Inmates Seek Transfers After WV Penitentiary Riot Threat
Six inmates in protective custody at West Virginia Penitentiary push for transfers claiming another riot is imminent and they will be killed when it occurs. They allege targeting by other prisoners for aiding investigations into the New Year uprising at Moundsville. Two lawsuits filed in Ohio County Court, one by five inmates and another by Kenneth Chance.
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Wheeling
West Virginia
Ohio County
Craig Broadwater
Moundsville
Donald Layne
Michael Miller
Fred Doerr
Joseph Mason
William York
Kenneth Chance
Richmond Detective slaying suspect on parole from Henrico murder
Virginia police say Wayne Kenneth Delong 29 of Virginia Beach is charged with capital murder in the shooting of Det. George Ronald Taylor Jr. as he stopped a car in Richmond. Delong appeared in court with a July 10 preliminary hearing set.
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Richmond
Henrico County
Wayne Kenneth Delong
Virginia Beach
George Ronald Taylor Jr
Delong
Richmond General District Court
Cary B. Bowen
Princeton council questions incubator board legality
Princeton officials debated the legality of a four member advisory board for The Business Hatchery incubator generator project. Councilman Flanagan urged a legal opinion from the city attorney, noting council did not appoint the board and seeking clarity on control and spending of a $212 000 Governor's grant. Mayor Cannon defended the arrangement as open and proper. The incubator is housed on Mercer Street in a former Leggett's building and aims to spur new businesses. Two Bluefield Jaycees players warm up at Bowen Field as a Pony League contest looms.
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Princeton
Jerry L. Flanagan
W Robert Carr
Flanagan
Jim Cannon
Cannon
Joe Vicars
First Community Bank
Cela Burge
Libby Cahill
Bluefield Jaycees
Bowen Field
Former disc jockey ordered to state hospital for treatment
Mercer County Circuit Judge John Frazier ordered Stanley Taylor to Weston State Hospital for examination observation and treatment before final sentencing on charges he removed his six year old son from his ex wife custody and took the boy to Tennessee in 1985. The 40 day limit was set for the stay and probation was denied.
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Princeton
Stanley Taylor
Bluefield
Mercer County
John Frazier
Frazier
Taylor
Weston State Hospital
Brian Matthew Taylor
Tennessee
Huttonsville
Joan Harriman
North Carolina
Mercer trial dates set by judges in Bluefield case
Mercer County Circuit Court set arraignments for more than 30 defendants. Among them are Danny W. Baker an 18 year old charged with first degree murder in the March 24 death of Jackie Goad and Charles A. Phelps former Graham High School coach indicted for second degree sexual assault of a Bluefield High School student. Phelps trial set for July 31 and Baker for August 19. Baker remains in Mercer County jail on a 50000 dollar bond.
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Princeton
Danny W. Baker
Bluefield
Graham
Charles A. Phelps
Mercer County
John R. Frazier
Baker
Phelps
Frazier
William O. Bivens Jr
Circuit Court
Jackie Lee Goad
Market Street
Goad
Ben B. White Jr
Graham High School
South Spring Street
Michael Gibson
Anita Bishop
Robert William Blankenship
Joseph Benny Dye
William Oliver Scott Howard
Blaine T. Karnes
Wesley R. Leonard
Daniel J. Noble
Official says mine deaths preventable in West Virginia
West Virginia state officials say most coal mine deaths this year were preventable and further laws are unlikely to curb dangers. Bart Lay of the Board of Coal Mine Health and Safety cites roof falls as the primary cause, with six victims working under unsecured roof despite prohibitions. The year’s fatalities include Charles E. Davis and Danny Lee Cox, killed at Pepper Mine, as investigators note a foreman died after crossing past roof bolts.
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Charleston
State Energy Department
Bart Lay
Board of
Coal Mine Health and Safety
DOE
Lay
West Virginia
Consolidation Coal Co
Loveridge
Charles E. Davis
Danny Lee Cox
Welch
SOS Mining
Pepper
Cox
Mercer County Sesquicentennial Board Names Officers
Mercer County officials and the Sesquicentennial Advisory Board set goals for the 150th celebration and called for volunteers to staff four steering committees. County Commission President Ray Bragg urged promoting local assets as the population has grown to over 73 942. County Administrator Fred W Parker called the event one of the most important in recent years.
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Stanley
Page County Sheriff's Department
Here
Page County
Luray
Andrew Wayne Knight
Joseph Benjamin Cubbage Jr
Princeton
Mercer County
Mercer County Sesquicentennial Advisory Board
County Commission
Ray Bragg
Bragg
Fred W. Parker
Malpractice series earns state journalism award
Melody Bowen of the Bluefield Daily Telegraph received a state journalism award for her six part series A Medical Epidemic The Malpractice Crisis The work ran January 12 to 17 and explored rising malpractice insurance costs for doctors the impact on health care and proposed reforms including lawyer fee caps The award was presented at the Trial Lawyers Association annual meeting in Charleston with praise for fairness and comprehensive reporting by Bowen and endorsement from outgoing president Monty Preiser
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Melody Bowen
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
State Trial Lawyers Association
Charleston Marriott
Bowen
Association
Monty Preiser
Preiser
Daily Telegraph
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U.S
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Maxwell
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CSX
John Corns
Virginia
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New Hampshire
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David Wilson
Fred Brown
State Hospital
Jim Gilreath
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