Two arrested in McDowell pharmacy robbery
Welch police report Bernie Gale Jackson and Chris Bair, both of Welch, charged with breaking and entering and felony conspiracy in a McDowell County pharmacy robbery. Jackson allegedly used a rock to break the door and left with a trash bag of hydrocodone and loratabs. Bond set at $30,000 each. video surveillance being reviewed.
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Welch
McDowell County
Citizens Pharmacy
Bank and
Wyoming Streets
Con
Welch Police Department
S.P Mexinney
McKinney
Bernie Gale Jackson
Chris
Bair
Richard Vandyke
Jackson
Chris Bair
Walter Rutherford
Welch Detachment
West Virginia State Police
McDowell County Sheriff's Department
Charles Owens
Cowensa Bdtonline.com
Bluefield Approves 5 Percent Motel Tax Despite No Local Motels
Bluefield Virginia Town Council unanimously approved a 5 percent motel tax as a future-ready measure though no motels exist within town limits. Town Manager Mike Watson said the tax would not affect residents or businesses now, while officials pursue a potential motel or hotel and discuss a drought ordinance with the Cumberland Plateau Planning District. The council also awaited the Taco Bell project design plans for the Wal-Mart shopping center, urged by locals and Graham High School students.
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Luefield
Bluefield
Mike Watson
Watson
Comfort Inn
Cumberland Plateau
Watkins
Graham High School
Charles Owens
Cowensta Bdtonline
Mercer County Education Board urged to revise valedictorian policy
Mercer County Board of Education was urged to revise the current method for selecting valedictorians and salutatorians after hearings highlighted GPA calculations by the WVESI computer system. Parents urged clarity, noting potential grade dilution and the need for a transparent policy before 2012. Superintendent Akers plans a June 27 draft revision with a 30 day public comment period.
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Mercer County Board of Education
Princeton
Mercer County
William Sadler
WVESI
Philip Branson
Sadler
Branson
Deborah Akers
Greg Prudich
Casey Anthony trial moves to defense after prosecution rests
The Florida case against Casey Anthony heads to the defense as prosecutors plan to rest their mostly circumstantial murder case over Caylee Anthony. The defense argues the toddler drowned in the grandparents pool, while jurors hear forensic testimony and discuss duct tape and decomposition scents tied to the car.
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Orlando
Fla
Florida
Casey Anthony
Caylee Anthony
Caylee
Anthony
Mercer and McDowell counties hold municipal elections
Mercer and McDowell towns held local elections Tuesday with multiple unopposed races. Kimball elected Randolph Delpatch as mayor and Clara Thompson as town recorder. council seats filled by James and James Gianato and others. Matoaka Athens Bramwell Bradshaw Saeger turnout varied with several unopposed candidates and several council seats decided.
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Kimball
Mercer County
McDowell County
Randolph Delpatch
Clara Thompson
James A. Gianato
Kimball Ward II
James J. Gianato
Kimball Ward
Ronald Walden
James Redd
Kimball Town Hall
Matoaka
Athens
Bramwell
Todd Colonna
Colonna
Frank Caruso
Kelly Colonna
Douglas Hawkes
Debra Vickers
Robert Richardson
Athen
Richardson
Joe Manzo
Elijah Paul Hodges, Jr
Cristina Hill
Lou Stoker
Joe Miller
Eric Deshawn Strain
Dwight Hurley
Joe Vinciguerra
Kelly Murphy Eller
John Husband
Bradshaw
Lawrence Crigger
Rick Garlic
Dale Collins
Charles “Bill” Click
Shelia Muncy
Donna Garlic
al Carolla
Paml Bailey Mullins
Randy Osborne
Adam Hagerman
William “Bill” Bowman
Ruthie Foster Mathey
Russell Bailey
Swanson Sparks
Saeger
Joe Ford
Joey Osborne
James C. Stafford
Ruby Fanning
Jaeger
Kenny Muncy
Walt Parker
Danny Kennedy
Jack Gibson
Delbert Kiser
Roy Eugene Shaw
Jimmy Cline
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Gmail
Beckley Rd
J.I. Rodgin
FAAO
G. Frank Britton
Cumberland RD
Mercer
McDowell Counties
Greg Jordan and
Kate Coil
Datonline
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American Red Cross
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Monaco
IAKSM
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Terry Eckard
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