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2013 Mingo County Fire and Rescue School scheduled
Rachel Baldwin Staff Writer The 6th Annual Mingo County Fire and Rescue School is scheduled to be held from May 10th through May 12th, and members of the MCFCA have been meeting regularly to put the finishing touches on this year’s event. As always, according to Williamson Fire Chief Jerry Mounts, the intended purpose of the weekend training event is to provide emergency responders with the best learning experience available on this par...
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Feds questioning construction of W.Va. slurry dams
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — A draft report kept under wraps since 2011 shows federal engineers are concerned about construction techniques, quality-control procedures and possible compaction problems at seven West Virginia coal slurry dams subjected to surprise inspections. The citizens’ group Sludge Safety Project obtained a one-page summary of the report that the federal Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation has refused to release. About ...
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Boil water advisory issued for Airport
The Logan County Public Service District has issued a boil water advisory for the Airport due to an interruption of water services. The advisory was issued Thursday, April 25. The LCPSD recommends boiling water for one minute and let cool before using or use bottled water. The area will be notified when it is no longer necessary to boil the water. For more information call the LCPSD at 304-946-2641.
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Removal of dilapidated buildings progressing
Ray Perry gave the Logan County Commission a report on the dilapidated building project and the progress being made. At the last meeting, there were 411 dilapidated structures being worked on, 74 had been removed. Over the past few weeks, nine more structures were added. Six of those nine had already been removed. A total of 80 structures have been removed and Perry expects in the next 90 days, 12 more that are highly visible structures a...
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Littering over 500 pounds sends Logan resident to jail
Logan Police Department officers responded to a call about someone throwing trash over the hill at Wilson Camp. The officers saw the trash in the weeds when they arrived, then saw a red truck while they were driving on Pine Street and stopped it. When they approached the vehicle and asked for driver’s license and vehicle information, Kevin William Sperry, 49, of Pine Street, told them he was going to clean up the trash he had thrown over ...
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Frances Creek water project gets funding
Clean, running water will be coming to residents of the Frances Creek and Kiah Creek areas of Lincoln County, according to an announcement made by U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall and Senators Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin. The funding of more than $1 million in federal grant and loan monies for the project is part of the USDA’s Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants Program. “Clean running water is important to the health and safety of our fam...
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US regulators report 11 mining deaths in ‘13
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Federal regulators say mining deaths during the first quarter of this year totaled 11, with West Virginia claiming nearly half of those fatalities. The report issued Wednesday by the Mine Safety and Health Administration showed that eight fatalities occurred in coal mines, with the remainder reported in metal and nonmetal mines. Six coal miners died in less than one month, with four of those in West Virginia. That pr...
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Crime Prevention Town Hall Forum set for Saturday
On April 27, the LEAD (Logan Empowerment Action and Development) organization and Project Revive Hope will host a Crime Prevention Town Hall Forum at Logan Middle School from 4-7 p.m. From 4-5 p.m., informational booths including PRIDE, Child Advocacy Center and Logan Mingo Area Mental Health, will be set up outside the room. Also from 4-5 p.m., a session for teens and their parents will be conducted by juvenile prosecuting attorney Sabri...
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Commission supports youth activities
Boy Scout Troop 58 filled many of the seats at the recent Logan County Commission meeting. Their troop leader Billy Bryant told the packed courtroom the boys were there to learn about politics and what happens in the meetings. Senator Art Kirkendoll was present and pledged his support to find funding to keep Camp Chief Logan open. For the past four years, 2,700 have attended the camp. Requests approved by the commission were: • $2,500 f...
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‘Zombie Apocalypse’ training scheduled by health department
Are you prepared for the “Zombie Apocalypse?” The Boone County Health Department (BCHD) will be having an interesting and fun training soon that is being used by health department around the county. The BCHD will be holding an Open Point of Distribution Exercise (POD) at Scott High School on Saturday, May 4, 2013 from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. This is a training exercise to help prepare BCHD, community partners, and the public in the event of ...
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Coal Education Week
Governor Earl Ray Tomblin has declared the week of April 28-May 4, 2013 at Coal Education Week in the Mountain State. Tomblin made the announcement at a ceremony at the State Capitol Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Present for the announcement were the board members of CEDAR (Coal Education Development and Resource), WV Coal Association members and Omar Elementary’s fourth grade students. The Proclamation recognizes the importance of coal in W...
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Child Advocacy Center celebrating 5th anniversary
The Logan County Child Advocacy Center will celebrate five years of working for the well-fair of children with an open house Thursday from 4:30-6:30 p.m. “Our Open House is an opportunity for the public to see the center, meet staff and Board Members, and, of course, learn about our many partners,” Beth Cook, Executive Director said. “We want to celebrate how this community came together to establish a center for children. We also want to l...
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Sheriff says no to prostitution
Logan County Sheriff Sonya Porter received a call about prostitution activity taking place in the Holden area and went to search the area. Sheriff Porter encountered Jennifer Jarrell, 38, of Chapmanville, walking along the side of the road. The sheriff made contact with Jarrell and asked her to place her hands on the vehicle. The criminal complaint says Jarrell thew her belongings on the ground and the sheriff performed the Terry Frisk (a...
