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<p>Rachel Baldwin | Daily News</p><p>Pictured are students from the Williamson Christian School carrying the Child Abuse Awareness flag as they led a procession to the courthouse lawn where a special ceremony was held on Wednesday. The students were joined by DHHR workers, county officials and members of the Mingo County Sheriff&#8217;s Department including the new sheriff, Rosie Crum, who was appointed to fill the remainder of her late husband&#8217;s term.</p>
Child Abuse Awareness walk held in Williamson
Rachel Baldwin Staff Writer WILLIAMSON — Crimes against children are not taken lightly in Mingo County, and a decent sized crowd gathered in Williamson on Wednesday to show their support for the welfare of area youth as they joined with employees of the WV Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR), students of the Williamson Christian School and county officials to participate in the annual Child Abuse Awareness Walk and flag raisin...
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Fugitive from justice arrested in Mingo
Rachel Baldwin Staff Writer WILLIAMSON — Warrants for the arrest and extradition of a Tennessee resident who was wanted on felony charges from the Commonwealth of Kentucky were sent through to the Mingo County Sheriff’s Department (MCSD) after the defendant was taken into custody by Deputy M.J. Miller, following a license check being conducted, at which time warrants were discovered that had been entered in the National Crime Information ...
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Environmentalists say ‘war on coal’ a fabrication
Vicki Smith Associated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — U.S. coal mining employment the past two years was the highest it’s been in 15 years, despite claims that President Barack Obama is waging war on the industry, an environmental group that studied federal data said Tuesday. Appalachian Voices also said the average number of jobs was 15 percent higher under Obama’s first four years than under the eight years Republican George W. Bush w...
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<p>Julia R Goad | Daily News</p><p>Iris Chaffin, Freda Copley and Lee Ann Blankenship walk each day on their lunch Chaffin said the Lunch Walk program gives her the push she needs to get outside and exercise.</p>
MCDC’s Lunch Walk program getting Williamson up and moving
Julia Roberts Goad Staff Writer The Mingo County Diabetes Coalition’s 2013 Lunch Walk/Run program kicked off this week, with hundreds of people taking advantage of spring weather to kickstart a more active lifestyle. Alexis Batausa with the Mingo County Diabetes Coalition explained there are 30 teams currently on board, with new teams being added. Each team averages 10 to 13 members. This year, the walkers in Williamson are partnering wit...
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Special judge appointed for sheriff’s murder case
Rachel Baldwin Staff Writer WILLIAMSON — According to information released to the Daily News by C. Michael Sparks, Mingo County Prosecuting Attorney, Circuit Judge Michael Thornsbury has voluntarily recused himself from presiding over the case of The State of WV vs. Tennis Maynard, the individual accused of shooting and killing Sheriff Eugene Crum one week ago, as he sat in his official vehicle eating lunch. The prosecutor relayed that ...
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<p>Chad Abshire | Daily News</p><p>Pictured at the polling place at Goodman Manor in no particular order are: Peggy Shermer, Ann Hale, Ellen Childers, Libby Brooks, Carol Lowe and Lynn Smith.</p>
Williamson votes
Chad Abshire Staff Writer WILLIAMSON — Williamson residents voted Tuesday in the city’s primary election, ultimately deciding that the people currently serving on the council were the people they wanted to stay on the council. It was a busy day of voting and counting for voters and poll-workers, but when the final tally was called at Williamson City Hall, it was a clear — each incumbent won their own race. However, only two councilmembe...
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<p>Jonathan Berry</p>
Cyber sex charges brought against Williamson man
Rachel Baldwin Staff Writer WILLIAMSON - The troopers assigned to the Williamson Detachment of the West Virginia State Police (WVSP) are on a mission to protect the children of Mingo County from sexual predators. A recent arrest is definite proof that their investigations are on the right track. Jonathon Berry, 20, of Gum Street in Williamson, was taken into custody by WVSP Trooper T.G. Kania on charges of contributing to the delinquenc...
