Logging truck crash kills driver in Greenbrier County
A Bluefield man died when a logging truck rolled over near Mullican Lumber in Ronceverte on U S Route 219. The vehicle caught fire and burned, cutting phone service from Ronceverte to Wikel. Police, not releasing the name until families are notified, note this is the area’s fourth traffic fatality in 30 days.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
J.C. Powers
J.L. Cahill
Lewisburg
Powers
Cahill
Mullican Lumber
Ronceverte
Acci
Dent
Wikel
Monroe County
Local youth wins award at Princeton Kiwanis meeting
Princeton Middle School Builders Club president Andrew Flanagan received the West Virginia District Kiwanis Foundation Builders Club Leadership Award a 2001-02 honor club award certificate and a $200 savings bond amid discussion of a new safe haven for battered women and children Pam's Place. Mercer County Domestic Violence Task Force leader Don Meadows outlined security needs and fundraising plans as the facility nears licensing and opening.
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Princeton Athens Kiwanis Club
Pam’s Place
Kiwanis
Suzy Fry
Fry
Andrew Flanagan
West Virginia
Kiwanis International Foundation
Mountain State
Flanagan
Builders Club
Princeton Middle School
PMS
Pam’s
Charlene Meade
Elizabeth Osborne
Barbara Hawkins
Pam Hawkins Foundation
Mercer County
Pam
Meadows
Hawkins
Virginia men gain intervention in FDIC asset case
A federal judge granted intervention status to Terry Witt Gregory Witt and David Witt of Roanoke in Gariety vs Grant Thornton. The Witts claim rights to vehicles and property bought from Hermie Church, tied to an FDIC assets freeze on FNB Keystone. The case centers on investors allegedly enticed into buying FNB Keystone stock before its collapse.
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First National Bank
FNB
Keystone
Virginia
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Terry Witt
Gregory Witt
David Witt
Roanoke
Hermie Church
Terry L. Church
Norma Faye Canipe
Laura Pritt
Canipe
South Carolina
Church
FDIC
H. Lynden
FNB Keystone
Comptroller of the Currency
Bill Archer
Barcher
Bottonline.com
Area police to staff DUI checkpoints tonight
Bluefield officers from multiple agencies join a five state operation to run a DUI checkpoint from 8 p.m. to midnight at the 200 block of Princeton Avenue funded by a statewide grant. Det. Jon Jones says one or two checkpoints will operate in the state before year end with DUI patrols countywide this weekend.
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Princeton Avenue
Jon Jones
Supreme Court
Jones
DHHR to distribute back-to-school clothing vouchers
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources will begin distributing 150 dollar clothing vouchers in mid July to qualified cash assistance families. Vouchers usable for clothes at participating stores until October 31. New applications due by July 31.
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West Virginia
Department of Health and Human Resources
Office of Family Support
DHHR
Wal-Mart
K Mart
Roses
Family Dollar
Mercer Mall
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