Montcalm High students fight drugs and alcohol with SADD
Montcalm High School Students Against Destructive Decisions club leads 24 members to counter teen substance use. Activities run May 5 to 9 include a mock car crash and Prom Promise pledge with help from local emergency services. Montcalm Elementary hosts ESADD with 40 students under guidance of Diane Carver.
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Montcalm
Travis Helmandollar
Carla Riffe
Montcalm High School
Students Against
Diane Carver
ESADD
Currence
MHS
Involuntary manslaughter case continued in Mercer County
Mercer County Circuit Court Judge John R. Frazier continued the involuntary manslaughter trial of Ronald Lynn Collins to July 9. Collins faces five counts of wanton endangerment and felony possession of a firearm for a shooting that killed Louise Pochick on Sept. 29, 2002, inside her Wolfe County home. Officer Trooper A H Young described a bullet entering through a window and striking Pochick in the head.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Wolfe
John R. Frazier
Ronald Lynn Collins
Timm Boggess
Boggess
A. H. Young
West Virginia State Police
Young
Louise Pochick
Collins
West Virginia
Barbara Hawkins
Bhawkins
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Judge Denies Change in Prosecutor in Princeton Sex Case
Mercer County Circuit Court denied Larry Wert's bid to remove Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Deborah Garton from his second trial on multiple counts of first degree sexual abuse by a custodian. Judge John R. Frazier found insufficient evidence to grant the motion. Wert's mistrial followed a hung jury in the earlier proceedings. a new trial is set for May 28.
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George Sitter
Frazier
Sitler
Princeton
Deborah Garton
Mercer County
John R. Frazier
Larry Wert
Thornton Avenue
Wert
David Smith
Circuit Clerk’s
Garton
Bluefield Man Charged With Cruelty to Animals
Michael Phillips, 31, was charged with cruelty to animals after a weekend stabbing of a rottweiler named Cujo on Marellen Avenue. The dog was euthanized due to injuries. Police said witnesses identified Phillips, who was arraigned and released on bond as the investigation continues.
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Bluefield
Michael Phillips
B.W. Copenhaver
The
Humane Society
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Charles Owens
Abdtonline
Southwest District
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
Octonling.com
Bdtonline
Mountaineer
Cumberland
St. Luke’s
Norman Bein
M. Kuppusami
Yogesh Chand
John Starynski
Stephen Blaydes
David Harris
Abed Koja
Marilyn Pontone
D.P.M
Stephen Blaydes, M.D
John Starynski, M.D
St. Luke
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Princeton Community Hospital
Marilyn Pontone, D.P.M
Norman Bein, M.D
David Harris, M.D
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