Charleston Gazette back issues from April 2008:
Developers scrap hotel plan: ; Delays cited; Carper, Jones blame health board for opportunity lost
Apr 01, 2008; ... ericeyre@wvgazette.com A plan to move the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department to makeway for a new downtown Charleston hotel came to an abrupt haltMonday. Cross Lanes developers Angela and Kelsey Harding withdrew theiroffer to pay $3 million for the Health Department ...
Porter Road's long closing delayed a week
Apr 01, 2008; ... balow@wvgazette.com The first day of a project reputed to make last fall's closure ofLucado Road look like a minor irritation went remarkably smoothly,Charleston officials said Monday. Police and the mayor's office reported no complaints, no callsabout the four-month closure ...
Hands-only CPR OK for most adults: ; Exceptions: breathing difficulty from near drowning, drug OD, etc.
Apr 01, 2008; ... On the Web American Heart Association: www.americanheart.org/handsonlycpr Sarver Heart Center: www.heart.arizona.edu/ NEW YORK - You can skip the mouth-to-mouth breathing and justpress on the chest to save a life. In a major change, the American Heart Association said ...
Ex-Grant college president arrested: ; Sisk, two others charged with deleting records
Apr 01, 2008; ... jdavison@wvgazette.com The interim president of a West Virginia community and technicalcollege was arrested Monday on misdemeanor charges that stem back tohis retirement after 19 years as the director of a state-fundedvocational school. Robert Sisk and two other former ...
Manchin 'will not' replace Byrd: ; Governor backs caucus idea for superdelegates
Apr 01, 2008; ... philk@wvgazette.com Facing what many believe is token opposition in his re-electionbid, Gov. Joe Manchin told Gazette editors Monday he intends toserve the full four-year term. Asked if he would appoint himself to the U.S. Senate in the eventthat ailing Sen. Robert C. Byrd, ...
Spring flowering
Apr 01, 2008; ... Signs of spring continue to pop up throughout the Kanawha Valley.Gary Dravenstott ...
Mingo County commissioner wants Maynard off ouster bid
Apr 01, 2008; ... A Mingo County commissioner has joined the ranks of those askingstate Supreme Court Chief Justice Elliott "Spike" Maynard to recusehimself from pending cases because of alleged conflicts of interest. Commissioner Greg "Hootie" Smith cites a 2005 land deal in whichMaynard sold a ...
360 steel jobs could be in jeopardy: ; Wheeling-Pitt to close Pa. mill, idle parts of Ohio operation
Apr 01, 2008; ... MORGANTOWN - Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. will shut down itsmill in Allenport, Pa., and idle some operations in Martins Ferry,Ohio - moves the United Steelworkers union said late Monday willaffect about 360 employees. Wheeling-Pitt, a subsidiary of Illinois-based Esmark Inc., ...
Less corn gets planted; grocery bills might rise
Apr 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON - From chicken nuggets to corn flakes, food prices atgrocery stores and dinner tables could be headed even higher asfarmers cut back on the land they're planting in corn this spring. Corn prices already are high, and a drop in supply should keepthem rising. Combine that ...
Officials hope wood ban slows pest
Apr 01, 2008; ... rsteelhammer@wvgazette.com Federal officials have banned people from taking firewood into orout of the New River Gorge National River, in a bid to slow thespread of a pest that has killed more than 20 million ash trees inMichigan, Ohio and Indiana and has begun to infest trees near ...
Cleanup needed
Apr 01, 2008 ... "If American politics are too dirty for women to take part ...
Readers' voice
Apr 01, 2008 ... * Any teacher who did not teach or work on Monday, March 24,should be docked a day's pay because they did not work. If they arepaid for the day and did not work then they should forfeit theperfect attendance bonus because that is an incentive to come towork. Our tax money pays for those ...
Falcon nesting season underway in Gorge
Apr 01, 2008; ... rsteelhammer@wvgazette.com The annual search for nesting peregrine falcons in the New RiverGorge National River is underway and will continue through April 27.Visual sightings and radio tracking data already indicate thatperegrines have made appearances in the Gorge this spring ....
Clinton to speak in Charleston Friday evening
Apr 01, 2008; ... Chelsea Clinton is coming to Charleston this week to appear onbehalf of her mother, Democratic presidential candidate HillaryRodham Clinton. Chelsea Clinton is scheduled to speak at the West Virginia YoungDemocrats convention at 5 p.m. Friday at the Charleston CivicCenter. The ...
Is McCain the real McCoy?
