Charleston Gazette back issues from February 2002:
Missing: ammunition: Thousands of rounds taken from sheriff's warehouse
Feb 01, 2002; ... Gazette photos A new metal door with fresh double-bolt locks has been placed on aKanawha County sheriff's warehouse that was broken into about a monthago. Thieves beat down the old metal door. The ...
Man's mutilated body identified ; suspect sought
Feb 01, 2002; ... tomsearls@wvgazette.com Deputies were searching for a St. Albans man this morning for whatthey are calling one of the "most vicious murder cases" ever inKanawha County. Warrants were issued charging Brad Hacker, 24, of St. Albans withfirst-degree murder for the shooting, ...
Missing: ammunition: Thousands of rounds taken from sheriff's warehouse
Feb 01, 2002; ... tomsearls@wvgazette.com Thousands of rounds of ammunition were stolen from a KanawhaCounty sheriff's warehouse, apparently sometime in late December. Sheriff's deputies believe the ammo, as well as three unusablelight anti-tank rocket tubes and some old deputy uniforms, ...
DEP plans to buy, raze, rebuild on Kanawha Cinemas property
Feb 01, 2002; ... fanny@wvgazette.com The state Department of Environmental Protection has been giventhe go-ahead to buy the Kanawha Cinemas property in Charleston andconstruct a building on the site, as long as the facility's ownertears down the theater and gets the property rezoned. DEP ...
Classification of fetus sparks abortion debate: 'Unborn child' would receive health care under new Bush administration proposal
Feb 01, 2002; ... dawn@wvgazette.com A new rule from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Serviceswould let states spend Children's Health Insurance Program money onprenatal care to low-income working women. But DHHS Secretary Tommy Thompson's wording causes some to thinkhe is using the ...
Assisted suicide in Ireland has reported ties to W.Va.
Feb 01, 2002; ... Two West Virginia men are accused of participating in Ireland'sfirst assisted suicide, Irish media are reporting. Elizabeth Toole Gilhooley, a 49-year-old Dublin woman, reportedlypaid 60,000 euros - about $52,000 - to the assisted suicide agencywith which the men were involved, ...
More deadly attacks could be in the making: Hundreds of thousands might die in terrorist strikes, Rumsfeld says
Feb 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - The United States could face terrorist surprises"vastly more deadly" than the Sept. 11 attacks that killed more than3,000 people, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday. TheFBI said the nation would remain on a state of high alert for sometime. The ...
Bioterrorism funds go to states, cities
Feb 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - The government began handing out more than $1 billionto states and cities Thursday to help prepare doctors, hospitals andhealth officials for a bioterrorist attack or other medical disaster. Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said it was"the largest ...
Sharon sorry he did not kill Arafat in '82, he says
Feb 01, 2002; ... JERUSALEM - Ariel Sharon says he's sorry he didn't have YasserArafat "liquidated" while he had a chance - 20 years ago, during anIsraeli siege of Beirut. Sharon's musings about the missed opportunity, published Thursday,raised eyebrows abroad but wouldn't have surprised most ...
Kidnappers extend reporter's deadline
Feb 01, 2002; ... ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A group claiming to hold kidnapped WallStreet Journal reporter Daniel Pearl extended the deadline forkilling him by one day in an e-mail sent Thursday and warned hisabduction is just the beginning. In Washington, Secretary of State Colin Powell said, "We are ...
Daily discourse
Feb 01, 2002; ... "A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation ...
In W.Va., misperception is not reality
Feb 01, 2002; ... MORE and more, I'm hearing the same thing from some in the WestVirginia business community: Perception is reality. When Gazette reporter Lawrence Messina debunked a load ofmisinformation coming from the state Medical Association, WestVirginia University School of Medicine Dean ...
Readers' forum
Feb 01, 2002 ... Elected officials ignore the people Editor: The Supreme Court won't hear mountaintop removal [coal miningcases]. They're tearing down our mountains, and our elected and appointedofficials refuse to do their jobs. They want to build an airport in Hurricane when ...
Secrecy: Enron and White House
Feb 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON is suffering a struggle over secrecy. Congressionalcommittees want to know about private meetings between Enronexecutives and President Bush or Vice President Cheney that occurredlast year while an administration task force was drafting a newnational energy policy. The White ...
