Freezing Rain Fears Prompt School Delay in Scott County Found: 1 Month 3 Days 14 Hours 8 Minutes ago TriCities.com - Most Tri-Cities roads are either dry or rain covered today, but freezing rain caused slick travel conditions in the Keokee community of Lee County, Virginia, dispatchers said. ...
Four Million Dollars Approved For Regional Economic Development Found: 1 Month 2 Weeks 3 Days 7 Hours 36 Minutes ago TriCities.com - The Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority (VCEDA) today approved nearly $4 million in loans and grants for regional economic development projects, including a new energy research center in Wise County, a planned mixed-use business and technology park development in Tazewell County and an existing industry expansion in Lee County.
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3 die in weekend highway crashes Found: 1 Month 3 Weeks 5 Days 19 Hours 28 Minutes ago Richmond Times-Dispatch - Virginia State Police today reported three deaths in crashes on state roads. <li>John L. Garrison, 42, of Pennington Gap was killed yesterday about 7:30 p.m. in a single-vehicle wreck in Lee County in far Southwest Virginia. Police said Garrison was driving south on state Route 421 when his pickup truck ran off the road and struck a rock embankment about two-tenths of a mile north of state Route 785. He was not wearing a safety belt and was ejected, police said....
Update: Birthday Celebration Turns Deadly In Lee County, VA Found: 5 Months 2 Weeks 5 Days 17 Hours 18 Minutes ago TriCities.com - A birthday celebration turned deadly Friday night in a small Lee County, Virginia, community. Lee County Sheriff’s Department Investigator Taylor Scott said 25 year-old Amber Nash, of Ohio, used a steak knife to stab her boyfriend, Michael Meeker, in the chest. Scott said it happened around 11:00 p.m. at a home on Highway 58 in the community of Dot, about seven miles southeast of Pennington Gap.
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Southwest Va. dentist to serve 2 years in prison Found: 5 Months 3 Weeks 4 Days 7 Hours 13 Minutes ago Richmond Times-Dispatch - A Pennington Gap dentist convicted of overbilling Medicaid patients will serve two years in federal prison. The sentence imposed by U.S. District Judge James P. Jones last week was about half of the state-recommended minimum for the fraud and racketeering charges against Roy Silas Shelburne. Shelburne was fined $75,000, and must surrender his dentist's license. Jones denied a prosecution effort to increase the amount Shelburne must reimburse Medicaid from about $18,000 to more than $200,000....
Dentist's term 2 years on fraud counts Found: 5 Months 3 Weeks 6 Days 17 Hours 47 Minutes ago Virginia Examiner News - A Pennington Gap dentist convicted of overbilling Medicaid patients will serve two years in federal prison. The sentence imposed by U.S. District Judge James Jones on Thursday was about half of the state-recommended minimum for the fraud and racketeering charges against Roy Silas Shelburne. ...
Lee County Dentist Is Sentenced To Two Years Found: 5 Months 4 Weeks 8 Hours 25 Minutes ago TriCities.com - A federal judge dipped below sentencing guidelines Thursday when doling a two-year prison sentence to a Pennington Gap, Va., dentist convicted of overbilling Medicaid patients.
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