Mercer judge weighs Mercer County valedictorian policy
A Mercer County Circuit Court judge began deliberations on whether Princeton Senior High School and other schools’ valedictorian and salutatorian methods meet state policy. The case, filed by a Princeton family, challenges the board of education’s ranking system and software rounding practices affecting college scholarships and PROMISE eligibility. a ruling is due by May 13.
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Princeton
Mercer County
William J. Sadler
Mercer County Board of Education
Mercer County Circuit Clerk’s Office
Sadler
West Virginia Board of Educating
Kate Coil
Kcoil
Bottonline.com
McDowell housing project in Northfork receives grant
A $250000 Affordable Housing Program grant funds the Algoma Company Store rehabilitation in Northfork McDowell County. SHED will create eight rental units including two two bedrooms and six one bedrooms and build a community wellness center. Funding also comes from WV Housing Development Fund and others.
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Northfork
McDowell County
Algoma Company
Coal Car Road
Affordable Housing Program
AHP
Safe Housing and Economic Development, Inc
SHED
Travel Beautiful Appalachia, Inc
West Virginia Housing Development Fund
West Virginia Historic Preservation, West Virginia Hub
West Virginia Council of Churches
Federal Home Loan Bank of
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
First State Bank
Pendleton Community Bank
Pioneer Community Bank
United Bank
WesBanco Bank
Drug probe in Bishop nets several suspects
In Bishop Virginia and surrounding Tazewell County, law enforcement arrested five residents after an ongoing narcotics investigation by the Tazewell County Narcotics Task Force and Sheriff's Office. Ronnie Taylor was charged with distribution of a schedule IV drug, while Bobby Goode and Rick Chandler faced similar charges. Tonya Scott and Chris Sturgill were charged with distribution of schedule IV and IT drugs. Taylor, Sturgill, and Scott are held at Southwest Regional Jail as prosecutors prepare to try the case.
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Bishop
Tazewell County
Taylor
Sturgill
Scott
Southwest
Tazewell
Ironclads Clash in Revolutionary Civil War Battle
Historians describe the Union ironclad Monitor and Confederate Merrimack later renamed Virginia as catalysts in a pivotal 1862 clash near Norfolk. The duel, marked by iron armor and rotating guns, ended in a draw but signaled the decline of wooden warships and the rise of armored sea combat.
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Bruce Catton
Virginia
Merrimack
Norfolk
Congress
Cumberland
Minnesota
Monitor
Samuel Dana Greene
Police blotter highlights from Mercer and Tazewell County
May records show two Mercer County motor vehicle crashes on Cumberland Road near the Econo Lodge and College Avenue near First Century Bank with officers filing reports and jurisdiction notes. Tazewell County Sheriff's April activity reports list 34 traffic tickets, 267 arrests, seven traffic accidents, 1,352 civil papers served, 682 calls, and 459 trash bags handled by inmates.
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Mercer County
Cumberland Road
Econo Lodge
R.S. Gibson
College Avenue
First Century Bank
NJ. Allen
N.J. Allen
Bluefield
Sheriff's Deputies
Tazewell County
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McDowell Housing Project
Jon Bolt
Justin ‘Hollywood
Lucas, Shannon
Shammy’ Akers
Brandon ‘Shrek’ McKinney
Bluefield Fire Department
Mitchell Stadium
Battle of
Hampton Roads
Bluefield City Police Dept
Tazewell County Sheriff’s Dept
P.C
Weaver
The
Carilion
Lewis Gale Health System
Indian Grove Road
Roanoke
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