Polls Open For Mercer County Excess Levy Vote
Mercer County voters decide on a five year excess levy for the county schools. Paper ballots will be used with polls from 6 30 a m to 7 30 p m. Early voting totaled 2536, more than double the 1158 seen in 2017. The levy totals about 13 million, roughly 10 percent of the district budget, supporting staff including coaches and other services.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Couty
Verlin Moye
Moye
Deborah
Akers
Former youth league coach pleads guilty to rape case
Princeton Mercer County court heard James Anthony Tony Collins 36 plead guilty by best interest to second degree sexual assault and sexual abuse by a guardian. He faces 10 to 45 years in prison and lifetime sex offender registration for alleged abuse of a 14-year-old girl in April.
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Princeton
Mercer County
James Anthony
Tony” Collins
Bluefield
Collins
Halloween party shooting in Orinda leaves four dead
At least four people were killed and four others injured when gunfire erupted at a Halloween gathering in a hillside Orinda home rented via Airbnb. The owner was told the guest’s asthma-stricken family needed fresh air to escape wildfire smoke. Parties were forbidden, but a large crowd attended. The suspect or suspects remain unidentified.
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Orinda
Calif
California
San Francisco
Associated Press
Sonoma County
Jens
Glenwood students donate nearly 3000 socks for Socktober
Glenwood School students collected 2,865 pairs of socks for the Bluefield Union Mission during October. Choir director Staci Paisel led the project by seventh and eighth graders to aid those in need as colder weather approaches.
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Jessica Nuzzo
Glenwood School
Bluefield Union Mission
Glenwood
Staci Paisel
Craig Hammond
Hammond
Tunate
Pausel
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