Apr 01, 2008; ... LOS ANGELES - I would guess that Sen. John McCain has about a 1-in-3 chance of being the next president of the United States. It's atough slog when you're running under the crest of one of the worstpresidencies we've ever had - in the middle of a recession, and ahateful war and hated ...
Readers' forum
Apr 01, 2008 ... Wind power better than coal plants Editor: Rebecca K. Thomas' March 17 letter said our public land is underthreat from "industrial wind" projects, which will cut off publicaccess and income from tourism. But even a large industrial windfarm impacts a relatively small area. I ...
Conceal?: ; Food safety woes
Apr 01, 2008; ... In February, the Humane Society of the United States exposed ameat company using forklifts, electric prods and high-pressure hosesto force sick animals to slaughter. Those unable to stand weredragged with chains. The undercover video prompted the largest beefrecall in U.S. history ....
Why war?: ; Chance for answer
Apr 01, 2008; ... Something different is coming to the Kanawha Valley - an insiderview of the Iraq war, from a top "neoconservative" hawk who helpedstart the conflict. William Kristol, a founder of the Project for the New AmericanCentury - which began advocating an invasion of Iraq in the 1990s ...
Man admits Huntington robbery
Apr 01, 2008 ... HUNTINGTON - A Huntington man pleaded guilty in federal courtMonday to robbing a city bank in November, the U.S. Attorney'sOffice announced. Julian Edward Tucker, 20, admitted that he gave a teller at theBB&T on Hal Greer Boulevard a note and made off with $1,800, therelease ...
Justices to hear unemployment case from ex-Blankenship maid
Apr 01, 2008; ... pjnyden@wvgazette.com Deborah K. May, a former "personal maid" for Massey Energy CEODon Blankenship, wants the West Virginia Supreme Court to give herunemployment benefits after she lost her job working atBlankenship's homes in West Virginia and Kentucky. The high court will ...
Mitigation ruling seen as help for coal industry
Apr 01, 2008; ... kward@wvgazette.com Federal Army Corps of Engineers officials have never seen a coalcompany successfully re-create a stream that was buried. But the agency moved Monday to accept such unproven proposals asmitigation to offset the impacts of mountaintop removal coal ...
Putnam schools to lay off seven teacher's aides
Apr 01, 2008 ... WINFIELD - Putnam County schools will have seven less teacheraides next school year. On Monday, school board members voted to terminate the contractsof the aides beginning June 30. They board was required to make the change because of a newspecial-education formula from the ...
ATV crash kills one teen, injures one in Raleigh
Apr 01, 2008 ... COAL CITY - One teenager was seriously injured and another killedin an all-terrain vehicle accident in Raleigh County Monday. The two males, whose names were not been included in a RaleighCounty sheriff's press release, were riding the vehicle on Coal CityRoad when the 19-year-old ...
State briefs
Apr 01, 2008 ... State Police bust McDowell cockfight BARTLEY - Nearly 50 people face misdemeanor charges after StatePolice busted a cockfight in McDowell County. Police issued 46 misdemeanor charges of attending an animal fightventure Sunday morning after raiding a barn near ...
LOTTERY: ; LOTTERIES
Apr 01, 2008 ... Monday, March 31, 2008 West Virginia: Daily 3 5-1-6 Daily 4 8-0-1-2 Cash 25 3-5-7-14-18-20 Ohio: Night Pick 3 4-5-5 Night Pick 42-3-8-7 Day ...
National weather
Apr 01, 2008 ... Anchorage 40 33 Cldy Atlanta 54 52 Rain Boston 48 42 Rain Charlotte,N.C. 48 46 Rain Chicago 58 37 PCldy Cincinnati 62 55 Rain Cleveland 60 52 Rain Dallas-Ft Worth 82 55 PCldy Denver 48 21 PCldy Detroit 56 51 Clr Elkins ...
Manchin vetoes two bills: ; One on constitutional grounds, one for technical error
Apr 01, 2008; ... philk@wvgazette.com Gov. Joe Manchin vetoed two pieces of legislation Monday - one onconstitutional grounds, and one for a technical mistake. Manchin vetoed a bill intended to curb a surge in thefts ofvehicle catalytic converters by requiring buyers to collect andmaintain ...
World weather
Apr 01, 2008 ... Amsterdam 51 46 Rain Athens 60 48 Clr Baghdad 86 65 Clr Berlin 59 33 Clr Bermuda 64 59 PCldy Cairo 73 58 PCldy Calgary 23 14 Snow Dublin 52 37 Rain Hong Kong 82 69 PCldy Jerusalem 72 57 Rain London 57 42 ...
