Bluefield murder trial pushed to April 29
Bluefield man Grant Rogers, 43, charged in the Jan 14 murder of his brother James Rogers, 61, had his trial continued to April 29 by Circuit Court Judge Derek Swope. Rogers remains jailed on unrelated charges and was ordered moved to the Southern Regional Jail.
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Princeton
Bluefield
Grant Rogers
James Rogers
Mercer County
Bill Sadler
Sadler
Rogers
Swope
Huttonsville Correctional Institute
Southern
Beckley
Lee
Excessive force case settled
In a federal civil case from Princeton, Eddie Blankenship sued former Princeton Police Officer G A Syres and Officer T A Bailey over an alleged December 13 1998 arrest. A May 8 jury had split verdicts with Bailey acquitted and Syres found guilty. The settlement ends the action without disclosed terms, with 30 days for dismissal papers. The incident allegedly occurred in the Cheers parking lot in Princeton.
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Bluefield
Princeton
Eddie Bryan Blankenship
G.A. Syres
Virginia
Blankenship
Syres
T.A. Bailey
Bailey
U.S
David A. Faber
West Virginia
Cheers
Bill Archer
Barcher
Bottonline
McDowell County man pleads guilty to attack on FEMA officials
James Horton of Premier pleaded guilty to federal charges for assaulting FEMA representatives who questioned him about a neighbor’s noise complaint. Horton, 28, housed in a FEMA manufactured home at Premier Park, faces sentencing on February 24, 2003 in Bluefield. He was released on bond.
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McDowell County
FEMA
Bluefield
Federal Emergency Management Agency
James Horton
Premier
Premier Park
Horton
David Bungard
U.S
Ron Morgan
R. Clarke VanDervort
Bill Archer
Barcher
Bdtonline
Red Cross appeals for help after flood and fires in McDowell County
McDowell County unit of the American Red Cross faces a tough year with deadly flooding and multiple house fires draining funds. Peggy Blevins urges local donations to the Welch office at 32 Elkhorn Street to keep aid available, noting gifts stay in the county and are tax deductible with receipts offered.
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Welch
McDowell County
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Peggy Blevins
The
Elkhorn Street
Blevins
W.va
Charles Owens
Cowens
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NTSB finds no mechanical faults in Bland County crash
Preliminary NTSB findings into the Bland County plane crash on Nov. 27 show no fuel or engine abnormalities and no concluded cause. The Flight from Leesburg to Bluefield involved Robert E. Brown and Freya Rebecca Anderson, with radar traces showing a climb and descent before loss of contact and wreckage found on Round Mountain. Brown held a commercial pilot certificate and logged six hours earlier in the day at Leesburg.
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Bastian
National Transportation Safety Board
Bland County
Florida
Robert E. Brown
Tavares, Fla
Piper Lance
Leesburg
Fla
Mercer County
Bluefield
Freya Rebecca Anderson
Eustis
NTSB
Brown
Civil Air Patrol
Round Mountain
Bill Archer
Barcher
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C.S. Myers
Bluefield Police Department
Daily Telegraph
Beth Shrader
Clinch Valley Community Action
Shrader
Mark Warner
Virginia Museum of Fine Art
Richmond
Foshieo Chin
Virginia Ave
Pegasus
Directv Digital One
Open Sky Enterprises
Pegasus Sattuile Mureilion
Douglas Sporting Goods
U Felty Indoor & Outdoor Fund Headquarters
Axiurd
Assignol
Rossignol
Revie
APE Ag Emerge
ELAN
Omsz
Taxe
Layan
Brick Street
Www
Roses and Rainbows, Ltd
Stepp Flowers and Fashion Florist
Frank
Brenda
Bland Street
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