What happened on December 19, 2009

NEWS

• Some branch out with tree farms By ALICIA NOTARIANNI

• Arts briefs 

• Childhood home donated to Habitat By KATE S. ALEXANDER

• Five-step face is perfect for holiday hostess By TIFFANY ARNOLD

• Medical professionals provide service despite snow By HEATHER KEELS

• Edward Franklin Longerbeam, 71 

• Remember the past By JOHN LEAGUE

• Rescue team overwhelmed by number of stranded motorists By DAVE McMILLION

• Robert McQuay Easterday, 64 

• Suffer the children to survive and thrive By DAVID YOUNT / Scripps Howard News Service

• Helen Olivia Antoine Davenport, 91 

• In the cities 

• Storm boosts spirits at City Farmers Market By MARIE GILBERT

• Some brave the elements By MARIE GILBERT

• Top stories for Friday, December 18th 2009 

• Nelson says he'll provide deciding 60th vote on health care bill 

• Congress sends budget bill to Obama 

• First-time homebuyers power sales jump By ARNOLD S. PLATOU

• Bulldogs' Puller named to W.Va. All-State first team 

• Santa's favorite gift to give or receive is 'pure joy' By KATE S. ALEXANDER

• Frieda Connie Gluck, 87 

• Ida M. Wiles, 65 

• Local and Seasonal: Chocolate-chip cookies get holiday lift By SCOTT C. ANDERSON / Special to The Herald-Mail

• Vada Mae Mellott, 71 

• Ongoing exhibits 

• Police urge drivers to stay off roads as snow continues to fall By HEATHER KEELS

• Leona C. McCusker, 87 

• Different kind of icing By MARK KELLER

• Winter's wonder By AMY NEWCOMER

• Mr. Randall "Randy" Ray Hart, 44 

• Overturned tractor-trailer closes I-81 northbound at exit 20 By MATTHEW UMSTEAD

• Record-setting storm smothers area By HEATHER KEELS

• Remembering the purpose of the Advent season By TERRY MATTINGLY / Scripps Howard News Service

• Music and light show By CRYSTAL SCHELLE

• Paper recycling program making money By MATTHEW UMSTEAD

• Harold Eugene Corderman By MARLO BARNHART

• Juanita "Needy" Norris, 89 

• Elsie J. Pike, 71 

• George Herman Hicks, 77 

• Schmankerl Stube is a delight to the senses By OMNI VORE