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19 May 2012 Middletown, VA Lawyer: Va Tech kicker to plead to reduced charge - Middletown Journal
BLACKSBURG, Va. — The lawyer for Cody Journell says the Virginia Tech kicker has reached an agreement with prosecutors to plead guilty to a reduced charge stemming from a December incident. Journell was suspended from the football team after he was among ...
19 May 2012 Middletown, VA U.S. House passes bill ensuring submarine production levels — good news for Connecticut - Middlet
The legislation now goes to the Senate. U.S. Reps. Jim Langevin of Rhode Island and Joe Courtney of Connecticut opposed the proposed cut in funding for Virginia-class submarine production. The Obama administration’s budget funds one submarine ...
19 May 2012 Berryville, VA Catherine G. Schmitt - New Britain Herald
She was 80 years old. She leaves her husband of 55 years, Norman Schmitt; three sons and their wives, Robert Schmitt and Margo Strawderman of Berryville, Va., Thomas Schmitt and Sheila Cole-Schmitt of Greenwood, Minn., and Raymond and Karen ...
19 May 2012 Minnesota's Bill Tramel To Be Named Head Coach at Marshall
HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, May 19. BILL Tramel, the former associate head coach of the University of Minnesota men's and women's teams, has accepted the head coaching position at Marshall, Swimming Wo...
19 May 2012 Minnesota's Bill Tramel Named Head Coach at Marshall
HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, May 19. BILL Tramel, the former associate head coach of the University of Minnesota men's team, has accepted the head coaching position at Marshall, Swimming World has learn...
19 May 2012 Bristow, VA National Safe Boating Council and Sperry Top-Sider® Partner to Promote National Safe Boating Week,
Bristow, VA (PRWEB) May 19, 2012 The National Safe Boating Council (NSBC) is proud to announce that it will once again partner with Sperry Top-Sider for National Safe Boating Week, May 19 – 25, 2012. The NSBC has recognized Sperry Top-Sider as the ...
19 May 2012 Oriskany, VA Landscapes in West Virginia, California Recognized As National Natural Landmarks - National Parks T
Ice Mountain in the central Appalachians of eastern West Virginia gets its name from the refrigeration ... The mountain also features an outstanding example of Devonian Oriskany sandstone cliffs that enhance the scenic beauty of the area.
19 May 2012 Eleven TRACKTrails Debut Today: Program Doubles with "National Kids to Parks Day" Dedicat
There are two new trails each in Virginia and North Carolina, and seven in South Dakota. The National Park Trust created ... VA – 3pm - Hartford Beach State Park Nature Trail Disc Golf Course. Corona, SD - Oakwood Lakes State Park Nature Trail Disc ...
19 May 2012 Mint Spring, VA Local People - Staunton News Leader
She lives in Mint Spring with her husband and son. STAUNTON — Phil Floyd of Staunton will be honored with the the U.S. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association's John Beard Award during the organization's 37th annual conference in Minneapolis.
19 May 2012 Clemson golfers' backs against the wall after two-legged round on Friday
Tigers need to make up 7 shots, jump Virginia Tech, Colorado State, Northwestern to advance
19 May 2012 Mint Spring, VA Mint Tea Room operated during U.S. 11's heyday - Staunton News Leader
The couple married in 1903 and then left for the coalfields of West Virginia, where he honed his business skills running the company store for the coal company. In 1917 the couple came back to Augusta County and purchased the Mint Spring store ...
19 May 2012 USF sending West Virginia out as winners, again
USF has had the odd luck of being West Virginia's final Big East opponent in several sports, but the Bulls haven't been able to deliver a proper goodbye as the Mountaineers move on to the Big 12. It happened in football, when West Virginia rallied to win in the final minute in Tampa in December, and again in men's basketball, when USF closed out its regular season with a rare home loss to the ...
19 May 2012 Berryville, VA US Man Hits $1 Million Jackpot In Lotto 6 Times - thelinkpaper.ca
Similar good lotto luck fell on a Virginia resident last month. Virginia Fike, of Berryville, had two tickets that matched five of the six Powerball numbers in an April 7 drawing, so that each ticket was worth 1 million dollars. Those two wins come on the ...
19 May 2012 Hampden Sydney, VA Friends' bond strengthens after fire rescue - NBC12
MECHANICSVILLE, VA (WWBT) - How far would you go for a friend ... and then they went together to play football at Hampden-Sydney. Just four months before graduation, the end of their long road together, something happened at their dorm that proved just ...
