Police Blotters From Mercer County and Princeton Area
Mercer County reports include a purse recovered near Peoples Bank of Bluewell on June 6 with $170 missing from Beverly Wellman of Bluefield, no suspects. a burglar alarm at Forest Service facility in Gardner cleared. Princeton area notes two guns stolen from Jerry Shrader between June 3 and 6, hit and run on Dana Church, window damage from a rock at Southern States, strong arm robbery of Donald Groves, and various Bluefield incidents including a missing gas grill, a DUI arrest for Amanda Aliff, attempted theft of a vehicle on Albermarle Street, and a Rogers Street brawl.
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Mercer County Sheriff's Department
Peoples Bank of
Bluewell
IGA of
Beverly Wellman
Bluefield
D.B. Bailey
Forest Service
Gardner
Dana Church
Crescent View
Mercer St
Church
Princeton Community Hospital
Steve Knox
Southern States
First and
Second Street
Donald Groves
Matoaka
Amanda V. Aliff
Mt. View Ave
Albermarle Street
Aliff
R.F. Ferrell
Rogers Street
Trial opens in school related trip injury case
Mercer County Circuit Court opens with opening arguments in a lawsuit by Matoaka High School student Michelle White injured in a 1992 car crash while traveling to a softball tournament. The case centers on whether the Mercer County Board of Education failed to provide reasonable transportation and whether student drivers acted as agents of the district. Evidence questioned who had parental permission to travel and whether White left campus with or without authorization. Medical bills cited include seventy five thousand dollars with twenty five thousand more expected.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Matoaka High School
Michelle White
John Anderson
Anderson
John Frazier
Mercer
County Board of Education
Mercer County Board of Education
White
Steve Fowler
Senting
MCBOE
Fowler
Deborah Akers
Mercer County Schools
Akers
Man charged in drive by shooting faces trial today
A Bluefield man, 20 year old Larry Stephen Patrick Jr., will face a jury trial today on charges of discharging a firearm within city limits and destruction of property in a March drive by shooting at the Ramada Inn on U S Route 460. Police recovered two 9 mm brass casings at the scene. No injuries were reported.
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Bluefield
Ramada Inn
Larry Stephen Patrick Jr
P.O. Box
John Feuchtenberger
Route 460
Jones again named principal at JMHS after vote
Union Giles Jones was rehired by the Monroe County Board of Education to lead the new James Monroe High School after a 4-0 vote with one member absent. He previously vacated the post following an Administrative Law Judge ruling that two board members had sat on the selection committee, prompting a reassessment of candidates.
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UNION
Giles Jones
Monroe County Board of Education
James Monroe High School
Jones
Jerry Wright
Union High
Randall McCutcheon
Peterstown High
Jim Gore
Gap Mills
Larry Mustain
Wright
Lyn Guy
Industrial parks boost Tazewell County economy
Tazewell County Economic Development Director Christy Parker told the Bluefield Rotary Club that three industrial parks in Bluefield, Tazewell and Wardell have yielded about half a million dollars in tax revenue and nearly $10 million in annual payrolls, creating 446 direct and 906 indirect jobs. She noted needs for shell buildings and a future fourth park, plus favorable site factors and coal severance funds, while projecting population decline without diversification. Naomi Ichinose, a Rotary International exchange student from Kashima Sage, Japan, thanked the club.
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Luefield
Tazewell County
Christy Parker
Bluefield
Parker
Board of Supervisors
Tazewell
Wardell
Bluefield Park
Buchanan
Virginia
Naomi Ichinose
Rotary International Exchange
Kashima Sage
Japan
Welch mayor re elected in unopposed bid with 149 vote margin
Unopposed Welch Mayor Martha Moore was re elected by 149 votes in unofficial city results. Incumbent council members Emily Yeager and Chester Matney were re elected with 139 and 123 votes. Totals for W D Blackburn Frank Cooley and William Spencer unavailable late Tuesday.
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Chester Matney
The
County Solid Waste Authority
W.D. Blackburn
Frank Cooley
William Spencer
Rescue squads aid residents as floods threaten homes nearby
Families shelter near a United Methodist Church as Bluefield and Princeton Rescue Squads respond with boats. State Police, Mercer County Sheriff, OH-9 Ambulance, Dispatch Services, OES, Red Cross, Union Mission and others assist. OES reports checks with volunteer fire departments in Montcalm, Athens, Oakvale and Spanishburg. Rainfall noted but no rising waters problems by 10:30 p.m. No injuries reported at press time.
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United Methodist Church
Bluefield
Princeton
State Police
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
OH-9
OES
Red
Flooding Impacts Local Roads and Businesses
Inches of water continued at the A-1 Shopping Center as water receded from some roads. Emergency crews stayed on alert. Spring Street closed from Don's T.V. Beai to the Dairy Queen. Flooding reported behind the town police department.
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Spring Street
Don's T.V. Beai
Dairy Queen
Coal operator jailed and placed on probation in mine case
Jerry Lee Jones, a McDowell County coal operator, was sentenced in Bluefield for failing to enforce federal smoking prevention rules in underground mines following a 1993 McDowell County mine explosion. He pleaded guilty March 30 and received three years probation and 200 hours of community service with forfeiture of mining certification permits until the sentence ends.
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Bluefield
Jerry Lee Jones
McDowell County
Jones
United States
West Virginia
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Daily Record
Jerry Shrader
Straley Avenue
Grove
K.T. Compton
North Street
Tyrone Miller
Bluefield Avenue
Pizza Hut
M.A. Davis
Greg Jordan
Daily Telegraph
JMHS
Barbara Hawkins
Welch
INCE
Brick ST
SUN
Igo
Fuom A
BY Haggar
Thomson
Greenbrier
Stone & Thomas
Stone É Homes
Baxter, Cave Springs and Cotton Co
Poplin
Twill
Mercer Mall Shop
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