Local volunteers promote literacy on National Literacy Day
Local volunteers marked National Literacy Day with exhibits and storytelling at Mercer Mall to raise awareness of illiteracy as a solvable issue while encouraging more adults to join the Mercer County Literacy Volunteers program. Brushfork Elementary students shared why reading matters, praising cartoons and stories.
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Janet Williams
Mercer County Reading Council
Liza Lou
Yeller Belly
Mercer Mall
Brushfork
Bethany Rotenberry
Halea Musick
Nikki Donahan
Mary Lou Pencarinha
Mercer County Literacy Volunteers
FDIC Pay-Out Concludes at Keystone Bank Closure
FDIC employees finish the closure of the failed First National Bank of Keystone with 12-hour shifts and a shift to assembling checks for customers. Spokesman David Parrish says funds will be mailed promptly to rightful owners as the process ends.
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Keystone
First National Bank of Keystone
Northfork
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
David Parrish
FDIC
Keystone Town Meeting Set At 5 P.M. At City Hall
Keystone town manager James Mac Oliver says the Keystone Town Council will meet today at 5 p.m. at City Hall to discuss executive session items after the First National Bank of Keystone collapsed. FDIC says depositors with uninsured funds will be addressed, with potential changes after reviewing documentation.
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Oeystone
Keystone Town Council
Keystone City Hall
James “Mac” Oliver
Oliver
Keystone
First National Bank of Keystone
Fdic Insurance
Parrish
Body of young man found in Princeton parking lot
Local police responded after a passerby found a young adult male face down in a parking lot at Valley and Henderson streets at 7 am. The victim suffered a single gunshot wound to the chest and no weapon was found. Detectives Poe and Davis are leading the investigation as the body is sent to the State Medical Examiner in Charleston.
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Princeton
Valley Street
Henderson
R.C. “Casey” Martin
Martin
C.N. Poe
J.W. Davis Jr
State Medical Examiner’s
Charleston
Progress on Princeton Post Office Demolition Nears Completion
Asbestos abatement on the Princeton site for the new post office is nearly finished. Bulldozers will level the former Family Dollar and DHHS buildings after removal, with demolition days estimated at two to three. Construction is planned to start within weeks, aiming for under a year.
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Princeton
William
Bill” Akers
Enviro Tech
Rock Hill
S.C
Gardner Jones
Virginia
Family Dollar Store
Division of Health and Human Services
Akers
Postal Service
Alex Mahood
Israeli Parliament Approves Barak Peace Deal with Palestinians
Israel’s Knesset votes 54 to 23 to approve Prime Minister Ehud Barak’s peace accord permitting a staged handover of 11 percent of the West Bank by January 20. Barak urges “give peace a chance” amid hawkish protests and security concerns.
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Erusalem
Ehud Barak
Israel
Barak
Knesset
Ariel Sharon
West Bank
Jerusalem
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