Memorial plans for fallen Marine and hometown support
Local figures including Gov. Wise and Sen. Rockefeller pressed for funeral details as a large crowd is anticipated. Family members describe overwhelmed reactions from across the country while community members recall the fallen Marine Thacker and mourn his loss with prayers and support.
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Charleston
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Princeton
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North Carolina
Iraq
Iraq transfers sovereignty to Iraqi interim government
Iraqi leaders take control as U S civilian authority withdraws with Bremer leaving Baghdad. John Negroponte becomes ambassador as NATO agrees to assist in training Iraqi forces. Allawi pledges action against insurgents while Bush notes Iraq is sovereign and endorses strict security measures against Zarqawi and related violence.
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Iraq
John Negroponte
NATO
Security Alliance
Iyad Allawi
Bush
National Security
Condoleezza Rice
White House
Scott McClellan
U.N. Security Council
Allawi
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Zarqawi
Princeton honors Thacker sacrifice with yellow ribbons
In Princeton community members and local businesses displayed yellow ribbons and half mast flags to honor Lance Cpl. Juston Thacker who died serving in Afghanistan. The City Council plans a commemorative tribute to Thacker to be announced at the July 19 meeting.
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Princeton Police Department
American Electric Power
Princeton Senior High School
Princeton Public Library
First Community Bank
Lance Cpl
Juston Thacker
Marine Corps
Afghanistan
Sharon Bowling
Front Street
Cecil Reed
George Mickle
Wayne Shumate
Thacker
Jody Neal
Mneal
Bdtonline
Bluefield Streetscape funding stalls awaiting new highway bill
Bluefield city officials seek new federal highway authorization to fund Phase II of the downtown Streetscape project after Congress renewed the old highway bill. City manager Mark Henne, Coal Heritage Highway Authority director Christy Bailey, and lawmakers push for release of three pending grants, with a recess looming on Oct. 1.
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Congress
Tinue
Mark Henne
Bluefield
Coal Heritage Highway Authority
State Department of Highways
Federal Highway Administration
Chicory Square
Henne
Virginia
Bailey
Kimball
Mount Hope
Bill Archer
Barcher
Bottonline
Police arrest in Pine Street shooting case
Princeton police arrest Marcus Patrese McKinley 20 of Princeton on wanton endangerment charges tied to a June 20 shooting at a residence on lower Pine Street that wounded his brother Peter McKinley 23. The investigation continues and the victim’s wound is described as non life threatening.
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Princeton City Police Department
Pine Street
Marcus Patrese McKinley
Peter McKinley
Lower Pine Street
W.L. Harman
Princeton Police Department
McKinley
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