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Harrison Moore Obituary
Harrison Moore 1953—2022 Harrison Moore, age 69, of Warfield, passed away Oct. 13, 2022, at Highlands Appalachian Regional Medical Center in Prestonsburg. Born March 7, 1953, in Paintsville, he was the son of the late Charlie and Louise Moore. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by two brothers, Clay Moore and…
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Shirley McCoy Obituary
Shirley McCoy 1933—2022 Shirley McCoy, 89, of Crum, W.Va., passed away Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, at her home. Born Feb. 26, 1933, in Elkhorn City, she was the daughter of the late David and Pauley Wright Ratliff. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Clarence McCoy. Shirley is survived…
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Russell T. Maynard Obituary
Russell T. Maynard 1970—2022 Russell T. Maynard, age 52, of Inez, passed away Oct. 11, 2022, in Hazard. Born March 5, 1970, in Columbus, Ohio, he was the son of the late Ella Fletcher Stepp. In addition to his mother, he is preceded in death by one brother, Dewey (Dolly) James. He is survived by…
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Ludmila ‘Ludy’ Cassady Obituary
Ludmila “Ludy” Cassady 1943—2022 Ludmila Bozena “Ludy” Cassady, 79, of Newark, Ohio, passed away Oct. 11, 2022, at the Selma Markowitz Hospice Care Center. She was born May 12, 1943, in Prague, Republic of Czechoslovakia, to the late Vladislav and Ludmila (Svecova) Svec. She is survived by her brother, Vladislav Josef (Teresa Christina de Toledo)…
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Polly Marie Jackson Obituary
Polly Marie Jackson 1970—2022 Polly Marie Jackson, 52, of Dunlow, W.Va., passed away Oct. 6, 2022, at home. She was born June 16, 1970, to the late Donald and Kathy Ferguson. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her grandparents, Charles and Polly Ferguson and Rosa and Paul Bowen. Polly is survived by…
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One East Kentucky selects Martin County’s judge/executive as next president/CEO
PAINTSVILLE — Shortly after Martin County Judge/Executive Colby Kirk announced his resignation from his position Friday, One East Kentucky announced its selection of Kirk as its new president/CEO effective Oct. 31. Kirk will succeed Chuck Sexton, who served as One East Kentucky president/CEO since 2015. “After an extensive search, we found a local leader who…
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Martin County Judge/Executive Colby Kirk announces resignation
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT INEZ — Martin County Judge/Executive Colby Kirk announced his resignation from his position and withdrawal from the General Election Friday. “I have been proud to serve the people of Martin County and am grateful beyond words to all who have supported me in this role,” Kirk said in his letter of resignation.…
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BOE raises property tax rate
BY PHILL BARNETTMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin County Board of Education voted 3-2 Monday night to raise the property tax rate to 84.6 cents per $100 of assessed valuation of real and personal property, the first increase since 2017. Treasurer Ernest Hale presented the relevant data to the BOE for consideration. Hale explained that…
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Copper theft causes widespread phone outages
Five men arrested for stealing AT&T lines BY RACHEL DOVEMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Police arrested five men in connection with a string of copper thefts that has caused widespread telephone outages in Martin County. The five men are Julian Preece, aka Alex Adkins, 23, of Inez; Zachary Dials, 30, of Warfield; Cody Gullett, 21, of…
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USP-Big Sandy correctional officers indicted for assault of third inmate
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT LONDON — A federal grand jury in London filed a superseding indictment against three federal correctional officers — two officers and a lieutenant — for their roles in assaults against three federal inmates and subsequent cover-ups. United States Penitentiary-Big Sandy officers Samuel Patrick, 41, of West Van Lear, Clinton Pauley, 40, of…
