UPDATE: Saturday, June 15, 2024 @ 4 PM | PRINCETON, WV (WVNS) – A shooting at the Days Inn property in Princeton left multiple adults and a 5-year-old injured. A suspect has since turned himself in. Mercer County dispatch confirm Princeton Shooting Police officers were on the scene at the Days Inn in Princeton where […]
May 30—charleston — Gov. Jim Justice announced Wednesday that he has appointed Ryan Flanigan to the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court serving Mercer County. Flanigan will fill the seat vacated by Circuit Court Judge Derek Swope’s retirement. Flanigan won the May Primary Election for the judge’s seat. Flanigan received his B.A. and M.A. in Political Science […]
May 30—princeton — Testimony about an argument over a cigarette lighter leash which was soon followed by one woman’s death and another being charged with second-degree murder was heard Wednesday in Mercer County Magistrate Court. Crystal Copley, 36, of Bluefield was brought before Magistrate Susan Honaker for a preliminary hearing. Copley was arrested April 29 […]
May 20—CELINA — Cargill, an agricultural giant and the largest private company in the United States, recently made a $30,000 contribution to the Grand Event Center project at the Mercer County fairgrounds. The contribution will support ongoing efforts to develop a “premier community venue that will serve as a hub for events, gatherings, and economic […]
May 15—By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON — Mercer County’s registered voters went to the polls Tuesday and cast ballots in local races for circuit court judges, family judges, county commissioners, the sheriff, prosecuting attorney, the board of education and the county assessor as well as for delegates and senators in the West Virginia […]
May 15—By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON — Unofficial results tabulated Tuesday during the 2024 Primary Election in West Virginia showed that the Mercer County Schools levy had been renewed. The question about whether to renew the Mercer County Schools levy was placed on Tuesday’s ballot. Unofficial results Tuesday evening showed 7,048 people voting […]
May 8—Eight tornadoes touched down Tuesday in Ohio, including five in Warren County, after strong storms with hail and damaging winds moved through the region, knocking out power to tens of thousands at one point. The National Weather Service in Wilmington confirmed tornadic damage in the following areas of Warren County: — Shawhan Road northeast […]
A landspout tornado was spotted in Mercer County on Saturday. >>RELATED: Is the Miami Valley part of a new Tornado Alley? The tornado formed during a weak thunderstorm between 7:38 p.m. and 7:40 p.m. southwest of Rockford, according to Storm Center 7′s Weather Specialist Nick Dunn. The landspout was given an EF-U rating as no […]
Apr. 30—By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON — Garbage and junk weighing more than a tank were collected this year in one of the most successful community cleanup campaigns Mercer County has ever seen. Today is the final day of the 10th annual Love Where You Live — Keep Mercer Clean Clean campaign. This […]
Three people were arrested Monday evening after a traffic stop in Pittsburgh. The traffic stop happened on Saw Mill Run Boulevard near Warrington Avenue after a BOLO was issued for a white Hyundai Accent. Channel 11′s Antoinette DelBel is working to learn more. WATCH 11 at 11 for the latest from Pittsburgh Police headquarters. At […]
Apr. 29—MERCER — Police said it was not an accident Monday morning when a car drove into a weapons store outside the Mercer County Courthouse. Mercer police said the car traveled the wrong way up North Diamond Street about 5:15 a.m. and crashed into Seconds Count Firearms at the corner of North Diamond and North […]
The Seattle Police Department has released video footage of the high-speed chase that began after an armed carjacking of a person at an ATM that led police through city streets and Interstate 90 before coming to an end in Mercer Island. On April 7 at about 1:04 p.m., a 40-year-old man was carjacked at gunpoint […]