Murder Case Goes To Grand Jury After Hearing
A 21-year-old Bluefield man James W. Martin was bound over to Mercer County Circuit Court Grand Jury after a 4.5 hour preliminary hearing for the Feb. 15 pistol slaying of his wife Delores at their Tiffany Manor apartment. He is jailed in lieu of $10,000 bond. State witnesses described Martin firing a .32 pistol and claiming self defense, with testimony from neighbors and police. Defense witnesses countered an evening without major quarrel. The case was presented by Assistant Mercer County prosecutor Charles Smith. Martin is represented by Edward Wiley.
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Jim Gilbeath
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Mercer County
Circuit Court
Donald Hare
James W. Martin
Princeton
Martin
Delores Martin
Tiffany Manor
Hill Street
Chris Dillard
Dillard
Cornelia Williams
John Helton
Bluefield Community Hospital
Helton
Cassie Mae Dowell
David F. Bell Jr
Whitt
Walter Peavy
Carl Brown
Anita Dowell
Donna Dowell
Young Dowell
Timothy Allen Dowell
Steve Hollie
Regina Roberts
David O'Neal
Charles Smith
Edward Wiley
Public Meeting Debates Jetport Versus Commuter Air in Bluefield
At Bluefield public meeting about a near ninety thousand dollar ten county regional air transport study, officials heard that jet service would be very costly with little scheduling gain, while advocates favored commuter aircraft to avoid major facility upgrades at Mercer County Airport.
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Summers County
Baldwin
Gregg
Bradbury
Mercer
Mercer County
Mercer Airport
Federal Aviation Administration
K. A. Ammar Jr
Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Amumar
FAA
Bluefield
Fred Burton
Chamber
Keith McKenzie
Piedmont Airlines
Ted Farrington
Piedmont
Airport Authority
Ron Satterfield
Satterfield
Free seed deadline extended by Mercer County group
Mercer County Economic Opportunity Corporation extended seed and fertilizer applications to March 31. Due to funding limits only the first 200 low income or low income elderly applicants meeting federal income guidelines will be served. Applications taken at the MCEOC office in Bluewell, by phone, with pickup the week of April 17.
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Se Ee Ee
Mercer County Economic Opportunity Corporation
MCEOC
Federal Community Service Administration
Bluewell
Thomason Named Maintenance Supervisor at Princeton Bank
James L. Thomason was named Maintenance Supervisor at Princeton Bank and Trust Company, starting February 13. A lifelong Princeton area resident and Princeton High School graduate, he will oversee upkeep of the bank’s multi million dollar building and grounds with his wife Betty Crotty living at 1105 Princeton Avenue.
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Princeton Bank and Trust Company
James L. Thomason
Thomason
Princeton Area
Princeton High School
Betty Crotty
Princeton Avenue
Sripasens
Toad
Sareea el Tesee Eadtven, Chatyi
James
Courthouse Transfers and License Notices in Mercer County
Property transfers across Beever Pond Plymouth and Rock districts include numerous parties such as Margeret Schneier Francis Lewis Schneiger Jecaveline Schneider Conesl Grediey Mary Ann Bradiey and others with parcel values noted. Marriage license applications list Larry Gelland Shumate Mulient Selby Yeates and residents of Princeton and Warren county.
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Oceosire Eyre Lilly
Petey Lee Lilly
Kiera F Bergh
Donnell Baugh
Beever Pond
Margeret 6
Schneier
Francis Lewis Schneiger
Jecaveline Schneider
Conesl Grediey
Mary Ann Bradiey
Plymouth
Gary & Gell
Virginia E Gell
Lows Maendermis Jr
Mercer County Clerk's Office
Larry Gelland Shumate
Mulient and
Selby Sean Yeates
Princeton
Warren Matthew Shoveier
Berkey Monageen Lindsey
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Mercer County Airport Authority
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Tde Mae Mooney
Thomes A .Hubberd
Jeanie Hubberd
Rock District
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