Warrants issued for murder suspects
Police obtained first degree murder warrants for two Huntington men in the fatal shooting of Rahim Tyethe, 19, of Columbus, Ohio. Jason Brown, 20, and Adonis Newsome, 23, are accused of killing Tyethe on March 9 at a Huntington home. Cracy Steele and Joseph Hill were wounded. Newsome previously faced battery and obstruction charges that were dismissed after officers failed to appear.
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Huntington
Rocky Johnson
Newsome
Robert Dwight Bell
DuPont Holds C8 Risk: No Known Human Health Threat
DuPont dismisses concerns over ammonium perfluorooctanoate C8, saying it poses no human health or environmental harm. State DEP plans to enforce emission limits at Washington Works in Wood County as part of pollution permits. DuPont notes C8 is a carcinogen to animals but emphasizes decades of use without adverse human effects.
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Parkersburg
DuPont
State Department of Environmental Protection
Washington Works
Wood County
Robert Rickert
Health and Environmental Sciences
Fayetteville
N.C
Workers' camp chief quits in seven months on the job
Dale Newell executive director of the Workers Compensation Division resigns effective 3:30 p.m. after seven months, saying he cannot be effective amid a deficit riddled agency and a pending legislative overhaul. Gov Wise ordered a top-to-bottom review as Newell criticizes lack of powers. A nationwide search will follow for his replacement.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Dale Newell
Newell
Bob Wise
Wise
Del
Don Caruth
R-Mercer
Caruth
Associated Press
Robert Smith
Bureau of Employment Programs
Barbara Hawkins
Bhawkins
Bottonline.com
Authorities step up tunnel security in Four Seasons Country
In a broad homeland security push called Operation Liberty Shield, Bland County and regional authorities boost monitoring of critical infrastructure. The East River Mountain and Big Walker Mountain tunnels along I 77 receive 24 hour surveillance. troopers gain rifles gas masks and an armored vehicle as threats from Iraq era tensions rise.
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Terry Marshall
Virginia State Police
Marshall
Marshal
Bland County
Katie Gamble
Gamble
Charles Owens
Cowens
Bottonline.com
Disturbing the Peace Arrests and Miscellaneous Blotter Items
Police blotter notes an arrest for disturbing the peace in Bluefield at Bland Street involving Everett Lee Hurt Jr. Officers D.M. Dillon and J.T. Brooks made the arrest. Other items include a possible prowler on 3rd Street with no findings, a report of a gunshot to a Memorial Avenue window, a verbal altercation between two brothers on East Wayne Street, suspicious activity on Madison Street with no locate, and an unknown noise on Princeton Avenue found to be OK after H.L. Harmon investigated.
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Everett Lee Hurt Jr
Bluefield
Perdue and Sons
Bland Street
D.M. Dillon
J.T. Brooks
Memorial Avenue
East Wayne Street
Cpl
Princeton Avenue
H.L. Harmon
Princeton man arrested after Hickman's Pharmacy break in
Jimmie Denver Shrader a 22 year old Princeton resident was arrested at gunpoint shortly after 11 p m Tuesday after allegedly entering Hickman s Pharmacy on Thorn Street Police say he fled toward Paul s License Service and the Sign Shop where an object was found on the roof The officer drew a weapon and Shrader was handcuffed A hammer a bandana a screwdriver and a trash bag were recovered during the search
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Princeton
Hickman
Thorn Street
Jimmie Denver Shrader
M.B. Gergely
Paul
Gergely
Paul’s
Shrader
PW. Hill
T.A. Gray
Authorities investigate shooting in Garden Virginia
A male victim, name and age unavailable, was shot at a Garden residence around 2 a.m. Wednesday. He was transported by Mercy Rescue Service to Clinch Valley Medical Center in Richlands, admitted and in stable condition in ICU. Deputies Hess and Long investigated the incident.
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Garden
Buchanan County Sheriff’s Department
Mercy Rescue Service
Vansant
Clinch Valley Medical Center
Richlands
CVMC
Warner signs bills to aid Virginia wine industry
Gov. Mark R. Warner signed three bills to strengthen Virginia’s wine sector as Patricia Kluge and other local supporters watched. Warner, who owns a 15 acre vineyard, says nearly 80 farm wineries help preserve farmland attract tourism and boost agriculture across the state.
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Warner
Charlottesville
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