News Briefs From June 12 2003
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph in Bluefield, West Virginia
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 2003
Page
1
Bramwell Race Hangs On Narrow Margin After Challenge
In Bramwell a local race faces a post election challenge that could alter results. Officials investigate disputed votes while voters await a final tally amid tense uncertainty. The case tests ballot integrity as candidates await official certification.
Free computer skills workshop at Bluefield State College
The Educational Opportunity Center at Bluefield State College offers a free computer skills workshop on Monday June 30 from 10 a.m. to noon on the BSC campus. To register call 827-4268.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Bluefield State College
BSC
Police and cocaine cash in Princeton drug bust
A Princeton residence was searched early Wednesday by the Mercer County Sheriff's Department under a warrant for Donnie R. Farmer and Dannie R. Farmer, both 46, yielding cocaine, marijuana, drug paraphernalia and cash. Each was charged with cocaine possession with intent to deliver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Donnie R. Farmer
Sgt
A.D. Beasley
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
Mercer County Sheriff’s Department
Farmer
Beasley
Woman found dead after Upland shooting in Northfork area
McDowell County authorities investigate a Wednesday shooting on Church Hollow Road in Upland that left an adult African American woman dead. Deputy Burb Blankenship says a frantic 911 call came in around 4 p.m. with about five shots fired. the suspect was later apprehended. The victim’s name and hometown remain unconfirmed, though officials mention Wytheville, Virginia as a possible origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northfork
McDowell County
Upland
Burb Blankenship
Wytheville, Va
Saunders faces 17 year sentence for 2000 death
John Saunders, 40, of Upland, was sentenced to 17 years in prison for voluntary manslaughter in the May 17, 2000 shooting death of Lacy Mullins III, 24, of Northfork. Mullins was found shot four times in a truck parked near the top of Burke Mountain in Keystone after a jury convicted Saunders in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
Northfork
John Saunders
Upland
Lacy Mullins III
Mullins
Burke Mountain
Keystone
Saunders
Bluefield approves 9 percent sanitary rate rise
Bluefield Virginia mayor Bill King faced harsh fallout after the Bluefield City Board voted a 9 percent sanitary rate increase. King defended the rise as necessary, citing Sanitary Board financial statements and operating expenses cut to the bone. Fallout reported on page A6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Bill King
Sanitary Board
King
Admission opens new sex-abuse inquiry
TAZEWELL, Va. A forcible sodomy conviction in Tazewell County Circuit Court could lead to an expanded investigation, Commonwealth Attorney Dennis Lee said Wednesday. Beavers, 50, of North Tazewell, was sentenced to 25 years after pleading no contest on Nov 8, 2002.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Commonwealth
Dennis Lee
Lee
James Henry Beavers
North Tazewell
Circuit
Charles Smith
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