Father of boy who died left in hot car recollects long shift
The father of 18 month old Luke Thompson, Donny Thompson, worked 16 hours, helped his father clean a flooded home in Tad, then returned home and unknowingly left the boy in a parked car. Luke died after temperatures reached the mid 70s and 108 degrees at the hospital. Ferrell found him later.
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Charleston
Adonis
Donny” Thompson
Courtney Ferrell
Blount
Becky Thompson
Gary
Donny
Ferrell
Donny Thompson
Thompson
Gary Thompson
Luke
J.S. Bailes
Kanawha County
New WV laws take effect through June and July
West Virginia enacts 187 of 271 bills this session with many taking effect by July 1 and 15 more on July 1. A notable June change allows motorcycle license plates to be mounted vertically. A June 11 measure sets state regulation for methadone clinics, with eight certified clinics since 2001 and seven applications awaiting approval. Health Authority to issue emergency rules under a new moratorium.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Bob Wise
Paul Johansen
Division of Natural Resource
Johansen
Dayle Stepp
Health Care Authority
Stepp
HCA
Health and Human Resources
Paul Nusbaum
Daughters Fight Wal-Mart Over Confederate Cemetery
In Fayetteville a small farm cemetery, believed by some to be a Civil War battlefield, faces a Wal Mart Super Center. The town council rezoned the land with a buffer zone offer, while preservationists urge keeping the graves intact near Fayetteville’s historic district and river sites.
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Fayetteville
Geraldine Workman
Workman
Fleshman
Wal-Mart
Vermont
California
Mia Masten
Paramount Development Corp
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Wal- Mart
Lowe’s
Paramount
Joe Paramore
Ralph Davis
Alice Todaro
United Daughters of the Confederacy
New River Gorge
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Daughters of the Confederacy
Aorld, Inc
N. Vance
Beckley
James Davis
Bluefield Florist
Learning Channel
Davis
Kristin Smith
Bluefield
Dian-Lee
Bluefield Floral
Belk
Briana
Haggar
Aist
Sale
Rockport
Lenox
Mikasa
Noritake
Wedgwood
Royal Albert
Leno
SAG Harbor & LE Suit
Orig
Alfred Dunner
Koret Orig
MCMC
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