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<p>Jonathan Berry</p>
Operation Zero Tolerance arraignments, arrests continue
Rachel Baldwin Staff Writer WILLIAMSON — After hearing that he had been indicted by the Mingo County Grand Jury, defendant Jason Landon Young drove to the Williamson Police Station and turned himself in to Mingo County Drug Task Force Commander Dave Rockel. Young had been indicted on 2 counts of delivery of a Schedule I controlled substance (Heroin). He was transported to the Southwestern Regional Jail at Holden and is scheduled to appe...
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Pike jail escapee caught
Ralph B.Davis Civitas News Service PIKEVILLE, Ky. — An escaped inmate was returned to custody Thursday, after two months on the lam, when a caller reported two men lurking around a Pike County school. Kentucky State Police received a call reporting two suspicious men had been seen at Jones Creek Elementary and had crossed the road, heading to the Pike County Landfill. Commercial Vehicle Enforcement officer Sgt. Keith Justice responded...
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Day of Prayer to be observed at Mingo courthouse
Mitchell Bias, Pastor of the Delbarton Regional Church of God, invites the public to join together for prayer in the courtroom of the Mingo County Court House on the national Day of Prayer, Thursday, May 2, 2013 beginning at noon. The National Day of Prayer is a day that transcends differences, bringing together people from all backgrounds, political parties, churches, and denominations. In 1775, the first Continental Congress called for ...
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Submitted photo | Williamson Fire Department A single dwelling, unoccupied house located on Slater Street in West Williamson, near the Fairview Cemetery, was listed as a total loss after a fire of unknown origin engulfed the structure on Saturday.
Unoccupied house catches fire
Rachel Baldwin Staff Writer WEST WILLIAMSON — Mingo County 911 dispatchers alerted the Williamson Fire Department (WFD) of a single family dwelling structure fire on Saturday afternoon that was located at the end of Slater Street in West Williamson, on top of the hill at Fairview Cemetery. According to WFD Chief Jerry Mounts, upon arrival, firefighters were presented with a wood frame house engulfed in flames that was burning out of con...
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<p>Dr. Joseph I. Shapiro</p>
WOW Retreat to feature special guest speaker
Chad Abshire Staff Writer GILBERT — The Women on Wellness Retreat has a special guest speaker penciled in for its mid-May event. Dr. Joseph I. Shapiro, dean of the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, will deliver the lunch keynote speech at the Women on Wellness (WOW) Retreat at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, at the Larry Joe Harless Community Center in Gilbert. He will speak on “Salt, Hypertension and Cardiovascu...
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Rachel Baldwin | Daily News Mirah Stacy, a senior at Mingo Central High School is pictured striking a pose following her magical transformation by volunteers with the "Cinderella Project." The dress worn by Stacy was donated by Diane Luensmann, the Public Relations Director for U.S. Congressman Nick J. Rahall. Numerous young ladies took advantage of the "one-stop shop" that included gowns, shoes, and other accessories along with a makeover at no charge.
Cinderella Project performs prom makeovers
Rachel Baldwin Staff Writer WILLIAMSON — The Education Room of the Williamson Memorial Hospital (WMH) took on an entirely different look on Saturday, as beauticians, makeup artists and nail technicians set up shop as they prepared to perform multiple makeovers, transforming several teens from the girl next door, to a Cinderella princess. The “Cinderella Project” was created by April Toler-Mullins, a Registered Nurse who remains employed...
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<p>Jefferson (Jeff) Taylor III</p>
Rachel Baldwin Staff Writer HARDY
Rachel Baldwin Staff Writer HARDY, Ky. — An accident that occurred in Hardy, Ky., Monday evening that resulted in the arrest of a Williamson City Patrolman on charges of DUI and leaving the scene of an accident. Jefferson (Jeff) Taylor III, who has been an officer with the Williamson Police Department for a 2 year period, was off-duty and was traveling in his police cruiser when he lost control and crashed in the Hardy Camp community, s...
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Sarah Vance won a Mommy Makeover on the Live with Kelly and Michael Show. She is packing her bags and is headed to New York City on Thursday. She expects the show will air on May 6. Sarah is an occupational therapist at Logan Regional Medical Center. She and husband Joseph have an eight-month-old daughter, Anna Jean.