Father, son die in attempted: ; wire theft, rescue, sheriff says
Apr 01, 2008 ... HOPKINS FORK - An apparent attempt at wire theft and failedheroics left a son and his father dead in Boone County on Fridaynight, the sheriff said Monday. Around 11 p.m., Daniel Lawson Chapman, 22, of Seth, and anunidentified male allegedly went to the Hopkins Fork ...
News briefs
Apr 01, 2008 ... HUD chief quits amid crisis, criminal probe WASHINGTON - HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson, his tenure tarnishedby allegations of political favoritism and a criminal investigation,announced his resignation Monday amid the wreckage of the nationalhousing crisis. He leaves behind ...
BASEBALL'S OPENING DAY: ; Baker's debut spoiled; Webb hurls Arizona to win
Apr 01, 2008; ... CINCINNATI - Overpowering pitching, perfect defense and justenough runs. The Arizona Diamondbacks opened the season with thesame blueprint that won them 90 games and a division title the lasttime around. Why change what works? Brandon Webb pitched six innings Monday, and the ...
Finally, a return call from the old coach
Apr 01, 2008; ... MORGANTOWN - Got a call from Rich Rodriguez Monday, which shockedthe bejeezus out of me, considering I haven't talked to the guysince roughly five minutes after he told his West Virginia footballteam that he had better things to do than hold onto some silly rope. That was Dec. 16 ...
Another high-Power year ahead?
Apr 01, 2008; ... mikewhiteford@wvgazette.com Like all teams at minor-league baseball's lower levels, the Powerwill open the season with a roster that scarcely resembles lastyear's. But although the faces generally will be new, the style of play -particularly on the offensive side - may be ...
INSIDE
Apr 01, 2008 ... No sale here Three years after disgruntled fans filled his yard with ...
TWO-MINUTE DRILL
Apr 01, 2008 ... Today's quote You see the new stadium, but it still seems likethats years away, even though its only one. Just 100 yards away?Thats not too far for the ghosts to go. Derek Jeter on theconstruction of the new Yankee Stadium, set to open in 2009 Names in the games MU's Baines ...
Seniors skunked on first team: ; Two freshmen on elite quintet
Apr 01, 2008; ... North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough and Kansas State's MichaelBeasley were unanimous selections to The Associated Press' All-America team Monday. For the first time, no senior was chosen. Beasley and Kevin Love of UCLA made it two straight years therewere two freshmen chosen ....
Prep tennis
Apr 01, 2008 ... Girls At Greenbrier East Riverside 6, Greenbrier East 1 Singles - Lingo, GE d. Bowling 9-8 (7-4); Bradley, Riverside d.Roth 8-2; Kelley, Riverside d. Honaker 9-1; Hudson, Riverside d.Lorensen 8-4 Doubles - Bowling/Hudson, Riverside d. Lingo/Roth 8-4; ...
This date in sports
Apr 01, 2008 ... April 1 1938 - Joe Louis knocks out Harry Thomas in the fifth round inChicago to retain his world heavyweight title. 1940 - Governor Herbert Lehman of New York signs the Dunnigalbill, which legalizes pari-mutuel wagering and outlaws bookmakers atthe state's ...
Prep baseball
Apr 01, 2008 ... Monday's linescores Spring Valley 415 000 1-11 13 3 Lincoln Co. 000 020 0-2 6 2 Brody, Black (3) and Wellman; McCormick, Browning (3) andPritchard; top hitters: SV - Brody 2-2, HR, 3 RBIs; Slaton 2-3;Workman 3-3; Hunter 2-2, Harrison 2-2, 3 RBIs; Lawrence HR, 2 ...
State ski report
Apr 01, 2008 ... * Snowshoe Mountain - Closed for snow sports * Timberline Four Seasons - Spring snow machine-groomed, 12-32base, 22-of-37 trails, 65 percent ...
Baseball today
Apr 01, 2008 ... DIAMONDBACKS 4, REDS 2 ARIZONA CINCINNATI ab r h bi ab r h bi Young cf 4 1 1 1 Pttrson cf 4 0 0 0 Hudson 2b 4 1 0 0 Kppngr ss 4 0 0 0 Byrnes lf 4 1 1 1 Grf jr. rf 3 1 0 0 Jckson 1b 3 0 1 1 Phillips 2b 4 1 1 1 Snyder c 3 0 1 0 Dunn lf 3 0 ...
