Freshman beat down prompts police probe at Lee High
Staunton police will interview suspects as part of an investigation into a dozen assaults linked to the unofficial freshman initiation at Robert E. Lee High School. Six football players were suspended after the Oct. 2 pep rally incidents and freshmen described heightened violence and hallway attacks following the event.
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Dents
Earl Roberts
Staunton
Lee
David Tibbs
Amy Pultz
Edwin White
White
Ada Greene
Convicted officials seek to reclaim their seats in Grundy
In Grundy Virginia two former Buchanan County supervisors Scott and Harris, indicted in a county embezzlement case with 293 counts, seek to regain seats on the board. Both have felony convictions and civil rights restored by former Gov. Gilmore. They run as Democrats amid whispers about their past.
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Grundy
Buchanan County Board of Supervisors
Earl Scott
William P Harris
Virginia
Scott’s
Harris
Jay Rife
Buchanan County
Democratic Party
Scott
Jim Gilmore
Gerald Gray
Dickenson County
Gray
Roanoke Times
William i Harris
Dexter Ray
Eddie Lindsay
Wyoming County man seeks evidence of eastern cougars
Todd Lester of North Spring, West Virginia, formed the Eastern Cougar Foundation in 1988. He and partners placed 20 motion sensing cameras in Monongahela National Forest from March to September to prove a breeding population of cougars exists for possible habitat protection and reintroduction talks. No cats photographed in the first season. surveys will resume next spring. West Virginia last documented wild cougar kill was in Pocahontas County in 1887.
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Harleston
West Virginia
Wyoming County
Todd Lester
North Spring
Lester
Eastern
Wildlife Service
Eastern Cougar Foundation
Monongahela National Forest
Wildlife Foundations
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S Forest Service
State Division of Natural Resources
Pocahontas County
Festival continues with free admission and activities
The event features free admission and hay rides with nine food vendors offering varied dishes. Twenty three craft spaces were reserved on the grounds. Kim Stafford of Bastian returns for a third year to sell handmade wood crafts while Sons of Confederate Veterans present a Civil War living history display. Lisa Harman from Bland praises seeing old friends and the food. Door prizes included a Yamaha Four Wheeler and a 50 caliber muzzle loader raffled by Bland County Rescue Squad. Contact Paul Fallon at pfallon bdtonline.com.
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Muncy
Kim Stafford
Bastian
Stafford
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Carrel Thompson
Lisa Harman
Bland
Paul Fallon
Pfallon
Dishman
Haunted Halloween displays and haunted house raise funds
In Bluefield and Princeton residents decorate for Halloween with foam tombstones skulls and lights. Prudich turns his Straley Avenue home into a haunted house open to the public with family help and hopes to make it an annual event. The Bluefield Va Rescue Squad runs a nine day haunted house at the fire department to fund ambulance equipment with $5 adults $3 children under 10 admission.
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Straley Avenue
Prudich
Straley Elementary School
Prudidh
Michael Myers
Bluefield
Tommy Carroll
Robert Dishman
Fire Department
State colleges push cost-saving collaboration model
Bluefield State and Concord College executives hailed a joint plan to cut costs through bulk purchasing, reverse bidding, electronic remittance, payroll, and student aid processing. The initiative aims to set a model for other public colleges while offsetting rising operating expenses. The commission endorsed the report and urged deadlines for implementation. Dennis Yena.bdtonline.com
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Bluefield State
Concord
BSC/Concord
Beasley
Commission
Tom Jones
BSC/CC
Jones
Dennis Yena
Dyena
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Bill Lovell
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Jkharris.com
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Wall Street Journal
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