Princeton accident claims 4th life
The fourth occupant of a truck that crashed into a tree on Brick Yard Road died early Tuesday in Princeton. Paul D. White Jr., 18, of Kegley, died after being in critical condition at Princeton Community Hospital. The crash also killed Trena Taylor, 12, of Mercer Street, Princeton, and drivers Michael Ray Farmer, 31, and Ricky Inscore, 23, all of Princeton. Police say a high speed chase followed a DUI stop and led to the single-vehicle wreck two miles outside Princeton.
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WJ. Gilley
Princeton Police Department
Tazewell OKs Wardell pump station plan for grant
Tazewell County Public Service Authority votes to begin plans for a Wardell Industrial Park water pump station. The move aims to complete the park’s water system and secure a $1 million grant, with Dewberry & Davis to prepare the cost estimate in one to two weeks.
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Hollow Earth Pioneer Remembered in Hamilton Monument Restoration
In Hamilton Ohio a 150 year old stone monument to John Cleves Symmes was moved from Symmes Park for restoration. The pedestal bears a 20 inch globe and is being refurbished as a bicentennial gift. Symmes proposed a five sphere hollow Earth theory with pole openings.
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Weather Outlook: Sunny Skies and Warm 80s Today
The National Weather Service predicts mostly sunny skies with only a slight chance of showers. Highs in the 80s. Tonight will be mostly clear with lows in the 60s. Weather package A-8.
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Bell’s retirement shines through in Princeton driving course
Princeton native Fred Bell 75 teaches the AARP 55 Alive Mature Driving course in eight locations across Princeton Bluefield Mullens and Beckley reaching over 200 drivers 50 and older. He will teach the ninth session August 23 24 at First United Methodist Church in Princeton. He says no one has yet surrendered a license after the course and emphasizes aging related driving challenges and safety.
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U S murder rate may set record this year
Senate Judiciary Committee warns U S murder toll could hit 23 220 in 1981 surpassing 1980’s 23 040. Rising assault weapons stockpiles and cocaine shortages blamed for spike. Biden calls it the bloodiest year in American history as drug turf battles fuel killings.
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Surge in youth violence and drug crime fuels murder rise
A report links dwindling cocaine stocks and turf wars in cities to rising violence. It notes more assault weapons in criminal hands and a growing pool of jobless teens driving a murder toll that climbed from the late 1960s, stayed high into the 1980s, then fell 18 percent from 1980 to 1985 and rose 22 percent thereafter as 18 to 24 year olds swelled the population.
ABCC Sets Retail Liquor Rules for Clubs and Stores
Retail Liquor Board outlined rules allowing liquor stores to sell directly to clubs and to co locate with clubs without an interior connecting door. Club owners may own liquor stores but retailers cannot deliver liquor. Licenses cover beer and wine with proper permits. Bids due August 28 at 1 p.m. and auctioned to highest bidders shortly after. State exits retail liquor business by October though warehouses remain. fees apply to distilleries, importers, and retailers.
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Risk of atomic blast at Hanford alarms officials
Washington officials and a government advisory panel warn the risk of a tank explosion at Hanford could be greater than acknowledged. The 177 underground tanks store thousands of gallons of radioactive sludge from plutonium production. concerns center on hydrogen buildup and unknown chemical reactions that could trigger a blast.
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Oldest WWI veteran George Echols dies at 105
George E. Echols, who fought in France in World War I and was once the nation's oldest known war veteran, died at 105. He passed away last Thursday at the VA Medical Center after a brief illness. The VA said the title of oldest living American veteran now belongs to Nathan E. Cook, 104, a Spanish-American War era veteran living in Phoenix, who also served in the Navy during the Boxer Rebellion and in both World Wars. Echols was born November 2, 1884 in Athens, Georgia, and served in the Army from June 16, 1914 to October 10, 1919. He reenlisted for another year after his initial discharge.
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