First Commonwealth to Join Premier Bank in Virginia
Premier Bankshares and First Commonwealth Bank announce a merger in which First Commonwealth becomes part of Premier. Shareholders receive one Premier share per First Commonwealth share, with value set by Premier stock at closing. Approval from shareholders and regulators required. First Commonwealth assets around 46 million dollars serve Wise and Norton, Virginia. Premier operates 37 branches in 34 towns across 11 Virginia counties and offers loans, deposits, trust, and insurance services.
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RON Campbell Investment Planning
Robert Thomas Securities, Inc
Abbott Labs
Allegheny Power
Family Corp
Ameritech
At&t Corp
AM. Water Works
Anheuser-Busch
Apple Computer
Ashland Coal Inc
Ashland Oil Inc
Atlantic Richfield
Baker-Hughes Inc
Baltimore Gas & EL
Bearings Inc
Bell Atlantic
Bellsouth Corp
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing CO
Cabot Oil & Gas
Carolina Power
Chevron Corp
Chrysler Corp
Chubb Corp
Columbia Healthcare
CON
Nat'l Gas
Corning Inc
Dominion Res
DOW Chemical
Dupont
Eastern Ent
Eastman Kodak
Emerson Electric
Ethyl Corp
Exxon Corp
First Union Corp
Virginia Bank
Flowers Industries
FMC Corp
Food Lion Inc
Ford Motor CO
GEN. Electric CO
GEN. Motors Corp
GTE Corp
Georgia Pacific
Gillette CO
Glaxo Holdings
Good Year Tire
Hercules Inc
Humana Corp
IBM Corp
Ingersoll Rand
Mapco Inc
McDonald's Corp
MCI Communications
Merck & CO. Inc
Mobil Corp
Monsanto CO
Mylan Labs
Nash Finch CO
Nationsbank Corp
Vnstar Int'l
Nike, Inc
Norfolk Southern
Occidental Pete
ONE Valley Bank
Pacific Telesis
C. Penney CO
Pennzoil CO
Pepsico Inc
Phila. Electric
Philip Morris Cos
Hillips Petroleum
Pittston Minerals
Pittston Services
Otomac Elec
PWR
Praxair, Inc
Premier Bankshares
Reebok Intl
REX Stores Corp
Reynolds Metals
Rite Aid Corp
RJR Nabisco Hldg
Rockwell Int'l
Sara Lee Corp
Sears Roebuck
Sherwin Williams
Shoney's Inc
Signet Banking
Southern CO
Tenneco Inc
Texaco Inc
Union Carbide
Union Pacific
Unisys Corp
Universal Corp
Usair Group
Usx-Marathon Oil
USX
U.S. Steel
Wal-Mart
Walt Disney CO
Wendy's Int'l
Westinghouse EL
Westmoreland Coal
Westvaco Corp
Xerox Corp
DOW Jones
Bluefield
Premier Bankshares Corporation
First Commonwealth Bank
Premier
James R. Wheeling
L. Ronald Clark
First Commonwealth
Presmier
Wise
Norton
Virginia
Wytheville
Tazewell
Honaker
PBKC
Wheat First Butcher & Singer
Scott & Stringfellow
Davenport & Co
Multiple offenses and disturbances recorded in Bluefield blotter
Police blotter items show assaults on Ellis Street and Bluefield Regional Medical Center intake referrals, reckless driving on Preston Street, and various noise, disturbance, and robbery reports. Other notes include rock throwing near Ramada Inn, disputes on Rogers Street, robberies in city park, gunshots, and loud music on Ellis Bland and Mountain View avenues with warnings issued.
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Ellis Street
K.C. Hazuka
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
G.W. Lightfoot
Preston Street
M.S. Haynes
Union Street
Carolina and
Spruce Streets
Pulaski Street
College Avenue
J.M. Bailey
Ramada Inn
East Cumberland Road
A.W. Buzzo
Rogers Street
City Park
Carolina Avenue
Ellis
Bland
M.A. Beck
North Street
Probe continues into fatal fire in Davy, WV
State fire marshal investigates cause of fatal house fire that killed Clarence Earl Mounts, 38, in Davy. Fire reported 4:20 p.m. body found 7:20 p.m. in a door between living room and bedroom. Mounts seen in yard earlier. inquiries look into multiple origins in three house locations.
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Davy
Clarence Earl Mounts
Greg Walter
Davy Volunteer Fire Department
Walter
Sgt
S.L. Cox
West Virginia State Police
Welch Detachment
State Medical Examiner’s
J.L. Cooper
Mercer County Court Proceedings Charge Seven Defendants
Mercer County Magistrate Court filed charges including petit larceny and vehicle tampering against Patrick Shawn McKinney and Kevin Dewayne Farley, each with five counts. both remanded to jail in $5,000 bonds. Other cases include David Spangler pleading guilty to disorderly conduct and public intoxication with fines, Ernest Lambert Jr. pleading no contest to carrying a dangerous weapon with fines, and Veronica Michelle Cummings pleading no contest to shoplifting with restitution.
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Regina Carol (Simmons) Brewer
Bluefield
David Knight
Southern Regional
R.E. Haynes Jr
Albert Eric Ross
Anawalt
Jerry Flanagan
Ross
Southern
Lisa Michelle Vandyke
Route 2
Flanagan
Gills
Kathleen Peak
Beckley Street
Princeton
James Dent
W.W. Worley II
Veronica Michel
le Cummings
Hill Avenue
W.co. Lawson
Joanna Lynne Poore
Maybeury
Ralph Bailey
Daniel Joe Southern
Lazenby Drive
Mary A. Linkous
Route 3
Oakvale
M.L. Gills
Margaret Ann Culbertson
C.V. Truckenmiller
Ronald Lee Hartwell Jr
R. Earnest
Edward Thomas Mount
Patrick Shawn McKinney
Route 1
Rock
Kevin Dewayne Farley
Lashmeet
Beckley
A.D. Beasley
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
David Lewis Spangler
Hillside Drive
Ernest Monroe Lambert Jr
Northfork
Veronica Michelle Cummings
FBI develops hundreds of leads in park killings case
FBI agents with Park Service rangers have gathered several hundred leads in the investigation of the slayings of two women hikers in Shenandoah National Park. Park rangers found Julianne Williams, 24, from St. Cloud Minnesota, and Lollie Winans, 26, from Unity Maine, on June 1 near a campsite about a half mile from Skyland Lodge.
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Luray
FBI
U.S. Park Service
Shenandoah National Park
Julianne Williams
St. Cloud
Minn
Lollie Winans
Unity
Maine
Skyland Lodge
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G.A. Ruth
Mountain View Avenue
Kmart
Stadium Drive
T.L. Simmons
U.S. Route 460
Concert Music World
M.W. Wall
Robert C. Shumate
Athens
D.C. Eldridge
William E. Duff II
Tena Dawn Lovelace
Leckie
Dent
T.E. Gill
Adam Hughes Bowne
C.J. Smothers
Oliver Avenue
Sgt. P.V. Powell
D.L. Spradlin
Mercer St. Yeet
A Syres
IGA
Coy Saunders
Graham High School
E.J. Honaker
South College
Roger Walker
Pete Beavers
Hickory A
First Street
Tommy Walker
Charles Owens
Daily
Telan
Mercer County Magistrate Court
Bluefield City Park Recreation Center
Bluefield, WV
Pronett
Dad
Marlene
Oakvale Road
East River Primary Care
P.C
Charles J. Mirabile
Vld
Sandra Lilly
Mercer Springs Farm Road