Accidents near Princeton send several to hospital
Sunday accidents on West Virginia Route 20 and U S Route 460 sent three people to Princeton Community Hospital. Deputies said the Route 20 collision involved a Mercury Tracer and a Chrysler New Yorker. all occupants wore seat belts and names were unavailable Sunday evening. A second single car crash on Route 460 near Oakvale saw Michael Layne, 19, and Jamie Plumley, 20, transported or refusing treatment, with Layne’s passenger among those treated and all belted in. Fire and rescue crews aided at Route 460 scene.
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W.va
U.S. Route 460
G.W. Woods
Mercer County
Sheriff’s Department
Serena Road
Woods
Ger
Princeton Community Hospital
New Yorker
Oakvale
Eagle Talon
Michael Layne
Crab Orchard
J.K. Cooper
West Virginia State Police
Jamie Plumley
Beckley
Cooper
Layne
Shannon Clyburn
Princeton
Mark Blevins
Mblevins
Bdtonline
Local historian seeks help on West Virginia African-American song project
Joe Bundy of Bluefield appeals for knowledge on artists heard in a WVU Press CD project collecting religious and work songs by African-Americans across West Virginia from 1949 to 1953. The effort draws on Cortez D. Reece’s field recordings in Mercer and McDowell counties with donors across several towns.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
Joe Bundy
West Virginia University Press
Cortez D. Reece
Bluefield State College
Reece
Bundy
Cortez
WVU Press
Mercer and
McDowell
Albert McCoy
Henry Lake Dickason
Lindside
Nelson Harmon
PE. Higginbotham
Memphis T. Garrison
Gary
Samuel Wade
John Wade
Frank Wade
Welch
Joe Perkins
Susan White
Waldo Dickason
Giotto
R.J. Pollard
Work and Pray partial play list notes names and performers
A partial play list titled Work and Pray lists 25 entries including pieces like Lining Track by Clarence Harmon and Albert McCoy, Ten Pound Hammer by Albert McCoy, and Jacob's Ladder by Waldo Dickason, with many entries credited to Henry L. Dickason and John Wade among others.
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Clarence Harmon
Albert McCoy
Memphis T. Garrison
Blanche Simmons
Waldo Dickason
Waldo Dickason 10. ‘Way Over the Promised Land
John Henry
Susan White
Nelson Harmor
Nelson Harmon
P.R. Higginbotham
Henry L. Dickason
John Wade
Jesus
R.L
Fires in Tazewell County leave victims in critical condition
Two early Saturday fires in Claypool Hill and Richlands, Virginia, left several people injured. Cody Underwood, 18 months, Rocky Underwood, 24, and Kathy Coleman 33 remain in critical or stable condition, while Maudie Harris 49 and James Smith 35 are in stable or discharged status. The Richlands fire killed a three year old, Ridgy Dean Coleman, and the Claypool Hill fire killed Pamela McCarty, 17, her one month old daughter Elysia Underwood, and Zachary Casey, 9. Authorities suspect electrical causes for the Richlands blaze and kitchen origin for the Claypool Hill fire. Rescue crews responded swiftly and officials praised responders.
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Claypool Hill
Tazewell County
Cody Underwood
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City
Tenn
Rocky Underwood
Bristol Regional Medical Center
Maudie Harris
Clinch Valley Medical Center
James Smith
Kathy Allen Coleman
Richlands
William Puckett
Coleman
Ridgy Dean Coleman
Pamela McCarty
Elysia Underwood
Zachary Casey
Casey
Underwood
Harris
McCarty
Program teaches history ethics through Bible studies
Mercer County Bible teacher Jennifer Schrage-Towers demonstrated a third grade class using home made illustrations to tell Joseph story highlighting mercy over revenge. Ministers and educators discussed Bible in the Schools Day and funding for the program across 16 schools.
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Benjamin
Mercer County
Jennifer Schrage- Towers
Board of Education
Bible In the
Joseph
Egypt
Schrage-Towers
Schrage- Towers
Dan
Gene Bailey
Supreme Court
Bluefield Intermediate
Bluefield
Bluewell
Brushfork
Bramwell
Montcalm
Ceres
Glenwood
Lashmeet
Blotter: Street disruptions and noise complaints reported
Saturday and Sunday police logs describe dirt bike intrusion on Brook Street with advisory action, a verbal disturbance at West Virginia Manor leading to room separation, noise on Augusta Street from juveniles with mother’s promise to quiet, a skateboarder near T and T Pontiac advised to stay off the road, drag racing on John Nash Boulevard with several stopped, an early Sunday Park Street alarm secured, an unwanted subject on Union Street who left before arrival, an alarm at Advance Automotive secured, and a Social Security office area confirmed secure.
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Brook Street
B.W. Copenhaver
West Virginia Manor
G.W. Lightfoot
T and T Pontiac
John Nash
J.D. Vance
Park Street
Social Security Office
H.L. Harmon
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Charles L. Holland
Lake Superior
Goldie D. Mahan
Coalwood
Ella Brown
Alberta Calvin
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Eh. Hendricks
Marvin Ward
Wolf
Samuel Rudolph Thurman
O.N. Hylton
N.T. Adams
Pinewood Jones
George Hicks
Northfork
Wheel
Inetone
Wade
John Nelson
Pipestem State Park
Wayne Pelts
Pelts
Bailey
Pam Sarver
Dorothy Harbage
Judy Bailey
Tina Mills
Eleanor Rupp
Ann “Dink” Stafford
Carl Thomas
Billie J. Woods
Bill Seaver
Gilbert E
Gene” Bailey
Janet Williams
Barbara Hawkins
Bhawkins
Bluefield TV Police
Augusta Street
S.S. Whitt
Union Street
R.S. Mason
Advance Automotive
Bluefield State
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