Disturbance at Joy Food Mart prompts warnings
Reported Saturday a disturbance at the Joy Food Mart led to an advisory for a woman to leave. Patrolmen Harmon and Lightfoot investigated. A suspicious person on Bland Street was reported Saturday with few details available, investigated by Hazuka. An intoxicated subject attempting to enter the wrong house on College Avenue triggered a response by Lightfoot and Vicchio. A theft occurred when a Pizza Hut patron left Cumberland Road without paying. Hazuka and Mason investigated.
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Joy Food Mart
H.L. Harmon
G.W. Lightfoot
Bland Street
K.C. Hazuka
College Avenue
B.E. Vicchio
Pizza Hut
Cumberland Road
R.S. Mason
Maryland lawyer friend of governor dies in SUV crash
Stephen Vincent Wehner 45 of Chesapeake Beach Maryland died after his SUV left Interstate 79, rolled and struck a hillside near Weston. He was not wearing a seat belt. Wehner was a close friend of West Virginia Governor Cecil Underwood and his daughter Sharon Richardson. He had worked as an assistant U.S. attorney in Philadelphia before private practice.
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Corsaro
Wehner
Kingwood
Underwood
Sharon Richardson
Rod Blackstone
Chafin calls for state change despite not endorsing tax hikes
West Virginia senator Chafin, representing Mercer County areas, urged redirecting state priorities without raising taxes. He backed forming a task force to study state needs, citing Mountain Top removal, smokeless tobacco tax, gray machines, and a state police civil service review board. He and House Speaker Kiss spoke at the WVPA event.
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Chafin
District 6
Mercer County
Senate Finance Committee
Osher Craige
Police Civil Service Review Board
Bob Kiss
D-Raleigh
Valentine concert fundraiser aids Pam's Place theme Teach Your Hands To Be Kind
Admission will be $2 for students and $3 for adults. Proceeds go to the Pam Hawkins Foundation for Pam's Place. Tickets will be sold for a Valentine’s Bear and a drawing will be held. The project supports Pam's Place and carries the theme Teach Your Hands To Be Kind.
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Pam Hawkins
Pam
Aerial speed enforcement gain eyed by Virginia lawmakers
States already use aircraft to enforce speeding. Virginia would join if allowed, but officials say aerial enforcement would be occasional and costly. VASCAR from air could help identify violators and alert ground units on busy weekends while signs warn drivers. AAA backs the measure as a deterrent against sky surveillance.
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Melissa Savage
National Conference of State Legislatures
Virginia State Police
Maj
Jerry Conner
Virginia
Conner
Randy Green
AAA Mid-Atlantic
Green
Princeton area meetings set for Monday and week ahead
Mercer County Association of Retired School Employees will meet at 11 30 a m Monday at Finks Cafeteria Toni Russell president will lead a COLA workshop All members professional and service urged to attend PCH board meeting delayed to Feb 1 at 5 p m at multimedia conference room WE CAN training scheduled Monday Tuesday and Wednesday from 7 to 9 p m at the Princeton Department of Health and Human Resources office For more information contact Pattie Church or Kathrn Kandas at 304 425 8738 ext 2050 or 2051 PCH dietitian Angela Ratliff will speak on FAO dieting Monday at 10 30 a m at Princeton Public Library annex Call 487 5045 for info BCE to meet Tuesday Mercer County Board of Education will meet Tuesday at 7 p m at Mercer County Technical Education Center IN BLUEFIELD BRMC board to meet Bluefield Regional Medical Center board of directors will meet Wednesday at 5 30 p m in the hospital board room IN TAZEWELL COUNTY Winter program sign up under way at the Tazewell County Public Library Life in Appalachia study 2 5 year olds through fifth grade begin Feb 4 through April 14 free activities call local branch
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Princeton Arse
Mercer County Association of
Fink
Toni Russell
Princeton Department of Health and Human Resources
Pattie Church
Kathrn Kandas
Angela Ratliff
Princeton Public Library
Bluefield
BRMC
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Hospital Board Room
Tazewell County
Appalachia
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Memorial Funeral Home
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Princeton Community Hospital
PCH Dietician
FAO
Princeton Community
BCE
Mercer County Board of Education
Mercer County Technical Education Center
Www
Odtonling.com
Graham General Heating & Cooling
Eae
Chopraplasticsurgery.com
CRIA
Cellular One
Beaver
Ritter Dr
Beckley
Harper Road
Cellularone
Lewisburg Weslakin
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Richlands Claypool Hill
Bluefield Mercer Mall
Wal-Mart
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East Main St
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