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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 2002
Page
2
Nationwide guidance outlines strategies to lower auto insurance costs. Experts discuss shopping comparisons, maintaining good credit, adjusting coverage, and selecting discounts to reduce premiums.
The Chicory Square Concert Series kicks off at noon in Chicory Square downtown Bluefield. Bluefield High School Band performs under the direction of Mel Saunders delivering the entertainment.
Keith Martin Mollineaux, 27, will spend the rest of his life in prison after receiving two consecutive life terms for the April 9, 2001 murders of John and Kimmie Stepp in Skygusty McDowell County. The jury returned a guilty with no mercy verdict. The victims’ mother addressed Mollineaux from the witness stand.
Grundy Virginia authorities investigated a Wednesday downtown fire that gutted four buildings opposite the Buchanan County Courthouse and led to one more being condemned. Town manager Chuck Crabtree and Grundy firefighters worked into the afternoon to extinguish hot spots. No injuries were reported and three businesses were completely destroyed along with another gutted building housing two more businesses. Virginia State Police officials were expected to inspect the scene later Wednesday.
Shane Knuckles, 33, of Bramwell, captured at Budget Inn Bean Station Tennessee after four McDowell County inmates escaped Welch facility on March 16. Grainger County deputies surrounded the hotel with about seven officers early Wednesday. Det. Richard Mitchem confirmed contact with Risa Crippen, 40, who denied Knuckles was present.
A routine traffic stop by Bluefield Police Department led to a large drug seizure in Bluefield. Dana Cannaday and David Cannaday, both of Northfork Keystone area, were stopped at Hill Avenue and U.S. Route 52 for defective equipment. Officers obtained permission to search and found 10 pounds of marijuana and 149.
WV recera financial aid to flood devastated West Virginia and Virginia counties was in danger of depletion by the Bush administration Wednesday, but after urging from Rep. Nick Rahall the president restored money to the disaster relief fund. He transferred new money into the FEMA Disaster Relief Fund to aid families in two Virginians and others who suffered losses in the May 2 flood. Local officials welcomed the continued FEMA support as essential for many families to recover.
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