Mercer Circuit Court faces growing caseload and push for third judge
Mercer County courts see rising filings from 2002 2040 to 2413 in 2005 with 2006 expected higher due to drug and family cases. Criminal totals in 2006 reach 574 with 422 felonies 16 misdemeanors 136 juvenile. Lawmakers push five new circuit judges with Mercer targeted. Local officials hope a third judge will be added soon.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists William Randy Deason as Publisher with Thomas Colley as Executive Editor Samantha Perry as Managing Editor and News Editor, plus Andy Patton Brian Woodson as Senior Editors and City Editor. The masthead includes a biblical verse from Revelation.
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Tragedies strike Mercer County families in string of losses
A sequence of deadly and injurious incidents shocks Mercer County. Four teens in a Route 460 crash near Princeton include Amber Sweeney and Roman McPherson, both PSHS graduates, airlifted to CAMC where Sweeney died and McPherson later died. other passengers Mason Duncan and Ashley James survived. A separate home shooting killed 11 year old Joe Gore II. his father Joe Gore I was reportedly handling a cable installation when the fatal shot occurred. Amber Massey, another 19 year old from Lashmeet, died in a Route 460 wreck blamed on wind gusts, injuring a 10 year old. Funeral services for McPherson and Gore II followed. Community leaders urged prayers and unity amid grief.
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Punishing past villains or preventing future atrocities
James W Jennings of Bluefield WV argues that Emmett Till's murder was used to strike at enemies not for truth. He contends focusing on past villains distracts from correcting laws to stop future injustices and warns against sensational martyrdom in Mississippi’s Bible Belt.
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Right to bear arms debate after Utah mall shooting
A reader letter argues for gun rights and blames liberal Democrats and atheists for eroding Second Amendment freedoms after a teenage shooter killed five at Salt Lake Citys Trolley Square Mall. The author praises an off duty officer who stopped further bloodshed and condemns gun control advocates while thanking newspaper deliverers.
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