Rockefeller urges reconsideration of McDowell prison plan
U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller says McDowell County should be considered for a federal prison, citing available flat land and ongoing infrastructure funding talks. He asks the Federal Bureau of Prisons to reexamine a recent report that questioned topography and readiness, aiming to meet personally to discuss the study. Local officials also back pursuing both federal and private prison options for jobs.
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Welch - McDowell
U.S
Jay Rockefeller
D-W.va
Rockefeller
Kathleen M. Hawk
Federal Bureau of Prisons
McDowell County
Keystone
Billie Cherry
Robert C. Byrd
Cherry
Two plead guilty to drug charges in Knight's court
In Mercer County Circuit Court Judge David Knight accepted guilty pleas from Shawn Conner and Terri Joan Shrewsbury on drug related offenses. Conner admitted simple possession of marijuana with a prior offer to probation while Shrewsbury pled to attempted felony with several counts dismissed. Sentences and dates were set for June 13 with probation considered for both. Samuel Ealy received six months in regional jail after a prior guilty plea for making false statements to obtain welfare.
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Knight’s Court
Princeton
Mercer County
David Knight
Shawn Conner
Charles Pace
Conner
T. Sage
Terri Joan Shrewsbury
Pace
Shrewsbury
Tom Czarnik
Samuel Ealy
L. Fuda
Ealy
Meteors Light Up Skies Across Counties It Was Not a UFO
Residents reported balls of fire spanning Dickenson and nearby counties with sightings described as basketball sized fireballs dropping toward earth. Sheriff deputies checked areas until 12:30 a.m. with no damage found and radar clear. NBC’s Invasion aired earlier the same night, adding to the eerie timing. No Mercury County calls were recorded.
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Dickenson
Buchanan County
Jones
NBC
Tazewell County
Johnson
Cording
Steve Amburgey
Dickenson County
Amburgey
Mercer County
Ministers debate life beyond Earth in church studies
Sulgit argues Genesis suggests Earth houses life while Rev Tony Reed of Mapleview Church of Christ in Bluefield says life elsewhere is remote though possible given God’s unlimited power. Reed notes doubt but retains hope in creation.
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Earth
Sulgit
Tony Reed
Mapleview Church of Christ
Bluefield
Bluefield man acquitted in 1995 shooting
Bluefield resident Thomas Lee Keene Jr., 21, was acquitted on a drug delivery charge related to a December 1995 shooting that killed Michael Lewis, 37. Keene had earlier been convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the same case but was cleared on the delivery count after his testimony was deemed improperly used in court. He still faces a possible one to five year sentence for manslaughter.
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Rinceton
Mercer County
Thomas Lee Keene Jr
Michael Lewis
Bluefield
Keene
Lewis
Lynn Fuda
State Supreme Court
Michael Lawrence
Industrial site proposal tops economic panel talks
RICHLANDS VA Purchasing the Brick yard Addition property former casket factory led Richlands Economic Enhancement Committee meeting. The option guarantees a 495000 price if the town buys but allows sale to another buyer. The panel may fund half the total cost if price agreed. Environmental testing for asbestos required before removal and industrial construction.
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Richlands
Gene Hearn
Heart
Ginger Branton
Department of Environmental Quality
Branton
Hear
Cosmic questions linger on intelligent life and signals
The privately funded group listens for extraterrestrial signals amid about 100 unidentified radio signals. scientists at Green Bank Observatory deem most due to Earthly molecules. Organic molecules detected across space include iron carbon oxygen and water. odds of life depend on numbers, with experts noting our solar system is not unique. The search continues as Earth and NASA-like signals broadcast to space.
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Earth
Green Bank Observatory
Fezer
Paul Kannapell
Science Center of
West Virginia
Milky Way
Kannapell
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