19 May 2012 Bridge to honor band of W.Va. brother-servicemen - grafwv.com
(AP) — A West Virginia family that served and sacrificed for their country ... The family also lost Eugene Jones, 25, killed in a 1950 crash during paratrooper training at Fort Benning, Ga. A surviving brother, William Lawson Jones, served during World ...
19 May 2012 Key voting rights provision upheld in Alabama case - Gadsden Times
Section 5 currently applies to the states of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. It also covers certain counties in California, Florida, New York, North Carolina and South Dakota ...
19 May 2012 D.C. United Women launch second W-League season Saturday at home against Virginia Beach Piranhas -
First meeting in history between one of oldest W-League teams in Virginia Beach and one of newest in United Women Kickoff at Maryland SoccerPlex @ 7:00 p.m. gates open at 6:00 p.m. Boyds, Maryland - D.C. United Women will kick off the W-League ...
19 May 2012 Ruby, VA Red Sox team up with Pittsfield VA clinic - Berkshire Eagle
PITTSFIELD -- Signing up for health care doesn’t usually get you a hug and a handshake from the Boston Red Sox’s affable mascot, Wally the Green Monster. But Berkshire veterans who came to learn about the health and social services available ...
19 May 2012 Tennessee Aquarium and partners hope to snatch darter from brink of extinction - Chattanooga Times
These 1-year-olds were propagated by the Institute and a non-profit group in Knoxville, Conservation Fisheries, Inc. TENNGA, Tenn ... populations of rare fishes in Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina and Virginia.
19 May 2012 Newington, VA Court upholds voting rights section - Concord Monitor
Section 5 currently applies to the states of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. It also covers ... Millsfield, Newington, Pinkhams Grant, Rindge, Stewartstown, Stratford and Unity.
19 May 2012 Fincastle, VA On The Job with Shane Carr - Gadsden Times
He and his wife and three young children moved to Etowah County from Fincastle, Va., the town where both had grown up, the only place they’d called home. Since then, it’s been an active schedule of activities with the church youth group ...
19 May 2012 La Crosse, VA A senior-season success story - Richmond Times-Dispatch
For three years, goaltender Rob Fortunato sat on the bench during Virginia lacrosse games with little hope of seeing the field. He found himself stuck behind one of the nation's best, Adam Ghitelman. Fortunato had options. In NCAA lacrosse ...
19 May 2012 Mc Coy, VA WVU Extension agents use famous feud to help spark media interest and tourism - Register-Herald
The History Channel will be shining a light on southern West Virginia and the Hatfield McCoy Feud beginning next week, and a West Virginia University Extension agent will be a part of it. The coverage begins when American Pickers, the second highest rated ...
19 May 2012 Highland Springs, VA Young Baltimore County schools executive brings in Richmond help - Richmond Times-Dispatch
He graduated from Virginia Union University in three years and began teaching English at Highland Springs High School in Henrico County. Within six years, he had earned two postgraduate degrees from VCU and moved up to principal at Henrico's ...
19 May 2012 Wilsons, VA William G. “Bill” Wilson - Parkersburg News & Sentinel
William G. "Bill" Wilson, 83, of Parkersburg, passed away at Camden Clark Medical Center, Memorial Campus on May 17, 2012 in Parkersburg. Bill was born June 21, 1928 in Parkersburg, W.Va., the son of the late Paden and Daisy Wilson of Pettyville.
19 May 2012 Moseley, VA Lawsuit seeks $426,000 from volleyball club director and his ouster - Richmond Times-Dispatch
The suit against Timothy Lee Holt, 55, of the 4900 block of Moseley Road, was filed May 11 ... which included charges for meals at restaurants, gas, Virginia E-ZPass payments and registration fees for his daughter's college SAT entrance exam.
19 May 2012 Earlysville, VA Va. group for ex-inmates finding its voice - Richmond Times-Dispatch
CHARLOTTESVILLE - For more than a year now, ex-prisoners have been able to turn to Believers & Achievers, a support group that caters to those re-entering society after incarceration, for friendship and guidance as they return home. The group ...
19 May 2012 Berryville, VA Preakness notes: Bodemeister expected to skip Belmont - Richmond Times-Dispatch
The Preakness will be the third start in five weeks for the Virginia-bred, who was foaled at Berryville's Audley Farm. Baffert remains amazed that Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another once again is not the race favorite. In his six career ...
