Petersburg trio murders tied to prison escape in West Virginia
A Petersburg man pleads guilty to an escape charge in connection with the killings of Donna Ours Leon Miller and Karen Jeffrey as part of a five day crime spree after escaping from a work camp and later recaptured in a gun battle with police. His cousin faces murder charges. In a separate item a Huttonsville inmate who walked away from a sewage plant was captured nearby. Divers search the Potomac for a missing Woodbridge man who disappeared after diving in near Harpers Ferry.
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Marlinton
Petersburg
Billy Joe Hottle
Donna Ours
Leon Miller
Cabins
Karen Jeffrey
Keyser
Hottle
Pocahontas County
Craig Swick
Charleston
Panhandle
West Virginia
Swick
Huttonsville
Huttonsville Correctional Center
Bill Duncil
Gerald Nolan
Duncil
Nolan
Sandy Hook
Woodbridge
Potomac River
Harpers Ferry
W.va
Scott Anthanos
Maryland
Patty Manown
Maryland Dnr
Anthanos
DNR
Inmate Deaths Mark Henry County Jail Incident
Two inmate deaths by self harm were reported in six weeks at Henry County Jail. Kenneth Ray Garten Jr. 30 Bassett hanged himself with a bed sheet in his cell after officers found him at 7 10 p m. Sheriff Frank Cassell said Garten and prior victim Brian David Young crouched to kill themselves rather than stand. In Fredericksburg a van crash on I 95 killed Brenda Jackson 38 Shorterville Ala and injured 11 others including a 3 year old whose arm was severed and a 5 year old in critical condition. The van driven by Shirlean Marble Columbus Ga drifted into center lane and flipped multiple times after hitting a Toyota Celica ten miles south of Fredericksburg. Authorities described a chaotic scene with injured passengers scattered across the median.
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Martinsville
Henry County
Kenneth Ray Garten Jr
Bassett
Frank Cassell
Garten
Sheriff's Office
Cassell
Brian David Young
Fredericksburg
Alabama
Brenda Jackson
Shorterville
Ala
Shirlean Marble
Columbus
Len Terry
Norman Brooks
Spotsylvania
Two Proposals Planned For Mercer County Schools
Mercer County Community Advisory Committee on Education aims to draft two formal school system proposals with cost estimates and projected enrollment. Bluefield State College received 8500 dollars from Consolidation Coal Co to support engineering technology programs. Eustace Frederick of Consol presented the check. Appalachian Regional Commission added a 100000 dollar federal grant for fourth floor construction at Princeton Community Hospital. Mercer County ranked tenth in statewide waste paper collection in a salvage contest. West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co of Covington Va donated trophies. Looking back compiled by Jeff Lambert.
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Mercer County Community Advisory Committee On Education
Bluefield State College
Consolidation Coal Co
Eustace Frederick
Consol
Southern
Appalachian
Appalachian Regional Commission
Princeton Community Hospital
Mercer County
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company
Covington
Trial opens in case of missing BRMC pain medication
Kay Gilbreath, a former nurse, faces three counts of allegedly stealing Demerol from Bluefield Regional Medical Center between January and September last year. Prosecutors say missing drug records and audits show theft, while the defense asserts she did not steal or use drugs and argues she wasn't employed when many discrepancies began.
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Princeton
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Kay Gilbreath
Bill Flanigan
David W. Knight
Gilbreath
Bluefield
Lems
Garton
Brmc Pharmacy
Lou Carter
Flanigan
Ing
Carrie Hughes
Linda Bowling
Kroger station will not cost Princeton jobs says postmaster
Princeton Postmaster William M. Akers rejects claims of job losses from the Kroger Store contract station on Stafford Drive. He notes no hours are cut and underscores community response. Bluefield workers protested with an informational picket in front of the Princeton Post Office.
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Princeton
Kroger
Stafford Drive
William M. Akers
Akers
American Postal Workers Union
Bluefield
APWU
Bluewell
Green Valley
Promised Land Tazewell students keep prom pledges
Tazewell High School celebrated a drug and alcohol free prom after 795 of 796 full-time students signed the Nationwide Insured Prom Promise pledge. Prom Promise coordinator Gail Mitchem praised 99.9 percent participation and urged lifelong commitment to safe celebrations.
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Azewell
Tazewell
Tazewell High School
Gail Mitchem
THS
Nationwide Insurance
Princeton Community Hospital approves laundry expansion project
Princeton Community Hospital trustees unanimously approve a 1.867 million laundry expansion to serve other hospitals, financed with internal funds at about 6 percent. The plan enlarges space from 2,478 to 10,000 square feet, adds three staff, and projects annual revenue rising to 350,800 while cutting per pound costs by over 20 percent through outsourcing to Bluefield Regional Medical Center and potentially St Luke's.
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Princeton
Princeton Community Hospital
PCH
Bill Sheppard
Bluefield
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
St. Luke’s
Sheppard
BRMC
Charles Mathena
Scott Pittman
HCCRA
Fowl play Teen should've chickened out
In Fieldale Virginia 18 year old Robert James Layman of Patrick Springs died after lying in the road as part of a game of chicken. He was hit by two cars on Virginia Route 761 west of Fieldale late Sunday night.
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Fieldale
Robert James Layman
Patrick Springs
Memorial Hospital
Martinsville
Henry County
D.W
Ferguson
Layman
Walt Disney Co
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Lorin Hanshew
Roanoke
Bluefield Regional
Todd String
Bill Jackson
South Bluefield
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