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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 2002
Page
3
Concord Mountain Lions host Glenville State in a Homecoming showdown as fans rally for a festive weekend. The game highlights local pride and campus festivities surrounding the matchup.
The Dan Cope Support Group will host eight weekly education classes for people facing cancer every Tuesday from Oct 15 to Dec 3. Sessions run from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the American Cancer Society office located at 1808 Jefferson Street. Space is limited and enrollment requires calling Jennifer Justice or Lisa Ingram at 327-1144.
A 13-year-old driver faces reckless driving and felony unauthorized use charges after a pickup ran off State Route 665 near Pearisburg, killing 14-year-old Sheena Marie Riggs and injuring another 14-year-old. The teen had been cited the prior night for speeding and driving without a license.
The Daily Telegraph reports residents on edge after a Friday sniper shooting. Ken Edith Ratliff Hagg visited a hairdresser and later a grocery store, with police describing two suspects in a white van. The event sparked fear as officials search for clues.
Edith and her husband Frank live in Stafford Virginia about 15 miles from Fredericksburg while Edith recalls the Buchanan County Virginia home of her youth in Oakwood. The story notes gunfire events and mentions shootings on page A-3.
Stocks rose sharply on Friday with the Dow up 316 points to 7,850.29, led by General Electric gains and an IBM upgrade. The Nasdaq climbed 47.10 to 1,210.47 and the S&P 500 advanced 31.40 to 835.32, delivering the first weekly gains in seven weeks.
NYSE diary shows advances at 2,546 declines 706 with 13,072 unchanged while composite volume nears 2.22 billion. Nasdaq diary lists 92,395 advances and 1,047 declines with 613 unchanged and 165 volume. Nasdaq climbs 6.2 percent and S&P rises 4.3 percent as General Electric reports a 25 percent jump in third quarter earnings, matching expectations.
James Horton 28 of Premier, North Carolina, appeared in Bluefield federal court on a charge of assaulting a federal agent. The Premier resident, living in Premier Park temporary housing for flood victims, apologized and said he aims to return to work as a truck driver and family man.
West Virginia state trooper Robert J. Elswick, 31, of the Martinsburg Detachment, was shot in the head while responding to a domestic violence call. Suspect David Eugene Munday, 37, of Hedgesville, fired a .22 magnum rifle. troopers returned fire, injuring Munday after he refused to drop the weapon.
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