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Friday | Charleston Gazette

Prison study prompts calls for change

At a public meeting Wednesday to discuss a new report on prison overcrowding, several speakers encouraged the West Virginia Council of Churches to resist the recommendation to build a new prison.

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Related Topix: Prison, Charleston, WV, Charleston Metro

Wed Jul 01, 2009

WOWK

Lincoln County Ready for Holiday Celebration

The Lincoln County 4th of July celebration kicks off this Friday at the fairgrounds near Hamlin.

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Related Topix: Hamlin, WV

Tue Jun 30, 2009

West Virginia Metro

Getting Out of the Hole

Teachers and other state employees are not happy with a proposal from the Public Employees Insurance Agency Finance Board to not subsidize health insurance coverage for new employees after they retire starting in 2010.

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Related Topix: Charleston, WV, Charleston Metro

Sun Jun 28, 2009

Charleston Gazette

Bulletin board: June 25, 2009

Morris Enrichment Center of Morris Memorial Church , 4615 MacCorkle Ave., will sponsor a multiple-family yard sale from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in the gymnasium.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Ham Radio, West Virginia, Hurricane, WV, Hamlin, WV, Huntington, WV

Fri Jun 26, 2009

WOWK

New Program To Monitor Criminal Alcohol Use

A new system to monitor some criminals is now being used in Lincoln County. The Lincoln County Commissioned approved the purchase of 12 alcohol monitoring bracelets.

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Thu Jun 25, 2009

WOWK-TV

New Program To Monitor Criminal Alcohol Use

Debate Cancelled>>> A proposed debate between NASA Climate Scientist Dr. James Hansen and Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship that was to take place this evening and air on West Media Stations around the state has been canceled.

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Related Topix: Massey Energy, Mining, Hamlin, WV

Tue Jun 23, 2009

Charleston Daily Mail

Woman says wedding inspired by FestivALL

What Becky Bolte's wedding will lack in formality, it's going to make up for in frivolity.

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Related Topix: Wedding, Spencer, WV, Life, Sewing, Hobbies, Charleston, WV, Charleston Metro, Entertainment

Sun Jun 21, 2009

Charleston Gazette

State history alive again, this time on DVD

The West Virginia Humanities Council will reissue the popular series, "West Virginia: A Film History" for the first time on a two-disc DVD.

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Related Topix: West Virginia, Richard Thomas, Huntington, WV, Charleston, WV, Charleston Metro

Fri Jun 19, 2009

WOWK-TV

Deputies Pull Out All the Stops on Corridor G

Deputies from three counties conducted interdiction patrols from Southridge to the Logan County line Friday night.

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Related Topix: Logan County, WV

Sat Jun 13, 2009

Charleston Gazette

Two dead after crashing into house

MIDKIFF, W.Va. -- Two people were killed after driving into a house in Lincoln County early Saturday morning.

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Related Topix: Ranger, WV, Branchland, WV, Hamlin, WV

Mon Jun 08, 2009

Charleston Gazette

Person trapped in Lincoln car accident

Two people were involved in a single-vehicle accident on Corridor G in Lincoln County.

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Related Topix: Alum Creek, WV

Thu Jun 04, 2009

Charleston Daily Mail

Tip leads police to S.C. meth lab

State Police arrested three people after an anonymous tip led them to a meth lab in South Charleston.

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Related Topix: Charleston, WV, Charleston Metro, South Charleston, WV, Griffithsville, WV, Cross Lanes, WV

Mon Jun 01, 2009

Charleston Gazette

Lincoln man found with fully automatic weapons, police say

A Lincoln County man may be facing federal firearms charges after police found what they believe to be fully automatic weapons at his home near Ranger.

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Related Topix: Ranger, WV, Charleston, WV, Charleston Metro

Sat May 30, 2009

Logan Banner

The modern cult of celebrity

Back in the 1960s, a philosopher named Marshall MacLuhan said that we were heading towards a global village society thanks to major mass media and that in the future everybody would be famous for about 15 minutes.

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Related Topix: Opinion

Thu May 28, 2009

WOWK-TV

Hamlin Students Win Health Challenge

Students from Hamlin Elementary School in Lincoln County will have the opportunity to experience the Marshall Recreation Center after winning a healthy lifestyle contest at their school earlier this year.

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Related Topix: Marshall University

Tue May 26, 2009

West Virginia Metro

May Brings Heavy Showers

Meteorologists with the National Weather Service say localized downpours are possible out of many of the thunderstorms that will move through West Virginia into Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Weather, Alkol, WV, Spurlockville, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Nitro, WV

Fri May 22, 2009

Charleston Daily Mail

Union Mission collects flood donations

Even the smallest volunteers turned out to help during WCHS and Union Mission's Flood Aid drive for the families in Mingo County who lost nearly everything in the floodwaters.

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Related Topix: Mingo County, WV, Charleston, WV, Charleston Metro

Wed May 20, 2009

Charleston Gazette

Lincoln County man indicted on child porn charges

A federal grand jury indicted a Lincoln County man Wednesday on charges that he produced, possessed and distributed child pornography, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced.

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Related Topix: Branchland, WV, Poca, WV, St. Albans, WV

Tue May 19, 2009

The West Virginia Record

Court upholds decision in Lincoln election appeal

The West Virginia Supreme Court says a Lincoln County circuit judge was right to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the losing candidate in a circuit clerk election marred by illegal vote-buying. In a per curiam opinion filed Tuesday, the court ruled against Terry Hill, who ran unsuccessfully in 1996 against Gregory Brent Stowers, who pleaded guilty in ...

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law

Fri May 15, 2009

Charleston Daily Mail

Lincoln to regain partial control of schools

The West Virginia Board of Education has agreed to give the Lincoln County school board provisional control over the county's school system, which has been under the state's control since 2000.

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Related Topix: Kenna, WV, Charleston, WV, Charleston Metro

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