Shooting victim Lusk in serious but improving condition
Mont calm 20 year old Christopher Shane Lusk shot with a 9mm pistol early Monday in Bluewell. He was treated at CAMC Intensive Care and later airlifted, with ten 9mm Luger casings found at the scene. Witnesses and forensic tests shape possible charges or self defense.
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Bluewell - Charleston Area Medical Center
Montcalm
Christopher Shane Lusk
Theeneral Division
Sandlick
D.B. Bailey
Charleston
Mercer County
Lusk
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Prudich Honored Pioneer Doctor of Montcalm
Gregory Prudich, longtime Montcalm physician, built a local practice after training at West Virginia and Indiana universities. He raised five children after his wife’s 1967 death, helped fund schools, aided groups like the American Cancer Society and Lions Club, and his Montcalm practice evolved into the Prudich Medical Center. He was named Montcalm’s leading citizen in 1996 and remained active despite illness. He was a devout Catholic.
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West Virginia University
Indiana University
Akron Hospital
Ohio
Wyomin General Hospital
Phyllis Houck
United Mine Workers of America
Prudich
Montcalm
American Cancer Society
Montcalm Volunteer Fire Department
Mercer County Schools Improvement Council
Bluewell Lions Club
Lions Club
Howard Jarett
Sacred Hearth Catholic
Bluefield
Lashmeet man found after three-day disappearance critically ill
Carlyle Jack White, 55, of Lashmeet, was located in Tunson Hollow near his home after three days missing. He was rescued from a steep slope, dehydrated with a possible right leg injury, and flown to Roanoke Memorial Hospital in critical condition. Local volunteers, fire departments, and a K-9 unit aided the search. White has a history of high blood pressure and strokes that may have caused memory loss and disorientation.
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White
Roanoke Memorial Hospital
Lashmeet
Wright’s Mountain
Bluestone Valley
Matoaka
Charleston
Harold Buckner
UPS strike disrupts shipping for firms and hospital
The UPS walkout disrupts Christmas stocking, forcing firms to rely on RPS USPS and FedEx. Lynchburg and Princeton vendors rush orders while Princeton Community Hospital reports longer lead times affecting surgeries. Some customers face delays and higher costs as the strike reshapes local logistics.
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Walk
Roadway Parcel Service
RPS
UPS
Lynchburg
Princeton
Richlands
Princeton Community Hospital
Colleen Clark
Airborne
United States Postal Service
USPS
Federal Express
Clark
Rain Slick Roads Spark Area Car Crashes
A morning rain and slick roads sparked multiple crashes in the Bluefield area. No injuries in a College Avenue single vehicle crash severed a utility pole. Mary Elizabeth Pugh rear ended a car on Route 123 injuring none, Edih Parker and her two children were taken to BRMC after a Mercer Mall Road crash. Investigations continue.
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Bluefield
College Avenue
G.A. Haynes
Lynn Stohler
Vinton
Ferndell Avenue
Strohler
Haynes
Green Valley Skating Center
T.H. Johnson
Mary Elizabeth Pugh
Frank Perdue
Johnson
Perdue
Peggy
Rebecca
Pugh
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Green Valley
Glenwood
BRMC
Local Battery and Break In Report From Batte Beacon
A Lashmeet man reported he was sucker punched at a local store and plans to file charges. Deputy M D Ash investigated August 13. A Brushfork resident reported a hatchback break in to a 1986 Hyundai with stereo gear stolen. Det D B Bailey investigated and a suspect is noted. John Ray Strock of Route 3 Princeton was arrested for battery by Deputy W O Lawson. David Martinas Eperson of Princeton was arrested for violating a protective order, investigated by Deputy M D Ash.
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Lashmeet
M.D. Ash
Hyundai
D.B. Bailey
John Ray Strock
Route 3
Princeton
W.O. Lawson
David Martinas Epperson
Health board reshapes indoor air rules vote
Board member Harvey Phlegar a Princeton restaurant owner backed the March vote amending the clean indoor air ordinance. He missed Thursday's meeting but said the vote would likely stand after legal review with lawyers and the Ethics Commission. The board told Dr. Allen Dyer to ask the state Board of Health if the Ethics Commission ruling affects the county ordinance.
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Harvey Phlegar
Princeton
Ethics Commission
Allen Dyer
State Board of Health
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