Gunman wounds woman during 50 minute courthouse standoff
Ronald Hall, 43, of North Tazewell held off more than a dozen officers with a shotgun at the Tazewell County Courthouse pinning a hostage during a 50 minute stand-off. The woman, hospitalized in stable condition, was shot and bleeding from the face and arm. Hall will face attempted murder charges and arraignment was imminent.
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Tazewell
Ronald Hall
North Tazewell
Dan Martin
Hall
Tazewell Community Hospital
Sheriffs Department
Richlands Police Department
Virginia State Police
Main Street
Leslie Barrett
Tazewell County
Barrett
Casey
Mike Dennis
Dennis
Martin
Powerball win nets Greenbrier grocer 23.8 million dollars
Roger Boone a 57 year old grocer from Crawford's Galaxy Food Center in Fairlea, bought Powerball tickets with numbers he keeps each week. He won 23.8 million dollars, saying the payout will not change his lifestyle and will help pay debts, family, and his business. He and his wife Phyllis reacted with disbelief and relief after the news conference.
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Greenbrier County
Roger Boone
Phyllis
Crawford's Galaxy Food Center
Fairlea
Boone
Civicesc Ota
Mercer County education board meets at Princeton site
On today at 7 p m the Mercer County Board of Education holds a regular session at the Seminar Center Mercer County Technical Education Complex Princeton Also at 7 p m the Mercer County Historical Society gathers at Pinnacle Rock State Park with a 6 p m covered dish dinner A 7 p m meeting of the Princeton Senior High School Football Boosters occurs at the visitor concession by the football field
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Mercer County Board of Education
Mercer County Technical Education Complex
Princeton
Mercer County Historical Society
Pinnacle Rock State Park
Princeton Senior High School
Showers and Thunderstorms Likely Across West Virginia
A weather brief notes showers and thunderstorms likely today with highs in the 70s to 80s. Tonight looks mostly cloudy with a chance of additional showers and storms across the state. West Virginia issued.
State prison not to be built at Big Vein site
Tazewell County Supervisors announced the Virginia Department of Corrections will not place a state prison near Pocahontas at Big Vein due to cost and site conditions. They authorized continued search for locations while opposition groups push to keep Gratton as an option.
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State Prison
Tazewell
Pocahontas
Big Vein
Jimmy Jones
Virginia Department of Corrections
Christy Parker
Barbara Shrader
Pocahontas Prison
Citizens For Progress
Gratton
Supervi
Sors
Gratton and Friends
Anita Brown
Bluefield Man Killed at New Mount Olive Prison
Michael Dwayne Blankenship, 28, already serving time for grand larceny and assault, was beaten and strangled in his cell at the new Mount Olive Correctional Complex. Investigators from the Division of Corrections and State Police probe the Sunday death. no arrests yet.
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Mount Olive
Bluefield
New State Prison
Michael Dwayne Blankenship
Old Bramwell Road
Howard Painter
Blank
Enship
Division of Corrections
Painter
Blankenship
Mercer County
Old State Prison
Moundsville
Sunday
New Mount Olive
Fayette County
Bland Supervisors Oppose Proposed Medical Waste Incinerator
Bland County supervisors voiced unanimous opposition to a planned medical waste incinerator for Bastian. Residents urged action ahead of a July 12 public hearing in Bluefield on opening nearby tunnels to hazardous materials.
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Bland
Department of Environmental Quality
Air Control Board
Sharon
Frank W. Chandler, III
Gibson
Seddon
Molly P. Thompson
Joe Kuznicki
Kuznicki
Jim Cornwell
Mickey Cochrane
VDOT
Bluefield
Big Walker
East River Mountain
I-77
Bland County
Chandler
Cochrane
Bristol
Brenda Waters
Sanitary Board Rebukes EPA Offer in Bluefield Case
Bluefield Sanitary Board rejects EPA settlement of 40000 dollars in two pending suits over its Westside sewage plant. The board maintains violations occurred largely due to EPA specifications and argues the agency should share blame as the plant undergoes a multi million dollar corrective program.
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Bluefield
Westside
EPA
Doug Campbell
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Greenbrier
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Abby
Jesew
Todd Stringe
Caleb Taylor
Justin Lester
Andrew Woods
Barry Bradshaw
Kash Wetzel
Camp Roland
Bastian
Mt. Olive
No Go Sanitary Board
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