Family Life Center hosts free gospel concert in Bluefield
The First Church of the Nazarene in Bluefield presents a free gospel concert Friday at 7 30 p m at the new Family Life Center on Stadium Drive. The choir Down East from North Carolina will perform. Pastor Jeff Beckett says the event lets residents view the center with gym stage and teen area and encourages community use.
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Luefield
Beckett
Family Life Center
Stadium Drive
Bluefield
Wise Republicans plan GOP support for Democratic nominee
In Charleston, Democratic nominee Bob Wise forms a GOP backed group to lure Republican voters. The effort, not yet a formal organization, includes Ted Armbrecht, Walter Price, Larry Pack, Doug Stump, Tony Palanzino, and Bruce Bennett. Wise's campaign manager says more Republicans may join. Stump plans to resign to back Wise, citing Wise's leadership over Underwood era.
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Charleston
Cecil Underwood
Underwood
Bob Wise
Wise Republicans
GOP
Wise
Steve White
Kanawha County
Walter Price
Market
Larry Pack
Kanawha County Commission
Doug Stump
Tony Palanzino
Bruce Bennett
Buckhannon
Stump
Rod Blackstone
Blackstone
Health dept funds heat Buchanan County jobs risk
Buchanan County faces potential layoffs at the Health Department if a $4,159 county match is not approved to draw down a $36,000 state contribution. Cumberland Plateau Health District director Dr. Dorothy Vincent urged the Board of Supervisors to fund five fulltime and one part time employee, while supervisors signaled budget constraints and ordered a transfer review. The board also hired two fulltime workers, approved a $44,000 Victim/Witness grant, refreshed vendor contracts, and leased Keen Mountain Park property to Island Creek Coal Co.
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Grundy
Buchanan County Health Department
Dorothy Vincent
Cumberland Plateau
Buchanan County Board of Supervisors
Vincent
Buchanan County
Buchanan County Co-Operative
Ray Blankenship
Board of Supervisors
Blankenship
Health Department
Dexter Ray
Ray
Calvin Ward
Michael Boyd
Heather Thomas
Buchanan County Economic Development Office
Arvil Quinley
Buchanan County Commonwealth Attorney’s Office
Island Creek Coal Co
Consol
Conaco
Keen Mountain Park
Teens in court over killing of gay Black man in Marion County
Two 17 year olds, identified as cousins David Allen Parker and Jared Wilson, faced first degree murder charges in the beating death of 26 year old Arthur J R Warren in Grant Town. The four hour hearing was closed, with no public access to the juvenile matters, and prosecutors have not released details of any alleged confessions. Local reaction varied as relatives and supporters gathered near the Marion County Courthouse.
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Fairmont
Marion County
Rodney Merrifield
David Allen Parker
Jared Wilson
Grant Town
Parker
Wilson
Arthur “J.R
Warren
Richard Bunner
Bunner
Merrifield
Deborah Dooley
Texas executes man for stabbing two neighbors
Orien Cecil Joiner, a 50 year old former long haul trucker, was executed by injection in Huntsville for raping and fatally slashing two women who lived next door at an apartment complex. He maintained his innocence as the sentence was carried out amid Texas’ rising execution total for the year.
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Texas
Huntsville
Orien Cecil Joiner
Heaven
Joiner
Carole Huckabee
Eva Marie DeForest
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Delvin Miller
Arthur Warren
Rebme
Cous
Buck Stove
Princeton
Bradley
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