Vandalism and Disturbances Highlight Daily Record Blotter
A juvenile threw a rock at a vehicle on Mulberry Street and fled before police arrival. Reports listed include a possible drunk motorcycle on old Bramwell Road, a mailman being chased by a dog on Monterey Hill, a dog loose on Mount View Avenue with a citation issued, loud music at Tiffany Manor with a verbal warning, a juvenile disturbance on Union Street with a warning, and a vehicle vandalized on Walton Avenue with investigation ongoing.
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Mulberry Street
D.M. Dillon
Old
Bramwell Road
B.W. Copenhaver
Monterey Hill
R. Thompson
Mount View Avenue
Tiffany Manor
M.A. Beck
Union Street
J.R. Thompson
Walton Avenue
Principal won't return to Bluefield school amid unresolved charges
Bluefield Middle School Principal Mack Barber faces seven felony counts including first degree sexual abuse and assault. Superintendent Deborah Akers said the July 6 board meeting may recommend the principal not be reassigned until charges are resolved, with Barber’s start date delayed and no long term decision yet.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Middle School
Mack Barber
Barber
Board of Education
Deborah Akers
Akers
Local woman barred from Princeton Middle School visit
Princeton March 17 incident leads Mercer County Circuit Court to issue an injunction barring Sherri Taylor from visiting Princeton Middle School. The order requires written permission to enter and adherence to school visitor rules while she faces misdemeanor assault charges in magistrate court.
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Princeton
Princeton Middle School
Sherri Taylor
Mercer County
Kay Bayless
Mercer County Board of Education
Taylor
Bayless
David Knight
Trial set in August for former Hospice official
BLUEFIELD A trial date for Vickie Webb the former treasurer for Community Hospices of America charged with embezzling from the hospice has been set for August. Webb's trial will be held Aug. 24 according to Mercer County Prosecuting Attorney William Sadler. Webb was indicted earlier this month on 10 felony counts and two misdemeanor counts of embezzlement and remains in the Southern Regional Jail due to her inability to make her $25,000 bail.
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Bluefield
Vickie Webb
Community Hospices of America
Webb
Mercer County
William Sadler
Southern
Byrd pushes restoring VA health care funding
Sen Robert Byrd demands Senate Appropriations restore 1.3 billion cut from the FY2000 veterans health care budget. Veterans fear thousands may lose VA coverage, with about 8,000 hospital jobs slated for elimination and Beckley VA Hospital at risk of closure amid protests. Byrd and Stevens cited urgent needs for medical care and aging veterans.
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Beckley
Robert Byrd
Dw.va
Senate Appropriations Committee
Veterans Administration
Ance
Beckley VA
Ted Stevens
Rark
Byrd
Stevens
Eugene Ashe
Congress
Tom Gavin
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Nancy Lohuis
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