News
Justin Marcum
Marcum introduces bill requiring drug class
Rachel Dove-Baldwin Staff Writer CHARLESTON – Delegate Justin Marcum (D-Mingo, Logan) has introduced House Bill 2495 to his fellow house members that would make it a law that all drug offenders be mandated to participate in a drug treatment program, as part of their sentencing or plea agreement. The program would be funded by the participants, while the rules for the program would be made by the Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse in ...
full story
Rachel Dove-Baldwin | Daily News Children from the 2-4 year-old preschool class at the Mother Goose Daycare are pictured enjoying the reading of the “Cat in the Hat” story, penned by Theodor Seuss Geisel. The daycare held a “Dr. Seuss Week” in honor of the nationwide “Read Across America” celebration. Pictured with the children are instructors Keri Lovell-Whitt (left) and Paula Marion (right).
Mother Goose Day Care holds week-long Seuss event
Special to the Daily News AFLEX, Ky. — As schools all across the nation celebrate “Read Across America Week”, held in honor of Theodor Seuss Geisel, the Mother Goose Daycare, located at Aflex, Ky., has joined in on the fun of “Dr. Seuss”. The youngsters attending Mother Goose have enjoyed a fun-filled week of eating “Green Eggs and Ham”, making “Cat in the Hat” hats, tracing their feet and listening to the wonderful, exciting children’s b...
full story
Compliance_checks_increase_for_W_Va_sex_offenders0_1362020079.jpg
Compliance checks increase for W.Va. sex offenders
Rachel Dove-Baldwin Staff Writer SOUTH CHARLESTON — The West Virginia State Police (WVSP) is tasked with the responsibility of verifying information submitted by approximately 3500 sex offenders who are required to register with the Sex Offender Registry. This requires the allocation of much time and resources, but is an absolutely necessary function. In January of this year, a new program was implemented and more than 1000 sex offender...
full story
Debbie Rolen | Civitas News Service A memorial service was held Tuesday, February 26, at the Buffalo Creek Memorial Library in observance of the 41st anniversary of the Buffalo Creek Disaster. Pictured, Librarian Elizabeth Tackett speaks to those in attendance.
41 years later, Buffalo Creek still remembers
Debbie Rolen Civitas News Service To keep memories of the worst disaster ever in southern West Virginia alive, stories and memories were shared on the 41-year anniversary of the devastating Buffalo Creek flood. For several days before February 26, 1972, there had been rainfall to the point of roads being closed because of high water. But that was mostly in Logan, not along Buffalo Creek where communities including Saunders, Pardee, Lora...
full story
W.Va. cites 45 violations after 2 deaths at mine
Vicki Smith Associated Press MORGANTOWN — State inspectors have issued 45 violations at a West Virginia coal mine since two men died there earlier this month, including one for negligently rigging the switch on a hoist with a piece of wood and a rusty bolt, according to mine-safety records. Edward Finney of Bluefield, Va., died at Pocahontas Coal Co.’s Affinity Mine near Sophia on Feb. 7, when he was pinned under a hoist he’d been movin...
full story
Jones_files_bill_to_establish_southeast_Ky_VA_center0_1361935058.jpg
Jones files bill to establish southeast Ky. VA center
Chad Abshire Staff Writer FRANKFORT, Ky. — Sen. Ray S. Jones II, (D-Pikeville), recently filed a resolution urging the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to consider establishing a VA Medical Center in southeastern Kentucky. Kentucky has only two full-service veterans hospitals, the Lexington VA Medical Center and the Robley Rex VA Medical Center in Louisville. “Southeastern Kentucky is home to more than 34,000 veterans who ...
full story
Julia R Goad | Daily News Members of Mike Whitt’s family with members of the West Virginia House Legislature.
King Coal Highway named to honor Whitt
Julia Roberts Goad Staff Writer CHARLESTON — The West Virginia House of Delegates was filled with Mingo Countians as one of the county’s own was honored for his dedication to his community. The King Coal Highway (KCH), both the parts already constructed and all future sections of the road, will be known as the Mike Whitt Visionary Leadership Highway. Whitt was the Executive Director of the Mingo County Redevelopment Authority (MCRA) f...
