Bluefield Pushes Parental Responsibility Bill in Legislature
Bluefield officials led by Mayor Webster Gilbreath and councilman Joe Long met with House Judiciary Chairman W. Richard Staton to press for passage of a parental responsibility act. The bill, approved by the Senate 30 to 4, would hold parents liable if a child under 18 commits offenses or is chronically truant, with escalating penalties and possible restitution.
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Charleston
Bluefield
State Capitol
House of Delegates
Webster Gilbreath
Joe Long
House
Judiciary Committee
W. Richard
Rick” Staton
Wyoming
Staton
Del
Elizabeth Osborne
Mercer
Osborne
Tony Whitlow
D-Mercer
Leonard Anderson
D-Summers
Tom Scott
Rabell
State Senate
Whitlow
Mary Lester
Huntington
Freddie Thomas Lester
Beauty queen gets sentence halved in Virginia case
Greenbrier County judge cut Tracy Lippard s two year term to one year for the assault on a rival family. The Newport News Virginia native had served two consecutive one year misdemeanor counts of second degree attempted murder and related charges. Lobban ordered concurrent terms after reconsideration, with parole possible in late April. Prosecutor Sorensen opposed the motion.
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Ewisburg
Greenbrier
Virginia
Tracy Lippard
Newport News
Lee Sale Charles
Ms. Lippard
Lobban
Richard Sorensen
Sorensen
Welch Area Chamber Dinner Hosted by McDowell Bank
The Welch Area Chamber of Commerce announces its annual dinner in the McDowell National Bank community room Friday February 16. A 6 p.m. reception precedes the 7 p.m. dinner. Tickets are available by calling Chris Ann Shop at 436 2240 or 436 2279. Featured speaker is Dr. Clifford Trump chancellor of the State College System of West Virginia.
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Welch Area Chamber of Commerce
McDowell National Bank
Chris Ann
Clifford Trump
State College System of
West Virginia
Weather forecast for Mercer and surrounding counties
Today cloudy through mid afternoon then clearing with highs in the mid 30s. Mostly cloudy tonight with lows near freezing. A public tip line note advertises toll free Cellular One access from Mercer Tazewell Bland Monroe Summers Fayette and Greenbrier counties.
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Mercer, Tazewell
Bland
Monroe
Summers
Fayette
Greenbrier Counties
Two indicted in Shortridge murder in Virginia
Henry Foster III and Richard Whitt Jr. were indicted by a Tazewell grand jury for the murder of Bobby G. Shortridge at a New Year’s Eve Cedar Bluff party. Shortridge died of 17 stab wounds. a June 3 trial is set with Foster and Whitt free on $30,000 bonds each.
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Tazewell
Henry Foster III
Richard Whitt Jr
Bobby G. Shortridge
Shortridge
Whitt
Foster
College Hill
Cedar Bluff
Donald R. Mullins
Nancy Dickenson
Greg Matney
Foster and Whitt
Prohibitive price tag for Mattie Williams site split
In Richlands Virginia the Mattie Williams Hospital site faces a 25 unit apartment plan costing about 3.5 million dollars in total. A Dewberry Davis study shows renovating costs around 3.0 million and cites public pushback to housing use with some support for an assisted living option. A decision is urged as public sentiment remains negative and a town hall site sale or reuse is debated.
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Richlands
Mattie Williams Hospital
Marion
Dewberry Davis
Tim Tater
Valentine Hearts Day at Mercer County Center
Registered Nurse Bonnie Allen tests Roy White for blood sugar during Happy Hearts Day at the Mercer County Commission on Aging Multi-Purpose Senior Center on Wednesday. Allen worked with Mercer County Technical Education Center LPN student nurses Cindy Anderson Tonya McManaway and Lisa Tolbert. See the story on A-3.
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Princeton Community Hospital
Bonnie Allen
Roy White
Mercer County Commission On Aging
Allen
Mercer County Technical Education Center Lpn
Cindy Anderson
Tonya McManaway
Lisa Tolbert
Comatose officer wakes after seven years in coma
In Hattanooga Tennessee Gary Dockery, a patrol officer shot in the forehead, awoke from a seven year coma. He spoke to his sister and joked, offering a glimpse of recovery as doctors warn pneumonia could kill him without surgery. Family faces potential farewell to a miracle strained by critical risk.
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Hattanooga
Tenn
Gary Dockery
Lisa Dockery
Tim Thompson
Dockery
Shane
Walden
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Kermit Cantrell
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