First disaster relief checks reach McDowell County
Governor Bob Wise presented the first nine SBA disaster loan checks to McDowell County residents at Welch city hall just days after the May 2 floods. Recipients include Wanda Collins, Ottie Williams, Katherine Kirk, and others as officials outline housing aid and future flood village sites in Premier Keystone Northfork and Panther Saeger areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth G
Mona D. Williams
Katherine
Gene Kirk
Zanna F. Litteral
Latonia
Patricia Foster
Don Hicks
Christopher R
Jessica Adams
Adams
Coalwood
Small Business Administration
Wise
Welch
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Keystone
Keystone/Northfork
Panther/Saeger
Charles Owens
Cowens
Bottonline
Bob Wise
Kenneth and
Mona Williams
FEMA
U.S. Small Business Administration
McDowell County
Jury begins for federal triple murder trial in Virginia
Abingdon Virginia jury selection started for Samuel Ealy 39 of Pocahontas as part of a federal capital murder case joined by Walter Church 47 in the 1989 killings of Robert Davis his wife Una Mae Davis and son Robert Hopewell Jr. Prosecutors seek the death penalty in both trials with a pool of 200 potential jurors summoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abingdon
Tazewell County
Samuel Stephen Ealy
Pocahontas
Robert Davis
Una Mae Davis
Robert Hopewell Jr
Ealy
Walter Lesight
Pete” Church
Princeton
U.S
James P Jones
Virginia
Jones
Bill Archer
Barcher
Bottonline
Church asks sentencing delay over health matters
In Virginia, court attorney for Terry L. Church requests delaying her two count federal sentencing from May 20 to May 28 citing family health issues. Government indicates no opposition. Church linked to First National Bank of Keystone securitization losses from 1992 to 1999, with more than 27.2 million allegedly diverted to homes and businesses. Norma Faye Canipe, also known as Lora Pritt, received 12 months in prison for supervised release violation, with additional two years supervised release and asset freeze by FDIC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luefield
Terry L. Church
Mary Lou Newberger
Church
United States
Susan Arnold
First National Bank of Keystone
Jerome B. Friedman
Eastern District of
Virginia
Canipe
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Bill Archer
Barcher
Bottonline
Princeton demolition project nears end
Princeton reports the demolition program is in its final phase with $14,000 remaining from HUD funds to be spent by June 30. Since 1998, 179 structures have been demolished under a $291,000 municipal grant and a roughly $300,000 West Virginia HUD block grant, with work by Code Enforcement and voluntary property owners. The city also updates April finances as strong, and a new performance stage at City Park is set for Summerfest June 7-9.
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Princeton
Ron Lively
Public Safety Committee
Lively
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Doug Freeman
West Virginia Development Office
Old Knob
Region I Planning and Development Council
Freeman
Dewey Russell
Ellen Allen
City Park
Princeton City Park
Princeton Recreation Center
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McDowell
John Nelson
The
Daily Telegraph
Jim Terry
Jterry
Bdtonline
American Diabetes Association
Education Service
American Diabetes _Associatione Care
ADA
Richard Flanigan
Richard S. Flanigan
House
Cleveland
BIG Tree Nursery
Fit
America
Debi Davis
Fitamerica.com
W.fitamerica
S. Main St
Salisbury
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