Heroic Marines Fly In To Rescue Downed F 16 Pilot
Captain Scott O Grady thanked God and lauded the Marines who risked their lives to retrieve him after his F 16C was hit over northwest Bosnia. He described the rescue as a team effort and credited others for support while praising the heroes who saved him.
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Europe
Ryan
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Detroit
Mich
Shirley Conner
Falls Mills
Bluefield
Sangid
Welcome to Princeton signs mark Four Seasons Country gateway
The Princeton Mercer County Chamber of Commerce will install new Welcome to Princeton signs with a beige field green lettering and Four Seasons Country theme. Initial sign goes up at Princeton Municipal Building funded by Princeton and a Learn Serve America grant of 2500 dollars. Additional signs planned along Rt 460 Athens Road Route 20 and Old Beckley Road.
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Princeton-Mercer County
Lanton
City of
Linda Cox
Mercer County
Chamber
Rt. 460
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Ingleside Road
Princeton Roads
Athens Road
Route 20
Beckley Road
Joe Fuda
Technical School
Todd Boggess
Jim McMillian
Rick Bay
Gerald Otey
Weather outlook with showers and storms in humid conditions
Partly cloudy and humid today with a chance of showers and afternoon thunderstorms. Tonight remains partly cloudy and muggy with low in the 60s. Also includes Weather package A-9 Lotteries and numbers for Wes Daily 3 Daily 4 Virginia 9 4 5 1 5.
Donation pushes Princeton fitness center past 1.6 million
Princeton Health and Fitness Center gains a further 100000 donation, lifting the campaign total beyond 1.6 million toward a 2 million goal. Kirk Story, executive director of the Princeton Community Hospital Foundation, announced the anonymous gift at a Princeton Rotary Club meeting, praising community support.
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Princeton Health and Fitness Center
Kirk Story
Princeton Community Hospital Foundation, Inc
Princeton Rotary Club
Keystone National Bank
Story
Johnson named queen of Hinton fest
Amy Carol Johnson has been selected Queen Mermaid XXXI to reign over the 31st Annual Water Festival and APBA event this summer. The Marshall University student, daughter of Mr and Mrs Larry Lytle, will attend festival activities from July 31 to August 6 on Bluestone Lake and appear at Princeton’s Music in the Square on August 2 with Hinton Mayor Jim Leslie to promote the festival.
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Larry Lytle
Chestnut Road
Bobby Joe Johnson
Marshall University
Bluestone Lake
Princeton
Music In the Square
Jim Leslie
Mermaid
Yard sale reunites woman with long lost sisters
A Matoaka woman discovered two long lost sisters at a Beckley Road yard sale after recognizing a photograph from aunts. She learned Patricia, 25, and Cindy, 28, share the same father Kenneth Ruble, though each has different mothers. She hopes to find a third sister believed to live in Georgia or Texas.
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Matoaka
Georgia
Texas
Annette Ruble Sangid
Woody
Kenneth Phieger Ruble
Cindy
Patricia
Sangid
Beckley Road
Former state delegate enters governor's race
Bluefield report says former West Virginia delegate Percy Ashcraft joined the Democratic governor primary, challenging frontrunners Joe Manchin and Charlotte Pritt. Ashcraft denounces the pair as painted into political corners and pitches himself as the moderate alternative with 12 years in the House backing his stance.
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West Virginia
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Ashcraft
Joe Manchin
D-Marion
Charlotte Pritt
Charleston
Clarksburg
West
Manchin
Pritt
Mingo
United States
Joe
Charlotte
House of Delegates
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