19 May 2012 La Crosse, VA Huntington Lacrosse players selected for W.Va. All-Star Game - Herald-Dispatch
HUNTINGTON — Huntington Lacrosse Club players Michael Meadows and Devin McIlvain were selected for the season-ending West Virginia Lacrosse North-South All-Star Game. David Reed was picked as an alternate for the Saturday game at East-West ...
19 May 2012 Keene, VA Keen Baby Girl - Washington Missourian
Great-grandparents are the late Vester and Alverda Sohn, Thomas Rice Sr. and the late Beckie Rice, Robert D. Keen Sr. and the late Mary Lou Keen, Shirley Bay, all of St. Clair, Virginia and the late Wayne Stinson, Bourbon.
19 May 2012 Bizarre: Far-right politics - Charleston Gazette
Here are a couple of weird examples: In Texas ... global warming and "the chemical origins of life." Former West Virginia reporter Fred Grimm, now with the Miami Herald, called it "lunatic legislation." Grimm wrote that Tennessee schoolchildren may ...
19 May 2012 Manquin, VA Big 12 and SEC strike up postseason bowl agreement to combat the Rose Bowl - YAHOO!
"This new game will provide a great matchup between the two most successful conferences in the BCS era and will complement the exciting postseason atmosphere created by the new four-team model ... it prosper by adding West Virginia and TCU and ultimately ...
19 May 2012 Hague, VA PHS grads return for golf event - Parkersburg News & Sentinel
Hague had served as master of ceremonies for the benefit golf ... High School graduates from as far away as North Carolina, Florida, South Carolina and Virginia. "It was a beautiful day," said Tom Longmire, a challenge organizer from the PHS Class of ...
19 May 2012 Des Moines Art Center is host of first-ever comprehensive survey of Tony Feher's work - Art Da
DES MOINES, IA.-On May 11, the Des Moines Art Center opened Tony ... My art may appear fragile, but it holds on.” Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1956, Feher grew up mostly in Corpus Christi, with early stops in Florida and Virginia, pursuing a ...
19 May 2012 Police shootings often involve mentally ill, troubled people - Richmond Times-Dispatch
In Virginia, the Blacksburg and Montgomery County police departments ... nor on the number of mentally ill persons shot by police," said University of South Carolina professor Bob Kaminski, who is beginning research on the subject.
19 May 2012 Rosedale, VA Rosedale, Virginia residents fondly remeber the Pratt Mansion - TriCities.com
It was one of Rosedale,Virginia's biggest treasures. A historical landmark that many say defined the town. "It’s a big part of the community yes. I'm 58 and it was here whenever I was born,” says Paul Hess Jr., a resident of Rosedale.
19 May 2012 Onemo, VA Coaching exercise — leading by example - Richmond Times-Dispatch
"One more minute!" John McGuire intoned while Smart ... Sixty seconds later, McGuire gave the command to stop, and the Virginia Commwealth University men's basketball coach and the other two dozen or so members of SEAL TEAM Physical Training ...
19 May 2012 Ladysmith, VA Clarence ‘Skip’ Myers - Williamsport Sun-Gazette
Clarence "Skip" Myers, 68, of Ruther Glen, Va., formerly of Avis, Pa., went to be with the Lord, Thursday, May 17, 2012. He was chairman of the deacon board at Ladysmith Baptist Church and loved God, his family and his country. He is survived by his wife ...
19 May 2012 Axton, VA Kenneth Newman - Intelligencer
NEWMAN, Kenneth S., 90, of New Martinsville, W.Va., died Friday, May 18, 2012 at his home surrounded by his family. Kenneth was born October 1, 1921 in BeeBee, W.Va., son of the late Joseph O. and Alma O'Neil Newman. He was a retired custodian with Wetzel ...
19 May 2012 Hall of Fame grand slam for Dr. Elmore - Charleston Gazette
It was a real chore to try to get to other colleges and compete back then.'' Glenville's women's program has come a long way. The Pioneers have played in 10 West Virginia Conference tournament championship games, winning four titles, since women's ...
19 May 2012 Berryville, VA After Derby loss, Virginia-bred Bodemeister goes for Preakness win - Charlottesville Daily Progress
The Berryville Farm where the first Triple Crown winner ... where the horses are coming from and they appreciate that.” Bodemeister is the only Virginia-bred to make the Kentucky Derby starting gate in 16 years with four winning the Run ...
19 May 2012 La Crosse, VA No. 1 Calvert Hall romps over No. 2 Loyola, 17-3, in MIAA lacrosse final - Baltimore Sun
Going into the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference playoffs, Calvert Hall coach Bryan Kelly said a team has to be playing great lacrosse and also have some breaks go its way to claim one of the country's most prized championships.
