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Cardinal volleyball ends season in district tournament
BY BRITTNI MCCOYMOUNTAIN CITIZEN SALYERSVILLE — Martin County fell to eventual district volleyball champion Paintsville on Oct. 17 at Magoffin County High School. Seniors Hannah Robinson and Kirsten Wells played the last game of their Cardinal volleyball careers. “We played good as a team. I started to hit well lately,” Hannah said proudly. Wells was…
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Mountain Citizen Play of the Week
BY BRITTNI MCCOYMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County defense earned the Mountain Citizen Play of the Week. The Cards were in front 27-20 and needed a stop with less than three minutes remaining. Prestonsburg faced a fourth-and-3 and handed off to Ethan Jarvis, the state’s leading rusher. Jarvis tried to run through the middle, but…
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Inez wins B-team tournament
BY BRITTNI MCCOYMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Inez Indian B-team stayed perfect after defeating Eden in the championship game 13-8 Thursday night at Martin County Middle School. Eden vs. Warfield — In the opening round on Oct. 19, Eden won over Warfield 20-11 behind double digits from Harleigh Maynard. Maynard reeled off four straight field…
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Eden wins C-team championship
BY BRITTNI MCCOYMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Eden won two games back-to-back to come away as C-team champions on Oct. 18 at Inez Elementary. Eden vs. Warfield — Two-seed Eden faced three-seed Warfield in the first round of C-team tournament action and the Wildcats battled for an 8-3 win. Skylar Linley broke the ice for the…
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Players of the Week
BY BRITTNI MCCOYMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County High School’s Hannah Robinson and Madden Miller are the Mountain Citizen Players of the Week. Miller took a hard hit to the nose during the first half of Friday’s football game at Prestonsburg. Adrenaline took over and Miller rushed for two touchdowns on 33 yards. One touchdown…
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Jude arrested after fleeing
BY RACHEL DOVE MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — A Tuesday morning patrol by Martin County Sheriff John Kirk and Deputy Chris Kidd resulted in the arrest of a Lovely man who attempted to discard drugs and flee. According to Kidd, Sheriff Kirk witnessed Christopher J. Jude, 41, dropping a clear bag containing a crystal-like substance in…
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Bench warrant turns violent for officers
BY RACHEL DOVE MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PILGRIM — Serving a bench warrant in Pilgrim turned violent Oct.19 for law enforcement officers in Martin County. Martin County Sheriff’s Deputy David Adams got a call to assist Constable Bradford Preece at a residence on S. Wolf Creek. The constable was attempting to arrest 38-year-old Adam Maynard of Pilgrim…
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Gov. Beshear announces more than $74 million to create good-paying jobs through cleanup of historic mine sites
FRANKFORT — Gov. Andy Beshear announced Thursday that Kentucky has been awarded more than $74 million through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to create jobs and clean up hazards left by historic mining such as subsidence, slides, open portals, refuse piles and mine seam fires. The $74,252,680 award, issued through the U.S. Office of Surface Mining…
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Detroit man sentenced to over 15 years for supplying drug dealers in Johnson and Magoffin counties
PIKEVILLE — A Detroit man received a prison sentence of more than 15 years for bringing drugs into Johnson and Magoffin counties to supply drug dealers. U.S. District Judge Robert E. Wier sentenced 30-year-old Jayshawn Robinson to 185 months Friday in U.S. District Court in Pikeville. A press release from U.S. Attorney Carlton S. Shier…