State Police: Discipline sorely needed
Feb 01, 2002; ... THE LEADER of the West Virginia Troopers Association complainsthat Superintendent Howard Hill has fired, suspended or demoted somany troopers that those who are left are afraid to do their jobs. The association sent out a survey to members to see if they wantto join a ...
Candidate wants to use stepdad's name on the ballot: No association allowed, law states
Feb 01, 2002; ... The 22-year-old stepson of Kanawha County Sheriff Dave Tucker isrunning for the state House of Delegates and wants to use hisstepfather's last name as his nickname on the ballot. Derek Walker, a student at the University of Charleston, hasrequested that he be listed as R. Derek ...
911 confidentiality bill advances to full Senate
Feb 01, 2002; ... philk@wvgazette.com Identities of people making 911 calls would become confidentialunder a bill (SB435) that advanced out of the Senate JudiciaryCommittee Thursday. A similar, more stringent version of the bill died in the Senatelast year after Kanawha County officials, led ...
Term-lengthening proposal likely to meet opposition
Feb 01, 2002; ... The first airing of a proposal to lengthen legislators'constitutionally defined terms of office showed the road is likely tobe arduous and filled with potholes. The House Constitutional Revision Committee on Wednesday postponedfor a week consideration of a House resolution to ...
Dow scores triple digits
Feb 01, 2002; ... NEW YORK - Wall Street gained momentum Thursday, surging higherfor the second straight day on the Federal Reserve's positive outlookfor the economy. The Dow Jones industrials rose by triple digits,bringing their two-day advance to more than 300 points. Investors are feeling more ...
Allegheny cancels breakup: Energy supplier had planned initial public offering
Feb 01, 2002; ... HAGERSTOWN, Md. - Allegheny Energy Inc. said Thursday it hascanceled plans to break up the company. The Hagerstown-based producer and marketer of electricity andnatural gas made the announcement in its earnings statement, whichshowed a drop in fourth-quarter profit. Allegheny ...
World leaders convene in N.Y.
Feb 01, 2002; ... NEW YORK - World business and political leaders convened in aManhattan hotel to discuss the planet's biggest problems Thursday,while hundreds of police officers braced for street protests. The 32nd World Economic Forum opened amid tight security, kickingoff five days of talks on ...
Smokeless tax discount in bag
Feb 01, 2002; ... philk@wvgazette.com Passage of a bill to give tobacco wholesalers a 4 percent discounton payments of the new smokeless tobacco tax appears to be such agiven that the state Tax Division is notifying wholesalers they willbe eligible for a rebate on payments since Jan. 1. Sen ....
Guard in line for millions
Feb 01, 2002; ... The state's top National Guard officer told a legislativecommittee Wednesday that West Virginia could soon receive $900million in federal construction projects at two Guard facilities. Adjutant General Allen E. Tackett told the House Veterans AffairsCommittee that Martinsburg Air ...
Fly-spraying cuts create buzz in House panel
Feb 01, 2002; ... fanny@wvgazette.com The Department of Agriculture's spraying program for the black flyin southern counties was a casualty of the governor's budgetreduction order, but it wasn't a popular cut with members of theHouse Finance Committee on Thursday. Several members expressed ...
Woman pleads innocent to abduction charges
Feb 01, 2002; ... CHICAGO - A woman accused of stealing a toddler from a Chicago busstation on Christmas Eve and taking the girl to West Virginia pleadedinnocent Thursday to a federal kidnapping charge. Sheila Matthews is accused of abducting 16-month-old JasmineAnderson of Milwaukee and taking the ...
Police work on spending, image
Feb 01, 2002; ... The West Virginia State Police's top officer says he has a plan tocurb staffing shortages and image problems, but some of the changeswill take millions of dollars to implement. Superintendent Howard Hill said Thursday he understands theagency's request for an additional $7.5 ...
Man killed by train
Feb 01, 2002 ... A train struck and killed a man Thursday evening near Amandaville,a Kanawha County ...
Correction
Feb 01, 2002 ... A story in Wednesday's Gazette incorrectly identified a SouthCharleston police officer ...
