Fourth of July celebrations across Four Seasons Country
Fireworks lit Princeton while Jewell Ridge Anawalt and Crab Orchard hosted Fourth of July events. In Jewell Ridge Barbara Altizer led a 25 year traditions with a patriotic program for children and teens, plus games, putt putt and a horse shoe contest. Anawalt hosted a Flood Survivors Reunion with a day camp and karaoke. Crab Orchard held Heritage Day at the museum with reenactments and a jail photo fundraiser. A Bluefield parade drew families, Miss Liberty and Miss Firecracker, with many spectators and vehicles in flags and scepters.
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Bluefield
Princeton
Jewell Ridge
Barbara Altizer
Jewell Ridge Recreation & Development Corporation
Altizer
Jewell Ridge Learning Center
Anawalt
Flood
McArts
Crab Orchard
Tazewell County
Larry Sigman
Barbara Poole
Jerry Vencill
Jonah
Kenna Amos
Kamos
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ATV Crash At Windmill Gap Sends Two To Hospital
Two people were injured in an ATV crash on a local road near Windmill Gap north of Montcalm. One patient was medevaced by Bluefield Rescue Squad at about 8:05 p.m. with Code 3, signaling critical injuries, while the second was transported at 8:07 p.m. with Code 1. The incident was reported to Mercer 911 at 7:18 p.m., and Sr. Trooper J.K. Cooper from the Princeton State Police detachment responded. Names ages and addresses of the patients were not released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windmill Gap
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Mercer
Bluefield
Montcalm
J.K. Cooper
Princeton State Police
Kenna Amos
Kamos
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Worthless checks lead to arrest and multiple local incidents
Police blotter reports Susan Shrader 32 of Spanishburg arrested on a June 30 warrant for two worthless checks totaling 53.42 at Hickman Princeton. A Sleep Inn burglary case notes 385 dollars in electronics stolen with a suspect. Domestic battery on Berkley Street Princeton involves a mother and daughter. Christopher Baker, 26, Bluefield area, arrested June 30 for throwing a chair at his mother. Carolyn Sizemore, 23, Bluefield, arrested June 29 for public intoxication and disorderly conduct. Amanda Riley, 24, Montcalm, arrested June 29 for hydrocodone possession and driving suspended. A Toro lawn mower valued 250 was stolen from a Bluewell residence on June 28. Edward Bailey, 35, arrested June 26 on warrants for brandishing and battery. Victor Browning, 25, Matoaka, arrested at the scene for hydrocodone and Dilaudid possession, found sleeping in his truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan E. Shrader
Spanishburg
G.W. Woods
Shrader
Hickman’s
Princeton
Sleep Inn
R.M. Combs
Christopher William Robert Baker
Warden Avenue
Bluefield
J.J. Ruble
Baker
Carolyn Joyce Sizemore
Old Stoney Gap
Amanda Renea Riley
Montcalm
Lorton Lick Road
Bluewell
S.J. Cary
Victor Jason Browning
Matoaka
Cary
Browning
Fourth of July homecoming for Marine Kevin in West Virginia
A West Virginia family marks Kevin’s return from Kuwait with a large Fourth of July gathering at Stan and Ruby East’s Lorton Lick Road home near Montcalm. Kevin, a scout/motor transport driver with the 2nd Marine Division, arrived at Cherry Point NC after five months abroad, including time in Baghdad and Tikrit. Family and relatives from North and South Carolina and Tennessee share pride, prayers, and celebratory cakes as Kevin reunites with loved ones and his girlfriend Catherine Murawski.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Enigk
Spike
America
Debbie
Claude
Annette Morgan
Fairfield Avenue
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Falls Mills
Kentucky
South Carolina
Courtney
Cameron
Jack
Linda
Stan
Ruby East
Lorton Lick Road
Montcalm
Kevin
North
Tennessee
Ruby
Marine Corps Air Station
Cherry Point
N.C
Kuwait
West Virginia
2Nd Marine Division
Camp LeJeune
Baghdad
Tikrit
Catherine Murawski
Hickory
Catherine
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Boone
Deliverance Temple
Brushfork
Carol Hayes
Blountville, Tenn
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Four Seasons
A-1
John Nelson
Phillip Romeo
Mariana
Mike Romeo
Laura Rogers
France
Sam
U.S. Army
Garrett Hale
Fort Witten
Laura Kerr
Emily
Fort
Oakhurst Avenue
Mercer County Sheriff’s Office
Berkley Street
Road
Richmond
C.M. Williams
Edward Allen
Bailey
C.T. Lowe
Sherry East
Rockville
S.C
Carol
Josh Hayes
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