Voter survey shows undecided Gore while Bush backs Gore
Mercer and Tazewell County residents face Oct. 10 registration deadline to vote in November. Virginia law now requires voters to show ID such as driver license or Social Security card at polls, or fill out a form. Some locals have chosen their preferred candidate, while others remain unsure.
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Luefield
Mercer County
Tazewell County
Virginia
Ted Kennedy
Richlands
Betty McCall
McCall
Athens man killed in Route 20 crash at beauty parlor
Kevin Lowe, 23, of Athens died at the scene in a single vehicle wreck on Route 20 near Littlesburg Road. Tamora Hilderbrand, 20, of Princeton drove the Mitsubishi Eclipse east when control was lost, striking guardrails and a stop sign and taking out the wall of a beauty parlor. Passenger Billy Grose, 21, of Bluefield, survived and was treated at Princeton Community Hospital in stable condition.
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Bluefield
Mercer County
Kevin Lowe
Athens
Lowe
Tamora Hilderbrand
Princeton
C.K. Morton
West Virginia
Littlesburg
Hilderbrand
Billy Grose
Princeton Community Hospital
PCH
Grose
Former Tazewell sheriff indicted in coin case
A former Tazewell County sheriff Joe Johnson and two deputies Lt. George Horne and Sgt. Edward Honaker were indicted on one count each of embezzlement and conspiracy by a Tazewell County Grand Jury. The three men, from Bluefield and surrounding areas, were arrested and released on $1,000 bonds while denying the charges.
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Tazewell
Bluefield
Tazewell County
Jack S
Chip” Hurley
Hurley
Tazewell County Circuit Court
Bristol Herald-Courier
Joe Johnson
George Horne
Edward
Honaker
Johnson
Robert Galumbeck
Jim Dudley
Horne
Fred Harman
Blue
Field
Virginia
Bill” Osborne
Roger Nelson
Donald Mullins
Pilgrimage to Rome for World Youth Day 2000 students
Josh Bourne and 38 youths from Mercer and Tazewell counties join 600,000 teenagers in Rome for World Youth Day 2000 celebrations. The group from Sacred Heart Church travels with mass with Pope John Paul II and raises funds through car washes and events over two years.
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Luefield
Josh Bourne
Rome
Bourne
Mercer
Tazewell
West Virginia
John Paul II
Graham High School
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Bluefield
Princeton
New York
Jfk
Rochelle Lucero
Princeton Senior High School
Sacred Heart Parish
Union workers reject Celanese acetate contract at Narrows plant
In Narrows Virginia union workers from Local Union 2024 Needle Trade Industrial and Textiles voted to reject a three year contract offer from Celanese Acetate Co by 276 to 436. The plant employs about 1050 hourly workers with 1250 total staff operating three shifts daily.
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Narrows
Celanese Acetate Co
John McQuail
Celanese Acetate Company
Needle Trade Industrial and Textiles
McQuail
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