Water Tank Vandalism Triggers $500 Reward in Glenwood
Officials offer a $500 reward for information on vandals who drained a 350000 gallon water tank and earlier a 100000 gallon tank near Ingleside. Police seek leads from Mercer County Sheriff’s Department as about 200 customers lost water for five hours and firefighting capacity was reduced. A witness described a dark blue or green Chevrolet seen near the scene.
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Glenwood
Marty Mariotti
Green Valley
Mercer County Sheriffs Department
Mariotti
Old
Bluefield
Princeton
Mercer County
Glenwood Heights
Pigeon Roost
Seri
PSD
Giles County backs proposed multi county commerce park
Giles County supervisors endorsed a planned multi county commerce park estimated at 40 to 50 million dollars that could create 2000 to 3000 jobs. The site near New River Valley Airport in Pulaski County may involve Giles Montgomery Floyd Pulaski Bland and Wythe counties with Pearisburg Narrows and Oxford Industries plant in play as marketing efforts continue. The project awaits more funding and a completion timeline remains undetermined.
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Pearisburg
Giles County Board of Supervisors
Giles
Montgomery
Floyd
Pulaski
Bland and Wythe
New River Valley Airport
Pulaski County
Giles County
Roger “Butch” Mullins
Mullins
Pearlsburg
General Assembly
Narrows
Commerce Park
Oxford Industries
Oxford
GED graduates celebrated at Pike View High School
Fifty-two students earned General Education Diplomas in a ceremony at Pike View High School. Alumni Allen Blankenship and Melissa Brewer spoke of future plans while local sponsors and community leaders praised the achievement and urged continued education and integrity.
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Ardner
Pike View High School
Allen Blankenship
Princeton
Melissa Brewer
Montcalm
Matoaka
One Valley Bank of Mercer County, Inc
Mercer County Academy of Adult Learning
Windy Mountain Learning Center
The
Gingerbread House
Princeton Rotary Club
Robert Farley
Daniel Dunmyer
Princeton Community Hospital
Dunmyer
James L. Miller
One Valley Bank of
Mercer County, Inc
U.S. Savings
Edward Settles
Larry W. Mills II
Freddie Harless II
Marcie Ware
Richlands Festival set for June in Virginia
Richlands Va prepares a June 16 to 21 festival at Richlands High School featuring the James H. Drew Carnival from Bluefield and a full slate of activities for all ages. Ginger Branton, Richlands Chamber director, calls it the county’s biggest event after the Tazewell County Fair.
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Richlands
James H. Drew
Bluefield
Richlands Area
Richlands High School
Tazewell County
Ginger Branton
McDowell Woman Seeks Appeal in Murder Case
Penny Miller, convicted of first degree murder for plotting with her teenage son to kill David Stinson in 1996, asks the West Virginia Supreme Court to hear her appeal claiming battered wife defenses. Her son, 16 at the time, pleaded guilty to second degree murder and received 40 years.
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Charleston
McDowell County
State Supreme Court
Penny Miller
David Stinson
Miller
Say Stinson
Christopher
Stinson
Local author donates book sale proceeds to Crab Orchard Museum
Bluefield dentist and storyteller Hubert E. Kiser Jr signed copies of Only In Tazewell II at Hearthside Books. Proceeds from sales, including about 42 autographs, go to Historic Crab Orchard Museum and Pioneer Park. Kiser sits on Crab Orchard's board as vice chair and underwrote much of the printing.
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Bluefield
Hubert E
Puck
Kiser Jr
Kiser
Hearthside Books
Tazewell
Crab Orchard Museum
Crab Orchard
Clinch Valley
Pioneer Park
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Bill Archer
Sunbury
Eric DiNovo
Elizebeth
Ashley Nicole Jett
Richlands Festival
McDowell
Virginia Steele
Sam Nicholson
Winston-Salem
N.C
Fort Witten
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