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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 2001
Page
1
WVVA coverage notes experts examine medical malpractice issues and insurance implications, with neighbors expressing disapproval toward a local house. The segment also previews Salt Lake coverage and an Olympic torch bearer interview, plus a weather update on page A-8.
Wartime era veterans are invited to meet national and state representatives at Princeton Memorial Building 1500 W. Main St Princeton today from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and again from 6 to 7 30 p.m. to become 21st Century Charter Members of American Legion Post 54.
In Bluefield U.S. District Court five former executives of the failed First National Bank of Keystone were sentenced. Michael Graham, former executive vice president of Keystone Mortgage Co., received 12 and a half years in prison and $515 million in restitution. Graham, 51, of Southern Regional Jail in Beaver, was convicted April 28, 2000, of obstructing federal bank examiners and pleaded guilty November 16, 2000 to bank fraud and money laundering. He expressed remorse and vowed to aid recovery of assets and equity for Keystone stockholders, bank employees, and the community.
James Ratliff, 68, of Bluefield Princeton, died Monday in Charleston hospital after a Sunday single vehicle wreck on I 77 near Ingleside. Ratliff and passenger William Warden, 68, also of Princeton, were traveling north at about 7 15 p m when a lowboy trailer began to lose control and the vehicle slid across the median. Ratliff was ejected through the passenger door and may have been struck by another vehicle.
Greg Jordan reports from Bluefield where the post office processes hundreds of thousands of pieces as customers wait and rush to clear the season’s peak day. Postmaster Bill Akers calls it the busiest day, with mail pouring in and boxes moved across counters.
Mercer County residents fear loss of Medicaid support for non medical services including group homes at Southern Highlands and day programs. Joan Meade cries as she worries about her daughter Michelle losing daily training and activities if funding ends, with officials promising alternatives unclear.
Donations continued Monday push the Community Christmas Tree fund toward a $12,000 target. With $8,693 raised, $3,307 remains to meet the goal before the Saturday noon Bluefield Auditorium party. Send contributions to Bluefield Daily Telegraph PO Box 1599 Bluefield West Virginia 24701.
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