Mercer County Parents Face Abuse Charges in Infant Shaking Case
A Mercer County mother Christina Bolin and father Billy White were arrested on child neglect and injury charges after authorities say their infant son was shaken May 30 2014 causing a subdural hematoma retinal tears and permanent brain damage. White 27 and Bolin 21 face ongoing court proceedings.
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Billy Allen White
Clemons
Mercer County
Princeton
White
Sgt
M.D. Clemens
West Virginia
Christina Bolin
Princeton Rescue
Princeton Community Hospital
Women and Children’s Hospital
Charleston
Bolin
ATV Tourism Growth in 2015 Expands Trails and Lodging
In 2015 the region saw a notable rise in ATV tourism, boosting activity along the Hatfield McCoy Trail and the Spearhead Trail. Development of related accommodations accompanied the surge, reflecting growing visitor interest and economic impact.
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Spearhead Trail
Trail system in Southwest Virginia expands and contracts in 2015
Hatfield McCoy Trail Authority reports permit sales rose 16 percent in Mercer and McDowell counties in 2015 amid new trail closures and the Southwest Virginia Spearhead Trails project growth in Tazewell County. The 700 mile system narrowed to 500 miles as ownership shifted and new ATV related facilities opened or planned including Real McCoys Cabins Pocahontas Indian Inn ATV Resort Boissevain Buffalo Trail Visitors Center near Bluewell.
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Lincoln
Indian Ridge
Mercer
McDowell
Lusk
Jeff Lusk
Hatfield-McCoy Trail Authority
Li County
Southwest Virginia
Tazewell County
Tazewell
Pocahontas
Indian Inn
Pocahontas High School
Boissevain
Buffalo Trail
Bluewell
U.S. Route 52
West Virginia trooper rescues infant from burning crash
First Sgt. Johnny Pack, a 20 year state trooper, pulled the infant from a three vehicle crash on I-77 May 10. He suffered burns and smoke inhalation but returned to duty the next day. Three others died in the crash.
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West Virginia
Johnny Pack
Pack
Buttal
Charles Owens
Cowens Bottonline
2015 regional headlines include Roanoke shooting and Massey mine case
A 2015 roundup highlights the Roanoke WDBJ-TV shooting death of Alison Parker and Adam Ward by Vester Flanagan, the Massey Energy former CEO Don Blankenship conviction on a misdemeanor, a Texas family neglect case in Pulaski County, a Lewisburg police shootout with the Campbells, and a West Virginia Turnpike homicide suspect shot by state police.
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Luefield
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Southwest Virginia
Alison Parker
Adam Ward
Wdbj-Tv
Bridgewater Plaza Sliing
Roanoke
Vester Flanagan
Bryce Williams
Flanagan
Raleigh County
Massey Energy
Don Blankenship
Blankenship
West Virginia
Upper
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Stoney Ridge
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Paul Thomas
Noah
Pulaski County
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Texas
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Edward Watson Campbell
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Ing
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Campbells
Jerome Faulkner
Dora Faulkner
Oxford
Brandon Lamar Johnson
Georgia
West Virginia Turnpike
Johnson
Beck
49 Mile
Raleigh General Hospital
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Goodwill Center
Conyers, Ga
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Glenwood
Valley
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