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<p>State Department of Education Instructional Specialist Carol Mullins helped train principals and teachers in the Pike County School District on the new system of professional evaluation. The District is piloting the program.</p>
Pike Schools Piloting Teacher Evaluation Program
The Pike County School System is getting a head start on the rest of the state by piloting a new system of teacher and administrator evaluation. Trainers Abbie Combs, a consultant with Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative (KVEC) and Carol Mullins, Instructional Specialist for the state Department of Education, have been spending time in the district training principals and teachers on the Professional Growth and Effectiveness System (PGE...
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<p>The Stevens Family is pictured above.</p>
Fund opened for fire victims
Rachel Baldwin Staff Writer WILLIAMSON - A bank account to aid a family who lost their home and all of their belongings in a fire last week has been opened at the 1 st National Bank in Williamson. Darrell “Peewee” and Goldie Stevens (the former owners of Little Venice Pizza) and their two sons resided at 1207 E. 6 th Avenue in a home they had owned for approximately 20 years. Through those years the family had made a lot of memories, ...
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Kermit man charged with assaulting teacher/coach
Rachel Baldwin Staff Writer KERMIT – While serving as a guest speaker at the Kermit K-8 sports banquet that was held before the end of the 2012-2013 school year, Tug Valley High School teacher and boys varsity basketball coach Garland L. (Rabbit) Thompson was allegedly assaulted by Kermit resident James A. Williamson, age 44. According to the criminal complaint filed in Mingo County Magistrate Court by Mingo County Sheriff’s Department ...
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Fire Chief sets record straight
Rachel Baldwin Staff Writer WILLIAMSON - Williamson Fire Chief Jerry Mounts has taken offense to information provided to the Daily News while on scene at a fire last week in the East End of Williamson, in which a home was listed as a total loss. Chief Mounts addressed information that he says was incorrect, concerning the request for back-up from the Chattaroy Volunteer Fire Department. “As of 6 weeks ago, there is an automatic aid ag...
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Pike County gets grant for tasers, cartridges
Rachel Baldwin Staff Writer PIKEVILLE, Ky. - The Kentucky Office of Homeland Security has awarded Pike County, Ky., a grant for the purchase of tasers and cartridges. The $15,700 comes from the Law Enforcement Protection Program, which is funded solely from the sale of confiscated weapons turned in by sheriffs’ offices to the Kentucky State Police. “This is something we definitely need,” said Charles “Fuzzy” Keesee, Pike County Sherif...
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Kermit to hold election on Tuesday
Kyle Lovern Sports Editor KERMIT – The town of Kermit will be holding its election for mayor and the five council seats on Tuesday, June 11. Meanwhile, Matewan and Gilbert are also having their municipal elections, but those elections are not as heated. Several people have registered to run including the incumbent mayor Johnny Linville and a past mayor Tim Crum in the Kermit election. Nine persons have signed up for the five tow...
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East End home destroyed by fire
E. Williamson - An alleged explosion that was said to have occurred inside a home located at 1207 E. 6 th Avenue in Williamson on Thursday evening reportedly triggered an electrical fire that quickly engulfed the three story, wood structure in flames. At approximately 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, an emergency call was placed to Mingo County 911 reporting the fire. The Williamson Fire Department (WFD) responded with three engines and one ambulanc...
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<p>Rachel Baldwin|Daily News</p><p>Pictured are two of the concrete pigs displayed on the lawn of the Historic Coal House in Williamson that were painted and decorated by local high school art students. The pigs will be on display throughout the Hatfield and McCoy Reunion Festival Marathon and will then will grace the front of area businesses who purchased them.</p>
Pigs take over Coal House lawn
Rachel Baldwin Staff Writer WILLIAMSON - Pigs of every color that are decorated in various attire and paint schemes are now on display in front of the Historic Coal House for the Hatfield and McCoy Reunion Festival Marathon this weekend, and will then find a permanent home in front of area businesses who purchased them. Natalie Young, the Executive Director of the Tug Valley Chamber of Commerce and Bob Scott, who owns the property where...