Lottery: Lotteries
Feb 01, 2002 ... Thursday, Jan. 31, 2002 West Virginia: Daily 3 - 495 Daily 4 - 9085 Cash 25 - 4-7-11-16-21-22 Ohio: Night Pick 3 - 297 Night Pick 4 - 3959 Day Pick 3 - 445 Day Pick 4 - 8419 Buckeye 5 - ...
World
Feb 01, 2002 ... Amsterdam 52 43 Rain Athens 63 45 Cldy Beijing 46 18 Clr Berlin 53 46 Cldy Bermuda 75 65 Cldy Cairo 67 47 Clr Calgary 21 -6 Cldy Dublin 52 38 Cldy Hong Kong 70 57 Cldy Jerusalem 58 39 Clr London 56 42 ...
National
Feb 01, 2002 ... Anchorage 27 20 Snow Atlanta 64 58 PCldy Boston 50 29 Clr Charlotte,N.C. 69 57 PCldy Chicago 31 26 PCldy Cincinnati 42 41 Clr Cleveland 50 40 PCldy Dallas-Ft Worth 51 27 PCldy Denver 42 9 Clr Detroit 34 30 Cldy Elkins ...
Thursday's state scores, boys Chapmanville surges past Sissonville
Feb 01, 2002 ... Thursday's state scores, boys Chapmanville 74, Sissonville 58 Hundred 77, Trinity 68 Man 67, Tolsia 47 Meadow Bridge 67, Marsh Fork 50 Mercer Chr. 77, Tazewell, Va. 66 Poca 57, Charleston ...
Chapmanville surges past Sissonville
Feb 01, 2002; ... jworkman@wvspn.com Sissonville almost had a Tiger by the tail. But despite a latesurge, Chapmanville defeated the host Indians 74-58 on Thursdaynight. Chapmanville, tied for third in the latest Class AAA poll,improved its record to 13-2. Sissonville, winner of five of its ...
Names in the games
Feb 01, 2002 ... NFLPA chief Upshaw stands up for Moss Gene Upshaw knows where Randy Moss is coming from. The NFL Players Association chief and Hall of Fame guard took timeout from a union presentation Thursday to defend Moss, saying thatgiving 100 percent means different things on different ...
Rams weren't built in a day
Feb 01, 2002; ... NEW ORLEANS - Not only have the St. Louis Rams built an NFLpowerhouse, they've done it without mortaging their future. Andthey've done it with the help of trades in a league where almost noone makes them. Few pro sports teams these days have as many stars as the Rams.Certainly ...
Jr. high/middle hoops
Feb 01, 2002 ... Girls Stonewall Jackson 55 Andrew Jackson 30 SJ-record 12-0, Shawnice Garland 19, Shawnita Garland 9; AJ-Charley 11, Kearns 8 McKinley 44, East Bank 19 M-record 6-8, Southall 11, Lawson 10; EB-record 4-11, Cooper 13 John Adams 37, Elkview ...
Youth basketball
Feb 01, 2002 ... Martin Luther King Jr. Center League Power House 44, North Charleston 35 P - Lang 14, Jeffries 11, Clark 10. N - Moore 14. Huntington 39, Vandalia 27 H - Johnson 10. V - Brass 25. St. Anthony 48, King Center 18 S - Bass 17, Releford 12. K - Jones ...
NHL
Feb 01, 2002 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L T OL Pts GF GA Philadelphia 31 14 6 2 70 164 121 N.Y. Islanders 26 18 5 3 60 150 143 N.Y. Rangers 25 23 4 3 57 155 167 New Jersey 23 20 7 3 56 132 129 Pittsburgh 22 23 5 3 52 126 149 Northeast ...
Tennis
Feb 01, 2002 ... WTA Tour Toray Pan Pacific Open (Tokyo) Singles/second round Alexandra Stevenson, U.S., def. Amanda Coetzer (8), South Africa,4-6, 6-0, 7-6 (3). Tamarine Tanasugarn, Thailand, def. Mag-dalena Maleeva (6),Bulgaria, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2. Monica Seles (3), United States, ...
NBA
Feb 01, 2002 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New Jersey 30 14 .682 - Boston 26 19 .578 41/2 Washington 22 21 .512 71/2 Philadelphia 23 22 .511 71/2 Orlando 23 23 .500 8 New York 18 25 .419 111/2 Miami 16 28 .364 ...
