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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 2002
Page
6
A mild day under mostly cloudy skies with scattered showers expected. Precipitation amounts noted include 0.12 inch and 0.22 inch with other measurements around 1.59 and 0.02 inch, reflecting varying rainfall totals across areas.
Bluefield Town Council reviews public input on annexation plans after Aug. 13 meeting. Members urge better information sharing, address concerns about a comprehensive plan, and consider steps before resuming consideration of expanding the town’s 8.5 square miles by 3.43 with the Industrial Park included.
Keystone pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor as an accessory after the fact and faces sentencing after the Jones trial. Prosecutor Sid Bell argued the defendant acted in concert with others, with Jones directing Mollineaux and knowing a hit was planned on John Stepp. Neighbors heard gunfire on April 9, 2001, as investigators linked the Stepp murders to drug debts and a bluefield connection.
The second phase of the Progress Park industrial site advances with a southern access road and rail site grading. Financing totals include a 1.5 million state Economic Development Grant and about 2 million in Rural Development loans, with local funds covering the rest. Lane Enterprises Inc and Somic Ishikawa are current tenants amid ongoing discussions with other businesses as utilities and fiber optics groundwork proceed.
The county Assistant Prosecuting Attorney said the fugitive was picked up in Texas and authorities plan to extradite him. They intend to revoke bond and home confinement. more charges may follow. The case links to the 2001 Mercer County murder of Lorie Day. Day, 27, of War, was killed by blunt-force trauma. Whitt’s trial opens October 7 in Welch.
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