1 A2 MARTINSVILLE BULLETIN WEATHER Tuesday, January 26, 2016 FIVE- DAY FORECAST FOR MARTINSVILLE TODAY TONIGHT WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Some sunshine Overcast with a Occasional giving way to little rain morning rain and clouds drizzle HIGH: LOW: ALMANAC Martinsville ending 4 p.m, Monday. TEMPERATURE Normal Record high in 1943. Record low in 1963 PRECIPITATION (in inches) 24 hrs ending 4 p.m. Mon. 0.00 Month to date, 3.09° Normal month to date 2.82.
Year to date. 3.09 Normal year. to date 2.82 REGIONAL TEMPERATURES Altavista: Blacksburg Danville Greensboro, NC Gretna Hillsville. Lynchburg Roanoke Roxboro, NC Stuart Winston- Salem, NC VIRGINIA EXTREMES High. Chesapeake Low Manassas NATIONAL EXTREMES for the 48.
contiguous states High McAllen, TX. Low Gunnison, CO LAKE LEVELS In feet as of 7 a.m. Monday Lakes Full Pool Level Chng Smith. Mt. Lake 795 794.10 Philpott Dam.
974 973.09 Claytor Lake 1846 1844.54 Carvins Cove 1170 1170.00 none Forecasts and graphics provided by: AccuWeather, Inc. DIG From Page A1 routes during the storm. We started clearing residential streets after the snow stopped Saturday afternoon. Unfortunately, there were numerous residential streets that were. packed solid before snow plows arrived," Jeff Joyce.
public works director for the City of Martinsville, said. "We are continuing to. catch the areas where snow was packed on the streets and applying salt to slick spots as we find them." Joyce asked that residents be patient considering the fact that the snow removal crews have been working since early Friday morning. In order to allow local: officials to adequately deal with the impact of the winter storm," Henry County declared a state of emergency at 1:30 p.m. on Friday; the emergency was.
cited as ending at midnight on Sunday. Tim Hall, county administrator and director. of emergency services, declared the emergency. The Henry County Board of Supervisors will vote today on a proclamation both acknowledging the existence of the emergency and the end of it as of Sunday. Henry County Public Schools still are, feeling the effects of the storm and have.
yet to return to their regular schedule. Henry County HYPOTHERMIA From Page A1 older people. "We would like to think these are things we would mind always," but checking on older folks is especially. REGIONAL FORECAST AccuWeather.com Shown is today's Weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows.
Lynchburg Salem Bedford Roanoke Radford Brookneal; Christiansburg Callaway Floyd Gretna Rocky Mount Indian Valley Chatham Bassett Hillsville Danville South Boston Stuart MARTINSVILLE Danbury Eden Yanceyville Mount Airy Reidsville Roxboro King A.M. rain; mostly Partial sunshine Not as cool with cloudy and chilly partial, sunshine Winston Yadkinville Greensboro Burlington Hillsborough Kernersville BEACH FORECAST VIRGINIA BEACH: Wind SSW 8-16 knots MYRTLE BEACH: Wind SSW 4-8 knots today. today. Seas 1-3 feet. Visibility generally un- Seas 1-3 feet.
Visibility unrestricted. Wind restricted. Wind SW 7:14 knots tonight. Seas 4-8 knots becoming tonight. Seas 2 feet or 1-3 feet, Cloudy, less: Mostly cloudy.
OUTER BANKS: Wind SW 4-8 knots today. HILTON HEAD: Wind ESE 3-6 knots today. Seas 3-5 feet. Visibility generally clear. Wind Seas less than a foot.
Visibility clear. Wind'S WSW 4-8 knots tonight. Seas 3-5 feet. A 4-8 knots. tonight.
Seas 2 feet or less. Plenty shower or two. late. of clouds. Bulletin photo by Aila Boyd Snow and ice still coat portions of Gravely Street in Martinsville.
schools are closed today "due to hazardous travel conditions on secondary roadways." The school system has announced that the Jan. 21. FY2017 public hearing has been rescheduled to Feh. 2. Martinsville City Public Schools, Carlisle School and Patrick County Public.
Schools also remain closed. Ted Anderson, fire. chief for Martinsville, said that the Fire and EMS Department received a total of 47 calls between the times of the Spruce: Village fire that occurred on Thursday afternoon to. Monday afternoon. Ander said that most of the calls were average fire alarm or important during cold weather, Fontaine said.
