Two Children Die In Preston County Fire Near Silver Lake
In a remote Preston County fire near Silver Lake, two five and seven year old girls died. Nine people lived in the two story wood frame house, four foster children among them. Glenomi Roth 61, owner, is in critical condition with third degree burns. Kathy Stemple, mother to one dead girl, and Shannon Stemple 17, were among the injured. Fire began in a first floor laundry room. names withheld pending health department consultation. The house sits off Route 24 near the Tucker County line on Horseshoe Run.
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Morgantown
Preston County
Silver Lake
Mack Dennis
Dennis
State Department of Health and Human Resources
Glenomi Roth
Penn Burn Center
Pittsburgh
Roth
Kathy Stemple
Garrett Memorial Hospital
Oakland
Kathy
Shannon
Shannon Stemple
Route 24
Tucker County
Horseshoe Run
Rebecca
Stemples
Four buck season fatalities in first two days reported
Charleston AP reports four hunters died in the opening buck season. Three from natural causes and one from a tree fall near Green Spring. Names include James Saunders 46 Milton Cabell County and Calvert Thaxton 71 Charleston. A Petersburg man Larry Rogers was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the arm. Authorities urge safety and use of blaze orange. The season ends December 5.
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Charleston
State Division of Natural Resources
James Saunders
Milton
Cabell County
Robert C. Byrd Locks
Mason County
Gary Haines
Parsons
Thaxton
Murphy
Grant County
Larry Rogers
Petersburg
Bill Daniel
DNR
Dual-parenting alliance to meet in Charleston
The West Virginia Alliance for Two Parents will meet at 7 p.m. December 7 at South Ruffner Presbyterian Church in Charleston. The group assists divorced and never married parents, grandparents, stepparents, and other family members facing custody access visitation and child support issues.
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Charleston
West Virginia
South Ruffner Presbyterian Church
20Th St
Aol
The
Alliance
Airborne fire suppression joins West Virginia forest fight
Foresters and rangers in West Virginia deploy a full time air attack for the first time as the DOF uses an Air Tractor 802F to slow and extinguish fires. The plane, operated in Beckley since Oct. 27 by Queen Bee Air Specialties, complements ground crews amid extreme dryness and a statewide outdoor burning ban.
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West Virginia Division of Forestry
Coy Mullins
Welch
Mullins
Fayette County
Gauley Bridge
Mammoth
Rush
Witcher Creeks
Kanawha County
Queen Bee Air Specialties Inc
Rigby
Idaho
Raleigh County Memorial Airort
Beckley
DOF
Chip Kemper
Kemper
Cecil Underwood
Berkeley
Grant
Hampshire
Hardy
Jefferson
Mineral
Morgan
Pendleton
Federal trial set for Weston fire suspects
Three agents including Barbara Brown and Janette Ables face 15 federal counts tied to a Lewis County house fire that killed five children on November 21, 1997. Jury selection starts September 13 in Clarksburg before Judge Irene Keeley. Prosecutors allege arson to collect a $91,000 homeowners policy. state charges added.
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Wheeling
Lewis County
U.S
Irene Keeley
Clarksburg
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Janette Ables
Barbara Brown
Ricky Brown
Serenica
Kimberly
Brandon Castner
Weston
Rayshell
Jimmy Ables
Ables
Central Regional
Flatwoods
Man charged with OD of month-old son in Tennessee
Dallas Davis, a West Virginia resident, is charged with first-degree murder in McMinnville after an autopsy found alcohol and cocaine in his 26 day old son's system. Davis initially denied involvement but later admitted giving alcohol, with authorities believing he gave cocaine as well.
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Mcminnville, Tenn
West Virginia
Tennessee
Dallas Davis
Owen Davis
Davis
Potter
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American Society Bariatric Physicians
Beckley Foot & Ankle Clinic
Scott W. Berneburg
D.P.M
Harper Park Drive
Blairs
Harper
Pepper, Nason & Haves
MacCorkle Ave
Spring Hill
Ea Beckley
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
Dale Potter
Southern Standard
McMinnville
Jefferson Street
Bluefield
Beckley-Raleigh County
YMCA
Nautilus College
General Family
One Health
E. Main Street
Raleigh
Nautilus
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