Virginia budget stalemate creates local growth headaches
Richmond AP Virginia lawmakers failure to agree on a new budget leaves cities and counties unsure how much state revenue to plan into spring budgets. Gov Gilmore orders up to 15 percent cuts, special session planned in March, while counties warn of uncertainty and dependency on education and public safety funding. The dispute centers on a 70 percent car tax cut with House backing and Senate favoring 55 percent.
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Louisa County
Lee Lintecum
Gilmore
General Assembly
Virginia
Ben Mays
Loudoun County
Mays
Commonwealth
Chesterfield County
Don Kappel
Thomas Jefferson Institute For Public Policy
Institute
Michael Thompson
House of Delegates
State Senate
Two Princeton men jailed over string of invasions
Two local Princeton men, Willis Caudill and Ray Cheetwood, are jailed in Kentucky for a series of house invasions across four states. Caudill’s bond is 250000 and Cheetwood’s is 200000. Investigators link a Beckley armed robbery and a burglary on 12 Mile Road to the pair, with jewelry exceeding 1000 dollars found in a local pawn shop.
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Kentucky
Willis Caudill
Ray Cheetwood
Boyd County
Ashland
Joe Parks
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
Caudill
Cheetwood
West Be
Virginia
Ohio
Stan Sweeney
Beckley Police Department
Beckley
Mercer County
Parks
12 Mile Road
M.L. Gills
Tender Mercies distributes excess potatoes in Princeton
The Rev. Ken Hilling of Tender Mercies says the agency has excess potatoes this week and invites residents to pick up at the distribution headquarters located at 540 Mercer Street in Princeton.
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Princeton
Ken Hilling
Tender Mercies
Tender Mercies Distribution
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New Bureau for Children and Families appoints new commissioner
Gov. Wise names Fred Boothe to lead the Bureau for Children and Families in Charleston. Boothe, 50, will assume duties mid March after 14 years with the bureau in Kanawha County and a prior career as a teacher. The agency runs welfare and food stamp programs and oversees adoption foster care and protective services. Boothe replaces Jack Frazier. Jefferson County posts lowest January unemployment. Calhoun highest. Regional rates show Jefferson at 2.6 percent, state average 6.4 percent.
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University of Charleston
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State Department of Health and Human Resources
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Jefferson County
West Virginia
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Berkeley
Ohio
Cabell, Morgan and
Hardy
Putnam
Kanawha
Pendleton and
Hancock
Calhoun County
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