Knight Denies Involvement In Mercer County Case
Mercer County Prosecuting Attorney David M. Knight rejects claims from a Princeton letter that he delayed or protected Delegate Clarence C. Christian Jr. The case has not moved to Mercer County Circuit Court and no venue change has been ordered. Knight states he has no jurisdiction and calls the charges unfounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Hawkins
Anly Telegraph
Princeton
Mercer County
David M. Knight
Clarence C. Christian Jr
Knight
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Cir
Kanawha
Christian
Kanawha County
Public notices and training events in Princeton area
City offices close Friday June 20 for West Virginia Day with Thursday garbage pickups. AARP Bluefield meets Thursday at 12 30 at the Y Center with a carry in dinner and program by Mrs Kenneth Gruver ACS. Mercer County EOC Title III C nutrition program opens at West Virginia Manor for seniors 60 plus, with future opening of Title IIIB funded by the WV Commission on Aging. FBI five day training starts June 23 at Holiday Inn Oakvale Road hosted by Princeton PD with police and sheriff attendees from multiple counties. led by Thomas A Diskin covering crime scenes, fingerprints, arson, explosives, bomb threats, homicide, and hazardous materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Princeton
West Virginia
AARP
Bluefield
American Association of Retired Persons
Y Center
Kenneth Gruver
American Cancer Society
Mercer County Economic Opportunity Corporation
West Virginia Manor
West Virginia Commission On Aging
FBI
Holiday Inn
Oakvale Road
Robert L. Ellis
Mercer County
Ellis
Beckley
Welch and
Hinton
Summers County
Princeton Community Hospital
Thomas A. Diskin
Pittsburgh
Arrest Orders Issued By Princeton Mercer Court
Circuit Court Judge William O. Bivens Jr. issued arrest orders for numerous defendants who failed to appear for June Term scheduling. The list includes Rick Archer for delivery of a controlled substance, Charles Leon Ross for unarmed robbery, Clyde Chaney and Anna Belle Chaney for grand larceny, Robert Davis for maiming, Carl Edwards for possession of stolen property, Deborah Keepsey for accessory before the fact, James Gonzin for attempted robbery, Joe Green for grand and armed robbery, Ricky Floria for grand larceny, Jerry Justice for delivery of marijuana, Gary Hardge for forgery, Randolph Hambrick II for breaking and entering, plus many others including John D. Martin, Susan Reynolds Hicks, Lonnie Reed, and Christopher Umberger among several more with charges ranging from grand larceny to breaking and entering and fraudulent methods. Additional defendants include Paul Justice, DeMoss Jones, King, Saunders, Sneed, Tabb, Teasley, Umberger, and White, all targeted for distinct offenses from worthless checks to false pretense and felony thefts. The schedule reflects extensive alias and multiple counts in Mercer County circuit records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Mercer County
William O. Bivens Jr
Bivens
Rick Archer
Charles Leon Ross
Clyde and
Anna Belle Chaney
Robert Everett Davis
Carl D. Edwards
Deborah Denise Keepsey
James Stephen Gonzin
James Edward Lambert
Franklin C. Long
David R. Smith
John D. Martin
John Ruffner Moore
Michael Allen Martin
Kelly Kaye Miles
Daniel Issac Mitchell
Sue Reynolds Hicks
Leonard Hugh Mathena
Robert William Mathena
Gary Oakes
Lonnie William Reed
Anthony Steptoe
Paul Simpson
John Edward Stanley
Stanley Harrison
Sam Stanley
Brenda Meadows Shrewsbury
Ralph Stone Jr
John Matthew Saunders
William Ray Sneed
John Henry Tabb
Gary D. Teasley
Phillip A. Taylor
Reva Underwood
Christopher Lee Umberger
Mike Morris
Danny Eugene Varney
Jack Zones
Garcie L. Workman
Agnes M. Winebarger
Agnes M. Frazier
James Wilson Workman
Phyllis White
Jeffrey White
Allen Wyatt
Marvin Jay Fortner
Pierrre Kelsor
Terry Graham
Warren Echols
Donald Gene Gadd
Teddy Severn Gilpin
Stephen Glover
Gregory Allen Hall
Vent William Hatfield
William Oliver Howard
Samuel “Sam” Jones
Bobby R. Kanode
Brenda Kanode
Basil Eugene Keffer
Leonard Howard Lafferty
Helen M. Lee
Richard E. Matthews
Cam Alexander Mills
Paul Daniel Mathena
Herbert Allen Moore
Timothy Wayne Moore
Nicholas John Odyniec
John Wayne Osborne
Phillip Osborne
Robert G. Parks
John Polka Carroll
Lonnie Pearson
Feliz Fred Prince
James Pierce
Ray Larry James
William Henry Steptoe
Roosevelt Arnold Stroupe
Arnold Musick
David Allen Stroupe
Rudy Musick
Donald Lacy Shawver
Randy Sheppheard
Michael Walker
Lee H. Shrader
Danny Ray Keller
Dwight Shrewsbury
Rhonda Tibbs Southern
Robert C. Tabor Jr
David Hicks
Dewey Avery Toohey
Diamond C. Tabor
Richard Scott Tabor
David A. Ruble
Eugene G. West
Michael Ray Walker
John Wallace
Juan Williams
Kenneth E. Dunfor
Ronald Wilbur Garten
James Robert LaVale
Calvin Russell Peoples