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DUI arrests reported in Mingo Co.
WILLIAMSON — Criminal complaints were obtained from Mingo County Magistrate Court for three DUI arrests that occurred within the county during the past week. William David Sparks, 25, of Gilbert, was taken into custody by Gilbert Police Department Lt. D. Salmons following a traffic stop on a vehicle traveling on Rt. 52 South that was observed weaving from one side of the road to the other. Upon making contact with Sparks, the officer report...
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NRA sparring tests Manchin’s support base anew
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — He famously fired a gun in a TV ad while boasting of an endorsement from the National Rifle Association, but U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin can no longer rely on the backing of that powerful lobby. The West Virginia Democrat faced off against the NRA during last week’s debate over his proposal to tighten background checks for gun buyers, marking his second break with a major support group since his rise from the governor’s o...
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Infant taken from mother and injured
West Virginia State Police arrested brothers Christopher Likens, 21, of Logan, and Matthew Kennedy, 22, of Accoville, after an incident involving an infant in a stroller. Officers saw Kennedy pushing a stroller with an infant, the victim, on Dingess Street. The officers noted Kennedy was staggering from side to side and suspected he may be under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance. Recognizing the situation as potentially d...
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Logan doctor pleads guilty in Federal pill-mill prosecution
CHARLESTON – A Logan doctor has pled guilty in Federal court to federal drug charges. According to United States Attorney Booth Goodwin, Dr. Fernando Gonzales-Ramos, 47, pleaded guilty in federal court today, April 23, to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose. Gonzales-Ramos was charged earlier this month in a legal filing known as an information. “Dr. Gonzales-Ramos wasn’t operating a doctor’...
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Appeals court upholds EPA block on W.Va. mine
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had the legal authority to retroactively veto a water pollution permit for one of West Virginia’s largest mountaintop removal coal mines years after it was issued, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia reversed a lower court’s ruling in a case that has economic implications across coal country and potentially the nation....
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<p>The Cheeriffic Youth Level 1 and 2 teams each took first place a couple of weeks ago at the U.S. Finals in Indianapolis. The Youth Level 1 team is currently ranked No. 1 in the United States.</p>
Cheeriffic clings to national title hopes
As regular gymnastics classes came to a close on Friday night at the Flip-N-Twist Gym in downtown Logan, Cheeriffic All-Star coaches Heather Bryant, Brittney Hartman and Teresa Bryant sat around the desk and pondered about another successful season. There was hardly a free space to sit as they were surrounded by trophies won this season by the Cheeriffic youth all-star cheerleading teams. On the walls hung championship banners from this s...
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Million March against child abuse and neglect in Logan
The Million March against Child Abuse took place at 300 cities in 45 states Monday, including Logan. Volunteers manned Logan streets and had tables with information on child abuse and neglect outside the Logan County Courthouse from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. The walk was organized by Lin Seahorn, who is founder of Children Without a Voice USA (CWAV), a non-profit organization dedicated and determined to fight child abuse and neglect in America...
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W.Va. teen arrested in T-shirt flap back in class
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A West Virginia teenager who was arrested and suspended from school after he refused to remove an NRA T-shirt is back in class. Fourteen-year-old Jared Marcum of Logan returned to Logan Middle School on Monday after serving a one-day suspension. His lawyer, Ben White, says school administrators maintain that Marcum disrupted the educational process. He says Marcum was exercising his right to free speech and wasn’t disr...
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Five arrests made in two Logan County drug busts
Logan County Sheriff Sonya Porter released information about two drug busts that took place on April 19. The Logan County Sheriff’s Department (LCSD) obtained information illegal drug trafficking was taking place in a residence at Holden. The US 119 Task Force was contacted and a search warrant obtained for the residence at Skyview Avenue, Holden. The LCSD, US 119 Task Force and the West Virginia State Police executed the search warrant. ...
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Bandmill Coal sued over alleged selenium discharge
HUNTINGTON – Three environmental groups are suing Bandmill Coal Corp. after they claim it has been discharging selenium into waterways. Bandmill has held a permit to regulate water pollution from its Tower Mountain Surface Mine and constructed Valley Fills 1R and 1F in the headwaters of Burgess Branch of Right Hand Fork of Rum Creek of the Guyandotte River, which are navigable waters of the United States, according to a complaint filed Apri...
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New law affects Logan school
CHARLESTON — “Sometimes it takes baby steps before we can start walking.” With those words, a Logan County educator summed up the recent passage of House Bill 3160 by the state legislature. The primary sponsor of the bill, Democrat Delegate Brent Walker of Braxton County, appears to have had a school in his district in mind when he introduced the legislation. But other sponsors of the legislation included Democrat Delegates Josh Stowers o...
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Slain W.Va. sheriff coached suspect in boxing
DELBARTON, W.Va. (AP) — Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum gave boxing lessons to the man charged with killing him when the suspect was a teenager. Tommy Diamond, founder of the Delbarton Boxing Club, said he asked Crum, a former amateur boxer, to coach at the club in the early 1990s when Crum was Delbarton’s police chief. Diamond told the Charleston Gazette that one of the boys coached by Crum was Tennis Melvin Maynard, who was 15 at the tim...
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