Robbery Suspect Sought in Princeton and Bluefield Incidents
Princeton Police seek a suspected escaped inmate linked to multiple armed robberies across Princeton Bluefield and Raleigh NC including a First Century Bank branch on Springhaven Drive and a Bluefield Blue Flash Food Mart. Authorities connect Dominoes Pizza Berkshire's Frozen Custard and Joy Food Mart robberies and urge tips to 487 5000.
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Princeton
Princeton Police Department
Bluefield
First Century Bank
Springhaven Drive
Kentucky
Florida
C.N. Poe
Poe
Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina
FBI
Dominoes Pizza
Berkshire
Dominoes
Berkshire’s
Blue Flash Food
Cumberland Road
Joy Food
West Virginia Sees Record Fire Deaths in Latest Year
West Virginia reports a record 79 fire deaths from July 2006 to June 2007 including nine in Huntington apartment blaze, four in Ghent propane explosion, five in Falling Waters mobile home fire linked to a kerosene heater. Arson and suspected intentional fires also noted. victims named as Victor and Irene Lambert, 88, in Strange Creek incident.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Reed Cook
Huntington
Ghent
Braxton County
Cook
Strange Creek
Victor
Irene Lambert
Lottery table games delayed to November at earliest
Charleston AP reports two state racetracks will not offer table games until November at the earliest as the lottery trains staff for complex auditing, financial oversight, and regulatory procedures. Officials in Hancock County warn of payroll hardships while Northern Panhandle revenue hinges on delayed start.
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Charleston
Panhandle
State Lottery
Ing
Libby White
Lottery
John Musgrave
State Lottery Commission
Ohio
Hancock Counties
Mountaineer Racetrack
Chester
Wheeling Island Racetrack & Gaming Center
Wheeling Island
White
Kanawha County
Tri- State Racetrack and Gaming Center
Nitro
Hancock County
Mountaineer
Hancock County Commission
Mike Swartzmiller
Pennsylvania
Swartzmiller
Carter Family and Bristol Sessions spark birth of country music
A vivid reminiscence of the 1927 Bristol sessions details the Carter Family A P Sara and Maybelle arriving in Bristol after a dusty ride, meeting producer Ralph Peer of RCA Victor, and recording the first songs that launched country music. Jimmie Rodgers and Pop Stoneman also recorded, with Maybelle's thumb-brush technique and Sara’s vocals shaping the Carter sound. The piece notes Peer’s business acumen, the group’s evolving fame, and the 80 year legacy as Hiltons hosts a related festival led by a cautious voice urging unity.
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M.tt
Tennessee
State Street
Bristol
Clinch Mountain
Gate City
Scott County
A Hus
Carter
A.P
Sara
Maybelle
Jimmie Rodgers
Ralph Peer
Victor Talking Machine Company
RCA
Peer
Ernest V
Stoneman
Stonemans
Rodgers
United States
Poor Valley
A. P
Gladys
Joe
Clark-Jones-Sheely Co
Ezra “Eck” Carter
Ezra
Man
Carters
New Jersey
John Hardy
Leslie Riddle
Kingsport
Tenn
Riddle
Hiltons
Maces Spring
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Evan Haag
Peterstown
Princeton Devil Rays
Hunnicutt Field
The
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