Overweight dump truck blamed for fatal motorcycle crash
A gravel-laden dump truck weighing 41,500 pounds backed down a hill and struck and killed motorcyclist Thomas Chandler in SOUTH CHARLESTON. No charges were filed against driver. truck co owner Michael Chapin of Charleston, 45. The DOH cited excessive weight. In a separate case, Jeffrey Caplinger and Misty Arnold were arrested for robbing Powerball winner Jack Whittaker of 545000. Caplinger, 23, and Arnold, 24, were charged with second degree robbery and accused of drugging Whittaker.
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South Charleston
State Division of Highways
Jeff Davis
DOH
Thomas Chandler
Charleston
Michael Chapin
Chapin
Jack Whittaker
Jeffrey Caplinger
Nitro
Misty Arnold
Caplinger
Arnold
Whittaker
Wise denies resignation rumors about governor race
Gov. Bob Wise angrily dismissed rumors he will resign noting he will announce plans in the fall. Secretary of State Joe Manchin expects Wise to stay in race and sees a dynamic Democratic primary in May 2004.
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Charleston
Bob Wise
Statehouse
Wise
Republican Party
Joe Manchin
State Development Office
Tion
Rob Capehart
Cecil Underwood
H. Paul Kizer
Doug McKinney
West Virginia State Medical Association
Sarah Minear
R Tucker
Monty Warner
GOP
Kris Warner
Senate
Earl Ray Tomblin
Logan
Mercer County funds aid Mercer schools in Budget Digest
Athens Middle School receives 10000 for stage curtains as final Budget Digest installment totaling 122500 to Mercer County schools. Det Dr Marshall Long and Jerry Mezzatesta arranged funds. other grants cover Lashmeet Matoaka playground, Princeton Senior High Performing Arts, PikeView High School foundation. Long plans 2004 desk and table replacement and volunteers as medical liaison for school health, providing orders and referrals free of charge per Dr Deborah Akers.
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Athens
Mercer County
Marshall Long
D-Mercer
Athens School
Long
House Education
Jerry Mezzatesta
D-Romney
Lashmeet- Matoaka
Princeton
PikeView
Deborah Akers
Akers
Barbara Hawkins
Bhawkins
Bottonline
Three teens arrested for hoax impersonating officers
Fauquier County authorities say two 19 and 18 year olds and a 17 year old Warrenton boy posed as law enforcement officials and a crime suspect. They face up to one year in jail for misdemeanor charges after a bystander reported the prank by noting plate numbers.
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Warrenton
Fauquier County
Thomas Richard Mezzanotte
Ross Buckles
Jeffersonton
Reward grows in case of rock injury
In Fredericksburg Virginia the reward for information in the case of Daphne Gipson a 30 year old who was critically injured when a 70 pound rock smashed through her windshield on Interstate 95 in Spotsylvania County has risen to over 4000 dollars Police are probing whether teenagers pushed the rock from an overpass and multiple suspects are being checked.