19 May 2012 Warfield, VA Funeral arrangements set for child killed in crash - WKYT 27
3. She was a student at Warfield Elementary. Her funeral will be at 1pm Sunday at the Morris Funeral Home Chapel in Wayne, West Virginia. The visitation will be one hour before the funeral.
19 May 2012 Carrollton, VA $5.8M road project will snarl Isle of Wight traffic - Daily Press
ISLE OF WIGHT — Motorists traveling on U.S. Route 17 through Carrollton can expect delays for the next year. Virginia Department of Transportation's contractors recently started rebuilding the 4.8-mile stretch of highway between the James ...
19 May 2012 King William, VA Hampton Roads tries to find flexibility in mandated recycling - Daily Press
Since 1989 Virginia has specified annual recycling rates for local ... They include York, Poquoson, James City, Williamsburg, Hampton, Essex, King and Queen, King William, Mathews, Middlesex, Tappahannock, Urbanna and West Point.
19 May 2012 Police nab airline pilot with loaded gun in luggage
BUFFALO, New York (Reuters) - An airline pilot was arrested Friday morning at Buffalo Niagara International Airport after security screeners discovered a loaded revolver in his baggage. Brett Dieter, 52, of Barbersville, Virginia, arrived at the upstate New York airport Friday to pilot a flight to New York City's LaGuardia International Airport for Piedmont Airlines, a passenger airline that subcontracts under U.S. Airways. While at a security checkpoint, a scan of Dieter's bag revealed a .357 magnum revolver loaded with five rounds. ...
19 May 2012 Ivy, VA The Tennessee Lady Vols got good pitching, but they needed a little offense. UT lost its opening NC
Ivy Renfroe set down the last 19 batters she faced in order, but not before giving up a run on two hits in the first inning. The Lady Vols now drop into the elimination game against UAB, a 4-1 loser to Virginia Tech Friday afternoon. Here's more on the ...
19 May 2012 Mc Lean, VA Girls’ soccer: McLean holds off Stone Bridge, 1-0, to claim Liberty District crown - Washington P
As McLean senior defender Caroline Gray described it, the last 10 minutes against No. 3 Stone Bridge in Friday’s Virginia AAA Liberty District final were scary, nerve-wracking and exciting — all at once. For 70 minutes in Vienna, the Highlanders ...
19 May 2012 Sandston, VA Hampshire County's Ice Mountain added to National Natural Landmark list - Charleston Gazette
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Ice Mountain in Hampshire County has been designated ... refrigeration effect that occurs inside its talus -- a sloping mass of shattered sandstone boulders at the foot of the 1,500-foot-tall peak. In cooler months, dense, cold air ...
19 May 2012 Sanford, VA Jamestown, Lafayette cruise in soccer quarterfinals - Vancouver Business Journal
JAMES CITY — Patrick Kelly enjoys playing at Sanford Wanner Stadium. The Jamestown senior showed why Friday night, scoring two goals and assisting on another to lead the top-seeded Eagles to a 4-0 victory over No.8 Poquoson in the Bay Rivers ...
19 May 2012 Covington, VA Carnival: River Fest 2012, Glasgow, Va - Examiner
Either way, here is an upcoming fun day trip from Roanoke, Lynchburg, Covington, Lexington, and Staunton and the surrounding area. I am talking about River Fest 2012 in Glasgow, Virginia. Nestled at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains where the ...
19 May 2012 Iron Gate, VA The Alleghany Foundation gives $1.1 million to local projects - WSLS.com
An important health and wellness initiative will fund the purchase of 25 automated external defibrillators to be installed in police vehicles in Alleghany County, Covington, Clifton Forge and Iron Gate. The grant, which includes training for 50 ...
19 May 2012 Weber City, VA Gate City man arrested after fleeing on foot from traffic stop - Kingsport Times-News
He is being held without bond in the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail in Duffield and is scheduled to be arraigned in Scott County Circuit Court Monday. The Weber City Police Department and Scott County Sheriff’s Department assisted the GCPD with the ...
19 May 2012 Could Overhauled Organizing Deliver Virginia to the GOP This Fall?
If you need proof that President Obama's team will run a formidable ground game in Virginia, consider this: At the 2012 kickoff rally in Richmond, organizers say they signed up 1,500 new volunteers out of the 8,000-member crowd. But in addition to obvious dangers like a struggling economy, Obama’s team will face a new threat -- a better-prepared Republican Party that is coming off three years of ...
