Mercer County mulls vaccine clinic hours as uptake falls
Mercer County Health Department officials report declining COVID vaccine turnout despite a state weekly prize lottery. Administrator Roger Topping told the Board of Health that recent clinics at the Princeton Rescue Squad drew 33 and 57 doses, far fewer than prior daily crowds, prompting possible reduction to once weekly and altered hours beginning next week.
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Mercer County Health Department
Mercer County Board of Health
Health Department
Roger Topping
Topping
Princeton
Indictment in 1995 McDowell County murder case new details
West Virginia investigators said a June 2021 grand jury indicted Michael Underwood and Arthur Greer Jr for first degree murder and felony conspiracy in the July 11 1995 death of Frank Lane of Anawalt. Lane was found near the Anawalt Post Office. The cases had been dismissed previously. Lane, Underwood and Greer knew each other at the time.
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Anawalt
McDowell County
West Virginia
Michael
Underwood
Bassett
Arthur L. Greer Jr
McDowell County Prosecuting Attorney
Frank
Frankie” Lane
Lane
TC. Bledsoe
Frank ‘Frankie’ Lane
T.C. Bledsoe
State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Beckley
Bledsoe
Greer
Shooting and abduction case rocks Pilgrims Knob area
Buchanan County authorities report a man was shot in the head and a woman abducted in Spruce Pine near Pilgrims Knob. Tony Dean Cole, 59, was airlifted to a Kentucky hospital. James Patrick Cantrell, 44, faces an abduction by force warrant after a hotel search.
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Buchanan County
the Sheriff's Office
Tony Dean Cole
Pilgrims Knob
Oakwood Rescue
Cole
Wings Air Rescue
Pikeville Medical Center
Kentucky
Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office
Virginia State Police Bureau of Investigation
James Patrick Cantrell
Cantrell
Fourth of July festivities set for Princeton Welch and Tazewell
Mercer County plans a weekend of events with a Princeton Fourth of July celebration open Sunday at Hunnicutt Stadium from 1 p.m. Admission is free and a car show runs 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Gates open at 1 p.m. Fireworks and patriotic music begin around 10 p.m. The Fwrows perform 2 to 2:45 p.m. Transit Times 3 to 4 p.m. Thomas Taylor & The Highrize Band 4:15 p.m. and more activities planned across Welch and Tazewell.
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Welch
Tazewell
Mercer County
Princeton High School
Hunnicutt Stadium
Tions
Fwrows
Thomas Taylor & the
Highrize
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