Suspicious box delivered to Princeton Community Hospital
A hand-delivered cardboard box at Princeton Community Hospital prompted an evacuation as police and fire units investigated. Though a blast risk was ruled out after X-ray and investigation, responders treated the package as suspicious and secured the area. Contents included personal belongings while no threat was found. Delivery was made by a man and followed safety protocols.
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C.E. Mitchem
Princeton City
J.J. Weis
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Powell rules out 1996 run as calling remains unheard
After months of prayerful consideration Colin Powell announces he will not run for president in 1996 or seek the GOP vice presidential nomination. He pledges to work on restoring Lincoln era spirit within a diverse Republican Party while keeping open the option of an appointed government post. Republicans react with disappointment and debate his future role.
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John Henry to be honored on 1996 stamps in WV
Postmaster Marvin Runyon announced four folk heroes will be among 30 stamps for 1996. John Henry’s stamp debuts today in Pittsburgh, part of a nationwide tribute including Paul Bunyan in Bemidji and Pecos Bill in Midland and Boston. A bronze statue marks the tunnel project in Summers County once carried by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway.
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Taste of Our Town promotes events on Main Street Bluefield
On Saturday November 11 from 10 am to 4 pm Main Street Bluefield sponsors the Taste of Our Town promotion with activities downtown and in south Bluefield. Call the Main Street office at 325 5442 for more information. Weather calls for sun and clouds with highs in the 40s and mostly clear tonight with lows in the 30s.
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Taste of Our
Investigators await evidence in Gary woman murder
State Police continue the August murder probe of Bertha L. Hair ston Hodge, 76, found Aug. 17 in a freezer inside her Gary home on State Route 103. Her husband was former Gary Mayor Charles D. Hodge. Suspects exist. arrest hoped soon as evidence suffices. Evidence sent to Charleston crime lab. the elderly mother, in her 90s with Alzheimer's, was present but unharmed.
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Tazewell results show close sheriff race with recount
Tazewell County officials began canvassing votes after a neck to neck sheriff battle. Nelson led Johnson by 17, then absentee ballots shifted the lead to Johnson by four before a recount is pending. Voters also thanked incumbents defeated Tuesday.
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Roger Nelson
Tazewell
Nelson
Johnson
Betty McCall
Tintenetta
Johnson takes short lead in Tazewell sheriff race
Nelson seeks a recount as late votes bring Johnson closer in the Tazewell sheriff contest. In the Board of Supervisors race Wilma S. Sayers and Jerry Wood defeated incumbents. Sayers, a Republican, may be the first woman elected to the board. Wood, mayor of Tazewell, defeated incumbent Ben Barringer.
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Board of Supervisors
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Jerry Wood
Sayers
Jim Hale
Wood
Tazewell
Ben Barringer
Daniel R Hess
Shelia Hale Tolliver
J.R. Slone
Lonesome Pine
Buchanan results unchanged in county supervisor race
Preliminary canvass in Buchanan County confirms no change in results. Absentee ballots could still alter totals, with Rife leading Matney 632 to 626 in the South Grundy race, while other district results show party incumbents and challengers leading in Knox North Grundy Rock Lick Hurricane Garden and Lone some Pine Districts.
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Buchanan County Board of Supervisors
Circuit Clerk
South Grundy
Gary Roger Rife
Teddy Ray Matney
Park
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Matney
Board of Supervisor
Verner Blankenship
Charles Stuart Hipps
Knox District Board of Supervisors
Jeffrey K. Coleman
James R. Stiltner
Rock Lick
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