Escapee Returned to Jail After Cross State Chase
Tazewell County Sheriff says Roy James Hogan Jr. who escaped custody Nov 5 while in a Richlands clinic led a 2000 mile four state pursuit. Hogan was flown from Florida to the Tazewell County Jail and will be arraigned on escape and theft charges before Christmas.
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Tazewell County
T.E. Ray
Roy James Hogan Jr
Hogan
Florida
Tazewell
H.S. Caudill
Richlands
Caudill
U.S. Marshals’ Service
Fugitive Hogan Arrested After Motel 6 Raid in Venice Florida
U S Marshals and Tazewell County deputies raided a Motel 6 in Venice Florida last week locating Hogan and arresting him. James Sparks of Vansant Virginia was also arrested in the motel on a fugitive from South Carolina charge tied to a Greenville County check forgery case. Hogan, held on Virginia fraud charges and multi state accusations, was said to be en route to Panama City with a stolen vehicle recovered at the motel.
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U.S. Marshals Service
Tazewell County Sheriff's Department
Venice
Fla
Hogan
Ment
Tazewell County
T.E. Ray
Caudill
James Sparks
Vansant
Buchanan County
South Carolina
Sparks
Greenville County
S.C
Commonwealth of Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Panama City
Manatee Avenue
Manatee County
Greenville
Hill Crest Motors
Charles Owens
Cowens
Bottonline
Holiday of Lights draws crowds in Lotto Park
The Holiday of Lights in Lotto Park thrives as Christmas Eve and Christmas Day see the biggest crowds. Gates stay open until 10:30 to 11 p.m. with volunteers and Santa helpers, as a 53 foot steamboat and 30 foot lighthouse attract visitors amid recent heavy snow and freezing temperatures. The show runs through January 4 with plans for future expansion.
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Luefields
Lotto Park
Ron Ciccolini
Robin Lefler
Commission
Bluefield
Lefler
Lester
Santa
Lesler
Sherri Ciccolini
Bill Archer
Barcher
Bottonline
Princeton Community Hospital offers infant CPR class
Princeton Community Hospital announces an infant CPR class on Saturday January 3 from 9 a.m. to noon in the Education Classrooms. Instructor Bonnie Allen will lead the session. Call 487 7410 by January 2 to register.
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Princeton
Princeton Community Hospital
PCH
Bonnie Allen
Virginia water tax proposal faces local opposition in Tazewell
In Tazewell County officials oppose a state plan to charge water customers $2 monthly per account, estimated to raise about 45.8 million annually. The 9 percent rate hike would affect average bills of about $23, prompting concerns from County Administrator Jim Spencer and actions by the Board of Supervisors and Public Service Authority.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Governor’s Natural Resources Funding Commission
Richmond
Jim Spencer
Spencer
Virginia Association of Counties
Board of Supervisors
Public Service Authority Board
Water Quality Improvement Fund
Virginia Land Conservation Fund
Virginia Municipal League
Mark Warner
Charles Owens
Cowens
Bottonline
Mercer sex offender Wert still at large in Mercer County
Prosecuting attorney Bill Sadler said Mercer County fugitive Larry Franklin Wert 51 of Princeton, guilty of 18 counts of sexual abuse, will be found. Wert has been a wanted person since July 10 after bail bondsman could not contact him. He claimed fear for his life after being shot at and sent a voice cassette to the court. Authorities urged anyone with information to contact the sheriff at 425-2274.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Bill Sadler
Larry Franklin Wert
Sadler
Wert
D.B. Bailey
Mercer County Sheriff’s Department
Frazier
Sheriff’s Office
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Disadvantaged Women and Children’s Committee
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Dan Dunmyer
Mercer
Bottonline.com
Walt Whitman
Ugy
Willowbrook Baptist Church
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