State police probe Southern Regional jailhouse beating
Charleston authorities say a dual probe into the beating of Bradley man Michael Burnette 47 and his son Christopher 21 at Southern Regional Jail is underway. The pair face charges including attempted murder and malicious wounding for allegedly slitting their mother grandmother's throat. Both injured in the incident were hospitalized and will be kept in a monitored, not isolated, security setup upon return.
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Charleston
Terry Miller
Dave Perry
Dfayette
Michael Burnette
Christopher
Southern Regional
Beaver
Miller
Burnette
Ping
New River Gorge
Vaccination surge as H1N1 limits lift in Mercer County
Hundreds line up at Bluefield area health office for H1N1 and seasonal flu shots after lifting restrictions. RN Judy Bolton notes over 400 H1N1 and 400 seasonal vaccines given. 800 total due to policy change and renewed vaccine availability. Flu season peaks January February. vaccines run 9 am to 3 pm weekdays with $25 for uninsured seasonal dose and $10 for uninsured H1N1.
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Reen Valley
Judy Bolton
Mercer County Health Department
Toms
Melody Rickman
Bolton
Man Sentenced to Life in Murder Case in Grundy
Grundy Virginia Travis Wade Spence 35 of Big Rock Buchanan County was sentenced to life in prison plus 10 years for first degree murder and obstruction of justice in the death of Greg Brown 43 on March 14 at Stiltner's Creek. Jury imposed maximum penalty amid evidence of neck injury defensive wounds and blood at the scene. DNA found on clothes and footprints matched Spence. Investigator praise followed from Commonwealth Attorney Tamara Neo and Buchanan County Sheriff’s Department.
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Grundy
Travis Wade Spence
Big Rock
Buchanan County
Commonwealth
Tamara Neo
Neo
Spence
Greg Brown
Stiltner’s Creek
Brown
Kudzu
Levisa
Buchanan County Sheriff’s Department
Larry Crouse
Eric Breeding
Buchanan County man sentenced to 35 years in porn case
Adam Stewart Young of Buchanan County was sentenced in the Western District of Virginia Abingdon to 35 years for manufacturing and possessing child adult material. He pleaded guilty to one count of manufacturing and two counts of possession, with officers uncovering a large collection of such material and images of Young mistreating a minor during a May 10, 2008 search. The investigation involved the Buchanan and Russell County sheriffs, Virginia State Police, and the FBI Bristol office.
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Grundy
Buchanan County
Adam Stewart Young
United States District Court For
Western District of Virginia
Abingdon
U.S
Timothy J. Heaphy
Buchanan County Sheriff’s Department
Virginia States Police
Young
Heaphy
Russell County Sheriff’s Department
Virginia State
Police
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bristol
Lee
United States
Jennifer Bockhorst
United States Attorney’s Office
McDowell County audit results due January 13
The state Office of Educational Performance Audits completed an exit interview with the McDowell County Board of Education regarding the third audit since 2001. The board awaits the January 13 state Board of Education meeting in Charleston to learn if local control will resume or if state intervention continues.
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Welch
State Office of Educational Performance Audits
McDowell County
Suzette Cook
Cook
Board of Education
Lynda Evans
Mike Callaway
Mark Shelton
Georgia West
Mike Mitchem
Mitchem
Mingo
Preston
Grant
Lincoln County
Charles Owens
Cowens
Bottonline
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