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Warfield Elementary spotlights students and staff
WARFIELD — Warfield Elementary School recently announced its Students of the Week and Staff Spotlight. The Students of the Week are the sixth-grade boys basketball players: Ben Sammons, Zack Maynard, Garret Parsons, Mason Prince and Jacob Massie. The staff spotlight is shining on the wonderful kindergarten teachers, Mrs. Miranda Moore and Miss Morgan Hensley.
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Eden Elementary Spotlighting ‘Paws-itively’ Wonderful Wildcats
Eden Elementary would like to recognize several different groups of people that have exhibited “paws-itive” behaviors that are noteworthy of celebration. Each week, we would like to showcase a student from each grade level. We will also be spotlighting a community partner and a member/group of our hard-working staff that have gone above and beyond…
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COVID-19 is mutating and apparently winning, so we need to take preventive measures well beyond vaccinations
BY KEVIN KAVANAGH There is no such thing as “herd immunity” for COVID-19. In this context it is a concept as antiquated as “the Earth is flat.” The theory was based upon the work of William Farr in 1840 who proposed a bell-shaped curve which illustrated the body’s ability to mount a lasting response to…
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Monterey Park, Evansville shootings, Hero Brandon Tsay: We need the news, good and bad
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE We like good news, but typically the news is not good. Too often, no news is good news. In reality, no news is bad news for us all. There is lots of recent bad news. A crazed gunman entered a dance hall in Monterey Park, Calif., killing 10 people and wounding…
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It’s time for the government to release information on UFOs
BY KYLE LOVERN Tennessee Republican congressman Tim Burchett has accused the U.S. government of a “huge cover-up” following a rise in “unidentified aerial phenomena” or UAP, widely known as UFOs (unidentified flying objects). UFOs are not just reported by two guys driving down a country road drinking a six-pack. There used to be a stigma…
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Medical examiner confirms remains are Ruvil Hale
Tragedy that began over three decades ago receives closure BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PILGRIM — Ruvil Hale of Pilgrim will finally be laid to rest Sunday. A family tragedy that began over three decades ago has finally received closure. Hale’s family announced that the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Frankfort confirmed Friday that remains…
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Martin County EDA welcomes new director
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin County Economic Development Authority welcomed a new director and said goodbye to two board members last week. Chairman James Ayers and board members Kayla Jude, Ashley Endicott and Brad Pack attended the monthly meeting Jan. 18 in the Martin County Government Center. Ayers welcomed new director Carolea Mills,…
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Porter arrested for copper theft
At least 11 arrests since October BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN DEBORD — Police arrested a man for copper theft last week in a traffic stop on Route 3 and Sawmill Hollow. An employee at Booth Energy called law enforcement shortly after 1 p.m. to alert them that a man was taking copper wire from the…
