Mobile home destroyed by out of control brush fire
An unoccupied mobile home on Union Street Extension was destroyed by a brush fire Wednesday afternoon. West Virginia Forestry rangers investigated as Green Valley Glenwood volunteers battled the flames. The home, owned by Henry Gearheart, was vacant and no other dwellings were damaged. Cause under investigation with origin near the road.
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Bluefield
Union Street
West Virginia Division of Forestry
Green Valley Glenwood Volunteer Fire Department
Green Valley Glenwood
Richard Cumbow
Cumbow
Henry Gearheart
Princeton council weighs downtown cruising on Mercer Street
City officials debated pros and cons of Mercer Street cruising at the Public Safety Committee meeting. Police Chief Casey Martin cited 795 citations since mid August 2000 and urged a quick resolution while noting weather influences and the need for alternative youth activities. Mayor Will Stafford and City Manager Doug Freeman discussed economic impacts, policing costs, merchant input, and potential overtime funding as the council plans a downtown merchant poll before acting.
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Mercer Street
Public Safety Committee
Doug Freeman
Casey Martin
Martin
Will Stafford
Stafford
Freeman
Princeton blotter reports multiple offenses and accidents
The Daily Record notes a Bluefield woman assaulted by three Bluefield Va. residents near Princeton City Limits with arrests pending, a burglary at 311 N Fifth Street under probe with $3000 in items stolen, a two car alley collision with no injuries, a truck bed liner break in theft, and a DUI after a wife called 911 from a pay phone at Colony Center.
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Princeton
C. E. Mitchem
Colony Center
P V. Powell
W.L. Harman
Rose
Substitute teacher resigns after indictment in Kentucky case
Mingo County substitute teacher Thomas L. Varney, 65, of Hardy, Kentucky, resigned effective Tuesday amid indictments in Pike County on bribery and drug trafficking charges. Varney, who was foreman of the grand jury from June to November 2000, allegedly accepted a bribe and urged another to commit bribery while serving on a jury.
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Mingo County
Pike County
Thomas L. Varney
Hardy
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