Tazewell Elementary earns Blue Ribbon status in Va
Tazewell Elementary School was named a No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon facility by the U S Department of Education joining seven public and three private schools honored nationwide. Officials praised accreditation and Adequate Yearly Progress goals met for 2007.
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Tazewell Elementary
Tazewell
U.S. Department
Suzanne Grindstaff
Lawson
Tazewell County
U.S. Department of Education
Investigators pursue leads in Mercer nightclub shooting
Mercer County detectives continue the probe into the December 14 shooting death of 35 year old Jerome Flack at Packer's nightclub on Mercer Mall Road. Flack died at Bluefield Regional Medical Center and his body was sent to the state Medical Examiner. Investigators report 250 potential witnesses and urge anyone with information to call 304 487 8364. ABCA suspended Packer's liquor license during the inquiry.
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Princeton
Mercer County Sheriff’s Department
Bluefield
Jerome Flack
Bluefield Regional
Packer
Mercer Mall
Mike Gills
Flack
State
Charleston
L.B. Murphy
Gills
Murphy
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration
Gig Robinson
ABCA
Robinson
Crash ties up traffic on Easley Bridge near BSC
One person was taken to Center after two vehicles collided on the Easley Bridge near Bluefield State College. Melayne Mitchem, 60, stopped in the northbound lane after running out of gas. a second vehicle driven by Jonathan Williams, 20, struck the car. Mitchem’s mother Blanch Mitchem, 80, a passenger, was hospitalized with back pains. Mitchem was cited for illegal parking. northbound traffic backed up over 30 minutes.
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Easley Bridge
Bsc
Bluefield
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Easley
Bluefield State College
Melayne Mitchem
Bridge
A.G. Calder
Bluefield Police Department
Mitchem
Jonathan Williams
Moncalm
Calder
Blanch Mitchem
BRMC
Graham Middle School students donate food and batteries to Union Mission
Graham Middle School students collected more than a thousand cans of food and dozens of batteries for the Bluefield Union Mission and Labor of Love Mission in Tazewell County. Students from the Student Council Association and National Junior Honor Society organized the drive, with Food City aiding transport and matching donations.
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Luefield
Graham Middle School
Bluefield Union Mission
Student Council Association
National Junior Honor Society
SCA
Mary Beth Hash
Union Mission Food Pantry
Eric DiNovo
Spencer Sheets
Craig Hammond
Union Mission
Food City
Hammond
Mail continues to urge timely Christmas shipping in region
Post office workers report long lines as customers rush to mail gifts abroad and within the United States. Officials advise using Priority boxes, labels, and tape, and say holiday packages should be mailed by today for overseas delivery and no later than tomorrow for Saturday arrival. Cold weather and snow last weekend helped people prepare, with tips to seal packages tightly to speed processing.
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Jenkins
United States
Hank Burnley
Bluefield
Tax assessment factors explained by official
Bland explains that a 400 percent assessment increase does not guarantee a 400 percent tax rise. He notes two main variables in tax bills: the assessment value and the tax levy per $100 of value. The assessment is pending board review, with public hearings set for June 2008. questions should go to the County Assessor’s Office, not the Board of Supervisors.
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Sweet
Board of Supervisors
Little Jimmie Christmas memorial donations total
A list of individual and family donations totals 1720.00 for a Christmas memorial fund plus prior and grand totals. Donors include Sue and Ollie Laweee Herschel H Honaker Assaad and Carla Mounter Joy Employees Benevolent Fund Donald and Jean Christie and others. First Church of Christ Scientist Bluefield WV contributes 200.00 and memorials honor Dick Kinser Mathews Gillespie and Donita Anderson.
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Assaad and
Carla Mounter
Joy Employees Benevolent Fund
Donald and
Jean Christie
R.H. Mathews
Carl C. Gillespie
First
Church of Christ Scientist
Bluefield
W.va
Samuel and
Jennifer Scott
Donita Anderson
Sentenced in federal case over drug distribution counts
The seven count indictment accused Jennings of drug distribution from June 27, 2005, to November 15, 2006. The judge dismissed six counts, and Jennings will report to the U S Marshal by 2 p.m. January 16, 2008. Defense attorney Weis called Jennings contrite and sorry for his actions.
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Faber
Jennings
Edward Weis
Marshal
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
General Assembly
Phillip Puckett
D Russell
Dan Bowling
Charles Grindstaff
Jack H. Harry
Tom Brewster
State Board of Education
Brenda Lawson
Mercer Nightclub
By Greg Jordan
Graham Students Help Union Mission
Deidra Hill
NJHS
Debbie Hatfield
Mariah Spracher
Heath Browning
A-1
Burnley
Jimmie
Dick and
Georgia Kinser
Lavonne Kinser
Doris Woodcox
Weis
Cowens
Bottonline
Mountain View Obstetrics & Gynecology, P.L.L.C
Joe C. Ellington, Jr
F.A.C.O.G
Undercliff Terrace
David A. Najar
DDS
N. Walker St. ¢ Petn
Greg Jordan
Gjordan
Bdtonline
E. Cumberland Rd
Fox
Prighton
Pageant
Lebanon and
Claypool Hill
Hwy
Aturday
Chevrolet
Cadillac
GMC
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