Covenant Community Church volunteers build near Melrose Square
More than 60 volunteers led by Texas Baptist Men labor to erect Covenant Community Church north of Melrose Square Route 20. The crew, with a 69 year old average age and a 90 year old among them, expects 100 volunteers when brick masons arrive. They build as a labor of love for God and people, preparing meals and sewing clothes for those they serve, with dedication planned for October 29.
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Covenant Community Church
Melrose Square
Princeton
Rinceton
Bobbie McDonald
Route 20
Lynn King
Missouri
Texas
Texas Baptist
King
Tom McGuire
McGuire
God
Garland Clark
McDonald
Black Wolf
Welch
Valle Clark
Rosemary Stacey
Janice Stapp
Terri Harris
Jim Hendricks
Anatomy of a Crime Retired trooper shoots ex-girlfriend then kills self
A year after a state trooper killed his former girlfriend and then shot himself in a cruiser at an abandoned strip mine, Raleigh County deputies at Maplewood Apartments in Prosperity responded to a domestic call for Melanie Winfrey. They found her alive, but fled as the trooper dragged her toward a cruiser, and 911 tapes show deputies did not aid her or report the incident promptly.
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Raleigh County Sheriff’s
Maplewood
Prosperity
Melanie Winfrey
Faith Baptist Assembly
Winfrey
Princeton
Charlie Lilly
Robinson
Lilly
Monroe County Schools History Reveals Marital Rules for Teachers
Local historians led by Wayne Crowder and Sue Dowdy uncovered Monroe County board minutes showing teachers who married risked losing their jobs. The study, tied to the 1976 bicentennial, traces one and two room schools around 1900, with schools opening and closing due to population shifts and finances.
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Wayne Crowder
Betty McClung
NION
Monroe County
Sue Dowdy
Union High School
Crowder
Monroe County Board of Education
Nancy Johnson Wins First Gold In Air Rifle Event
Nancy Johnson 26 misses opening ceremony then captures the women's 10 meter air rifle gold with a 497.7 score, edging Kang Cho Hyun of Korea by .2 on the final shot after a four way tie for second. France's Franck Dumoulin wins the men's air pistol. he had a serious motorcycle accident last year breaking a shoulder and leg.
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Nancy Johnson
Johnson
Kang Cho-Hyun
Korea
France
Franck Dumoulin
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Tony Barbery
Jerry Dell, Wes Johnson
Bill Campbell
Eric DiNov
Alisha Baldwin
Mikayla
Cedar Bluff
Monroe
West Virginia
Sennece
Juan Antonio Samaranch
Samaranch
Barcelona
Maria Teresa Salisachs-Rowe
Sydney
Virginia
Salisachi
Rowe
Ney Zoe
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