Grant Announced Grant funds for Mercer County programs and bills
The Office of Congressman Nick Joe Rahall reports a 168000 grant from the Community Services Administration to the Mercer County Economic Opportunity Corporation for one year starting September 1980. Funds support transportation housing consumer education and youth programs amid a long misdemeanor docket list and upcoming court dispositions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Joe Rahall
Mercer County Economic Opportuity Corporation
Community Services Administration
Economic Opportunity Corporation
Gospel Singing and Camp Meeting Highlight Local Church News
The monthy gospel singing at Christian Mission Church Littlesburg Road features Kirby Family and Golden Hearts Quartet from Bluefield with Rev. Dewey Lacey as pastor. McDowell County Singing Association meets June 21 at The Church of Jesus Christ Brewsterdale at 7 30 p m. Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist camp meeting runs through June 26 at Glenwood Park with services daily at 10 am 2 pm and 7 30 pm led by Rev. Archie Atwell and Rev. Robert Thornton. Infirmity prayer service suspended for two weeks due to vacation bible school directed by Evangelist Omega Dowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Mission Church
Littlesburg Road
Kirby Family
Golden Hearts Quartet
Bluefield
Dewey Lacey
Mar
Ujspel
McDowell County Singing Association
Church of Jesus Christ
Brewsterdale
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Church
Glenwood Park
Archie Atwell
Robert Thornton
Vocational Bible School
Omega Dowell
Courthouse marriages file at Mercer County Clerk
Mercer County Clerk records show multiple marriage license applications including Larry Murphy and Katie Murphy of Princeton, Jerry Broyles and Ruth Woods of Princeton, Joseph Reed and Barbara Toloff of Rock, Jeffery McNew and Deborah Goodall of Princeton, Charles McGonagle and Heather Clarkson of Bluefield, Bobby Bratton of Bluefield Virginia and Yvonne Miller of Bluefield, Rickey Clark of Winston-Salem and Sandra Hopkins of Bluefield, James Ball Jr. of Athens and Elizabeth Hawkins of Princeton, Calvin White and Mariana White of Athens, Timothy Wall and Cora Thompson of Bluefield, and David Freeman and Ellen Rathburn of Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County Clerk's Office
Larry Earl Murphy
Katie Jane Murphy
Princeton
Jerry Dewayne Broyles
Ruth Ann Woods
Joseph Frederick Reed
Barbara Jeannie Toloff
Rock
Jeffery Alan McNew
Deborah Cathy Goodall
Charles Edward McGonagle
Heather White Clarkson
Bluefield
Bobby Lee Bratton
Yvonne Miller
Rickey G. Clark
Winston-Salem
N.C
Sandra Hopkins
James Woodson Ball, Jr
Athens
Elizabeth Scott Hawkins
Calvin Ray White
Mariana Lee White
Timothy Mark Wall
Cora Yvette Thompson
David Lee Freeman
Ellen Jane Rathburn
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Mike Cavanaugh
The
Daily Telegraph
James Roark
Charleston
House of Delegates
Bulletin Board
Grant
Capias
Irvin Alexander Belcher Jr
Mack A. Harless
Lowell M. Quesenberry
Judy Ann Stone
William Webb
James D. Aker
Frank Byans
Church News
William S. Winfrey II
General Practice
West Main Street
W.V
Sgt
Leggett
Princeton & Bluefield
Courthouse News
RAM
Hubert A. Cordle
John Shrewsbury
Austin & Smith Warehousing
Virginia Ave
Jim Owen
Mary Eleanor Blue
Hickman Drug
East Princeton Pharmacy
New
Graham Pharmacy
Pocahontas Pharamacy
Pocahontas
Call Animal Shelter
Lawrence
North
Woodland
W.va
Call
C & C Drilling Co
Powell Excavating Co
Call J. P. Pool
Dotson
Oliver Enterprises
Nick’s, Inc
Chicago House
Virginia
Homelite
STIHL
Poulan
Green Valley
Willimatt Company
Richard Howington
Thermo-Coustic
Bluewell
Cc & W
N&d General Contracting
Cal Steve Peal Enterprises
Johnston Construction CO
Bluewell Drilling Company
Robert Sisk
B.J Meadows Construction, Inc
Keesling Co
Mercer
Gilbert and Stinson
National Contracting
Bluefield Ave
Platnick Pie Et Engineering—Inc
St. Clairs Crossing
Jim’s Heating
Call Mason Hall
Rutherford’s
T.V. & Appliance
Evans Chevrolet
Cal
Blank’s
Ine
Bivefield
P.R.I.D.E
Logan County, Inc
Logan
CAA
Logan County
Inc
P.O
Shear Dimension
Princeton Shopping Center
Bluestone Glass House
Howard Johnsons
Town
Bluefield State College
James S. O'Hare
Wva
Concord College
Locate Plumbing Industries
Lilly's Crown Jewelers
Mercer Mall
Lilly
P.O. Box
Kings Gallery, Inc
Windy Mountain Learning Center
Windy Mountion
WMLC
Gibbs Motors Company
Persdon Reliable Collection Agency Inc
New Hope Road
EOE
Brenda Miller
Birefield
Maple Hit
P.O Box
Distant Thunder Productions
4Th St Bivefield
Hall
Dale E. Geiger
Avon
Rocky Gap
Bravefield
Browhers
Birefield State and Concord College
Robert E. Moore
Bliuefield State College
Cadillac
Cleveland Cotton Products
Newt Bugbee
Chuck Peters
Cleveland
Ohio
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