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The Virginia Attorney General's Office complained in court filings: last year that the national shortage of execution drugs is the result of "well-recognized efforts by anti-death penalty advocates." Robert Dunham, execu-: tive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, disagrees. FORECAST positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. medical calls. "The secondary and back roads are still shape.
and pretty treacherous," said Henry County Sheriff Lane Perry. Perry added that the sheriff's office. utilized its four-wheel drive vehicles "when needed" for the duration of the storm and during the aftermath. "Overall I think the community fared pretty well, except for the one death from hypothermia, Perry said of the weather. The death Perry is referring to is that of an 80 year old woman who was locked outside of her residence and died from exposure to, the clements.
they are staying hydrated, Fontaine said. Lameal Jones, sisterin law of Nannie Shelton Napper, said she taught Henry County Schools for many years and taught at several schools. Winnipeg Montreal Billings Toronto Minneapolis Detroit Chicago, New York Denver. Kansas City Washington El Paso Houston; Chihuahua Monterrey Showers: Snow Furries Cold Front: 20s 405 CITIES Wed. Today Wed.
City Detroit El Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jackson, MS Kansas City Las Vegas Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Memphis Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis Nashville pc New Orleans CITIES Wed. Today Wed, City Lumberton Morehead City Mount Airy. Myrtle Beach Nags Head 49(38k Newport News Norfolk Petersburg Pulaski Raleigh Richmond South Boston Staunton Virginia Beach Waynesboro Williamsburg Wilmington 4831r Winchester Wytheville partly cloudy, cloudy, sh showers, thunderstorms, rain, st snow "Drug companies don't, want their life-sustaining: and life-preserving drugs to be used to kill prisoners." Dunham said. "As a result. they've taken the drugs off the market or refused to sell to prisons." In any case, many states that execute by injection are having problems.
Just weeks after Prieto was put to death? in Virginia, Ohio rescheduled 12 executions until 2017 because it could not obtain the required drugs. Much could happen Warm Front Stationary Front 1000 Atlanta Miami, Today Wed. City New York City Oklahoma City. Omaha Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland, ME Portland, OR Rapid City. St.
Louis Salt Lake: City San Francisco Seattle Washington, DC Wichita Wilmington, DE. WORLD CITIES Today Wed. City Acapulco. Athens Beijing Berlin 58 Aires Cairo Hong Kong Johannesburg Lima London Madrid Mexico City Montreal Moscow New Delhi Paris Rome Sydney Tokyo Homies sn snow, between now and March-16 to make the question moot. The department could obtain the needed drug, courts or the governor could step in.
or Gray could even choose the electric chair instead of lethal injection. Condemned inmates in. Virginia have had the choice since 1995, although only seven of the 87 execut-. ed since then have opted for the chair. The default method is lethal injection if the inmate refuses to choose.
MARTINSVILLE CIRCUIT, COURT Man sentenced on drug charge By PAUL COLLINS Bulletin Staff Writer Recently in Martinsville. Circuit Court, a Bassett man was sentenced to six years behind bars after pleading guilty to two counts of distribute cocaine second offense. James Paul Logan 30, of 135. Hephill Drive, received sentences totaling 40 years, with 34 years suspended, supervised probation for 10 years and good behavior for 10 years, according to court records. Logan was accused of distributing cocaine on April 28, 2015, and May 26, .2015, in those two cases.
A third count of distribute cocaine second offense against Logan was nolle prossed (the commonwealth did not elect prosecute further). Also recently in Martinsville Circuit Court, Jason Romon Wooden, 32, of 226 Fayette: Street, Martinsville, pled guilty and was found guilty of: felony possess cocaine; and a presentencing report was ordered. Sentencing is scheduled for March 31. The incident is alleged to have happened March 5, 2015. Also, Wendy: Michelle Wingfield, 25, of Ridgeway, pled guilty to.
conspiracy to distribute heroin, and a charge of distribute heroin was nolle prossed. She is scheduled to be sentenced on March 31. She was. charged in connection with an incident Dec. 15,2014.
Grand larceny among reports By PAUL COLLINS Bulletin Staff Writer The Martinsville Police Department recently; arrested a Ridgeway man on charges of grand larcony of a motor vehicle (U- Haul) and conspiracy, to grand larceny of a me motor vehicle (U-Haul), both felt an ony charges, according to, arrest report. Brian Keith Anderson, 33, of 110 Mooney Drive, was arrested Saturday and jailed under no bond. The incident is alleged to have happened Oct. 26, 2015, on Broad Street. He is scheduled to appear, in Martinsville General District Court on Friday, According to a report from the Patrick County Sheriff's Office, three people were arrested on a felony charge(s): Amber Lea Marshall, 23, 70 Maple Ridge Lane, Ararat, grand larceny; steal motor vehicle; Sharon King Duncan, 49, 6372 Ararat Ararat, firearm: possession by non -violent felon; Bobbi Jo Ratcliffe, 33, Clyde Prillaman Fieldale, (Martinsville city charge served by, Patrick County, grand larceny (felony)! Subscriptions Home delivery by motor route: LOTTERY $8.95 Carriers per are independent per contractors year and not employees of PICK 4 CASH 5 PICK The Martinsville Bulletin, Inc.
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