McDowell Officials Seek Federal Prison Site
Wyoming and McDowell County officials work to collect 5000 signatures supporting a federal prison at the McDowell County industrial park near the Wyoming County line. A decision on the WV site is due in November with 350 local jobs and an $18 million payroll at stake. Beth Green cites Gilmer County as potential rival and infrastructure needs as a barrier.
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Wyoming
McDowell County
Welch
West Virginia
Federal Bureau of Prisons
McDowell
Gilmer
Marshall
Preston
Gilmer County
Beth Green
Bureau of Prisons
Green
Beckley Man Stabbed. Police Probe Early Morning Attack
Beckley police investigate an early Wednesday stabbing that sent 25 year old William Carlos Brown to Raleigh General Hospital. Brown reported being attacked by three to four subjects on Heber Street near South Fayette Street, with a left leg wound initially thought as gunshot but later confirmed as a knife injury. He was alone and could not identify the assailants.
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Beckley
William Carlos Brown
Cpl
P.A. Blume
Heber Street
Brown
Blume
South Fayette Street
Raleigh General Hospital
Vandalism Threat at Raleigh County Landfill Spurs Security Talk
Raleigh County Solid Waste Authority discussed tightening security after four wheelers damaged fencing to access the landfill. Director Brian Shumate cautioned that with a damaged liner the cost would fall to dumping fees and urged staff to cost security options.
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Raleigh County
Raleigh County Solid Waste Authority
Brian Shumate
Three West Virginia men plead guilty to crack charges
Derek Freeman 21 of Leslie Robert Lee Drew 22 of Rainelle and Gregory Todd Poole 19 of Beckley admitted conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and possession with intent to distribute. They conspired to sell crack cocaine at Freeman’s residence and elsewhere in Greenbrier County from 1997 to 1998. Sentencing is set for Jan 11 with potential life terms and up to 4 million dollars in fines. Investigating agencies include state police DEA Greenbrier Sheriff Beckley and Quinwood police.
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Charleston
West Virginia
U.S
Derek Freeman
Leslie
Robert Lee Drew
Rainelle
Gregory Todd Poole
Beckley
Charles H. Haden II
Freeman
Drew
Poole
Greenbrier County
Drug Enforcement Administration
Webster man charged in shooting of son
A Webster County man James E. Linkous age 66 was charged with first degree murder in the death of his son James Malcolm Linkous. Prosecutor Daniel Dotson said Linkous shot his son after an argument Monday and is jailed at Central Regional Jail in Flatwoods.
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Webster County
James E. Linkous
James Malcomb Linkous
Daniel Dotson
Linkous
Dotson
Central Regional
Flatwoods
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