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Sleigh Cancer tops last year’s fundraising total
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The second annual Sleigh Cancer Awareness Festival surpassed last year’s fundraising totals Friday in Inez. The event proved that even in the rain, Give Like Santa and the community do not back down from the fight against cancer. Matthew and Angela Ising—known as Santa and Mrs. Claus and
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Treed by ‘coons, man nabbed after wreck
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — A Martin County man went to jail early Sunday morning after authorities found him perched in a tree 30 feet above the ground. The man claimed he had fled from raccoons, police said. Deputy Steven Putman of the Martin County Sheriff’s Office responded to Delong Fannin Road around
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Tug Valley’s Ward named top administrator
BY KYLE LOVERN MOUNTAIN CITIZEN NAUGATUCK, W.Va. — Dr. C. Douglas (Doug) Ward, Tug Valley High School principal, has been named the 2025 Administrator of the Year for West Virginia. He will be recognized for his achievement at the North-South Football Game on Saturday, June 14. “To be selected as the Administrator of the Year by the West
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Martin County Arrest Report
INEZ — Martin County Sheriff John Kirk’s Office reported the following arrests: Shawn Douglas Hopkins, 30, of Inez, was arrested Monday at Horn’s BP on KY-645 on two bench warrants for court. Deputy Steven Putman served the warrants at 7:17 p.m. Ance Marcum, 38, of Warfield, was arrested Sunday at Dempsey Housing in Warfield on
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Martin County court dockets
Circuit Court INEZ — Judge John Kevin Holbrook heard the following cases June 5 in Martin Circuit Court: Joe Allen Evans (bond forfeiture hearing) — Assault, second degree, domestic violence; persistent felony offender, first degree: Reset 7/17/25. Ernest Maynard (change of plea) — 1. Operating motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, fourth or greater,
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Martin County records: Civil suits and deeds
INEZ — Martin Circuit Clerk Denise Gauze reported 11 civil suits filed in her office May 30-June 5. Meanwhile, Martin County Clerk Susie Skyles reported two deeds recorded in her office May 24-June 9: Civil Suits Community Trust Bank Inc. vs. Rabon Goble et al. Robert Hannah et al vs. Austin B Ratliff et al.
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Daughter calls 911 after fatally shooting father in Prestonsburg
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PRESTONSBURG — A man is dead and his 22-year-old daughter is behind bars accused of his murder, according to the Prestonsburg Police Department. Police said Summer Adkins, 22, of Prestonsburg, called 911 late Monday night and told dispatchers she had shot her father inside their home. When officers and emergency
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‘Other’ voter registrations surpass two major parties in Kentucky
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT FRANKFORT — New voter registrations in Kentucky are shifting away from Republican and Democratic. Secretary of State Michael Adams announced Friday in a press release that voters registered under “other” political affiliations bested Republican and Democratic registrations combined for three straight months. “As the Democrats move further left and the Republicans move
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Two infant deaths in Kentucky tied to whooping cough
FRANKFORT — Two infants in Kentucky have died from whooping cough—or pertussis—marking the first deaths linked to the disease in the state since 2018, health officials said Friday. Neither of the infants nor their mothers had received the recommended vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy, according to the Kentucky Department for Public Health (KDPH). Officials
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Body of missing Virginia man found in creek in Elkhorn City
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN ELKHORN CITY — Authorities are investigating the death of a Virginia man whose body was found June 4 in a creek in Elkhorn City. Kentucky State Police from the Pikeville Post responded to the scene near Big Branch Road after the Elkhorn City Police Department reported the body in the
