2011 Deadliest Tornado Year Since 1950 in Joplin
The Joplin tornado killed at least 142 people with 100 still missing as 2011's tornado toll rose to 523 nationwide. EF 5 winds reached 200 mph, injuring over 900 while families search for missing teens like Will Norton amid ongoing official tallies and May 22 updates.
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Joplin, Mo
Joplin
Mark Rohr
Mike O'Connell
Missouri Department of Public Safety
Associated Press
National Weather Service
Festival Delights With Giraffe At Mountain Event
Melman the eight month old giraffe from Eudora Farms entertained crowds at the Bluefield Mountain Festival petting zoo tent, reaching out with his tongue for carrots. Mark Nisbet described buying the giraffe after a costly lease, noting Melman stands about seven feet now and will reach around 17 feet. The festival also featured Chelsea Danielle Brown crowned 2011 Miss Mountain Festival and a program of chain saw carving, hot pepper eating, and various shows planned for the weekend.
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Melman
Mark
Kim Nisbet
Eudora Farms
Petting Zoo
Bluefield
Bluefields
Marie Blackwell
Mercer County Convention & Visitors Bureau
Perry
Mark Nisbet
Nisbet
Sandusky
Ohio
Aiken
Chelsea Danielle Brown
Brown
Graham High School
Bluefield College
Chamber
Karen DeHaan
Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Nick Poe
Jason
Cindy Emmons
Emmons
Mark Culp
California
Joe Boni
Ridgeway
Jason Emmons
Branchville
Ind
Travis Reed
Colorado
Maggie Reed
Pineville
Kent Stearman
Jeff Egan
Cincinnati
Stearman
Cincinnati Bengals
Randle Grant
Metcor Outdoors
Rock-It the Robot
Mary Frances Brammer
Bluefield Board of Directors
Ed Gilger
el Mariachi Restaurant
Gilger
James Jennings
Montcalm
Devon Bailey
Falls Mills
Isaac Meadows
Chaz
Mitchell Stadium
Bill Archer
Barcher
Bottonline
Coal program fuels mining lore adaptions in Kimball
Local effort to establish a coal and rail museum grows as Kimball prepares its centennial events. Veteran miner Dennis Clark suggests scene ideas for the Spike documentary and a ramp festival visit while Debra Fazio of Original Productions explains the series follows real miner stories. The next Coal episode airs at 8 p.m. on Spike.
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Chatman
Kimball
Dennis Clark
Morgantown
Itmann
Wyoming
Clark
Debra Fazio
Spike
Original Productions
Bland County marks 150th birthday with parade spectacle
The Bland festival culminates in a grand finale during October's Festival of Leaves. Marie Groseclose, widow of Henry C. Groseclose, served as parade grand marshal, praised for her role on the centennial board in 1961. Brenda King noted the continuity of celebration as crowds watched floats and motorized units along a sunny street. Josh and Justin May photographed the event, praising church youth participation.
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Marie Groseclose
Henry C. Groseclose
Bland County
Lincoln's final public speech amid Lincoln era turmoil
The April 11 1865 speech in Ouachita and New Orleans marked a beginning for Louisiana’s Union government with vows of public education and voting rights for educated African Americans and soldiers. John Wilkes Booth, in attendance, later killed Lincoln on April 14. Lincoln died next morning, and the nation mourned as Lincoln’s coffin traveled westward. Whitman reflected on how battles and assassination could still forge a nation.
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Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
John Brown
Harper's Ferry
Booth
Confederacy
David Herbert Donald
Ford
Washington
Appomattox Court
Virginia
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses Grant
William Seward
Edwin Stanton
Geoffrey Ward
Springfield
Philadelphia
New York
Broadway
Cleveland
Walt Whitman
Ward
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