NHL
Apr 01, 2008 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L OT Pts GF GA x-Pittsburgh 46 26 8 100 243 212 New Jersey 43 28 7 93 198 189 N.Y. Rangers 41 27 11 93 205 192 Philadelphia 40 28 11 91 241 229 N.Y. Islanders 34 37 8 76 189 235 Northeast ...
Women's basketball
Apr 01, 2008 ... NCAA Tournament Monday boxes LSU 56, NORTH CAROLINA 50 LSU (31-5) Thomas 2-7 0-0 4, Fowles 10-18 1-7 21, White 1-5 6-6 8, LeBlanc 1-3 4-4 7, Chaney 5-15 0-1 13, Hightower 0-3 0-0 0, M.Williams 1-2 1-2 3. Totals 20-53 12-20 56. NORTH CAROLINA ...
NBA
Apr 01, 2008 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB y-Boston 58 15 .795 - Toronto 38 36 .514 201/2 Philadelphia 37 37 .500 211/2 New Jersey 31 43 .419 271/2 New York 20 53 .274 38 Southeast Division W L Pct GB x-Orlando 47 ...
College tennis
Apr 01, 2008 ... Men University of Charleston 8, Seton Hill 1 Singles - Sadikovik, SH d. Hughes 6-3, 6-2; Machado, UC d. Love 2-6, 7-5 (10-7); Wiess, UC d. Brinkerhoff 6-2, 6-0; Turner, UC d.Kensey 6-2, 6-0; ...
All-America Basketball
Apr 01, 2008 ... 2007-08 AP All-America Basketball Teams Statistics through March 16 FIRST TEAM * Michael Beasley, Kansas State, 6-10, 235, freshman, Washington,26.5 ppg, 12.4 rpg, 53.5 fg pct, 38.9 3-pt fg pct, 1.7 blocks (72first-place votes, 360 points) * Tyler Hansbrough, ...
Baseball today
Apr 01, 2008 ... East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr Tampa Bay 1 0 1.000 - z-1-0 W-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 Boston 1 1 .500 1/2 z-1-1 L-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 New York 0 0 .000 1/2 0-0 W-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Toronto 0 0 .000 1/2 0-0 W-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Baltimore 0 1 .000 1 0-1 L-1 0-1 ...
Prep softball
Apr 01, 2008 ... Monday's linescores Point Pleasant 000 000 1 -1 6 0 Winfield102 000 x -3 11 0 Jones, Wyant (4) and Darst. Workman and Cullen. Top hitters - PP:Wickline 1-2, RBI. Winfield: Wallace 3-4; Cullen 1-3, RBI; Workman 2-3; Anderson 2-3, 2 RBIs Braxton 040 35 -12 ...
Men's basketball
Apr 01, 2008 ... FINAL FOUR At The Alamodome San Antonio National Semifinals Saturday, April 5 Memphis (37-1) vs. UCLA (35-3), 6:07 p.m. North Carolina (36-2) vs. Kansas (35-3), 40 minutes following National Championship Monday, April ...
Sports on TV/radio
Apr 01, 2008 ... TELEVISION (FOXP) 1 p.m. - tennis: Sony Ericsson Open (ESPN2) 2:30 p.m. - men's soccer: UEFA Champions League, AS Romavs. Manchester United (ESPN CLASSIC) 5 p.m. - men's soccer: UEFA Champions League, FCSchalke 04 vs. FC Barcelona (same-day tape) (ESPN2) 7 p.m ....
LSU nips Heels to earn another Final Four bid
Apr 01, 2008; ... NCAA women Mondays games * LSU 56, North Carolina 50 * Stanford98, Maryland 87 Todays schedule * Texas A&M (29-7) vs. Tennessee (33-2), 7 p.m. * Connecticut (35-1) vs. Rutgers (27-6), 9 p.m. NEW ORLEANS - LSU coach Van Chancellor can thank Sylvia Fowlesfor his first trip to a Final ...
Brewers foil Cub comeback; Pirates outlast Braves 12-11
Apr 01, 2008; ... CHICAGO - The start of the Cubs' 100th season since winning theWorld Series ended like so many seasons at Wrigley Field - with aloss. Tony Gwynn hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning, and theMilwaukee Brewers beat Chicago 4-3 Monday. Kosuke Fukudome went 3-for-3 and hit a ...
