Mercer County woman rejects plea deal in weapon case
U S District Judge Irene C Bergers May 6 order denied the plea arrangement intended to cap Frenchs prison term at 24 months. The case involves Sharon Kay French a Mercer County woman convicted earlier on multiple offenses and arrested in 2006 for illegal firearm possession. French who fled for years was taken into custody in Nebraska and returned to the Southern District of West Virginia for sentencing.
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Beckley
Mercer County
West Virginia
Sharon Kay French
Sharon French
Sharon K. Epps
Sharon Epps
Bluefield
French
Horry County
S.C
Nebraska
U.S
Irene C. Berger
Berger
U.S. District Court
Bill Archer
Archer . Bottonline.com
WV transportation investment gains fall short in study
West Virginia ranks among 19 states not measuring transportation investment returns. A Pew Rockefeller study reports 131 billion spent in 2010. Virginia and 12 others track value well. Experts urge linking performance to goals, cost benefit analysis, and clearer funding decisions amid concerns on mobility and environment.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Pew Center On
Rockefeller Foundation
Virginia
Robert Zahradnik
West Virginia Public Radio
Zahradnik
Mobility
Clal
Nicholas Turner
Firefighters seek help to buy air filling station
Mercer County Fireman's Association asked the county commission for funding to purchase a new high pressure air bottle filling station for Princeton and other volunteer fire departments. Bid range is nine to eleven thousand dollars. Commission to decide within days.
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Princeton
Mercer County Commission
Mercer County Fireman's Association
Bluefield Fire Department
David Thompson
Green Valley-Glenwood Fire Department
J.C. Bailey
Princeton Fire Department
Joe Coburn
County Commission
Jay Mills
Mercer County Board of Health
Union and Confederate Leadership Clash at Fredericksburg May 1863
Civil War accounts highlight Grant Sherman Lee and Stonewall Jackson forming a formidable alliance. Lee defends Fredericksburg with 60,000, while Hooker orders a flanking approach. Hooker reels from nerves, Lee shifts to counterattack as Jackson moves to strike from the west.
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North
Ulysses Grant
William Tecumseh Sherman
South
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Lee
Fredericksburg
Joe
Hooker
James McPherson
Jackson
Bruce Catton
Chancellorsville
Rappahannock
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Weaver
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Lewis Gale Health System
Roanoke
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