Bragg urges Bluefield to keep two magistrate offices
Bluefield should retain its two magistrate offices despite a Supreme Court ruling. County Commissioner Bragg, chairman of the Mercer County Commission, argues the offices in Bluefield aid travel time, safety, and local convenience, noting beatings and stabbings near the court. He cites cost savings when attorneys are from Bluefield and stresses space and service for Mercer County residents. Hearings, including a Bluefield session led by Norris Kantor, will consider satellite offices and potential relocation.
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Barbara Hawkins
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Ray Bragg
County Commission
Bluefield
West Virginia Supreme Court
Bragg
Circuit Court
William C. Bivens Jr
Norris Kantor
Bivens
John R. Frazier
James E. Dent
District I
Mercer County
Supreme Court
Judge Dismisses Civil Suit in Princeton Court
A Mercer County judge dismissed Dr Naeem Qazi's civil action against Princeton attorneys Michael Gibson and Robert E Holroyd for lack of alleged damages. In a separate case, Judge William O Bivens Jr continued Dr Ahmad K Rana's suit after warning him to attend depositions.
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Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Mercer County
William O. Bivens Jr
Naeem Qazi
Michael Gibson
Robert E. Holroyd
Qazi
Ahmad K. Rana
Bivens
Rana
Gibson
Corporation
Johnston, Holroyd and
Circuit Clerk
Holroyd
M. Holroyd
Charleston
Mercer County Grand Jury Hears Indictment Prospects
Mercer County Circuit Court grand jury meets for two days to review about 53 cases for possible indictments. Prosecuting Attorney David W. Knight, Assistant Deborah Garton present cases as defendants Rana and Qazi seek legal counsel or proceed self represented. Depositions rescheduled. Holroyd and Gibson seek motions to dismiss. hearings note delays and attorney arrangements amid July timelines.
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Princeton
Mercer County
David W. Knight
Deborah Garton
Rana
Qazi
Bivens
Holroyd
Gibson
Peterstown
Jim Ballard
Ballard
Washington D.C
New Hope Road Annexation Fight After Canvass
Councilman Jim Cannon accused a Morrison Drive resident of a property ownership scheme aimed at thwarting annexation. The session reviewed 13 challenged ballots from 17 family members tied to a land transfer, all cast as no votes, leaving New Hope Road with six approve to 72 against.
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Princeton
Jim Cannon
Morrison Drive
New Hope Road
Cannon
Council
H.W. Arrington
Arrington
Cannon Cannon
W. Robert Carr
Beckley Road
Robbery at Skeens Market in Princeton
A bearded man in his early 20s robbed Skeens Market on Thorn Street shortly after 1 p.m. taking 305 dollars from a female clerk. No injuries reported. suspect described as jeans, dark blue shirt, beard and mustache, last seen heading west. Police suspect a getaway car nearby.
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Princeton
Skeens' Market
Thorn Street
R.A. Somyk
Somyk
Dennis Saunders
Green Berets Arrive to Train Salvadoran Troops in Honduras
About 100 U S Special Forces troopers will reach Puerto Castilla to staff a training center on Honduras Caribbean coast for Salvadoran forces fighting rebels. The base may invite other nations, while Honduran critics worry about deeper involvement in the El Salvador conflict amid regional tensions with Nicaragua.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
U.S
Cesar Elvir Sierra
Puerto Castilla
Caribbean
Elvir Sierra
United States
Armed Forces of
Green Berets
el Heraldo
Trujillo
Nicaragua
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