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This is the sixth year that local sheriff's deputies, police officers, and state troopers were invited to join local firemen on Main Street as part of the "Fireman's Parade.
This is the sixth year that local sheriff's deputies, police officers, and state troopers were invited to join local firemen on Main Street as part of the "Fireman's Parade.
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Everyone gets a lead foot every so often. But a study showing that West Virginia has more fatalities from car wrecks than other areas in the United States may have drivers on Interstate 79 hitting the brakes.
Everyone gets a lead foot every so often. But a study showing that West Virginia has more fatalities from car wrecks than other areas in the United States may have drivers on Interstate 79 hitting the brakes.
ELKINS -
Davis & Elkins College confirmed the death of Roy Simms, an assistant coach for the men's basketball team at D&E.
Carol Schuler, Associate Vice President for Communications & Marketing at D&E, said Simms collapsed at a basketball practice on Saturday afternoon and was taken in ambulance to Davis Memorial Hospital. Simms later died.
Schuler said Simms had a pre-existing heart condition, but could not confirm the official cause of death.
Schuler released this statement "The Davis & Elkins College community is deeply saddened by our loss. Our hearts are with Coach Sims's family."
Simms was also a former head coach at Elkins High School for the boys basketball team.
Prior to that Simms, played four years of Division I college basketball at the University of Detroit from 1979-1983.
David and Elkins will hold a memorial service and eulogy on Saturday, December 1, at 7 p.m. in the Harper McNeeley Auditorium.
photo credit: Ron Gooden
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