Water Route Survey Aims to Save Pipeline Plans
Region I Planning and Development Council and West Virginia archaeologists survey the Mercer Summers County water pipeline route from Bluestone Lake to Princeton. Phase 1 digs and Phase 2 testing reveal artifacts to identify sensitive areas and avoid delays, with route adjustments favored to prevent costly shutdowns.
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Princeton
Region I Planning and Development Council
West Virginia
Mercer
Summers County
Bluestone Lake
Region I
Engi
Neers
David Cole
Stafford Consultants
Cole
Presley gets 180 month term for firearm crimes
Abingdon Virginia Cedar Bluff resident Donald Lee Presley was sentenced in federal court to 180 months for possessing 78 firearms after a prior felony. Judge Samuel G. Wilson imposed the term under the Armed Career Criminal Act with no parole in the federal system. ATF and Virginia State Police led the probe. Evidence showed Presley acquired semiautomatic handguns in Virginia and moved them for resale in Michigan.
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Abingdon
Cedar Bluff
Donald Lee Presley
U.S
Samuel G. Wilson
Presley
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
Virginia State Police Firearms Task Force Unit
Virginia
Michigan
Stolen items and disturbances reported in Mercer County
Mercer County sheriff's logs detail thefts from a Wrights Mountain trailer including an electric range breaker box dis connect box water heater and hot tub. Also noted are attempted burglary at Ingleside Road, a basement door frame damage, reckless driving on Route 5, a possible overdose transport near Montcalm High School, a loud disturbance at Woodard Apartments, domestic violence petition activity near Princeton, a cell phone theft at Friendly Honda Green Valley, a teen incident near Green Valley Glenwood Fire Department, vandalism on Harrison Street, a teen wrist injury on Mercer Street, a battery incident at an apartment on Mercer Street, and related patrol investigations.
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Esther Burton
David Poff
Ohio
Wrights Mountain
Police blotter notes Bluefield area incidents Friday
A two inch stab wound victim refused police involvement at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. A puppy head was stuck between a deck and pole on Third Street. A suspicious cat on 527 Old Bramwell Road porch could not be located. A Little Caesars customer remained silent inside Bland Street store for an hour before police escorted her home. Juveniles on East End Bridge threw rocks at a train and fled. A drug use report on Preston Street was declared unfounded.
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Third Street
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
Bramwell Road
Wilson
Little Ceasar’s Pizza
Bland Street
R.F. Ferrell
Wilson Street
East End
Princeton Avenue
G.A. Haynes
C.S. Myers
HUD funds enable Kimball Fire Department expansion
HUD approved releasing 100000 for Kimball to add a 1340 square foot two story addition. The ground floor will house a new fire truck and storage while the second story will provide training space a kitchen and a multi purpose room for community meetings. The project awaits architect planning after paperwork and funds are drawn down.
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Kimball
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
Kimball Fire Department
Mike Brown
Brown
U.S
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
HUD
Byrd
Senate Appropriations Committee
Kimball Volunteer Fire Department
Local Service Personnel and Enlistees Highlighted
Cedar Bluff and Tazewell residents are named for recent military service and training. David R. Smith deploys with Fleet Hospital Six to Croatia with UN forces in the former Yugoslavia. Reginald K. Lambright Jr. enlists in the Navy for Diver training after high school. Cindy D. Murray enlists in the Navy for Apprenticeship Training after high school. Gregory S. Hubbard reports for duty with 1st LAAD Battalion in Okinawa. Thomas E. Grogan completes basic training at Great Lakes.
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David Smith
David R. Smith
J. Smith
Cedar Bluff
Fleet Hospital Six
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Croatia
Navy
Marine Corps
United Nations Protection Forces
Republic of vi
Reginald Lambright Jr
Reginald K. Lambright Jr
Reginald Lambright
Tazewell
Big Creek High School
Naval Training Center
Orlando
Fla
Cindy Murray
Cindy D. Murray
Connie Murray
North Tazewell
Tazewell High School
Thomas Grogan
Thomas E. Grogan
Richard G. Grogan Sr
Bluefield
Recruit Training Command
Great Lakes
Ill
Taylor sentenced for child death in Princeton
Mercer County Circuit Court Judge David Knight suspended most counts and gave Robert Lee Taylor two years on probation after he pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and child abuse with injury in the death of his 13 month old son, Robert James Lewis, last September. The boy was taken to Bluefield Regional Medical Center with severe bruises. the medical examiner ruled blunt force trauma caused the death, not a fall as claimed by Taylor.
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Princeton
Bluefield
Mercer County
David Knight
Robert Lee Taylor
Taylor
Trail
Robert James Lewis
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Monroe Street
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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Mary Cox
Ingleside Road
Steve Martin
Criminal Investigations Division
Route 5
W.C. Wilborn
Montcalm High School
Wilburn
Woodard
Bluewell
C.J. Smothers
Athens Road
Les Catron
Friendly Honda
Green Valley
R.L. Kessinger
Butch Halsey
Green Valley-Glenwood
Roger Midkiff
Princeton City Police Department
Harrison Street
Kenneth Wimmer
D.L. Spradlin
Mercer Street
Princeton Community Hospital
Les Franklin
Franklin
J.W. Howell
R.A. Mann
Bluefield — 911
T. Miller
Preston Street
J.M. Bailey
Tae
Gregory Hubbard
Gregory S. Hubbard
Howard G. Hubbard
Montcalm
1St Marine Aircraft Wing
Marine Corps Air Station
Futenma
Okinawa
Japan
Bluefield College
College Bluefield
Todd Sti
Sid Wheeler
Wheeler
Myra Riffe
Larry Dyer
James Barbery
The
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