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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 2007
Page
8
Federal prosecutors brace for a flood of requests after the US Sentencing Commission voted to let roughly 19 500 federal inmates seek reduced crack cocaine sentences. In West Virginia 748 inmates may qualify, with 278 in the southern district and 470 in the northern.
Eunice Lopez, 26, is charged with bigamy for allegedly marrying at least 10 men between 2002 and 2006 without divorcing them. Investigators say she charged spouses to help them gain immigration status and continued asking for money, with potential additional marriages found in records. She was released on an $18,000 bond.
Local bikers known as the Ghost Riders visit the Bluefield Union Mission to drop off toys and food for a Christmas drive. They support Salvation Army Toys for Tots Community Christmas Tree and 10 to 11 families at their annual party. The group has aided the mission since 1987, arriving at 1 p.m. on the third Saturday each December.
At a Princeton museum reception for Juston Thacker a group of visitors shared memory of his sacrifice and met Marines Pete Lindenthal and Brian Molby who were wounded in the same ambush. Molby traveled from Jackson North Carolina to surprise Thacker’s mother with support.
Our Towns reports a railroader from Norfolk Southern sought Anjean, a coal mining community. L T Powell requests location details from readers, inviting contact via bdtonline.com or 327 2811.
Fairfax County police roll out 50 portable Automated Fingerprint Identification System units funded by a 2005 homeland security grant. The devices scan two fingerprints and search millions on file to return matches in about 30 seconds, often with a photo, aiding crime solving and terrorism countermeasures.
Tazewell Area Chamber of Commerce unveiled the Four Seasons YMCA keep sake ornament the first in a collectors series to spotlight area businesses and landmarks with proceeds supporting the chamber. Future ornaments include Main Street Café Ben Bolt House and more. Also SWCC offers ServSafe training Jan 10 14 and 17 from 3 to 8 pm at King Community Center with registration by Jan 3. BB&T declares 2008 Q1 dividend of 0.46 per share Feb 1 to record holders Jan 11. MountainHeart Child Services offers Monday training for family day care providers at Workforce WV Career Center with pre-registration.
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