Man Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter and Other Charges
Tazewell County man Lawrence Ratliff Jr aged 24 pleaded guilty in circuit court to involuntary manslaughter, a hit and run with personal injury, and four bad check warrants tied to the May 9, 1980 Bettina Absher death. He received four years for manslaughter with two suspended, and two years for the other charge with two suspended, plus four months in jail and $75 fines on each bad check warrant. The jail terms run concurrently with prison terms. fines and costs are owed on all warrants.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Lawrence Leon Ratliff, Jr
Robert Powell
Ratliff
Bettina Absher
Powell
Livestock Sale Totals and Prices at Telegraph Market
A sale of 333 head at the Telegraph Market Inc shows Heifers priced by head from 285 to 357.50, Steer calves 65 to 468.50, Veal calves 73 to 73.50 for good grades, Cows 41 to 75.44, Hogs No 1 41 to 43.75 and sows 37 to 38.50, Pigs and shoats 7 to 54, Goats 25 to 36 by head, ponies 25 to 35 per hundredweight.
Quartet To Sing At Homecoming in Princeton Indiana
Princeton Mercer County Chamber hosts Homecoming 81 with Hillsmen Quartet gospel concert and chicken barbecue at Lee Patton field from 4 to 8 p.m. Admission 4 dollars. under six free. Prize 500 dollars at 7 30 p.m. Local groups can enter flea market spaces, pet show at 2 p.m., hoop shoot from noon to 6 p.m. contact numbers provided.
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Princeton
Hillsmen
Princeton-Mercer County
Princeton Rotary Club
Bob Lohr
Doncia Franklin
Mercer Mall
Bob Bernstein
Princeton Parking Policy Announced
Princeton officials announced that starting June 1 municipal parking lots will be metered 24 hours daily. Shirley Weikle of the Parking Facilities Commission said signs will be posted soon and police will patrol at night to curb loitering and increase revenue.
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Princeton
Princeton Parking Facilities Commission
Shirley Weikle
Weikle
Parking Commission
Courthouse News ae license applications
John Houston Lilly and Martha Elaine Hudson, both of Bluefield, along with Ollie Sam, filed license applications with the Courthouse News office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tohn Houston Lilly and
Martha Elaine Hudson
Bluefield
Ollie Sam
Bramwell High School honors graduates salutatorian and valedictorian
Deirdre Teresa Ann Guyton is Bramwell High School salutatorian and active in National Honor Society Future Homemakers of America Student Advisory Team and Keywanettes while planning to study at Allegheny College. Valedictorian Robert Keith Pennington ages from Bramwell, member of NHS Key Club Student Advisory Team and listed in Who's Who. he will attend Bluefield College.
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Deirdre Teresa-Ann Guyton
Susie H. Guyton
Wolfe
M.B. Guyton
Bramwell High School
National Honor Society
Future Homemakers of America
Keywanettes
Laurel Creek Missionary Baptist Church
Allegheny College
Robert Keith Pennington
Linda Allen Pennington
Bramwell
Robert
Buddy) Pennington
Pennington
Bluefield College
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James Carmody
Commonwealth's
Robert Ward
Bturfiv
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Courthouse News
MasterCard
Visa
American Express
Diners’ Club
Chain Not Inc
Gent's
Cliffords Jewelers
Weirton-Wheeling-Huntington
Princeton High School
Ceres
Glenwood
Knob
Mercer
Silver Springs
Thorn
Princeton Junior High School
Paul Deligt
David Kade
Charles Chandler
Leon Landreth
District 29
Kenny Crotty
Beckley
United Mine Workers of America District 29
Laura Ross
Kenneth Cole
Mt. View Ave
Frank Bell
Whitethorn St
McDonna Byrd
Union St
Crotty
John L. Lewis
Umwa District 29
Bank of Raleigh
Main
Kanawha
William D. Persinger
Eugene F. Caudill
Douglas R. Thorn
Lee Cameron
Bill Whetsel
Leonard White
Robert Blankenship
Mack Hines
Harvey Stover
Mike Shoemaker
William Persinger
George Hubbard
Charles Treadway
Elijah E. Oakes
Sam Fragile
Warlick
Gent
Keepan
Otin
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