Two die as car rolls in Oakwood area crash
Two unidentified residents from Tazewell and Buchanan counties died Tuesday after a U S Route 460 crash near Oakwood Virginia. Police said the accident happened about 3 50 p m and the victims were taken to Buchanan General Hospital. Rescue squads from Grundy and Oakwood assisted. Witnesses spoke of a small white car on its top with a motor home also involved. The case remains under investigation.
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Buchanan
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Richlands
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Virginia State Police
Mercer County man indicted for embezzling from postal vending
A Bluefield federal indictment charges postal clerk Billy Joe Barker of Princeton with embezzling more than 50 000 from postal vending machines at the Bluefield Post Office and Mercer Mall between December 1994 and February 1995. Barker, 46, faces up to 10 years in prison and a 250 000 dollar fine if convicted.
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U.S. District Court
Mercer County
Billy Joe Barker
Princeton
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Mercer Mall
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Post Office
Managing Stress in Postive Ways Lunch and Learn
On Thursday June 26 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. a lunch and learn seminar on managing stress in positive ways will be hosted at the Tierney Conference Center Dickason Hall Bluefield State College. A separate note mentions an old fashioned fair in Pocahontas Virginia on Friday July 4 with a pancake breakfast 9 to 11 a.m. and events throughout the day including bingo 5 to 7 p.m. and a park dance with fireworks after dark followed by weather.
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Tierney Conference Center
Dickason Hall
Bluefield State College
Pocahontas
Local Weather Outlook Today Highs Near 90 With Thunderstorms
Today sunny sessions give way to partly cloudy skies with a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs reach 85 to 90. Tonight a chance of storms until midnight, then partly cloudy. Lows mid to upper 60s. Weather package A-6 BD Tonline.
Daily Telegraph West Virginia Website Note
A brief reader note references the Daily Telegraph site with links to West Virginia content and a reiteration of the bdtonline.com domain. No clear event or person is described.
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Bdtonline
Caroll woman hurt when car plunges into ditch on Cumberland Road
Valma L. Hammer 65 of Chestnut Lane suffered serious injuries after her 1988 Subaru slid from the westbound road into a 30 inch concrete drainage ditch near Bluefield Plaza. The car rolled twice and pinned her for about 40 minutes before Bluefield Fire Department and Rescue Squad freed her. She was taken to Bluefield Regional Medical Center with suspected broken arms, a compound femur fracture and severe neck trauma. Police redirected traffic as responders helped at the scene.
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Cumberland Road
Valma L. Hammer
Chestnut Lane
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
BRMC
Hammer
Cumberland
Bluefield Plaza
Prom Teen Charged With Murder In Baby Death
Freehold N J AP a teenager who gave birth at her prom returned to the dance floor then faced charges of murder after an autopsy found the newborn boy strangled or suffocated in a plastic bag taken from a bathroom sanitary napkin receptacle. Prosecutors say 18 year old Melissa Drexler dumped the body in a trash can June 6.
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Freehold
N.J
Melissa Drexler
Drexler
John Kaye
McDowell County receives $1 million to attract industry
Local efforts to lure new industry gain a $1,084,197 award for an intermediate lending program. MCAN will extend loans to entrepreneurs for development and job retention, supporting economic development goals in McDowell County. Dr Cliff Moore notes the strong application and expanded financing reach.
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WELCH
McDowell County
McDowell County Action Network
Cliff Moore
MCAN
Council of Southern Mountains
Rising cigarette prices expected to continue
Rising cigarette prices are seen as likely to persist if Congress approves last week’s agreement, placing the tobacco industry under sweeping regulation and adding about 3.6 billion dollars in costs over 25 years. Officials indicate further price hikes ahead as a proposed federal excise tax on a pack moves toward 67 cents.
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Congress
America
Joe Camel
Smokers Try to Break habit as Taxes Rise
Ten local smokers in Princeton discuss the federal plan to add 43 cents to cigarette taxes. Most say price increases won’t deter their smoking. some see possible reduced use if prices level off, while others plan to quit regardless or note mixed motives like recreation.
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Princeton
Earl Feathers
Green Valley
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