Four Hurt When Truck Crashes Into Coal Company Building
Four people were hospitalized after a 1994 Dodge pickup driven by Leonard Stump veered into the opposite lane on U.S. Route 460, struck a 1995 Chevrolet Caprice, then crashed into a Jewell Smokeless Coal Company training building. Stump was charged with a failure to maintain control. injuries were not life-threatening.
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Grundy
Jewell Smokeless Coal Company
Buchanan General Hospital
Gene Crouse
Virginia State Police
Vansant Detachment
Crouse
Leonard
Stump
Phelps
The
Jewel
EMS
Court Continues Hearing in Child Pornography Case
Mercer County circuit judge extended an evidentiary hearing for Ronald Stroupe 57 while ruling on two motions. The defense seeks to drop duplicate counts and challenges evidence from two search warrants. Trial set for Sept. 7 with five minor children depicted in recovered photos. Investigating officer testified informant led to locations to conceal materials. Judge Frazier paused proceedings to allow responses before Friday ruling.
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Rinceton
Mercer Pesinis Circuit
Spanishburg
Ronald Stroupe
Stroupe
Mike Gills
Mercer County
Scott Ash
Ash
Gills
Mercer County Prosecuting
Bill Sadler
Sadler
Consid
Mercer County Circuit Court
John R. Frazier
Frazier
Bill Archer
Barcher
Area bids farewell to Tuskegee Airman Edward Hargro
BLUEFIELD Several people gathered Monday afternoon to mourn Edward Hargro 85 a quiet community leader and Tuskegee Airman A veteran group noted the famed all black Army Air Force squadron helped escort bombers over Italy and Germany Hargro survived by his wife Carrie and sons Edward Morgantown and Wendell Vacaville Calif This notice honors a local war hero who kept his service private until recently revealed during Black History Month by his pastor Rev James J Palmer III.
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Bluefield
Edward Hargro
Tuskegee Airman
James J. Palmer III
Palmer
Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church
Hargro
Italy
Germany
Carrie Hargro
Edward
Bluefield State Named Among America’s Best Colleges
Bluefield State College has been selected for the fifth straight year as one of America’s Best Colleges by U.S. News & World Report. Enrollment growth leads West Virginia public higher education, with 500 graduates in May 2004 and about 5,000 attendees at the commencement.
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Bluefield
Bluefield State College
U.S. News &World Report
BSC
West Virginia
Jim Nelson
Albert Walker
John Cardwell
Bluewell House Fire Leaves Home Likely Total Loss
Bluewell firefighters spent nearly three hours at a house fire at 231 Path Lane owned by Dave and Shannon Riggs. No injuries reported beyond some heat exhaustion among responders. Priority aid came from Green Valley Glenwood and Bramwell departments due to a lack of an accessible hydrant.
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Bluewell
Buddy” Warden Jr
Dave and
Shannon Riggs
Locat
Green Valley
Glenwood
Bramwell
Jody Neal
Bottonline
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TAZ
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Paul Brown
Hawaii
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Sarah Marie Helix
Dimensional
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Desinger
Sandy Spaulding
S. Walker Street
Ruse En J
Teter
Grad Price
Tallard Banks
Bey Telegraph
Princeton Times Office
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