SVCC enrollment climbs as bond plan eyed for new buildings
Southwest Virginia Community College reports a 2.2 percent rise in first day enrollment to 2833 students with registrations continuing through Sept. 9 off-campus numbers not yet counted. Officials back a $6.3 million bond referendum to build a library learning center and maintenance building on the Richlands campus to ease crowding and support distance learning and audiovisual programs. President Dr. Charles King, in office 36 years, says SVCC remains a regional growth catalyst and hopes for more expansion.
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Charles King
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Veteran Porter retires from Daily Telegraph circulation
Bob Porter, a 36 year veteran in the Daily Telegraph circulation dept, retires after supervising 16 carriers in Richlands Virginia. He joined in 1966 and plans golf and coon hunting, remains with the paper part time in sales.
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Bottonline
Man faces sentencing in Princeton kidnapping case
Circuit Court Judge John R. Frazier set a November 4 sentencing date for Butler after dismissal of kidnapping and conspiracy charges. The state seeks a youthful offender sentence at the Anthony Correctional Facility. Butler would serve six months to two years plus probation. The victims include a Princeton woman abducted March 20 and her husband Michael Blaylock, 30, who was attacked. Four men moved her between three houses and into Tazewell County before releasing her in Bluefield. she was bruised and untied at times. Other defendants, Simon Russell Lambert, 34, and Aubrey Gene Weeks II, 46, pleaded guilty to kidnapping. Tracy Allen Akers, 19, pleaded guilty to second-degree robbery. Kidnapping is described as among the state's most serious crimes.
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Alhony
White Sulphur Springs
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Aubrey Gene Weeks II
Princeton
Tracy Allen Akers
West Virginia
Charles Owens
Cowens
Bottonline
Jury hears details in Stepp murder case from Bluefield trial
Testimony recounts Mollineaux firing on John Stepp after a demand for money. King described the car ride to Bluefield with Jones and Britto after the shooting. Witnesses linked drugs cash and a plea to burglary, while Britto was acquitted and Mollineaux received a life sentence with no mercy.
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Gloria Stephens
John Pauley
West Virginia State Police
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Charleston
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Hospital seeks efficiency after rate changes plan
Dunmyer said rates rose this year after a period of stability of three to four years. Mike Talerico of DELTA presented to the board about an efficiency study DELTA is conducting for the hospital. Contact Mark Blevins at mblevins bottonline.com.
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