Princeton News

Whether a member of the Princeton City Council should continue serving if he or she moved outside his or her ward is an issue one member of the current city council wishes to address.

Spaghetti and Basketball draws scores of people to Mercer County on Thursday, Nov.

Yet another grant funding request by the city of Princeton to correct chronic flooding and drainage problems around the Stafford Drive area has been rejected.

A Mercer County jewelry store is broken into over the weekend. Investigators said nearly all the merchandise in the store was stolen.

Cold Veterans Day weather shrouded parade routes in overcast skies and rain, but they failed to keep the public in Princeton and in Welch from thanking the men and women who serve their country.

The West Virginia Supreme Court says a former nurse convicted of murdering her husband will get a hearing in her bid for a new trial.

A Mercer County man remains incarcerated this afternoon in connection with a late night shooting in Montcalm.

Mercer County hosted its traditional Veteran's Day parade down Mercer Street in Princeton.

A sixth defendant has pleaded guilty in the federal racketeering case against members and associates of the Pagans Motorcycle Club.

Margaret Evans Sorah, age 86, of 252 Jason Avenue, Princeton, W.Va., formerly of Kimball, W.Va., passed away peacefully on Friday, Nov.

PRINCETON POLICE Oct. 31 SHOPLIFTING: Ptlm. C.S. Winkler responded to Allen's Supermarket, where an employee reported seeing a customer conceal two strip-sirloin steaks in her purse without paying for them.

Officials in the city of Bluefield learned Friday that Bluefield is one of six communities statewide to receive designation as a West Virginia Make it Shine Clean Community.

On Nov. 4, 1884, the first coal mine on the West Virginia side of the historic Pocahontas coalfields was opened by the late John Cooper and his associates.

Abusive and neglectful mothers and fathers who relinquish their parental rights are still obligated to pay child support, according to the West Virginia Supreme Court.

PRINCETON POLICE Oct. 20 A* DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY: Ptlm. B.E. Grimm received a call from a South Walker Street address, where a complainant reported someone drove through the yard and hit the front sign, knocking it out of place.

Students of the Mercer County Early Learning Center participated in a "Fall Parade" Thursday morning from the school located in the former Cumberland Heights Elementary School to the Cumberland Road Dairy Queen restaurant several blocks away.

A teenager spent Thursday night recovering after getting hit by a truck in Mercer County.

Ghosts, goblins, witches and perhaps even Harry Potter and Spider-man will roam the region this Halloween, but there are times when they can trick-or-treat and parties they can attend.

A jury survey will be conducted before a circuit judge rules whether to change the trial venue of a Mercer County man facing two charges of first-degree murder.

A Rotary Luncheon in Mercer County received some attention from the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce.