Recently added articles from Charleston Daily Mail:
Commission recommends 1,200-cell state prison
Jul 02, 2009; ... A commission appointed by Gov. Joe Manchin to study prisonovercrowding recommends building a 1,200-cell correctional facilityand expanding alternative sentencing programs to avoid "disastrousconsequences" in regional jails and ease the overflow of inmates. Constructing a new ...
Ready for the games: ; Soccer tourney kicks in today; 12,000 players, coaches and families roll into state for six-day event
Jul 02, 2009; ... More than 12,000 soccer players, coaches and their families areexpected to roll into the region today, as a six-day tournamentstarts in Barboursville. The U.S. Youth Soccer 2009 Region 1 Championships are projectedto pump more than $12 million into the local economy. They ...
Board approves Turnpike toll hike: ; Drivers will pay $2 per car starting on Aug. 1
Jul 02, 2009; ... Drivers will start paying higher tolls on the West VirginiaTurnpike next month of $2 for passenger vehicles and $6.75 for five-axle commercial trucks under a motion approved Wednesday by stateturnpike officials. But drivers who use West Virginia's EZ-Pass card will get ...
Charleston population sags
Jul 02, 2009; ... Inside Sylvester mayor wishes census estimates were correct / 1C Charleston has again experienced a population decline, accordingto new U.S. Census Bureau estimates, and if the trend continues WestVirginia could soon be one of the only states in the nation with nocity larger than ...
Ex-professor gets four years for passing secrets
Jul 02, 2009; ... KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A federal judge sentenced a retired Universityof Tennessee professor to four years in prison Wednesday for passingsensitive information from a U.S. Air Force contract to two researchassistants from China and Iran. Plasma physics expert J. Reece Roth was found ...
Complaint against board dismissed
Jul 02, 2009; ... KINGWOOD - A three-judge panel has unanimously dismissed apetition seeking the removal of the Preston County Board ofEducation for incompetence. The judges heard seven hours of testimony Tuesday, following thefiling of a petition signed by more than 400 people seeking theboard's ...
Jackson's will leaves estate to family, nothing for ex-wife: ; Singer also named mother, Diana Ross as guardians of children
Jul 02, 2009; ... LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's 7-year-old will was filed in aLos Angeles court, giving his entire estate to a family trust whilemaking his mother the guardian of his children and cutting out hisformer wife Debbie Rowe. Court documents estimated the current value of his estate at ...
Liberty's crown pulls in 'huddled masses': ; Tickets sold out for July 4 reopening of national monument closed since Sept. 11
Jul 02, 2009; ... NEW YORK - It's crowded. It's hot. You have to climb hundreds ofsteps to get there. And throngs of people can't wait to visit. Unfortunately, many will have to. Tickets sold out fast for theJuly Fourth reopening of the Statue of Liberty's crown, closed sinceshortly after the ...
Pet python strangles toddler
Jul 02, 2009; ... OXFORD, Fla. - A 12-foot pet Burmese python broke out of anaquarium and strangled a 2-year-old girl in her bedroom at a centralFlorida home, authorities said. Shaunnia Hare was already dead when paramedics arrived at about10 a.m. Wednesday, Lt. Bobby Caruthers of the Sumter ...
Regional weather
Jul 02, 2009 ... Hi Lo Otlk Akron 67 54 Cldy Charlotte 90 64 Clr Cincinnati 74 58 Cldy Cleveland 66 57 Rain Columbus,Ohio 71 57 Cldy Dayton 71 57 Cldy Daytona Beach 91 74 Rain Greensboro,N.C. 89 63 ...
National weather
Jul 02, 2009 ... Hi Lo Otlk Anchorage 67 50 PCldy Baltimore 82 62 Cldy Boston 65 62 Rain Chicago 76 60 Cldy Dallas-Ft Worth 101 76 Clr Denver 81 58 Cldy Detroit 73 59 Cldy Honolulu 87 72 Clr Houston 99 76 PCldy Indianapolis 75 60 ...
Wild river rescue
Jul 02, 2009; ... Construction worker Jason Oglesbee reaches out to rescue PatriciaRalph-Neely, 67, who was in a boat that was swept over a dam in theDes Moines ...
Nation & world
Jul 02, 2009 ... Flight diverted after man disrobes ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A cross-country US Airways flight wasdiverted to Albuquerque after a male passenger removed his clothingmid-flight. Dan Jiron, a spokesman for the Albuquerque airport, says 50-year-old Keith Wright of New York ...
Our views: ; Schoenbaum stage is a generous gift; The city and county continue to benefit from amazing support
Jul 02, 2009; ... THE Big Boy was an icon of 1950s Americana. A sign of the smilinglad holding aloft his namesake hamburger remains a reminder ofgentler days for anyone over 50. But in the Kanawha Valley the Big Boy is associated not only withthe past but with the future. Betty Schoenbaum, widow of ...
Our views: ; The state has slain its biggest demon; The workers' comp mess is behind us, and BrickStreet is succeeding
Jul 02, 2009; ... WEST Virginia has spent decades mired in poverty. Shortsightedanti-business policies deterred investment and economic development,leaving residents firmly stuck at 49th among the states in percapita income. One of the worst disincentives to doing business in West Virginiawas the ...
Your views
Jul 02, 2009 ... Rahall was slow on cap-and-trade bill I know the good people of West Virginia were not fooled byCongressman Nick Joe Rahall announcing he would be voting no on theenergy bill that includes "cap and trade." I find it odd that ittook until late Thursday to make the ...
Where will this president leave Iraq?: ; It's not a liability to bail out of, but a hope to secure
Jul 02, 2009; ... ON Tuesday, U.S. troops were to leave Iraqi cities in accordancewith an agreement negotiated under President George W. Bush. Although President Barack Obama has largely endorsed the Bushtimeline for reducing the U.S. military presence in Iraq, far lessclear is the extent to which ...
Individuals admitted into practice of law
Jul 02, 2009; ... The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has admitted thefollowing people to the practice of law in West Virginia on June 25: Amy Adele Acord, Beckley; Yancey William Burns, Washington, D.C.;Deanna Marie Hackworth, Alexandria, Va.; Adam Michael Hanasky,Wheeling; Holly Wolfe ...
The tale of the tape
Jul 02, 2009; ... Kevin Lipscomb, 23, of Falling Rock, removes the yellow tape thatserved as a lane divider during the resurfacing of the South SideBridge. Lipscomb works for Safety Caution Equipment Company of SouthCharleston. The bridge has a new surface after being ...
Police & courts
Jul 02, 2009 ... Man wanted for alleged attack Police have issued a warrant for the arrest of a Charleston manwanted for allegedly attacking another man and stealing his wallet. Paul David Wale, 21, of Red Oak Street faces charges of maliciouswounding and first-degree robbery, ...