Suspect admits to bank robbery spree in eight states
Michael Wayne Poole, 42, of Saucier Mississippi, arrested after the Mercer Mall First Community Bank robbery, confessed to robbing ten banks across Alabama Mississippi Iowa Illinois Ohio Pennsylvania and Missouri in a spree that began in May according to a Charleston court filing.
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United States District Court
Charleston
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Hodock named Tazewell school superintendent
Donald W. Hodock, longtime Tazewell County Schools employee and current special education director, was named interim superintendent from Aug. 1 to Dec. 1 at 70 657 salary. The board approved unanimously and will advertise for the permanent post by Aug. 11 with applications due by Oct. 10.
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Donald W. Hodock
Tazewell County
Jan White
Robert “Spot” Steele
Hodock
White
Wade Elementary bids farewell at final celebration
A photo by Eric DiNovo shows Sandra Puckett the current and last principal of Wade Elementary School greeting former student Kayla Jennings during a tearful final open house and farewell on Wednesday in Bluefield.
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Eric DiNovo
Wade Elementary School
Sandra Puckett
Kayla Jennings
Bluefield
Farewell Wade Elementary as Bluefield closes buildings
Friends and former staff bid Wade Elementary farewell at a tearful gathering before its June closure as the district consolidates. Students from Wade and Ramsey move to Bluefield Intermediate, Whitethorn, or Memorial elementary schools. Former principal Sandra Puckett and teacher Ceal Blevins recalled Wade’s impact, while alumni like Marcella Whitlock remembered Wade’s early years and the field where VMI and Virginia Tech teams once played.
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Wade Elementary
Wade
Energy Express
Ramsey
Whitethorn
Memorial
Ceal
Puckett
Whitlock
Old Beaver High
Virginia Military Institute
Virginia Tech
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Billie Woods
Mary Frances Brammer
Bluefield Middle School
Princeton man dies In wreck on US 460 westbound
A 78 year old Princeton man, Clifton Wall, died after a four vehicle crash on US Route 460 near Old Bluefield Road. Wall entered westbound lanes, sideswiped a Mercer County school bus, then collided head on with a 1999 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup. He was pronounced dead at Bluefield Regional Medical Center.
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Bluefield
Mercer County
Clifton Wall
Princeton
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Robert Youther
Bluefield Rescue
Princeton Rescue Squad
Green Valley - Glenwood Fire Department
T.W. Foreman
West Virginia State Police
Wall
Bluefield Gas Company
Four Seasons Council adopts fiber optics mission
A regional group of civic leaders from southern West Virginia and Southwest Virginia approved a mission statement at its organizational meeting. The council is sponsored by four chambers and includes representatives from Mercer McDowell and Wyoming counties in West Virginia and Tazewell Bland and Giles counties in Virginia. Al Modena was named chair. Bill King of Bluefield Virginia as chair elect. Jerry Beasley Concord College named vice chair. David Larimar named secretary. Herb McClaugherty named treasurer.
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West Virginia
Southwest Virginia
Four Seasons
Greater Bluefield
Mercer
McDowell
Wyoming
Tazewell
Bland
Giles
Virginia
A.A
al” Modena
Bluefield
Bill King
Jerry Beasley
Concord College
David Larimar
Phillip Puckett
Lebanon
Tazewell, Va
Herb McClaugherty
Princeton
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Steve Peery
Tazewell County School Board
Four Seasons Council
Dennis Simmons
Tazewell County Board of Supervisors
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Daily Telegraph
Peggy Blevins
By Tony Barbary
Princeton Dance Studio
Emily King
King
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Princeton Times
Sale
Southwestern Regional
Steve Canterbury
Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority
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