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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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