Edition: November 15th, 2014

Burch sent out a paragraph of text in a tweet on

Tuesday that ended, "If you're reading this,
congratulations, you made it today. You made it."
The Buffalo News reported Friday that others at the
frat house party "challenged" Burch into drinking
large amount of liquor.
The newspaper cited as its source a "family friend"
who had talked to Burch's family.

West Virginia University

student dies after found
unresponsive at frat; tweet
investigated
West Virginia authorities Saturday are investigating
the death of a college student found unresponsive
earlier this week at a campus frat house after he sent
out a haunting tweet.
"It's about to be a very eventful night to say the
least," Nolan Michael Burch,18, a freshman at West
Virginia University, tweeted. Burch died Friday two
days after he was found unconscious and not
breathing at the Kappa Sigma fraternity house. On
Thursday the school ordered a halt to all activities at
fraternities and sororities.
Police arrived at the frat in Morgantown and found
someone performing CPR on Burch. His death was
confirmed by Amy Johns, a spokeswoman for WVU
Healthcare. Burch was being treated at the system's
Ruby Memorial Hospital.
Morgantown Police Chief Ed Preston confirmed that
Wednesday night's call to police was alcohol-related,
but he could not comment on whether alcohol caused
Burch's death. No charges have been filed.

The Morgantown chapter of Kappa Sigma had been

suspended since mid-October because of other
violations of the fraternity's code of conduct,
according to a press release from Leo Brown, director
of chapter services at Kappa Sigma. The release said
the fraternity was still investigating the circumstances
of the incident with Burch.
"We are distraught and saddened by the news about
WVU student Nolan Burch," the statement read,
adding that it will be looking to provide counseling
for members of the chapter.
Meanwhile, the group's charter has been withdrawn
and its operations closed, Brown said.
The suspended fraternity activity at WVU is in place
indefinitely. The suspension follows Wednesday's
incident as well as a Nov. 6 incident in which three
students were arrested and 16 were cited by
Morgantown police for causing a late-night
disturbance in Morgantown's South Park
neighborhood.
Police are investigating both incidents.

Priceless Egyptian Artifacts

Returned After Massive
Museum Heist
Parkersburg, West Virginia The stolen amulet and
scepter that were previously stolen have been
returned, reported museum officials.

Parkersburg fights new

gang graffiti

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and

Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Interpol are
working with Egyptian authorities to recover
remaining missing artifacts that date back from the
14th century BC.
Though we are excited to have two pieces returned
to their rightful place, the remaining missing pieces is
still a travesty, said Irina Bokova, the DirectorGeneral of UNESCO.
The priceless artifacts were on loan from the
Egyptian government to the Parkersburg Museum.
The museum was looted during a small riot as
reported last week. The museum was ransacked,
sarcophagi and display cases were smashed, in
addition to the theft.
Though the police have been able to recover two
pieces of what was stolen, UNESCO and Interpol are
still on the search for the irreplaceable artifacts and
fear they may have been taken abroad and sold on the
black market.
UNESCO is continuing to work closely with the
Egyptian authorities as well as with its partnersto
fight, by all possible means, the illicit trafficking of
these stolen cultural objects, the organization
restated in an official statement.

West Parkersburg The fight against gang graffiti

in the area is back on.
An anti-graffiti crew from the County Sheriffs
Department has been working in that inner-city area
to remove gang tags from homes and other buildings.
Parkersburg has been targeted by police, who are
trying to force gangs out of the area.
The Mayor said the city will not tolerate the graffiti
and that police are working to find the people
responsible.
Police said the tags showed up within the last week
and are signs of street gangs marking their territories.

The graffiti was found on homes on High Street and

also side streets including Tremont Street, where the
doors of several connected wooden garages used for
storage were covered with tags such as pentagrams,
tridents and three-pronged spears, as well as numbers
and letters.

Strange Death Reported in

Park Area; Hikers Warned
to be Careful

The anti-graffiti unit helped with the painting. The

crew also spent several days removing tags from
some buildings, retaining walls and other structures.

Authorities say a hunter who had been missing in

was found dead Monday after an apparent fatal bear
or wolf attack.

The crew arrived in a flatbed truck carrying a

commercial pressure sprayer used to wash away
graffiti. Crew members used a high-pressure spray of
water mixed with environmentally safe baking soda
to remove the painted tags.

Authorities would not confirm the identity of the

hunter but media reports it was Ralph Greenway, a
54-year-old from who was reported missing by his
family after he did not return from a hunting trip near
Mason Lakes on the weekend.

Sgt. Christopher Goudreault, supervisor of a crew of

inmates from the County Prerelease and Reentry
Center who volunteered for the work, said the baking
soda acts as an abrasive while the water keeps dust in
check

Authorities said a ground and air search was begun

for the hunter on Tuesday.

Parkersburg Alleys
Becoming a Dangerous
Place
Two bodies have been found within city limits and
both were found in alleys behind a dumpster.
The first body is that of a tattooed man done in scales
found in an alley stabbed to death. The second is that
of an African American found in an alley behind a
dumpster who was shot in the chest.
When asked if the deaths could be linked, the police
responded that it is highly doubtful. The method of
death in each instance was different and each victim
was of a different background.

Evidence was located suggesting that the hunter had

been injured at a location approximately four
kilometres east from the day use area parking lot on
Highway 40, Park authorities said in a news release.
Search teams also encountered a female grizzly bear
and cub in the immediate area.
The search resumed Wednesday morning, when
teams found the mans remains in the same area.
The hunter had suffered obvious trauma consistent
with an animal attack and is believed to have died
from those injuries, said the release. The hunter
was alone at the time of the incident.
Meanwhile, snow in the Rockies was hampering the
search for a hiker who has not been seen for a almost
week.

Weather

Thus far, nothing links the two deaths.

Parkersburg, WV

36 Cloudy

Hi 46

Lo 18