Virginia
WV Daily 3 numbers 7 8 7 and Daily 4 3 0 1 1 Virginia Pick 3 drawn 9 0 0 Pick 4 9 7 8 3
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Bluefield Gets New Gas Stations as Gulf and Sunoco Set
Three renovated stations in Bluefield prepare to serve customers. Mountaineer Express at 101 Princeton Ave and 3108 East Cumberland Rd sell Gulf gas with pumps ready and expected open in two to three weeks. A Sunoco at the Fast Stop next to Mountaineer Lanes at 3214 East Cumberland Rd is planned, with operation anticipated within 10 days to two weeks. Local owners Karen and Mike Cox, lifelong Bluefield natives now based in Roanoke, aim to expand to boost town commerce and curb ghost-town image. Leta Bailey and Junior Mariotti confirm marketing plans and upgrades, highlighting new pumps, tanks, and signage.
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East Cumberland Road
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Roanoke
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Mountaineer Lanes
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Bluefield colleges seeks interfaith campus challenge
In Bluefield Virginia and Bluefield West Virginia representatives from Jewish Islamic Russian Orthodox Catholic and Baptist and other Protestant groups met to join the Presidents Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge for the 2011 12 school year The organizational meeting on May 3 was led by Dr Robert C Shippey Jr vice president for academic affairs and enrollment at Bluefield College The White House faith based and neighborhood partnerships program sponsors the effort and colleges must submit a year long plan.
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Police probe assault in Bluefield on Cherrywood Lane
Police investigate the noon assault of a 93-year-old Bluefield woman who said a white male suspect with fake vehicle issues forced entry on Cherrywood Lane. He demanded money, grabbed her arm, and fled after restraining her. she was taken to Bluefield Regional Medical Center for evaluation.
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Severe weather warnings issued for southern West Virginia region
Meteorologists in Blacksburg Virginia issue warnings as dangerous weather looms. Tim Farley of Mercer County Emergency Services notes repeated briefings from state Homeland Security and NOAA’s Weather Service. Alerts reach media, responders, and the public via NOAA Wire Service and the Weather Service site.
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