Bluefield High Students Protest Principal Selection With Walkout
Bluefield High School faced a day-long protest as students teachers and parents objected to the appointment of Michael Kessinger as principal replacing acting leader John Disibbio. Mercer County Supt John Hughes defended the decision saying Kessinger brings necessary discipline and experience while plans for an assembly to address concerns were set.
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Hinckley Plans Insanity Plea For Reagan Shooting
John Hinckley Jr. and his lawyers say he will plead not guilty by reason of insanity. They filed a stipulation admitting involvement in the March 30, 1981 shooting of Ronald Reagan and three others in Washington.
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McDowell Deputy Found Guilty Of Battery
McDowell County deputy sheriff Kenny Chittum was convicted of battery after a three hour magistrate court session. He was fined 250 dollars plus court costs for allegedly striking Mrs. Mildred Simpson during the arrest of her son on April 30. Several officers supported his account, while one Welch patrolman testified she was struck. The witness Mrs. Simpson described being struck seven or eight times as she tried to stop the arrest.
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Tazewell Officials Named In Suit Deny Charges
Tazewell officials named in a civil suit deny all charges. The report notes a local council member and a department head as defendants, with no admission of wrongdoing. Details about the case and filings are limited in this segment.
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Shooting Deaths Probed In Mercer County Incident
Mercer County investigators continued to piece together a Sunday night shooting that left Patricia Lou Sylvester Isaac and Frank Wood III dead and Charles Robert Stuart wounded. Wood, a 33 year old ex trooper, may have shot Isaac and Stuart before turning the weapon on himself. autopsies are pending. Stuart was in stable condition at Princeton Community Hospital.
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