Meetings, etc.
Feb 01, 2002 ... * ELK DISTRICT LITTLE LEAGUE: Signups for players of ages 5-18will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Elkview Middle School.Players should bring a copy of their birth certificate with them. * NITROLIONSLITTLELEAGUE:Baseball signups for boys and girls ages5-18 to be held from 10 ...
Sports briefs
Feb 01, 2002 ... Tyson could apply for Calif. license LOS ANGELES - Mike Tyson will apply for a license to fightheavyweight champion Lennox Lewis at Staples Center this spring, theLos Angeles Times reported Thursday. Tyson's manager, Shelly Finkel, told the newspaper the fighterwould like to ...
Sports on TV/radio
Feb 01, 2002 ... TELEVISION (USA) 3 p.m. - golf: PGA, Pebble Beach National Pro-Am (ESPN) 7 p.m. - men's basketball: South Florida at Louisville (ESPN2) 8 p.m. - boxing: Jirov vs. Castro (119-7-3), IBFcruiserweight championship (TGC) 9 p.m. - golf: European PGA, Heineken ...
College basketball
Feb 01, 2002 ... Conference standings BIG EAST East Conference All games W L PCT W L PCT UConn 6 1 .857 14 4 .778 Miami 5 3 .625 18 3 .847 Boston Coll. 4 3 .571 15 5 .750 Villanova 4 4 .500 12 6 .667 St. John's 4 5 .445 13 7 ...
Transactions
Feb 01, 2002 ... BASEBALL American League ANAHEIM ANGELS-Agreed to terms with INF-OF Clay Bellinger and RHPDonne Wall on minor league contracts. CLEVELAND INDIANS-Signed INF Mike Lansing to a minor leaguecontract. TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS-Agreed to terms with RHP Jesus Colome, ...
Fishing report
Feb 01, 2002 ... Following is the weekly West Virginia fishing report compiled bythe Division of Natural Resources. The report is divided into twosegments, one each for lakes and streams. The most notable point in this week's report was the record-breaking warm front that moved through West ...
Auto racing
Feb 01, 2002 ... Rolex 24 Qualifying At Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway NOTE: The first 35 cars have set their starting positions forSaturday's race. The remainder of the field will be set fromqualifying today. 1. (27) Didier Theys, Scottsdale, Ariz.; Fredy ...
Latest line
Feb 01, 2002 ... Sunday's NFL Super Bowl Favorite Points Underdog St. Louis 14 (53) New England College football Saturday's game Hula Bowl South 2 (46) North Today's games NBA INDIANA 21/2 New York WASHINGTON 7 ...
Golf
Feb 01, 2002 ... Pebble Beach National Pro-Am At Pebble Beach, Calif. Pebble Beach Course; Yardage: 6,798 Poppy Hills GC; Yardage: 6,833 Spyglass GC; Yardage: 6,862 All three courses are Par 72 (36-36) Brent Schwarzrock 28-36-64 -8 Matt Gogel 33-33-66 ...
Prep basketball
Feb 01, 2002 ... Girls Thursday's state scores Athens, Ohio 56, Point Pleasant 54 Berkeley Springs 44, Hancock, Md. 38 Braxton County 40, Gilmer County 29 Buckhannon-Upshur 61, Philip Barbour 51 Cabell Midland 48, St. Albans 45 Calhoun County 54, Clay County ...
SUPER BOWL XXXVI: New England defense gets 2nd shot at Rams
Feb 01, 2002; ... NEW ORLEANS - Asked what he and his New England teammates hadlearned from their meeting with the St. Louis Rams eight weeks ago,Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi didn't ponder the question long. "At times, they can be unstoppable," Bruschi said of his team'sopponent Sunday night in ...
SUPER BOWL XXXVI: Patriots just latest longshot to enjoy success
Feb 01, 2002; ... NEW ORLEANS - In August, the New England Patriots were 45-to-1longshots to make the Super Bowl. Some people never learn. The Patriots have joined the 1998 Atlanta Falcons, the 1999 St.Louis Rams and the 2000 Baltimore Ravens as proof that there's nolonger such a thing as a ...
