State brief threatens 14 million high school grant
The School Building Authority warns it could cancel a 14 million grant for a new Mason County high school if construction does not start by March. Plans for one consolidated school hit snags as residents elected anti-consolidation members to the county Board of Education, with updated plans due in December. The board begins consultant interviews to shape the facility plan.
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Charleston
Mason County
Point Pleasant
Wahama
Hannan
County Board of Education
David Snead
School Building Authority
Peggy Huff
Study Ordered on Grant and Hardy County College
Charleston AP report states a study will decide if the proposed community college in Grant and Hardy counties should be independent or a branch of Shepherd College. Peggy Hawse will be paid 50 000 a year to assess which option better serves the communities, with November completion expected.
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Wood County
Parkersburg
Nathan Peters
Tom Guthrie
Charleston
Grant
Hardy Counties
Shepherd College
Peggy Hawse
Thomas Hawse
House Finance
Harold Michael
Hawse
Shepherd
Michael
Zoning board OKs first duplex request in neighborhood
Beckley zoning board approves Linden Belcher's plan for a duplex at 207 Bostic Ave in an R-1 zone, marking a shift to one to four family use. The project aims to be handicapped accessible, with no local opposition after 41 notices. Other items included home occupation for Nile Radford, a doctor's office plan for David Waggoner at 106 Church St, and nearby residential structures expanding garages and carports within tight setbacks.
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Beckley
Nile Radford
Klaus St
Radford
David C. Waggoner
Church St
Glenna Murphy
Witherspoon St
National Parents of the Year honor goes to Guires in Washington
Jerry and Kathleen Guire win the National Parents of the Year title as 50 states submitted nominations. The couple, homeschooling Audrey 10 Amerey 7 Hunter 3, balance five restaurant jobs with parenting and Sunday school. They emphasize family first and aim to raise children in a Godly home.
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Mannington
Jerry
Kathleen Guire
Washington
Congress
Mrs. Guire
Jerry Guire
Kathleen
Audrey
Guire
Gary Jarmin
National
Parents’ Day Foundation
Guires
Jarmin
Liquor official with DUI under investigation for speeding arrest
John Nelson Gunning, a West Virginia liquor inspector since Oct 1, 1997, was arrested Friday night for driving under the influence and speeding 90 mph in a 65 mph zone near Buckhannon while driving a state car. His license suspended in 1997 for an out of state DUI and a later ticket nonpayment.
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Charleston
John Nelson Gunning
Fairfax County
David Bolyard
The
State Division of Motor Vehicles
Bolyard
West Virginia
Randolph County
Gunning
U.S. 33
Buckhannon
Donald Stemple
Two charged in large insurance scam in Charleston
U S attorney reports two men Jeffrey W Simmons of Poca and Danny E Potter of Charleston charged with conspiracy to launder about 2 8 million in an Indianapolis Life Insurance Co scam. Fraud involved bogus group policies for nonexistent firms between 1996 and 1997. Each faces up to 10 years and 250 000 fine.
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Charleston
Jeffrey W. Simmons
Poca
Putnam County
Danny E. Potter
Indianapolis
Surance Co
Ind
U.S. District Court
U.S
Rebecca Betts
Indianapolis Life
Simmons Financial Group Inc
Simmons
Potter
Dispatcher credited for delivering and saving infants
Kingwood AP reports Preston County emergency dispatcher Lewis Brown is credited with a successful home delivery and a rescue in under 36 hours. He guided a mother through delivery late Monday night and helped save a choking infant, highlighting his EMS training.
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Kingwood
Preston County
Lewis Brown
Brown
Woman indicted in Kanawha slaying
A Dunbar woman, Heather M. Shamblin, 19, was indicted by a Kanawha County grand jury for the March stabbing death of her live-in boyfriend Brian F. Kimble, 24, who was a fugitive from felony forgery charges. She allegedly admitted the stabbing in a complaint, saying she acted during a quarrel to protect her sister. Shamblin is set to answer on October 1.
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Charleston
Dunbar
Kanawha County
Heather M. Shamblin
Brian F. Kimble
Shamblin
Kimble
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Sonny” Hickman Jr
McDowell County
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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
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Hearthside Books
Anne Hess
Hess
WVU
Morgantown
West Virginia University
Towers
WVU Department of Public Safety
Tack
Police
Stonewall Jackson
Carol Thompson
Thompson
New Panhandle College
College of West Virginia
Morris Imboden
S. Vance Drive
Children’s Health
Sun
Py Mae
Kanawha
Raleigh General Hospital
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