Flooded family recounts FEMA aid and near loss at Brushfork Creek
Daisy and Larry Looney describe their evacuation after floodwaters rose eight feet near a storage building along Brushfork Creek and Airport Road. FEMA offered five thousand dollars, the couple plans to buy a higher ground mobile home, and they saved three vehicles and a 400‑angel collection while losing most belongings and enduring injuries from escaping through a window.
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Tazewell teachers wait on 3 percent pay raise decision
Tazewell County teachers must wait at least a week as the Board of Supervisors delays action on level funding needed for a 3 percent salary increase and step adjustments. The budget vote is postponed until next week pending year end fund balance figures from the county treasurer.
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Fitness report card proposal draws cautious support in Tazewell County
Davis and Baker weigh a school fitness and nutrition assessment. They note kids eat too much fast food and spend after school hours on screens, complicating efforts to track true fitness. The committee plans another meeting to finalize a report for the Board of Health and Board of Education this fall.
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Murder charge ties Princeton locations to missing woman
Meadows told troopers he choked Brown with a scarf and struck her twice with a sledgehammer before dismembering her body days after she vanished at Christmas. He was arraigned and remanded to Southern Regional Jail in Beckley, held without bond.
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