Two Cedar Bluff men arrested in Claypool Hill bank robbery
Ced ar Bluff residents Matthew Lee Millage age 20 and James Foster Kennedy age 21 were jailed after the Claypool Hill Peoples Bank robbery. A masked man entered about 11 41 a.m. jumped the counter and took cash. a second man drove the getaway vehicle and did not enter the bank. Sheriff Caudill said the amount stolen was not disclosed.
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Tazewell County
Cedar Bluff
Matthew Lee Millage
James Foster Kennedy
New Peoples Bank
H.S. Caudill
Barth
Gas prices fall regionwide ahead of summer vacation
AAA reports national gas prices down about 4.8 cents in the last month. In Bluefield and nearby areas regular unleaded hits lows around 1.30 to 1.32 dollars at specific stations, with officials noting about a 12 cent drop from a month ago. Local observers cite prices sliding from 1.47 to 1.42 to 1.36 in recent weeks.
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Bluefield
Larry Peters
Springville
Food City
Low gas prices mapped across Bluefield to Richlands
Regional price check lists several stations with unleaded prices from 1.30 to 1.49 per gallon. Bluefield Joy Food Mart shows 1.40, Fast Stop 1.30, Fat Daddy’s and Cargo spots 1.43, Tazewell cluster 1.42, Double Kwik 1.49, Springville Landmark 1.30. Readers are invited to email station name, location and price.
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Cave
Town Express
Ron’s
Bottonline
Starland Heights opens with Phase I housing project
A crowd of about 100 gathered for Starland Heights Phase I a eight unit low income development on the former Starland Drive-in site. SAFE director Sharon Yates said local labor was prioritized and named contractors and officials who attended. Phase I cost 1 059 000 dollars and Rita Smith of HUD handed out special key chains to tenants.
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Starland Heights
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Starland Drive-in
Sharon Yates
SAFE
Larry Hughes
Daniel Parish
Sandra “Sam” Proffitt
Chandler Swope
Swope Construction
Yates
Rita Smith
Federal
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Area man faces 116 sex related charges
Mercer County Grand Jury indicted Montcalm resident Brian Moore, 34, on 58 counts of first degree sexual assault and 58 counts of sexual abuse by a custodian. The alleged offenses involve two juveniles and span October 1998 to February 2001. Moore is free on 25000 dollar bond.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Brian Moore
Montcalm
Moore
Senate passes education bill with annual tests for students
The Senate approved landmark education legislation 91 to 8, mandating annual math and reading tests for millions of students and paving the way for negotiations on a final compromise among the White House, House and Senate. The vote followed a contentious debate over Scout policies and related funding, drawing praise from President Bush who called it a bipartisan milestone.
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Bush
Senate
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Jesse Helms
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