Charges Dropped In 2007 Joy Foods Mart Killing
Bluefield charges in the 2007 murder of Eslam Mohammed at Joy Foods Mart were dismissed without prejudice against Christopher Bigelow. Bigelow, 30, was released from South Central jail as prosecutors plan further investigation before a June Mercer County grand jury. Thompson Jr., 23, remains charged and slated for the June grand jury.
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Bluefield
Joy Foods
Bluefield Avenue
Christopher Bigelow
South Central
Charleston
Mercer County
Scott Ash
Ash
Grand Jury
Bigelow
Carl Thompson Jr
Northfork
Eslam Mohammed
Mohammed
Egypt
Thompson
Bill Archer
Barcheria
Rabid raccoon confirmed in Burke's Garden Virginia
Health officials confirm a raccoon collected May 10 in the Litz Lane area tested positive for rabies. No human exposures reported. the dog involved is under observation. Public health officials urge vaccination, avoid contact with wildlife, and report stray animals.
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Burke's Garden
Tazewell County
Litz Lane
Brian Stanley
Cumberland Plateau
Virginia Department of Health
Health Department
Robert Parker
Western Region
Gratton
New River Valley
Parker
Bland County Sheriff joins Click It or Ticket drive 2011
Bland County Sheriffs Office will join the statewide Click It or Ticket campaign May 22 to June 6 to enforce seat belt laws and traffic rules. Sonya Ramsey notes deputies will operate 24 7 with focus on seat belt use while Virginia officers crack down on violators. Virginia's 2010 data show 740 statewide traffic fatalities, 314 without restraints, with pickup occupants at 71.4 percent belt use versus the state 80.5 percent. There have been 23 Virginia highway fatalities this year.
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Ramsey
Virginia
Virginia Department of Transportation
VDOT
Old Dominion University
Community leader Thomas H Mack dies at 89
Thomas H Mack a Bluefield community leader and civil rights activist died early Wednesday at 89 He received an honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Bluefield State College on May 14 and was honored by the state Human Rights Commission in 2008 for his work securing equal rights for black yard brakemen at Norfolk and Western Mack mentored by the BSC Alumni Association and helped raise scholarships He helped organize Genoa Park Central High School reunions and remained active with the college until illness Funeral arrangements are pending at Richardson Funeral Home.
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Luefield
Thomas B H. Mack
State Human Rights Commission
Norfolk & Western Bluefield
Bluefield State College
Ergie Smith
BSC
Mack
BSC Alumni Association
Thomas
Smith
Tom
United Transportation Union
N&w
West Virginia
Genoa Park Central High Schools
Barbara Smith
Grace Mack Foler
Jim Nelson
Nelson
Richardson Rineral
Bill Archer
Barcherw
West Virginia Senate redistricting tour moves to Charleston
A bipartisan state Senate task force invites public input on legislative and congressional district redraws. A 7 p.m. Wednesday meeting in Kanawha County Commission court room marks another stop after Martinsburg and Wheeling, with Fairmont ahead. Population shifts from the 2010 Census could affect Kanawha County representation in both chambers.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Senate
Kanawha
Martinsburg
Wheeling
Fairmont
Stepmom Elisa Baker faces multiple drug trafficking charges
A federal grand jury in Charlotte indicted Elisa Baker, 43, on seven counts for distributing prescription medications including oxycodone and hydrocodone between 2006 and last October, with alleged conspiracy to distribute. The charges accompany a separate second degree murder count in Zahra Baker's death, carrying potential combined penalties up to 140 years in prison.
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Charlotte, N.C
North Carolina
U.S
Elisa Baker
Charlotte
Baker
Zahra Baker
Correction on Teachers Nominated for 2011 Award
Bill Elliott, a music teacher at Dudley Primary, Graham Intermediate, and Abbs Valley Boissevain Elementary, and his wife, a kindergarten teacher at Springville Elementary, were both nominated for the 2011 Outstanding Teacher of the Year award.
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Bill Elliott
Dudley
Graham
Abbs Valley- Boissevain
Elliott
Springville
Chickamauga Clash Ends With Union Hold Yet Full Battle Turn
The Civil War battle near Chickamauga Creek in northern Georgia lasts three days in September 1863. Braxton Bragg reinforces, Longstreet and Lee’s veterans strike, Rosecrans faults his line and withdraws to Chattanooga. George Thomas earns the nickname Rock of Chickamauga.
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Army of the Potomac
Robert
Lee
Gettysburg
Ulysses Grant
Vicksburg
Mississippi River
William Rosecrans
Chattanooga
Tennn
Army of the Cumberland
Braxton Bragg
Bragg
Chickamauga Creek
Georgia
Chickamauga
James Longstreet
Virginia
Rosecrans
Longstreet
Chickamauga Horror Echoes In Civil War Account
After three days of fighting Southeners claimed the field but the Union held the town. Estimates place 34,000 to 37,000 dead wounded or missing as the war dragged into its fourth year. Historians Robertson and Bowers describe a canker in the American soul with mutilations, buried alive men, and survivor tales that reveal hate and vengeance at all costs.
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William Glenn Robertson
Chickamauga
John Bowers
Bowers
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