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Bush clan attempts to settle in Kentucky
Harry Enoch, Sun columnist and local historian, has prepared a series of articles from his upcoming book about one of the area’s most important pioneers, Capt. Billy Bush. Southwest Virginia Castlewood on Clinch, 1771 After Billy Bush left home,...
Tags: Revolutions, Ohio River, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), College of William and Mary
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FAU Football Roster
++++++++++++++++++++ || Number || Name || Class || Ht. || Wt. || Position || Hometown (Last School) || || 1 || Adrian Burton || RS FR || 5-10 || 175 || DB || Pompano Beach, FL (Blanche Ely) || || 2 || DeAndre Richardson || RS SR || 6-2 || 180 || WR ||...
Tags: Port St. Lucie (St. Lucie, Florida), Tampa, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Riverside (Southampton, New York), Camden County
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Iowa unaware of company's fraud suit
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - State and local officials promised an Egyptian company $200 million in tax breaks to build a fertilizer plant in southeast Iowa without knowledge of a pending lawsuit alleging one of the company's subsidiaries defrauded U.S....Tags: Orascom Group, Inc., Laws, Restructuring and Recapitalization, Companies and Corporations, Terry Branstad
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Do you recognize these faces?
Anchor/ReporterBones found by farmers and fishermen in our area are not resting in peace, but in limbo. Could computer scans, clay models and DNA help give them an identity? The state hopes you can help give an answer. The state medical examiner's office worked with...Tags: Carroll County (Virginia), FBI, Alleghany County (Virginia), Pittsylvania County, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)
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Pilot spotted thief stealing his property from the air, deputies say
FloriDUHDavid Zehntner, a pilot, had been returning home from North Carolina in his personal airplane when he decided to fly over his Labelle home. From his eye in the sky Zehntner saw something strange -- a silver truck with a white camper in his driveway. So...Tags: Theft, Charlotte County
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Clear Spring native named Wildlife Conservationist of the Year by Florida federation
crystal.schelle@herald-mail.comGrowing up in Clear Spring, biologist Kim Dryden's childhood seems almost like a Disney nature movie. Her father and grandfather both worked for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, which gave her an unusual exposure to wildlife. "I remember...Tags: Endangered Species, Tampa, Chincoteague (Accomack, Virginia), St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Science
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Snakes confiscated from pastor of Tennessee snake handling church
An eastern Kentucky pastor wants Tennessee wildlife officials to return five venomous snakes confiscated in Knoxville. Gregory Coots, who's known as Jamie Coots, is pastor of at the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus Name Church in Middlesboro. Coots...
Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Buchanan County, Religion and Belief
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One dead in Lee County train derailment
Virginia State Police are investigating a death that resulted from a train derailment. It happened at 11:45 p.m. Sunday night in Lee County, which is in far southwest Virginia. Troopers say a train derailed and overturned on a minivan parked next to...
Tags: Railway Accidents, Transportation Accidents
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Harold Dean Cornett: Sept. 18, 2012
Harold Dean Cornett Harold Dean Cornett, 76, of Winchester, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012, at his home. Harold was born in Lee County on Jan. 16, 1936, to the late Clayton and Retta Mae Cornett. As a prisoner during the Korean War, he proudly...Tags: International Military Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, U.S. Army, Lexington (Lexington, Virginia)
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UPDATED: State trooper who was hit by car in Amherst County released from hospital
A Virginia State trooper who was hit by a car last week on Route 29 in Amherst County has been released from the hospital. Trooper D.T. Wilson is now recovering at his Campbell County home. Wilson was hit by a car while helpling another man pick up...
Tags: Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Health, Campbell County, Virginia Department of Transportation, U.S. Army
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Don Rose preserves spirited history in short stories
The Winchester SunDon Rose, 78, tells the tales of his childhood in eastern Kentucky through short stories — often involving a little moonshine. Rose, now of Winchester and a part of the local writing group at the library, remembers a time when moonshiners produced...Tags: Rentals, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Petroleum Industry, Judges
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Report: Charges against FSU recruit Mario Pender dropped
Chopping Block - Seminoles Blog - Orlando SentinelFlorida State recruit Mario Pender on Thursday received just the news he had been waiting to hear. According to this report on the website of southwest Florida's NBC affiliate, Channel 2 WBBH, Pender appeared before a judge at the Lee County Justice...
May 31, 2013
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May 25, 2013
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Nov 25, 2012
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