MJ does it again, beats buzzer, Cavs: NBA
Feb 01, 2002; ... CLEVELAND - Only Michael Jordan, and only in Cleveland. Jordan did it to the Cavaliers and their fans again, hitting an 18-foot jumper at the buzzer Thursday night to give the WashingtonWizards a 93-92 win. Jordan victimized Cleveland throughout his career with the ...
College basketball Top 25: Late run lifts Terps
Feb 01, 2002; ... CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Juan Dixon's running one-hander with 31seconds left capped No. 3 Maryland's late comeback from nine pointsdown Thursday night and the Terrapins stunned No. 8 Virginia 91-87. Maryland trailed 83-74 with 3:22 to play after the Cavaliersreeled off seven ...
Setter's shooting helps Knights sink St. Albans: Prep Basketball
Feb 01, 2002 ... Jenny Setter scored a game-high 22 points to lead host CabellMidland to a 48-45 victory over St. Albans Thursday night. Natalie Adkins added 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Knights (6-12). Only four players scored for Midland. Andrea Nelson dropped in 19 points and Tiana ...
Jones sinks shot, UC sinks Concord: WVIAC Hoops
Feb 01, 2002 ... Derek Jones sank a 12-foot jumper with two seconds left to liftthe University of Charleston to a 74-72 win over Concord in a WestVirginia Conference men's basketball game at Eddie King Gym inCharleston Thursday night. The win snapped a three-game losing streak for the Golden ...
Lemley to guide South All-Stars: Roundup
Feb 01, 2002 ... Poca High School coach Bob Lemley will lead the South in theannual North-South All-Star Football Classic at Laidley Field thissummer. Lemley led the Dots to a 21-7 win over Bridgeport in the Class AAchampionship game this past season. Martinsburg's Dave Walker, whohelped the ...
Super Bowl a homecoming for Rams corner Williams
Feb 01, 2002; ... NEW ORLEANS - Aeneas Williams has always had a Super Bowl game.Now he has a team to match it. The St. Louis Rams' cornerback is finally playing for a contender,after 10 years of futility with the Arizona Cardinals. Even better,he's playing Sunday's big game just down the road from ...
Norman finds his stroke in Australia
Feb 01, 2002; ... MELBOURNE, Australia - Greg Norman, winless in Australia in nearlyfour years, shot a 5-under-par 67 on Friday at Royal Melbourne for ashare of the lead in the Heineken Classic. Norman is five strokes behind South Africa's Ernie Els. after the first round, was at 8 under along ...
Surfers survey service
Feb 01, 2002; ... kellyr@wvgazette.com West Virginians ranked the quality of their Internet serviceslightly lower than customers in other states, according to a studyreleased Thursday by the West Virginia Public Service Commission. On a scale of 1 to 4, state Internet customers ranked ...
CAMC to reduce incinerator permit limits
Feb 01, 2002; ... CAMC waste burning Since a fight with its neighbors in 1996, CAMC has greatly reducedthe amount of waste that it burns in an incinerator at GeneralDivision on Charleston's East ...
CAMC to reduce incinerator permit limits
Feb 01, 2002; ... kward@wvgazette.com Charleston Area Medical Center said Thursday that it has askedstate regulators to tighten the permit limits on the hospital's EastEnd waste incinerator. CAMC officials said that they asked the state Department ofEnvironmental Protection to cut the permit ...
State joins youth project
Feb 01, 2002; ... philk@wvgazette.com West Virginia will become the first statewide pilot site for a newinitiative to encourage business and community involvement inschools, a former and the current governor announced during aceremony Thursday. Former Gov. Gaston Caperton said the partnership ...
Obituaries: Express condolences online at wvgazette.com
Feb 01, 2002 ... Gertrude Virginia Bias OTTAWA - Gertrude Virginia Bias, 84, of Ottawa, died Jan. 30,2002, at home. She was a member of Monclo Church of God at Sharples and ahomemaker. She is survived by sons, Opie Rodney Bias, Rex Allen Bias andRicci Ches Bias, all of Sharples; ...
County commission discusses pay raises
Feb 01, 2002 ... Kanawha County commissioners discussed county Prosecuting AttorneyMike Clifford's pay raises for his employees Thursday morning, butonly to publicly air the details of the weeklong debate regarding themore than $120,000 in pay increases. For about 45 minutes, commissioners ...