Woman may have died before bus crash near Whitehall
A car driven by 60 year old Carol June Nestor crossed the center line and hit a school bus on U S Route 250 near Whitehall Elementary School. Authorities say she may have died earlier possibly from a heart attack while medics reported no skid marks indicating avoidance. Several students sustained minor injuries. Walter Long reports.
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Whitehall
Marion
Carol June Nestor
Nestor
Marion County
Junior Slaughter
Slaughter
Tom Long
Whitehall Elementary School
WVU student earns five bachelor degrees in quintuple major
Daniel Miller of Shady Spring graduates from West Virginia University with a school record five bachelor’s degrees in biology English geography history and liberal arts and sciences plus a 3.6 GPA. He completed over 240 credits in six years through WVU Honors and various scholarships while working at The Book Exchange. The 23 year old credits time management and deep curiosity for his varied path and notes no WVU student has ever left with five majors.
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Morgantown
Daniel Miller
West Virginia University
Shady Spring
Miller
Book Exchange
Duane Nellis
WVU College of Arts and Sciences
Daniel
WVU
Phi Kappa Pi
Kappa Kappa Psi
Sharon Miller
ABC
Marvel
Mother Sues Agencies Over Infants Death at Day Care
Sonja D. Holstein files suit in Kanawha Circuit Court against West Virginia Health and Human Resources Bureau of Children and Families and Office of Social Services. Paula J. Nelson, imprisoned for the death, and Nelson's mother Beverly Terpening, operator of Family Day Care Home in Nitro, named in suit. Nelson, 33, pleaded guilty to second degree murder for the May 2000 death of 7 month old Jodi Nicole Martin and received a 40 year sentence.
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Charleston
Putnam County
Sonja D. Holstein
Kanawha
State Department of Health and Human Resources
State Bureau of Children and Families
Office of Social Services
Paula J. Nelson
Nelson
Beverly Terpening
Nitro
Jodi Nicole Martin
Former Gov Arch Moore Seeks Law License Revival
Former West Virginia governor Arch Moore, 78, was interviewed by a State Bar disciplinary committee in his bid to regain his law license. Moore pleaded guilty in 1990 to a five count federal indictment including extortion, mail fraud, tax fraud, and obstruction of justice and served three years in prison.
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Charleston
Arch Moore
Moore
Rudy DiTrapano
State Supreme Court
Martinsville track star slain hours after district win
Martinsville High School athletes mourn Delvin Hairston 19 after he won the Piedmont District 100 meter dash. Police search for Curtis Robertson Jr 19, identified as a suspect in the drive by murder that killed Hairston hours after the victory. A Laurel Park student, 17, is charged with first degree murder.
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Martinsville
Henry County
Curtis Robertson
Mike Rogers
Robertson
Rogers
Delvin Hairston
Hairston
Martinsville High School
Ranata
Laurel Park
Ashley Childress
Monroe teen dies after accidental shooting in Virginia
A 16-year-old Monroe County boy died at 4:20 a.m. after a pistol fired while a 14-year-old handled a loaded 9 mm handgun at a Cove Creek home near Sweet Springs. The friends had been sleeping over and the teen was airlifted to Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Prosecutor not available to discuss charges as investigation continues.
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Monroe County
Gerald Bland
Roanoke
Memorial Hospital
Cove Creek
Sweet Springs
Bland
Rod Mohler
John Farmer
Kilgore seeks dismissal in Falwell land ownership case
Attorney General Jerry Kilgore asked a federal judge to dismiss Rev. Jerry Falwell’s second suit over Virginia church land limits. Kilgore argues the restrictions no longer apply after Thomas Road Baptist Church gained corporate status on April 25, noting statutes target trustees, not corporations. Judge Norman K. Moon previously struck down the law barring church incorporation.
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Lynchburg
Jerry Kilgore
Jerry Falwell
Virginia
Kilgore
Falwell
Thomas Road Baptist
Norman K. Moon
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