19 May 2012 Virginia City Tops Amazon’s Most Well-Read List
(CNN) -- Virginia is for lovers, so the slogan goes -- but more specifically, it seems to be the state many book-lovers call home.
19 May 2012 Bristow, VA Video prompts REO Speedwagon visit at Hanover High - WTVR-TV
REO Speedwagon is on tour with Styx and Ted Nugent. The band performs tonight in Bristow, Virginia and Saturday in Virginia Beach.
19 May 2012 Ventura man set to recreate a life-changing trip - vcstar.com
The couple, married 11 years, plan to travel 3,100 miles to Yorktown, Va., over the next 18 days ... They hiked across California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Virginia in 257 days. He was 13 when they ...
19 May 2012 Maidens, VA All News
Southern Parkway, winless since an impressive score over maidens last fall at Keeneland, apperas to have found a field he can beat in Friday's turf featue at Churchill Downs.
19 May 2012 Cloverdale, VA Surrey man presumed dead after standoff in Kamloops ends in explosion, fire - The Vancouver Sun
KAMLOOPS — With explosives strapped to his chest, a Surrey man burst into the Kamloops home of ... home was blown up were new to the Dufferin neighbourhood. Friend Virginia Rogers said the Kamloops woman and her four children – she would ...
19 May 2012 Keswick, VA Mother, son set to graduate together - Charlottesville Daily Progress
Ryan, 27, will be walking the Lawn at the University of Virginia. His mother will be at Mary Baldwin ... they moved back to the area, settling in Keswick. Cecil works in personnel administration in the Charlottesville school system.
19 May 2012 Ferrum, VA New Blue Ridge Community and Technical College generating excitement - Herald-Mail
The excitement among the faculty and staff of Blue Ridge Community and Technical College was apparent ... lack of a left-turn lane that is needed on Apple Harvest Drive (W.Va. 45), Checkovich said. Until the road is widened, he said the college ...
18 May 2012 Alabama and West Virginia to meet in 2014 - Collegesportsblog.dallasnews.com
Bowl officials announced Thursday that the Alabama and West Virginia football programs will meet for the first time in the 2014 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game season opener in Atlanta. The Crimson Tide are 10-8-1 all-time against teams from the Big 12 ...
18 May 2012 Ruby, VA Why Virginia Might Decide the Presidential Election - YAHOO!
Most importantly, it will decide whether Virginia will attach itself to the reliable blue states to the north, or the reliably red states to the south. Romney wants to keep the focus on jobs, the economy, and oil production off the Virginia coast.
18 May 2012 Jarratt, VA Bradley to speak at Woman’s Day at Shiloh Baptist - Henderson Daily Dispatch
Currently, she serves as co-pastor of Shearins Chapel Baptist Church in Roanoke Rapids and Chapel Hill Bapitst Church in Jarratt, Va. Also, Bradley has been employed with Flambeau for 37 years as the shipping coordinator. Bradley is the daughter of Selena S.
18 May 2012 Lesbians' Divorce Filing Forces Maryland to Recognize Marriage as Legal - YAHOO!
the couple in question, Jessica Port and Virginia Anne Cowan, did not have children; however ... This case is unique and powerful also because the couple did not marry in Maryland. That state will not recognize same-sex marriages until next year.
18 May 2012 Delaplane, VA How Dry Weather Is Affecting Vineyards In Virginia - WHAG
DELAPLANE, VA - If there's one thing that affects everyone it's the weather. But when the country experiences a drought, it affects some more than others such as vineyard owners in Virginia. With wine festival season in play some might be concerned about ...
18 May 2012 Rosedale, VA Jo Ann Barker, 68 - Herald-Mail
died Friday, May 18, 2012, at her home. The family will receive friends Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Brown Funeral Home, Martinsburg, W.Va. The service will be Monday at 1 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Rosedale Cemetery.
18 May 2012 Red House, VA Book review: The Red House, by Mark Haddon - scotsman.com
The Red House is quite short, set over a single week ... The effect is oddly like a rude, demotic, masculine revision of Virginia Woolf. For although the female characters are well enough formed, Haddon remains a writer most at home delineating male ...
18 May 2012 Fincastle, VA Big Tree National Champ at Fincastle United Methodist Chruch dedicated - Roanoke Times
Fincastle United Methodist Church received the National ... The Honeylocust has grown around a headstone and it is featured in “Remarkable Trees of Virginia” co authored by Jeff Kirwan and Nancy Hugo. Crown: 122 east to west, 107 feet north to ...
