Mathena Center dedication show benefits food pantry
The Chuck Mathena Center opens in Princeton with a 1 pm dedication concert to benefit Tender Mercies Food Pantry. Admission is 5 and a can of food, featuring Princeton High School Madrigals alumni and local dance companies in a 90 minute program.
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Princeton
Chuck Mathena
Stafford Drive
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Altizer
Princeton High School
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Bluefield Dance Theatre
Princeton Dance Studio
Starz School of Dance
Emira Ele
Details emerge in Bull Creek fatal crash near Mohawk
Bluefield Daily Telegraph reports that 39 year old Jimmy Davis of Bull Creek died after his 1995 Chevrolet Camaro left the road and rolled into Bull Creek. Sheriff’s Chief Field Deputy Mark Shelton said the wreck happened about 12 30 p m Thursday and Davis was not wearing a seat belt near Mohawk.
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Mark Shelton
McDowell officials worry over Pre-K plan delay
McDowell County school leaders voiced concern after learning from state officials that approval of the Pre-K program was delayed. Superintendent Suzette Cook said day care centers had not complained and that centers have been invited into the planning process. State Health Secretary Martha Walker noted 70 day cares closed in three years and urged directing more children to centers to prevent closures.
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Associated Press
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State Board of Education
Kanawha County
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Board of Education
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Mountain
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Cowens
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Search continues for Anawalt native missing since May
Augusta County investigators press on in their search for Margaret Stamper White born 1972 and listed endangered missing. White 35 from Anawalt has not contacted family since mid May while living in Crimera Virginia since 2007. Sheriff Sgt. Powers urges anyone with leads to call (540) 245-5333.
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Augusta County
A.C. Powers
Augusta
Margaret Stamper White
Powers
White
Crimera
Joyce Stamper
Sheriff's Department
Searls remembered as fierce reporter and loyal friend in West Virginia
Colleagues recall ELCH Tom Searls 54 of Marmet found dead at Kanawha City home after a long career as a reporter covering statewide police beats. He earned a 2000 national award for Welch beating coverage leading to a former state trooper's conviction and $1 million settlement. Friends describe a devoted professional who loved his work and his communities.
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Tom Searls
West Virginia
David White
White
Bluefield
Mercer County
Charleston
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Marmet
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Welchman
Gary Messinger II
Sid Bell
McDowell County
Bell
Welch Daily News
Hunter Thompson
Rollo Taylor
West Virginia University College of Law
Morgantown
Dominion Post
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Beckley Register- Herald
East Bank High School
Montgomery
East Bank
Bill Archer
Barcher
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Community and School Meetings Across Bluefield Princeton Area
The August schedule includes the South Bluefield Neighborhood Association meeting at 7 p.m. at Edgemont Baptist Church to discuss utility reports and urban development ideas. Mercer County BOE meets in special session at 7 p.m. in Princeton to review the superintendent's evaluation and personnel matters. Additional events include MountainHeart Child Care training from 2 to 4 p.m. at Workforce WV Career Center, Meet the Teachers night at Dudley Primary School in Bluefield Virginia, a County Landlords Association meeting in Princeton with discussion on leases, and a Colitis Crohn's group gathering at Princeton Community Hospital.
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Dudley Primary School
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Princeton Community Hospital
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