Problems Disrupt Classes At Coal City Elementary
Coal City Elementary evacuated Monday after an odor of smoke detected by Principal Terry Farley. An electrician traced the source to a heater in the girls restroom. Venting was cleaned, classes resumed after 370 students were moved to the gym. Fire department advised sending students home until the Raleigh County electrician arrived.
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Coal City Elementary
Terry Farley
Farley
Coal City Fire Department
Raleigh County Schools
Beckley Stratton Junior High cancels classes over carbon monoxide
Beckley Stratton Junior High School canceled classes after Monday tests detected carbon monoxide in the gymnasium dressing rooms boiler room and band room. REIC Labs has monitored the building since the initial detection while chorus band and gym classes moved to the cafeteria. See CARBON on Page 10A.
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Beckley-Stratton Junior High School
Ron Cantley
Reic Labs
State police search for stolen guns
State police investigate a burglary at Timothy Morgan’s Eccles home where a pistol, shotgun, and 11 high powered semi automatic rifles were taken along with a fully automatic machine gun and a .55 caliber rifle. The 13 guns were valued at about $12 500. Police seek leads on the suspect.
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Timothy Morgan
Eccles
Greg Reed
Morgan
Reed
Little Miracles dolls showcased at Crossroads Mall
Joyce Wriston sells dolls called Little Miracles made from computer generated molds of real faces. She says someone out there resembles each doll and that the figures bring smiles as they are displayed across from Pied Piper at Crossroads Mall.
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Joyce Wriston
Crossroads
Wriston
Pied Piper
Veterans Day Parade in Beckley to honor veterans
Beckley marks Veterans Day with a large parade featuring hundreds of Scouts, 12 floats, four marching bands, veterans, Shriners on motorbikes, and 500 flags from Bank of Raleigh. Prizes total 400 with bonds for top floats and antique cars. Judges include WOAY and local chamber leaders.
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Beckley
Jim Rubin
New
Beckley Fire
Jay Patrick
Woay-Tv
Roberta Kuhn
Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Elizabeth Wilson
Beckley Newspapers
Debbie Laird
Fayette County
Beni Kedem Temple
Charleston
Larry McComas
Shady Spring
Gene Cole
Claude England
Lowery Jennings
Edward Kessinger
Forrest Akers
Clifford Bowling
Vannie Brown
al “Bud” Hines
Bank of Raleigh
Beni Kedem Temple Motorcorps
National Guard Hemett
Army
Daniel McCracken
Certification in Greenbrier drug equipment ownership dispute
In Greenbrier County a deputy state attorney general backs Sheriff Albert Lindsey on who owns anti drug devices bought with criminal forfeiture funds. The letter to Prosecutor Mark Burnette confirms the sheriff’s agency owns the equipment but raises whether officers must be certified to use it. The dispute between Lindsey and Burnette over access to the gear continues.
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Lewisburg
Silas B. Taylor
Greenbrier
Taylor
Mark Burnette
Albert Lindsey
Lindsey
Burnette
County Commission
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Park Junior High School
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