NC man sought in Mercer shooting
Mercer County investigators described Robert Amos Farmer as armed and dangerous as they sought the 24 year old North Carolina man connected to a Wednesday night shotgun shooting that wounded Fred Ray Buchanan in Bluefield. Authorities said a white Chevrolet S-10 carried the intruders who fled south.
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Rinceton
North Carolina
Bluefield
Mercer County
Beasley
J.E. Coulter
Buchanan
Princeton Community Hospital
Franklin Gonzin
Princeton
J.E Parks
Gonzin
Jerry Flanagan
Parks
M. L. Gills
Farmer
Mercer man’s supervised release modified by judge
In Bluefield a Mercer man, Christian Lacy Tedder of Princeton, won a court bid to end a contact ban tied to his supervised release after a hearing. Judge David A. Faber granted the request, noting Tedder’s history and testimony from his ex wife Melissa Tedder about custody needs and safety concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer
Bluefield
Christian Lacy Tedder
Princeton
Brian Kornbrath
Tedder
Melissa Tedder
U.S
John File
Caach
Tiori
David A. Faber
Brooks trial opens over biting claim in Bluefield
Opening statements and witness testimony framed the Mercer County Circuit Court case of Dr. Sheila Brooks a Bluefield physician charged with malicious assault for biting Charlene McCoy after a confrontation at a Princeton Avenue home Barker a resident testified Brooks twice visited the home and returned with a crowbar and later forced a door open Brooks contending self defense cited injuries to Brooks including a broken nose bruises and choking as the trial continued the next day with Barker and McCoy implicated in the sequence of events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Bluefield
Sheila Brooks
Charlene McCoy
Princeton Avenue
Mercer County
Derek Swope
Todd Boggess
Brooks
Katherine Barker
Barker
McCoy
David Smith
Gunman opens fire at Goshen factory injuring none
A gunman attacked the Nu-Wood plant in Goshen Indiana prompting a large police operation. SWAT surrounded the industrial park and twelve nearby plants were evacuated as ambulances stood by. Nu-Wood employs 35 people and posted 3.1 million in sales last year though the incident spared workers and no injuries were reported.
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Funderburk
Indiana
Chicago
Goshen College
Chris Barouska
Ingersoll Rand
Nu-Wood
Dun & Bradstreet
GR Plastics Inc
Goshen
Herb Stein
Nu-Wood Manufacturer
Akron
Ohio
Reactions recall Pearl Harbor and 9 11 comparisons
Residents remember December 7 1941 as a distant war event while noting how radio and papers lacked today’s immediacy. People from Coal City Glen Daniels and surrounding areas describe shock at Pearl Harbor and contrast it with the 9 11 attacks, noting how unity followed the former.
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Cecil Smith
Smith
World Trade Center
New York
Pentagon
Washington
D.C
Pennsylvania
Hawaii
W. Oswell
Ozzie
Ellison
Pearl Harbor
Coal City
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Tazewell
County Abbs Valley
Boissevain & Pocahontas
Rescue
United Way of the Virginias, Inc
Reishers We
Bluestone Interiors Christmas Savings
Eee
Kidkraft
Bala Law
Harleys
Children’s Playhouse
Suestone Interiors
A-1
Mary Montgomery
Lawson Street
Montgomery
Ivan Halsey
Glen Daniels
Halsey
Heber Stafford
Giants
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Stafford
Sam Bundy
Odtonline.com
Virginia
Wetcomes
Betty Head
Cumberland Rd
HONDA
Rudolph
Cole
Green Valley
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