Mercer County approves 21.9 million bond for school projects
Princeton Mercer County Board of Education advances a 21.9 million bond to fund expansions and renovations including a new 4.6 million elementary school. The plan, supported 2 to 3, relies on a 2 million SBA grant and required local matching funds. Route 52 School project targets a new pre-K through fifth grade campus near Bluewell or Brushfork.
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Princeton
Mercer County Board of Education
State School Building Authority
Board of Education
Anne Krout
Bluewell
Brushfork
Party for 600 plus kids set for Friday
Community Christmas Tree party for more than 600 local and area kids will be Friday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at City Auditorium Stadium Drive. Santa arrives about 12 30 p.m. to help distribute gifts funded by the 2000 Little Jimmie campaign. Entertainment features Cecil Surratt Don Whitt Bill Archer and Karl Miller.
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City Auditorium
Stadium Drive
Santa Claus
Cecil Surratt
Don Whitt
Bill Archer
Karl Miller
Holiday mail surge hits Bluefield Postal Center
U S Postal Service reports a holiday mail surge with Bluefield Center processing 150000 pieces daily since December 1. Cumberland Road Center adds 21 staff for three weeks to handle mail from 135 post offices serving Mercer McDowell and Tazewell counties and parts of Buchanan County. The system expects a 3.2 percent nationwide increase and warns that Friday is the deadline to ensure on time delivery.
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Luefield
U.S. Postal Service
Mark Hamm
U.S Postal Service
Bluefield
Cumberland Road
Hamm
Cumberland
Road
U.S
Mercer
McDowell
Tazewell
Buchanan County
US Postal Service
Pocahontas triple murder suspects held in West Virginia
Defendants Samuel Ealy and Walter Church remain in Southern Regional Jail Beckley awaiting transfer to a Western District of Virginia facility. Indicted December 15 by a Virginia grand jury for the April 16 1989 murders of Robert Davis his wife Una Mae Davis and her son Robert Hopewell, all shot near their Pocahontas home. Court steps to determine counsel and arraignment plan follow transfer.
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West Virginia
Anthony Giorno
Samuel “Sam” Ealy
Walter “Pete” Church
Southern
Beckley
Virginia
Ealy
Pocahontas
Church
Princeton
Abingdon
Robert Davis
Una Mae Davis
Robert Hopewell
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