Two Dead In Roanoke Area Plane Crash On Approach
A single engine Cessna crashed near the Roanoke Montgomery border during approach to Roanoke Regional Airport about 5 30 pm. Two aboard were killed. Names and origins not yet released. Wreckage spread across a cow pasture near U S 460 as NTSB opens investigation.
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Roanoke
Lliston
Montgomery
Federal Aviation Administration
U.S. 460
Jim Peters
FAA
New York
Frank Duffy
Ing
Wilmar Brammer
Peters
National Transportation Safety Board
Daily Record Police Blotters Summary
A hit and run damaged a truck owned by Jeremy Peck of Athens at the Douglas Center. Theft reported of a Statesman riding mower on Black Oak Road. A large road debris piece on Route 123 was moved by a motorist. DUI arrest for James Eugene Milam of Kegley. Rite Aid patrol requested for cars being cashed near Bluewell. A drunken man roaming Route 19 not found. Domestic arrests of Larry T. Cook of Princeton and a Pleasant Valley woman hit with a beer bottle. Medical aid requested. Bluefield Rescue transported a pedestrian. Alarm at Pemco and a breaking and entering reported at Graham Intermediate School.
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Jeremy Peck
Athens
Douglas Center
Ingram
Mercer County
Black Oak Road
T. Smith
J.E. Parks
James Eugene Milam
Kegley
Rite Aid
Bluewell
W.C. Wilborn
Larry T. Cook
Park Avenue
Princeton
W.C. Lawson
Bluefield
W.va
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
W.O. Lawson
Pleasant Valley
Pemco
Dave Brewster
Craig Menefee
Jun
Graham Intermediate School
Dan Belcher
Car bomb investigation continues in Kimball area
Federal and state officials pursue leads on a car bomb found beneath a vehicle near a Kimball service station on May 8. No injuries reported as investigators from the state fire marshal's office ATF West Virginia State Police Welch Detachment and Kimball Police pursue leads related to a separate April hoax device at Kimball Kmart.
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Kimball
Kim
State Fire Marshal’s Office
ATF
Alcohol Tobacco and Firearm’s Commission
West Virginia State Police
Welch Detachment
Kimball Police
Kimball Kmart
Kmart
Bluefield Man Arrested on Drug Delivery Charge
Thomas Anthony Hamlet, 34, of Stadium Drive Bluefield, was arrested Monday after an undercover drug buy led to a search warrant at his home. Police seized firearms, drugs, assorted controlled substances, and $1,300 in cash. Hamlet faces one count of delivery of a controlled substance and was to be arraigned before Magistrate Roy Compton.
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Bluefield
Stadium Drive
Thomas Anthony Hamlet
Dilau
Dilaudid
A.B. Beasley
Mercer County Sheriffs Department
Ficers
Beasley
W.W. Worley II
K-9
W.C. Lawson
Hamlet
Roy Compton
Unemployment in Virginia Falls to Seven-Year April Low
Virginia’s unemployment for April shows the lowest rate for the first half of the year, though three of the five largest metro areas report higher March-to-April jobless rates. Hampton Roads 4.7 percent, Richmond-Petersburg 3.4 percent, and Roanoke 3.6 percent all rose 0.1 point. Massas Park at 1.4 percent and Fairfax at 1.5 percent lead counties with very low unemployment. Lancaster 17.2 percent highest, followed by Northumberland 15.8, Buchanan 15.0, Dickenson 14.6, and Wise 10.5.
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Virginia
Hampton Roads
Richmond-Petersburg
Roanoke
Manassas Park
Fairfax
Lancaster County
Northumberland County
Buchanan County
Dickenson County
Wise County
Mezger
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Bluefield, WV
Sinaiwa Power Tools
Shindaiwa
Vias Lawn & Garden Repair
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