Bruins, Tar Heels, jayhawks reflect college hoops history
Apr 01, 2008; ... HOUSTON - Bill Walton played what many agree was the best collegegame ever. Michael Jordan is universally praised as the best playerever. Years before either of them came along, the great WiltChamberlain redefined what a big, athletic center could accomplish. These icons got their ...
Aggies' year already a success, coach says: ; Tonight's games
Apr 01, 2008; ... OKLAHOMA CITY - No doubt about it, Texas A&M coach Gary Blair isa charmer. He'll talk about how his team is doing more with less, taking thechance every stop along the way to say the Aggies are just happy tostill be playing. He'll tell you about his roster that doesn'tfeature a ...
'We deserve to be in Final Four': ; Memphis' Calipari praises his team but remembers 'For Sale' signs
Apr 01, 2008; ... Final Four At The Alamodome San Antonio Semifinals Saturday *Memphis (37-1) vs. UCLA (35-3), 6:07 p.m. * North Carolina (36-2)vs. Kansas (35-3), 40 minutes following Championship Monday, April 7* Semifinal winners Every time John Calipari drives into his garage, he sees the ...
McMurray proves he's worthy: ; Analysis
Apr 01, 2008; ... CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Three things were evident when the dust settledat Martinsville Speedway: Jamie McMurray is capable of rising to theoccasion; there's been a shift in power among NASCAR's elite teams;and owner Jack Roush really, really dislikes Toyota. First up was McMurray, who ...
Bulger, Sanni off to WNBA camp: ; Roundup
Apr 01, 2008 ... West Virginia University seniors Meg Bulger and Olayinka Sanniare invited to the WNBA pre-draft camp Friday and Saturday in Tampa,Fla. Bulger and Sanni are among approximately 40 prospects that WNBAcoaches and general managers will evaluate during the ...
'Spring-breakitis' purged
Apr 01, 2008; ... Dphickman1@aol.com MORGANTOWN - Welcome back to practice, West Virginia's coachingstaff said Monday. It was not quite the type of welcome the Mountaineer footballteam expected. "We kind of shell-shocked them a little bit," Stewart said. "Wekind of set a little tempo ...
Black Eagles' Cobb fires one of three no-nos: ; PREP Softball
Apr 01, 2008 ... Chelsea Cobb fired a no-hitter and fanned 15 as South Charlestondowned visiting Capital 2-0 in high school softball Monday. Morgan Holstien and Tara Shepard drove in runs for the Class AAANo. 8 Black Eagles (4-0) while Cobb doubled. Capital's AshleyBurgess held SC to one run on ...
Back-to-back homers propel Sissonville: ; PREP baseball
Apr 01, 2008 ... Billy Kiesel and Chase Mooney blasted back-to-back round-trippers in the first inning to propel host Sissonville past PointPleasant 7-5 in high school baseball Monday. Mooney finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs and Kiesel went 2-for-4with an RBI. Robbie Hamilton clouted a homer and ...
Report calls MSHA 'negligent' in Utah mine inspections
Apr 01, 2008; ... kward@wvgazette.com Federal mine safety regulators were "negligent" in theiroversight of the Crandall Canyon Mine in Utah where nine workersdied in August 2007, the Labor Department's internal watchdog saidin a report issued Monday. The department's inspector general cited ...
Police checking to see if fraud committed in Nitro election filing
Apr 01, 2008; ... rustymarks@wvgazette.com Police are investigating whether fraud was involved in a flurryof last-minute candidate filings for Nitro's upcoming cityelections. Half a dozen people filed for city office Friday, the last dayfor candidates to file for office in Nitro. City ...
Trooper died on day porn investigation was started
Apr 01, 2008; ... gharki@wvgazette.com A West Virginia State Police officer's apparent suicide came onthe same day an investigation began into whether he had childpornography, according to a report released Monday. Cpl. Vincent Gall, an officer with the department for more than10 years, was ...
Dems prepare for big voter turnout
Apr 01, 2008; ... With the hottest race in decades at the top of the ticket, stateDemocrats are preparing for a large turnout in this year's May 13primary. But they're also preparing, for the first time, to let voters whoaren't Democrats have a say in deciding the nominees. "There probably was ...
East End man stabbed 20 times: ; Hours pass before 911 call, but victim expected to survive
Apr 01, 2008; ... jdavison@wvgazette.com Beaten and bleeding from at least 20 stab wounds, Eugene LewisMills made his way down the stairs from his second-floor apartmenton Charleston's East End to ask a neighbor to call 911. As many as four hours had already passed since Jonathan LeeParker ...