Ratliff Named New Grundy Police Chief
Grundy Virginia lieutenant B L Ratliff was named by the Grundy Town Council to replace Police Chief Randall S Jackson, whose resignation becomes effective December 31. Ratliff takes the post January 1 as the council also sets salary steps and begins a personnel policy amendment. The council also seeks a public highway hearing on Riverside Drive and Main Street traffic, opposes one way routing, and discusses a two hour free parking plan currently in a four month trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheryl Mays
Daily Telegraph
Grundy
B.L. Ratliff
Grundy City
Grundy Town
Randall S. Jackson
Jackson
Ratliff
Gladys Keen
Keen
State Department of Highways
Harold King
Riverside Drive
Main Street
Vansant
Highways Department
Norfolk and Western
King
Christmas Dinners and Gospel Sing Featuring Local Churches
The Christian Women Workers of Duhring host a 6 p.m. Christmas dinner at Duhring Church of Christ with each member providing a vegetable dish or dessert. President Linda Goins led the meeting and Rosanna Eller gave devotions on The Birth of Christ. The Christian Mission Church on Littlesburg Road presents a gospel sing at 7 p.m. with Paul Pugh Calvary Messengers the Lester Family and the Harvesters plus seasonal instrumental and singalong numbers. A Matoaka Christian Church Christmas program Sunday at 5 p.m. features the youth Sunday School class directed by Diane Sparks and Lora Crane with a play The Return of Silas Johnson Part 2 and adult participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Women Workers of Duhring
Fellowship Hall
Duhring Church of Christ
Linda Goins
Mary Dale
Rosanna Eller
Christ
Ethel Hurst
Christian Mission Church
Littlesburg Road
Paul Pugh
Calvary Messengers
Lester
Matoaka Christian Church
Diane Sparks
Lora Crane
Silas Johnson
Governor announces LIEAP grants and Toy Program
Governor Rockefeller announced three LIEAP grants for McDowell, Mercer, and Wyoming counties totaling 21,411, plus an emergency grant of 10,000 for Princeton Rescue Squad. He also launched the Statewide Toy Project with toys from a major retailer, repaired by inmates, organized by Lions Clubs, with distribution dates and sites in Welch and Oceana.
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John D. Rockefeller IV
Council of the
Southern Mountains
McDowell County
Mercer County Economic Opportunity Corporation
Wyoming County Opportunity Council
Governor's Office of Economic and Community Development
West Virginia Department of Human Services
Rockefeller
Princeton Rescue Squad
Department of Human Services
Huttonsville and
Anthony
Lions Clubs
Paul
Roanoke Mother Sues over Sexual Assault Case
A Roanoke mother filed a damage suit in Roanoke Circuit Court seeking 500000 from Gene Boyd Land 54 and the estate of Glenn Krauhs 60 of Fort Wayne Indiana. The suit claims emotional injury and ongoing psychiatric care for the 10-year-old girl due to the assault. Land received 60 years on 10 charges while Krauhs died by suicide while free on bond awaiting trial.
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Roanoke
Indiana
Gene Boyd Land
Glenn Russell Krauhs
Fort Wayne
Ind
Land
Krauhs
L. Richard Padgett Jr
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