full story
Ronald Estep
2 arrested on kidnapping, armed robbery charges
Rachel Dove-Baldwin Staff Writer WILLIAMSON — Two defendants were arraigned in Mingo County Circuit Court on Monday before the Honorable Judge Michael Thornsbury on charges of armed robbery, kidnapping, conspiracy and grand larceny charges, and were remanded to the custody of the Southwestern Regional Jail (SWRJ) in Holden without bond. Estepp is a repeat felony offender and is no stranger to the Mingo County Judicial System. Ronald Est...
full story
High school entrepreneur program deadline approaching
Chad Abshire Staff Writer Aspiring Pike County high school student entrepreneurs looking to develop their business and entrepreneurial skills can now apply for a week-long summer program to do just that. The Center for Rural Development’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute (ELI) is accepting applications through March 15 from high school freshmen, sophomores, and juniors within the Center’s 45-county primary service area in southern a...
full story
Man dies in single-vehicle accident
Chad Abshire Staff Writer PIKEVILLE, Ky. — Authorities say a man was killed in a single-vehicle accident in the Greasy Creek community of Pike County on Saturday. According to the Kentucky State Police, Lonnie Keen, 69, of Shelbiana, was traveling East on Kentucky Route 3226 when his vehicle ran off the road and struck a tree. Keen was pronounced dead at the scene by Deputy Coroner Zeb Hampton. There is no word on what might have ca...
full story
Unclaimed_money_representatives_to_be_in_Williamson0_1361849068.jpg
Unclaimed money representatives to be in Williamson
Rachel Dove-Baldwin Staff Writer WILLIAMSON - Do you think you may be one of the thousands of West Virginians who have unclaimed money or property through the WV State Treasurer’s office? If so, then you will be happy to know that representatives from that office will be at the Williamson City Hall on Friday to make it more convenient for you to claim what is yours. According to information provided by Williamson City Clerk Frances Frye...
full story
File Photo Crystal Davidson, 25, of Vinson Street, is pictured in a file photo taken during an arrest and arraignment hearing in Mingo County Magistrate Court in 2012. Davidson and her sister, Markia, were arrested on Friday last week for petit larceny and battery charges in regards to a theft that took place at The Liquor Store on Third Avenue in Williamson.
2 women arrested for liquor store theft
Rachel Dove-Baldwin Staff Writer WILLIAMSON — A woman who is no stranger to the Mingo County judicial system, and her sister, were arrested by officers with the Williamson Police Department on outstanding warrants issued for reasons of petit larceny and battery. The criminal complaints against Crystal Davidson, 25, and Markia Davidson, 22, both of Vinson Street, states that warrants was obtained against the siblings on Feb. 15 for an al...
full story
Rachel Dove-Baldwin | Daily News Members of the Belfry Volunteer Fire Department and Kentucky State Police are seen recovering a man's body that washed ashore from the Tug River on Monday. Speculation is that the body may be that of Chad Roberts, a Mingo County man who had been missing since January 3 and was last seen walking along the riverbank. The deceased was transported to the Commonwealth of Kentucky's State Medical Examiner's Office in Frankfort for identification purposes, where an autopsy will also be performed to determine the exact cause of death.
Man’s body recovered from Tug River
Rachel Dove-Baldwin Staff Writer WEST WILLIAMSON — Mingo County 911 received a call at approximately 11:45 a.m. on Monday reporting the sighting of a body lying alongside the shore of the Tug River, behind the floodwall surrounding the Appalachian Regional Hospital, across from Armory Drive. Emergency personnel responded, and began the long and tedious process of recovery. The body was identified as a “John Doe” at this point in the ear...
full story
Weather
Sponsored By:

Lottery
Sponsored By:

Stocks
Sponsored By:

Gas Prices
Sponsored By:

Featured Businesses
Recipes
Sponsored By: