Messenger found guilty of civil rights violation in Welch case
Former West Virginia State Trooper Gary Messenger II, 31, of Bluefield, was found guilty on one civil rights count and not guilty on another after a May 15 to 19 federal trial in Bluefield. A 911 tape of Messenger arresting Raymond Neal Rose was a key piece of evidence. Messenger received an 87 month federal prison sentence and the judge urged training at the state police academy.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
Gary Messenger II
Messenger
Welchman
Raymond Neal Rose
Steve Cox
Elizabeth Kee Federal Building
U.S
Charles Miller
Karen Bleattler
Rose
David A. Faber
Faber
West Virginia Police Academy
Gary L. Edgell
Welch
State Police Academy
Edgell
Grundy Breaks Ground For Flood Proofing Redevelopment
Grundy Virginia marks ground breaking on a 11.5 million flood proofing and redevelopment project on the Old Depot Site in Buchanan County. U S Rep Rick Bouthor Virginia Secretary Shirley Ybarra and other officials led a ceremony attended by about 1000 residents with a color guard and marching band. The planned redevelopment will include a teen center town hall police post office fire department and rental spaces for businesses once flood work is complete.
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Buchanan County
Heavenly Voices
U.S
Rick Bouther
D-Va
Virginia
John Rivenburgh
Mountain Mission
Grundy High School
Grundy Town
Industrial Development Authority
Easy and Church charged in Pocahontas murders case
Federal indictments filed in Abingdon accuse Sam Bally of Pocahontas and Pete Church of Princeton of five counts each of murder in a drug trafficking enterprise and murder of federal witnesses. The murders of Robert Davis, Una Mae Davis, and Robert Hopewell Jr. occurred April 16, 1989, with bodies found on Merrick Lane. Maximum penalties include death and up to $4 million fines.
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Pocahontas
Robert Davis
Abingdon
Sam Bally
Pete Church
Princeton
Una Mae Davis
Robert A. Hopewell Jr
Davis
Merrick Lane
Hopewell
Gilmore
Ashland
Ealy
Tazewell
Church
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Guston
Tazewell County School Board starts year amid controversy
Tazewell Virginia reports a turbulent start as new school board members push a controversial class schedule change and bid farewell to veteran attorney amid 3-2 vote. The board proposes cutting a central office position, drawing fire from Superintendent Woodrow Mullins who accuses members of violating his contract. After lengthy closed sessions and an alleged audio tape, Mullins retires and Donald Hodock is named interim, later hired as superintendent from a field of 18 candidates.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Woodrow Mullins
Mullins
Bers
Ian White
Cookie Johnson
Robert “Spot” Steele
Donald W. Hodock
Hodock
Easley Bridge Replacement Nears Completion in Bluefield
In 2000 Bluefield wraps up an eight million dollar Easley Bridge project linking the city to US Route 52. Work began December 1999 with caissons and piers, followed by 34 000 pound girders in July. A northbound lane opened December 15 as demolition plans for the old span were set for early 2001.
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Bluefield
Easley
Mercer County voter turnout in 2000 election record
Mercer County voters turned out in record numbers on November 9 as the nation elected a new president. Bush carried Mercer and West Virginia, breaking years of Democratic gains, while Wise defeated Governor Underwood in a closely watched, hard fought campaign.
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Princeton
U.S
George W. Bush
al Gore
West Virginia
Bush
George Bush
Brushfork Armory
Joe Kennedy
Gore
UMWA
Bob Wise
House of Representatives
Cecil H. Underwood
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Chloe Francis
Frankie” Stanton
McDowell County
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