House creates public relations director position
CHARLESTON AP The House of Delegates created a communications director post with a $57,000 yearly salary. Stacey Buckle, 32, was hired after serving nearly a decade at the Charleston Daily Mail where she rose to assistant city editor and previously covered the Legislature. CHARLES TOWN AP A Charles Town man, 37, was charged with 208 offenses related to sexual assaults on his 13-year-old daughter over six years. the suspect’s name was not released to protect the victim.
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Charleston
House of Delegates
House
Stacey Buckle
Ruckle
Charleston Daily Mail
Charles Town
West Virginia
Spirit of Bridge Day offers high line rope ride at Gorge
Fayetteville AP Despite security fears canceling bridge BASE jumps, a raffle gives 14 plus participants a chance to ride a high line across the New River Gorge on Bridge Day weekend. For 2 dollars, winners will glide 1,700 feet, under safety ropes rated 7,000 to 9,000 pounds, with proceeds benefiting charities.
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Fayetteville
New River Gorge
New York
Washington, D.C
Benjy Simpson
Simpson
Randy
National Park Service
Fayette County
Lucian Dean
U.S. Army
Officials warn Virginia public school costs rise by 413 million
Richmond AP report says state lawmakers face an additional 413 million needed for public school funding next year amid revenue shortfalls. A possible 100 million highway maintenance fund gap looms in Q1 next fiscal year starting July 1. Tax collections fell 2.4 percent in the year's first quarter. rainy day fund may be tapped.
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Richmond
Senate Finance Committee
John Forbes
House Appropriations Committee
General Assembly
Finance Committee
John H. Chichester
Chichester
R-Stafford
Sen. Malfourd
Bo” Trumbo
Trumbo
R-Botetourt
Daniel S. Timberlake
State Department of Education
Department of Transportation
Court tosses verdict in seat belt death case
A 4th U.S. Circuit panel voided a 259 million verdict against DaimlerChrysler over a South Carolina boy killed in a Dodge minivan crash. It ordered a new trial on 9 million compensatory damages, allowing evidence the 6 year old Sergio Jimenez II was not wearing a seat belt. The ruling said the first trial wrongly excluded that evidence.
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Richmond, Va
South Carolina
DaimlerChrysler Corp
4Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Sergio Jimenez II
U.S
Falcon B. Hawkins
Sergio
DaimlerChrysler
Ken Gluckman
Man jailed on charge of attempted kidnapping at party
Enriquez Gerardo, 25, of Charlottesville, was jailed on a $25,000 bond after authorities say he tried to abduct a 12 year old girl from a private party at an American Legion Post in Staunton. The incident occurred about 1130 pm when she was grabbed and dragged outside with her mouth covered.
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Staunton, Va
Charlottesville
Enriquez Gerardo
Augusta County
Gerardo
American Legion
Sheriff's Office
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Jack Sykes
Chevrolet, Inc
Rose’s Department Store
Jack Sykes, Inc
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Clinch Valley Medical Center
Richlands, VA
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