Winter Crime Slows but Violent Incidents Persist Across Mercer County
Mercer County officers note crime and domestic violence stay steady or rise despite cold. Sheriff spokesman says DUI and burglary rates slow with winter temps, while domestic conflicts persist. State Police cite fewer travelers but more weather related accidents as roads ice over.
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R.E. Earnest
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
Earnest
PR. Watkins
West Virginia State Police
Watkins
New Restaurant Health Code Details Upgrading, Inspections
Mercer County sanitarians roll out enhanced health inspections with stricter criteria. Critical violations now include issues like dirty countertops and hood grease, with faster fixes and possible shutdowns for high risk cases. Refrigeration must keep 41 degrees or below and seven years exist to upgrade equipment. Public health reporting rules tighten for E coli, Hepatitis A, and Salmonella Typhi, with workers barred when ill.
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Grimm
Mercer County
Legislators From WV and VA Discuss Upcoming Session
WV delegates Flanigan Frederick and Princeton ministerial speakers attend annual legislative breakfast with Virginia lawmakers. They cite tight budgets, possible $30 million deficit, redistricting concerns, and calls to fund PEIA while Virginia plans borrowing to cover shortfalls.
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Richard Flanigan
Princeton
Eustace Frederick
Bluefield
West Virginia
Virginia
Greater Bluefield
Phillip P Puckett
D-Russell
Commonwealth
General Assembly
Jim Gilmore
Puckett
Jackie Stump
D. Buchanan
Flanigan
Bob Wise
Frederick
Peia
Wise
Virginia General Assembly
Tate
Stump
Hairston Brooks Memorial Service in Worth
Hairston Brooks a longtime Rolfe Worth resident and homemaker from the Little Rock Church of Christ died leaving husband David Beverly and daughter Deneice Beverly Benson. A life celebration is set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Uprising Chapel United Holiness Church Worth with Elder Omar Helms officiating followed by burial at Restlawn Memorial Gardens Bluewell. Widener Funeral Homes Northfork handles arrangements.
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Beverly Benson
Elizabeth Scott
Johnson City
Tenn
Frederick Patterson
Jacksonville
N.C
Clara Beverly
Chillicothe
Ohio
Mary Hairston
Worth
Uprising Chapel United Holiness Church
Omar Helms
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Route 20
Bluewell
Widener Funeral Homes
Northfork
Funerals scheduled across several Virginia towns today
Funeral services are set for multiple individuals. James Cline dies, services at Fanning Funeral Home Chapel Saeger with burial at Cline Family Cemetery Bull Creek near Mohawk. Others include Shorty Hollman at Hurst Scott in Tazewell with interment at Greenhills Memory Gardens Claypool Hill. Bert Charles Jr at Virginia Funeral Home Grundy with burial Cooper Cemetery Paynesville State Line Ridge. Hattie Wiley at Fanning War with burial Grandview Memory Gardens Bluefield. Pearl Stover at Marion Baptist Church with burial Wassum Cemetery Atkins. Eloise Bower at Rodriguez Pocahontas with burial Woodlawn Memorial Park Bluewell.
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James Cline
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
Cline
Bull Creek
Mohawk
Carroll Bradley
Shorty) Hollman
Hurst-Scott Funeral
Tazewell
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Bert Charles, Jr
Virginia Funeral Home Chapel
Grundy
Wise appoints transition team members after election win
Wise announces transition team and key appointees at Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center. Former reporter case. Alex Marcia and Susan Small Plante named general counsel and constituent services director. Keith Comstock will be chief technology director. Vacancies remain for lottery, insurance, CHIP, and corrections chiefs.
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Ice
Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center
Case
Charleston Gazette
West Virginia
Wise
Alex Marcia
Goodwin & Goodwin
Charleston
Susan Small-Plante
Keith Comstock
Fenwick Technologies
Underwood
Children’s Health Insurance
Fred Vankirk
Transportation
Paul Nusbaum
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