Bluefield High Senior Sentenced for Domestic Battery
Mercer County Circuit Court records show Adam Witten Umberger, 18, pleads guilty to a single domestic battery charge involving a 15 year old girlfriend. After seeing text messages from other boys, he allegedly assaulted her on Princeton Avenue and Grassy Branch Road, with witnesses reporting dragging and kicking before police intervened. She transferred schools due to fear and campus safety concerns were raised by prosecutors.
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Princeton
Bluefield
Mercer County
Adam Witten Umberger
Bluefield Police Department
C.S. Myers
Princeton Times
Princeton Avenue
Grassy Branch Road
East River Mountain Overlook
Overlook
Umberger
Mercer County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office
Giving Spirit At Springville Food Drive
Bobby Mcglothlin and Shawn Moore of the Bluefield Union Mission assist Springville Elementary School Student Council Association members as they load food from the annual drive onto a truck. The school collected 4 603 cans and 40 toys for the Union Mission, described by Craig Hammond as the most generous donation of the Christmas season.
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Bobby Mcglothlin
Shawn Moore
Bluefield Union Mission
Springville
Craig Hammond
Power shift reconfigures Virginia Senate committees in Southwest Virginia
In the wake of Democrats winning a 21 19 Senate majority, leaders name new chairs including Charles Colgan as finance chair and Yvonne Miller as transportation head. Southwest Virginia figures like William C Wampler Jr may leave finance, raising concerns of rural representation. Senator Phillip P Puckett voices hope for more Southwest leaders, while praising the shift as an opportunity to serve all regions.
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Bluefield
Virginia Senate
Senate
SCC
Wampler
Senate Finance Committee
John H. Chichester
Fredericksburg
Charles J. Colgan
Dmanassas
Senate Finance
Fairfax County
Alexandria
Arlington
Norfolk
Phillip P
Puckett
Russell
Senate Transportation Committee
Yvonne B. Miller
Senate Democratic Caucus
General Assembly
William
Finance Committee
Princeton councilman resigns to seek family court seat
Omar J. Aboulhosn, at large Princeton City Council member since July, resigns to pursue Judge Edwin Wiley’s seat on the 12th Family Court Circuit for Mercer and McDowell counties. He notes Wiley will not seek re election in 2008 and says he cannot both sit on council and seek the judicial post.
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Princeton
Omar J. Aboulhosn
Aboulhosn
Edwin Wiley
12Th Family Court
Mercer
McDowell
Wiley
Montcalm
Beckley
Weena
Emily
Aboulhosa
Concord University
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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Dewey Russell
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Thorn Street
Thorn St
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Euclid Ave
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Krystal
Jim Shore
Heartwood Creek
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Magnolia
Gredgeponter Dru
Bland Street
Chevrolet
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Jaycee Collins
James Toohey
Rex Ratliff
Richard Wolridge
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