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<p>Julia R Goad|Daily News</p><p>Cheers Bar & Grill, formerly the Grill, located on West 4th Avenue, served alcohol to underage patrons in April. The bar will remain closed for three days.</p>
West end bar cited for serving minors
Julia Roberts Goad Staff Writer WILLIAMSON - A local watering hole has been cited for serving alcohol to underage partons, and faces a fine and temporary closure. According to West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration spokesperson Gig Robinson, an undercover investigation was conducted at Cheers Bar & Grill in West Williamson in April. Robinson said Cheers was fined $550 for serving alcohol to minors, and will be closed for t...
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<p>Kyle Lovern/Daily News Photo</p><p>The Mingo County Board of Education got a first hand look at some of the robots that were built by the robotics teams from Mingo Central and Tug Valley High Schools. They even took a turn at operating a couple of the robots at their meeting earlier this week.</p>
Mingo BOE sees robots; get facilities update
Kyle Lovern Sports Editor CINDERELLA – The Mingo County Board of Education (BOE) got a demonstration from the robotics team, got a facilities update and took care of several other business matters at its regular scheduled meeting this past Tuesday at the central office located at Cinderella Hollow. Students who are members of the robotics teams from Tug Valley and Mingo Central had a demonstration of what they do in competition. Jor...
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<p>Rachel Baldwin|Daily News</p><p>A two-car accident Thursday afternoon on US 119 resulted in injuries and substantial damage to these vehicles.</p>
Two car accident yields injuries
Rachel Baldwin Staff Writer S. WILLIAMSON, Ky. - A Thursday afternoon accident on U.S. 119 in front of the Appalachian Plaza resulted in a passenger being transported to a local hospital while both drivers complained of bruising and pain from the collision. At approximately 12:30 p.m., the Pikeville Post 9 of the Kentucky State Police (KSP) received a report of a two-vehicle crash with injuries. The Belfry Volunteer Fire Department and ...
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<p>Rachel Baldwin/Daily News</p><p><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Members of the City of Williamson Board of Parks and Recreation took a moment to pose alongside of Shawn Williamson, owner of SKS Security Solutions, who recently donated over $2,000 worth of surveillance cameras and equipment, along with $1,500 in free labor to the Williamson Swimming Pool Complex. Pictured left to right are Pierce Whitt, Executive Director of the Parks Board, Chris Ooten, Shawn Williamson, Williamson Mayor Darrin McCormick, Curt Phillips and Dr. Steve Wilson. </span></span></p>
Park Board members express their appreciation to a local business owner
Rachel Baldwin Staff Writer WEST WILLIAMSON - The Board members of the City of Williamson Parks and Recreation met this week to express their appreciation to a local business owner for his generous donation that will greatly enhance the safety and security of the Williamson Pool Complex. Pierce Whitt, the Executive Director for the Board spoke with the Daily News about the recent installation of a state-of-the-art 4 channel HD camer...
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Lester named Pike Schools Superintendent
Julia Robers Goad Staff Writer PIKEVILLE, Ky - David Lester, a 35-year veteran of the Pike County School System, has been named the new Superintendent of Pike County Schools. Lester was voted in by a 3 - 2 vote of the Pike County Board of Education During a special meeting of the school board June 4, BOE members said they realized the imortance of their choice. Each board member who spoke before the vote expressed that they would supp...
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Local woman arrested on a variety of charges
Rachel Baldwin Staff Writer WILLIAMSON - A female was arrested by the Mingo County Sheriff’s Department (MCSD) following a one-vehicle accident that occurred in the Delbarton area last Friday. Dorothy M. Spence, 30, of Wilsondale, was taken into custody by MCSD Sgt. J.W. Muncy and Deputy M.J. Miller on charges of DUI, DUS and possession of a Schedule III controlled substance. On May 31, the defendant was allegedly operating a 1998 For...
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<p>Julia R Goad|Daily News</p><p>Teresa Jones, Principal at MCHS, told architect Ted Shriver, “I never lose that ‘Aha’ moment when I come up the hill to the school.”</p>
Williamson Sshriver Architects wins award for Mingo Central
Julia Roberts Goad Staff Writer Williamson Shriver Architects, Inc. was awarded an Honor Award for Excellence in Architectural Design for the design of Mingo Central High School. The AIA-WV awards program recognizes projects and details that demonstrate exemplary achievement of design. Entries are not judged in competition with each other, but rather by measuring the architect’s performance against each project’s potential. Thus, projec...
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