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Fredericksburg
Daphne Gipson
Spotsylvania County
Obituary notices from Mercer area page A-3
Homer Eugene Shelton 76 of Gratton Tazewell died Aug 6 2003 in Bluefield WV. He served in WWII and worked in lumber. Survived by Stella Shelton wife of 57 years daughter Carolyn Kegley and grandchildren. Services at Peery St Clair Funeral Home with military rites. Douglas R Shields 73 Jacksonville FL area native, CSX retiree, Vestryman in Huntington and Jacksonville churches. Survived by wife Gini, sons Rob and Lewis, siblings, grandchildren. Graveside services at Maple Park Cemetery Bluefield officiated by Rev. Russ Hatfield. Don Roger Spears 69 Mullensville WV died Aug 5 2003. Retired from Itmann Coal, survived by four sons and four daughters. Service Aug 9 at Caffee Funeral Service Pineville. Matthew Lester Stassin 57 Bluefield died Aug 6 2003. Former Coca Cola and Piece and Dye Works worker, Graham football fan, lay speaker. Survived by wife Brenda, siblings, nieces and nephews. Services 2 p.m. Dudley Memorial Chapel Bluefield with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Tazewell
Homer Eugene Shelton
Gratton
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Bluefield
Richlands
William and
Rose Lambert Shelton
C & A Lumber
Homer
Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church
William Henry Bailey
Andrew ‘Andy’ Pearce
John Henry Bailey
Stella Thompson Shelton
Carolyn Kegley
Larry Randal Kegley
Stephanie K. Neel
Thomas Wesley Neel
Sanford, N.C
Heather K. Wimmer
Ronnie Wimmer Jr
North Tazewell
Trevor Drew Wimmer
Madison Haley Wimmer
Bailey Faye Neel
Louise Shelton
Marion
Mary Ellen Trainum
Owings, Md
Peery & St.Clair Funeral Home Chapel
Rodney Lawson
Grandview Memory Gardens
Barns- Beavers
VFW
Fred Thompson
Barry Kegley
Mike Phillips
Bert Levesque
Eddie Neel
Jerry McReynolds
Wesley Thomas Neel
Terry Kegley
Douglas R. Shields
Jacksonville
Fra
Huntington
Clarence A. Shields
Elsie V. Lawrence Shields
CSX
Shields
Virginia
Gini’ Shields
Robert L. Shields
Susan
Lewis G. Shields
Michelle
Columbus
Mike Shields
Donna
Baytown
Texas
Sandra Haptonstall
Dave
Summerfield
Fla
Robert L
Rob’ Shields Jr
Pittsburgh
Sarah Anne Shields
Samuel Alexander Shields
Columbus, Ga
Maple Park
Russ Hatfield
San Jose Episcopal Church
San Jose Blvd
Hospice
N.E. Florida
Sunbeam Rd
Mercer Funeral Home & Crematory
Mercer
MercerFuneral.com
Don Spears
Mullensville
Don Roger Spears
Hartley
Virgil
Hannah Spears
Spears
Itmann Coal Corp
Wyoming County
Gayle
Bob
Jerry Spears
Nell Choate
Don Gregory Spears
Jackson
Ohio
Ricky Spears
Kettering
Jeff Spears
Dayton
Oris Spears
Blanchester
Tyan Lester
Chad
Princeton
Teresa Messer
Roger
Xenia
Pamela
Kussman
Joy Russell
Arney
Gary Spears
Sheila
Pineville
Virgil Ray Spears
Carolyn
Flat Rock
Mich
Nancy Johnson
Rollo
Wellston
Annetta Argabright
Clear Fork
Barbara Spears
Caffee Funeral Service
Palm Memorial Gardens
Matheny
Matthew Lester Stassin
Pocahontas
Fannie Pennington Stassin Spencer
Falls Mills
Jules D. Stassin
Falls Mills United Methodist Church
Graham High School
Coca Cola Bottling Co
Dye Works Co
Matthew
Graham
Kenneth Earl Stassin
Garnett Stassin
Brenda Gail Blankenship Stassin
Bobbie Renee Byrd
Jules Fredrick Stassin
Brushfork
Gertrude Smith
Sue Coburn
Virginia Stevenson
Dobson, N.C
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Ted Anders
Raymond Klaiber
Woodlawn
Bluewell
William Graham
Bobby Fields Sr
Bobby Fields Jr
Robert
Funerals scheduled for Virginia Wilson Robertson and Jerry Wayne Thompson
Virginia Wilson Robertson funeral is at 11 a.m. at Riffe's Funeral Service Chapel Narrows Virginia with burial in Sunrise Memorial Gardens Rich Creek. Jerry Wayne Thompson funeral is a 2 p.m. graveside service at Maplewood Cemetery Tazewell Virginia.
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Virginia Wilson Robertson
Riffe
Narrows
Sunrise Memorial Gardens
Rich Creek
Jerry Wayne Thompson
Maplewood Cemetery
Tazewell
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