Eight DOH workers reprimanded for turnip theft near Mercer County road job
West Virginia Department of Highways eight county road workers were verbally reprimanded after they were found with turnips taken from a local property during a road repair on Oct 2. They were ordered to apologize to landowner A J Wiley and reimburse the crop. Wiley reported missing produce after the crew left and prior to their Princeton return. DOH District Engineer Tony Ware said no firings occurred and that the incident is tied to an ongoing audit of gasoline theft at the county roads HQ. Rockefeller plans to stump for the road bond issue in Mercer and McDowell Counties with appearances in Bluefield Montcalm and Bramwell. Local residents are urged to contribute to road bond fundraising through Scott Shott or Curry Blank at the newspaper.
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Ware
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Severn
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Sheriff's Department
Allen
Daily Telegraph
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John D. Rockfeller IV
McDowell County
West Virginia
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Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Sheraton
Kiwanis
John Riddle
Matoaka Kiwanis Club
Educational events and local notices in Princeton region
Princeton Bank and Trust Company in Princeton hosts a report by Mercer County School Superintendent John M. Hughes on West Virginia's new education quality standards. Hughes and Debbie Pritchett of Bluefield join an Advisory Committee on Education for the Handicapped covering four states at Roanoke Virginia next week. Rose Kammer, now in Lexington, Kentucky, assists as program director. Invitations go out for the Princeton Mercer County Chamber of Commerce annual dinner on November 17 at Concord College with the Princeton Junior High School Choir. Minor damage reported at an apartment on Russell Street Bluefield after a pot was left on the stove, starting a small blaze confined to the stove area.
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John M. Hughes
West Virginia
Capon Springs
Farms
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Bluefield
Debbie Pritchett
Roanoke
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Rose Kammer
Lexington
Assis
Princeton-Mercer County
Russell St
Teacher Board Workshop To Be Reactivated in Princeton
Mercer County Board of Education will restart monthly workshops with teacher representatives and special service personnel to improve communications. Dr. Allen Lackey said sessions will be held the last Monday of each month at 7 p.m. in Hardy Hall, with open press access as approved by the board.
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Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Mercer County Board of Education
Board of Education
Allen Lackey
Lackey
Ben Faulkner
Harold Wood
Harold Brewster
James Oxley, Jr
Hardy Hall
Honaker Avenue
Fall Festival at Oakvale Elementary Friday evening
Oakvale Elementary School’s Parent-Teacher Association hosts the annual Fall Festival on Friday Oct 30 from 7 to 9 p.m. James W Jennings son of Rudolph D Jennings of Bluefield joined Ottawa University Brass Ensemble in the Kansas City Renaissance Festival in Bonner Springs Kan. The festival, run by Kansas City Art Institute, invites colleges from Kansas Missouri Nebraska and Iowa for September and October weekends.
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Bluefield
Ottawa University
Kansas City
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