Local sailor pleads guilty to 93 murder at Great Lakes
Machinist's Mate Apprentice Anthony J. Goins, 24, pleaded guilty to unpremeditated murder in the 1993 strangulation death of Iris Stevens at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. Sentencing awaits a Navy panel. Goins remains jailed at Great Lakes as investigations proceed.
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Great Lakes
Ill
Bluefield
Illinois
United States Navy
Anthony J. Goins
Iris Stevens
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Ken Cronk
Goins
Stevens
Cronk
San Diego
Calif
Lake County
Gains
Naval Criminal Investigative Service
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Winger Highlights Plight of Jews in Former Soviet Union
Tuesday ebra Winger draws attention to nearly 1.5 million Jews living in the former Soviet Union amid fear, hardship, and chaos. In a 60 second United Jewish Appeal radio spot for Operation Exodus, the program raising money to aid Jewish immigration to Israel, the spot began airing Monday.
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Ebra Winger
Soviet Union
Winger
United Jewish Appeal
Israel
Calendar items span church, board, and aid events
Today at 11 a.m. the Flat Top Deacons Wives meet at Mt. Chapel Church Keystone. At 6:30 p.m. Southern Highlands Community Mental Health Center directors meet Princeton. Princeton Jaycees meet at the Princeton Mercer County Chamber of Commerce. Wednesday April 6 noon to 6 p.m. Red Cross Bloodmobile at Bluefield Youth Center Stadium Drive. Blood types needed. Wednesday April 6 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Labor Department ESA Coal Mine Workers' Compensation contact station in John L. Lewis Building Oakwood Va.
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Mt. Chapel Church
Keystone
Southern Highlands Community Mental Health Center
Princeton
Aes
Princeton Jaycees
Mercer County
American Red Cross
Bluefield Youth Center
Stadium Drive
U.S. Department of Labor
Weather Forecast: Sunny to Increasing Clouds This Afternoon
Today will be mostly sunny with more clouds in the afternoon and southwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Tonight, a 90 percent chance of rain and thunderstorms with lows in the lower 50s.
Radford Plant Resumes Operations After EPA Shutdown
Radford Virginia reports production at the Ford Army plant resumed Monday after a Congressionally mandated shutdown. About 1,678 employees were sent home last week due to EPA surface impoundment requirements. Modifications to the wastewater unit met Virginia DEQ rules and the plant came back on line with the midnight shift.
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Radford
Ford Army
RAAP
Nicole L. Kinser
EPA
Kinser
Temper flare at McDowell County meeting over sheriff vehicle use
McDowell County commissioners at a special meeting accused Sheriff Donald Hicks of misusing a county vehicle for campaigning with candidate Roger Yates. Hicks denied wrongdoing and criticized the commission for overreach as Prosecuting Attorney Sid Bell is asked to act quickly. Both sides blame each other for improper equipment use.
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McDowell Commission
Welch
McDowell County Commission
Commission
Jon Lambert
Donald Hicks
Hicks
Roger Yates
Yates
Lambert
Sid Bell
Bell
West Virginia
Justice costs for jurors and witnesses in West Virginia trials
Mercer County Circuit Clerk Wilma Grubb explains jurors are paid 15 per day plus 28.5 cents per mile and witnesses 10 per day plus 15 cents per mile. A one day trial cost jurors 616.73, while costs for witnesses vary by case. Court costs are reviewed every two months via the sheriff’s office, and prosecutors weigh trial economics when negotiating pleas.
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Rinceton
West Virginia
Mercer County
Wilma Grubb
Grubb
Sheriff's Department
Charles Smith
Tor
Smith
Circuit Clerk's
Associa
Princeton council weighs merger of recreation center plan
The Princeton City Council discussed merging the Recreation Center with Princeton Community Hospital Foundation to form a Health and Fitness Center. Mayor Fredeking said the project remains in planning, a committee was formed and disbanded amid legal questions, and residents pressed for clearer goals and an end to negotiations as a 1600-signature petition urged action.
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Princeton
Princeton Recreation Center
Princeton Community Hospital Foundation
JoAnna Fredeking
Recreation Board
PCH Foundation Board
Robert Carr
Counci
Carr
Jane Clark
Recreation Center Committee
Rebecca Shumaker
Recreation/Health and Fitness
Fredeking
Richard Martin
Ed Lewis
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Shawn Graham
McDowell County Citizens Conservation Corps
MCCCC
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Abby
West Virginia Daily
Virginia Pick
Ick
Charles Owens
The
Daily Telegraph
McDowell
Eddie Lee Isom
Union
Monroe County
Rec Center
James Barbery
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