Logan mom headed to NYC for makeover
Debbie Rolen Civitas News Service Recently, Sarah Erwin Vance followed advice from friend and co-worker Beth Shawver and applied for a Mommy Makeover to be done on the Live with Kelly and Michael Show in New York City. The young mother is excited to have won and is packing her bags to leave on Thursday. Sarah said, “I am very, very, very excited. I have been telling everyone I’ve seen about it. I’ve been on cloud nine since I found out....
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<p>Mae Stallard</p>
Williamson icon returns home
Rachel Baldwin Staff Writer WILLIAMSON — From the comfort of her own surroundings, Mae Stallard spoke with the Daily News Monday afternoon about her recent illness that placed her in intensive care at the University of Kentucky Medical Center after experiencing a sudden medical crisis, and of her relief and joy to be back in Williamson. “I am so thankful for all the many prayers that were said for me,” said Stallard. “I can never repay ...
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Julia R Goad | Daily News Senate Minorty Leader Mitch McConnell said he knew Eastern Kentuckians do not support the Obama agenda, based on the results of the last Presidential election. “Only four counties in Kentucky voted Democrat,” he said. “When a Democrat can’t carry Pike County, that’s bad.”
McConnell speaks in Pikeville about Obama’s “regulatory nightmare”
Julia Roberts Goad Staff Writer PIKEVILLE, Ky. — U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) says President Obama has overreached, with policies that have slowed the growth of the American economy. McConnell was in Pikeville Monday to bring awareness to the Coal Jobs Protection Act, which is aimed at what he called the Environmental Protection Agency’s burdensome regulations. He spoke to the Southeast Kentucky Chamber of Commerce...
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Southside to hold ‘McTeacher’s Night’ fundraiser
Chad Abshire Staff Writer WILLIAMSON — Grab a bite to eat and support a local school at the same time Thursday. Southside Elementary will conduct a “McTeacher’s Night” at McDonald’s in South Williamson, Ky., from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. on May 2. The event is to raise money for the school, with a percentage of all sales within the three-hour time-frame going towards just that. Around 25 teachers, instructional assistants and custodians ar...
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<p>Brandi J. and Scott J. Baisden</p>
Child neglect resulting in death charges shocks community
Rachel Baldwin Staff Writer WILLIAMSON — All eyes were on two defendants in Mingo County Circuit Court Monday morning that followed an indictment that has shocked the residents of the Tug Valley area due to the alleged victim being a young man who had captured the hearts of Mingo County prior to his death in 2012. Brandi J. and Scott J. Baisden, of Merrimac, were each indicted by the April Grand Jury on a single count of child neglect r...
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<p>Amanda Gillman with her retired thoroughbred, Grand Finale</p>
Former residents will have horse at the Ky. Derby
Julia Roberts Goad Staff Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky - When Kentucky Derby day begins at Churchill Downs next Saturday, a local grandmother will be rooting for Saint X to win in one of the preliminary races, as her granddaughter has stake in the horse. Toni Canterbury, who lives in South Williamson, joined her daughter and son-in-law, Paula and Don Gillman, to give their daughter, then 12-year-old Amanda, a percentage of a racehorse as a Christm...
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Arraignments follow indictments; arrests
Rachel Baldwin Staff Writer WILLIAMSON - A total of twenty-six defendants were arraigned in Mingo County Circuit Court on Friday before the Honorable Judge Michael Thornsbury, who were taken into custody following felony indictments being returned against them by the grand jury. Seventeen of those indicted were part of the continuance of the “Operation Zero Tolerance” investigations that began after the late Sheriff, Eugene Crum, took off...
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Drug takeback day planned at local Food City stores
Jack Latta Civitas News Service Food City and Operation UNITE will partner up this weekend to collect and safely dispose of unwanted or unused medications as part of National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. On Saturday April 27 six Food City Pharmacy locations in five counties will accept medications from residents between 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There is no charge for this service. UNITE Coalition members, along with law enforcement offic...
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