District 10 Highways complex near completion at Gardner interchange
District 10 Division of Highways complex at Gardner Road and I 77 near completion with three new buildings on 15 acres. Administration and bridge department buildings slated to finish by August end, equipment shop by mid September, move planned by mid October with parking lot prep in September. District serves Mercer, McDowell, Wyoming and Raleigh counties. General contractors Corte Construction Co. and Parsons and Lusk Construction.
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Ardner — Construction Co
District 10 Division of Highways
Gardner Road
Interstate 77
Richard Boyd
District 10
Boyd
Princeton Road
County Commission
DOH
Ted Boggess
District 10 Associates
Corte Construction Co
Parsons and Lusk Construction
Couple pleads guilty to neglect in rat attack on infant
Princeton area couple Frank Taylor Jr and Lizzie Taylor pleaded guilty to felony child neglect in the April rat bite of their six week old son Timothy Allen Taylor. Sentencing is set for October 23 in Mercer County Circuit Court with potential prison terms of one to ten years and fines up to 3000. The state may recommend probation. The infant underwent reconstructive surgery at a Charleston hospital after rats bit his chin nose ear and hands. The baby remains in foster care along with two older siblings who are also in foster care.
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Princeton
Berkley Street
Frank Taylor Jr
Lizzie Taylor
Mercer County
Timothy Allen Taylor
Charleston
Darrell Bailey
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
Bonnie Lashes Atlantic Crest With 115MPH Winds
Hurricane Bonnie churns over the Atlantic with 115 mph winds and an erratic path. Forecasters could not confirm landfall chances as a hurricane watch stretches along the Southeast coast. The National Weather Service warned conditions could reach the Savannah area to the North Carolina Virginia line by Wednesday. Beachgoers stay wary while residents stock up and prepare for possible evacuation.
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Atlantic
Jerry Jarrell
National Hurricane Center
Miami
National Weather Service
Savannah
North Carolina
Virginia State Line
Mail fraud suspect pleads not guilty in Bluefield case
Grover Dillon Sr., 58, a former Bluefield resident now in Pocahontas Va, pleaded not guilty in U S District Court to 23 counts of mail fraud and related charges. He faces up to 125 years and 5.8 million dollars if convicted. His wife Josephine Dillon, 43, also pleaded not guilty to 12 counts. The couple are slated for a joint jury trial.
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Bluefield
Grover Dillon Sr
U.S. District Court
Mary S. Feinberg
Dillon
U.S. Postal Service
Pocahontas
Ted Jones
Jones
David Faber
U.S
Southern
Charleston
Thomas W. Smith
Josephine Dillon
From first grade to graduation more states adopt tests
AP report on Florida expansion of reading and math standardized tests with Kaplan Educational Centers training for teachers and students. Barbara Lee, seventh and eighth grade teacher at Apalachicola High School, sees improved student attitudes as back to school approaches. More states require standardized testing from early grades to graduation, with supporters citing accountability and higher standards while critics raise concerns.
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Ashington
Barbara Lee
Florida
Kaplan Educational Centers
Lee
Apalachicola High School
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McDowell
Wyoming
Raleigh
Mercer County Courthouse
Stafford Drive
Ingleside Road
Athens
Ronnie Mitchell
Hylton Electric
Calvin Roark
Allied Mechanical Works
Gardner
Associated Press
S.C
Bermuda
Caribbean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
West Virginia
Virginia
Arpae Hla
Nissan
Megeer
Jacksonville
Fla
Karimbhai N. Maredia
White
Maredia
Leo Rors
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