18 May 2012 South Boston, VA Late Model racing returns this week at Langley - Daily Press
South Boston Speedway star Peyton Sellars will be on hand with ... ULTIMATE Super Late Models will be the feature event on the half-mile dirt track at Virginia Motor Speedway near Saluda. A Sportsman 25 and Modified 25 are also on the card.
18 May 2012 White Hall, VA 1A Boys Sectional Track: Pittsfield wins five events to take title
RUSHVILLE — Jeremy Mallinckrodt qualified for state by winning two events, helping Pittsfield High School finish first in the Class 1A Rushville-Industry Sectional boys track and field meet with 111 points.
18 May 2012 W.Va. fifth grader is a handwriting champ - Herald-Mail
“Handwriting falls by the wayside in technology,” Green said ... though states may still opt to teach cursive. West Virginia is a Common Core Standards state. “In past years, so much time had to be spent on handwriting,” Green ...
18 May 2012 AdWatch: Romney "day one" vows are missing caveats - Fresno Bee
AIRING: Romney is spending roughly $1.3 million to run the ad in Iowa, North Carolina, Virginia and Ohio KEY IMAGES ... statement that he would approve the pipeline on day one is missing some caveats. For one, it is possible that the project ...
18 May 2012 Hartfield, VA 172 Days to Go, Sleepover for World Leaders, 2 Candidates Named Roy, Biden Doesn’t Blame WV (PM N
(Hartfield) Elevator Endorsement – Romney Calls Bush to ... “The two states that will decided this election: Colorado and Virginia.” Read her entire assessment, including which states are technically lean Democratic, but seem more swingy ...
18 May 2012 Fort Lee, VA 'Pink slime' products to be permanently removed from commissary shelves - AF.mil
the Defense Commissary Agency director of sales at DeCA Headquarters in Fort Lee, Va. The process will be complete by the end of the month. In the meantime, commissaries are carrying USDA organic ground beef or USDA all-natural ground beef, neither of ...
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- What's On Tonight? - A.V. Club
Modern Family (ABC, 9 p.m.): How many car accidents will the characters get in tonight ... and he hopes the new year brings lots and lots of episodes where Max dresses up in a ridiculous costume, because nothing’s better than that.
- Cash-strapped states taking new look at online gambling
The District of Columbia is not thrilled that its residents are traveling to Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia to gamble in casinos. Starved for cash, like states across the country, the district wants some of the millions in revenue that gambling generates each year.
- Mary E. Baxley
Mrs. Mary E. Baxley, 82, long time resident of Weirsdale, died Saturday, May 28, 2011 at Sylvia's Hospice House. A native of Norfolk, Virginia, she mo ...
- Local Alpine Racer Won't Quit
Despite 3 hard falls, a disqualification, and a scoreless weekend at Okemo Mountain in the J3 Vt State Championships on March 3rd and 4th, Jessie Kuzmicki, age 14 from Pownal, VT remained undeterred and bounced back this past weekend at Burke Mountain in the final State qualifier of the season. Kuzmicki finishing 24th in slalom and 25th in giant slalom combined with her 11th place in the State Super G last month managed to score enough points to qualify for one of the 11 spots on the VT State Finals Team.
Other State teams from Virginia to Maine will travel to Killington on March 8-11 and join Vermont's team for the USSA J3 Eastern Regional Finals. These 160 athletes will battle for the last 10 openings on the USSA J3 Eastern Junior Olympic Team. There will be 5 female and 5 male spots awarded to individuals based on results.
Although the stakes are high and the odds even higher, Ms. Kuzmicki remains determined to race on to the season's final finish line.
- WVU gears up for No. 21 Mississippi State - Charleston Gazette
Charleston Gazette - Bob Huggins knows how good Mississippi State is. He's studied the Bulldogs and was terribly impressed by their win in the 2K Classic at Madison Square Garden a week before Thanksgiving. Now the issue is conveying that to his West Virginia players. ... - The Commercial Dispatch - Jackson Clarion Ledger (blog) - Daily Mail - Charleston - -
- Geneva Zando Fiery - Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Mrs. Fiery was a graduate of Williamson High School, class of 1939 and received her Bachelor's degree from West Virginia University in Biology ... Nancy and Howard Burnette of Danville, Va., R. C. “Courtney” and Diana Fiery of Bluefield, Va.;
- Candidates’ forum held in Bland
Jobs, industrial development, water and sewer, health care, electrical rates, prescription drug abuse, education and school consolidation were among the topics at last week’s candidates’ forum in Bland.
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