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Statewide mental health partnership launches art contest
Debbie Rolen Civitas News Service CHARLESTON — Friday, April 19, is the deadline for young West Virginians, ages four to 21 years old, to bring mental health issues “out of the shadows and into the light” through their drawings, as part of a statewide art contest. “I’d love to see our counties (children and adults) get a general understanding of mental health/illness, step away from the “stigma and discrimination” concerns and do what w...
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Local woman named collegiate scholar
Chad Abshire Staff Writer WILLIAMSON — A local woman and recently Belfry High School graduate was recently named a collegiate scholar. Taylor Paige Miles, of Hardy, Ky., accepted membership in the National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS). Taylor is currently completing her sophomore year at Eastern Kentucky University, in Richmond, Ky., where she is majoring in pre-med biology. Her ultimate goail is becoming a physician’s assist...
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Officers make DUI, possession arrests
Chad Abshire Staff Writer WILLIAMSON — Officers in Mingo County have been busy recently, performing arrests on two individuals for DUI and other charges and another for possession. Michelle Cline, 43, of Baisden, was arrested for DUI and being left of center on April 2. According to her arrest report, Cline was driving northbound on Route 52 when officers observed her swerve across the center line several times into oncoming traffic. ...
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<p>Rachel Baldwin | Daily News</p><p>Eugene&#8217;s &#8220;Rosie&#8221; kissed a rose before placing it on the casket of her husband for 37 years, Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum who was fatally shot on April 3. His widow has been appointed to fulfill the remainder of her late husband&#8217;s term.</p>
Tears flow at sheriff’s funeral
Rachel Baldwin Staff Writer RED JACKET — “My friend, my brother – our fallen sheriff,” were the words Mingo County Judge Michael Thornsbury used to open the funeral of the late Sheriff of Mingo County, Walter “Eugene” Crum. Several thousand attended the visitation and funeral of Sheriff Crum, who was gunned down as he was sitting inside his official vehicle in downtown Williamson last Wednesday. Over 500 law enforcement officials were i...
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<p>Eugene Crum</p>
‘They have awakened the sleeping giant’
Rachel Baldwin Staff Writer RED JACKET — As he tried to squash the feelings of grief, pain, anger and sorrow to continue to perform his law enforcement duties during the funeral and burial of the late Sheriff Eugene Crum, Mingo County Drug Task Force Commander David Rockel spoke with the Daily News about his personal and professional feelings surrounding the tragedy, and how he and the members of the Mingo County Sheriff’s Department inte...
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Tennis Maynard
Dad: Sheriff slaying suspect mentally ‘off’
John Raby Vicki Smith Associated Press WILLIAMSON, W.Va. (AP) — The man suspected of killing a West Virginia sheriff as he ate lunch in his car was mentally disturbed and had no particular vendetta against law enforcement, his father told The Associated Press on Thursday. Melvin Maynard said his 37-year-old son, Tennis Melvin Maynard, was exposed to harmful chemicals and injured while working at an Alabama coal mine. He most likely di...
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<p>Rachel Baldwin | Daily News</p><p>The children and grandchildren of Sheriff Eugene Crum, who was fatally shot and killed on Wednesday, are pictured standing on the steps of the Mingo County Courthouse during a press conference on Thursday that provided updates on the murder investigation, information concerning the funeral arraignments for the slain sheriff, and the appointment of his widow, Rosie, to fill the remainder of Crum&#8217;s term that will expire in 2016.</p>
Funeral scheduled for slain sheriff; update on investigation
Rachel Daldwin Staff Writer WILLIAMSON — A press conference was held on the Mingo County Courthouse steps Thursday afternoon to provide an update in the murder investigation of Sheriff Eugene Crum who was fatally shot at point blank range in broad daylight on Wednesday, and to announce the County Commission’s decision as to who would be named as the interim sheriff for the remainder of his term which expires at the end of 2016. Rosie Cr...
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LJHCC announces new swim club
Special to the Daily News The Larry Joe Harless Community Center is very pleased to announce their new swim club — the Harless Hammerheads! The center has joined the Highlands Association Swim Club and will be competing in summer competitions with Welch, Bluefield, Concord, Tazewell and Giles clubs. To join the swim club, children ages 5 -18 must be a member of the Larry Joe Harless Community Center. A student membership is only $15 per m...
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