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MORNING UPDATE: Department of Justice gives Mercer County Board of Education three years to improve English learner ...
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:31:20 -0800

PRINCETON — The Mercer County school district has three years to improve the way it identifies and educates those learning English as a second language under a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.

Mercer delegate plans to introduce bill to remove W.Va. Turnpike tolls
Sat, 14 Jan 2012 01:55:58 -0800

BLUEFIELD — When it opened in the mid-1950s, engineers considered the West Virginia Turnpike to be a marvel of highway engineering. Even today by modern highway construction standards, the 88-mile highway from Mercer to Kanawha County is an incredible road.

Skunk tests positive for rabies in Mercer County
Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:53:34 -0800

ATHENS (WVVA) - A skunk captured in Mercer County has tested positive for the rabies virus, the Mercer County Health Department said in a press release issued Thursday. The case occurred on Hinton Road

‘Progress taking place’ in homicide probe
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:00:55 -0800

PRINCETON — A coordinated investigation by law enforcement officers of southern West Virginia is making progress into a homicide Thursday evening in a parking lot on North Wickham Avenue in Princeton.

Local lawman transforms old film for new generation
Sun, 22 Jan 2012 02:05:29 -0800

When he’s not fighting crime, Major Darrell Bailey of the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department loves to research the history of Mercer County and southern West Virginia. People who know Major Bailey are aware of his passion, and it leads him to some interesting finds.

Mercer commissioners turning down pay raise
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:42:01 -0800

PRINCETON (WVVA) - A local county commission wants to turn down a pay raise if it's passed by state lawmakers. West Virginia lawmakers propose giving several county officials pay raises of $10,000 or

Man fatally shot by trooper in Mercer County cemetery
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:21:21 -0800

BLUEWELL, W.Va. - West Virginia State Police say a man was reaching for a rifle when a trooper fatally shot him at a cemetery in Mercer County. The shooting occurred Sunday at Woodlawn Cemetery in Bluewell. State Police troopers and Mercer County sheriffs...

Man fatally shot by trooper at Mercer County cemetery
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:39:57 -0800

BLUEWELL, W.Va. -- West Virginia State Police say a man was reaching for a rifle when a trooper fatally shot him at a cemetery in Mercer County.The shooting occurred Sunday at Woodlawn Cemetery in Bluewell. State Police troopers and Mercer County sheriffs ...

Mercer to improve English learner program
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:56:40 -0800

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Mercer County school district has three years to improve the way it identifies and educates those learning English as a second language under a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.

Mercer County prepares for truant hearings
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:36:00 -0800

Next week, children and parents in Mercer County will face a judge because of the amount of unexcused school absences students accumulated this year. It’s part of a new truancy program written by the county circuit court judges.