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Investigation continues in death of Marly Kinney
Game wardens seek info CITIZEN STAFF ASHLAND — The investigation into the death of 19-year-old Marly Kinney continues as Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Law Enforcement asks anyone with information to come forward. Kinney, of Ashland, was reported missing June 24 after she did not return with friends aboard a pontoon boat rented…
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Judge dismisses DOJ’s lawsuit for sensitive Kentucky voter registration data
by McKenna Horsley Kentucky Lantern July 23, 2026 A federal judge has dismissed a case from the U.S. Department of Justice against Kentucky election officials that sought to gain access to voter registration data, including sensitive information such as driver’s license and Social Security numbers. In an opinion released Thursday, District Judge Claria Horn Boom…
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Neighbor fight ends in assault arrest
BY ANNIE HOLLER MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PIKE COUNTY — A property-line dispute between neighbors on Big Creek Road near the Martin County line ended with one man injured and another arrested on an assault charge July 26. Kentucky State Police Trooper Zachary Burgess responded to a fight involving Robert Blankenship Sr. and Ethan Marcum, according to…
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Pike County grand jury indicts 16: Drug, robbery, strangulation
BY ANNIE HOLLER MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PIKEVILLE — A Pike County grand jury indicted 16 people July 22 on charges ranging from drug possession and impaired driving to robbery, strangulation and eavesdropping. Patrick Adkins, 36, of Belfry, was indicted on charges of receiving stolen property, second-degree fleeing or evading police and first-degree persistent felony offender. Earl…
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Delbarton man accused of attacking mother, two other women
BY ANNIE HOLLER MOUNTAIN CITIZEN DELBARTON, W.Va. — A 20-year-old Delbarton man faces five charges after West Virginia State Police said he slapped his girlfriend, struck his mother in the head with an object and later attacked a woman who refused to drive him to the hospital to see his injured mother. Cameron Jax Brinager…
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Kentucky State Police Post 9 officers recognized at annual awards ceremony
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT LEXINGTON — Eight Kentucky State Police Pikeville Post 9 troopers and detectives were among 84 honored July 23 during the KSP annual Sworn Awards Ceremony in Lexington. The officers were recognized for going above and beyond the call of service in 2025. During 2025, KSP responded to 532,600 calls for assistance, conducted…
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74-year-old man accused of sending porn links, trying to seduce teen
BY ANNIE HOLLER MOUNTAIN CITIZEN WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — A 74-year-old Mingo County man is in jail on charges that he sent pornographic links and explicit messages to a 16-year-old female and attempted to seduce her. West Virginia State Police arrested Wallace Brocky Robinson, of Hensley Big Branch Road in Williamson, on July 20 on charges…
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Mingo County arrests
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — Seventeen people were arrested or named in criminal complaints recently in Mingo County, with charges ranging from traffic and probation violations to malicious wounding and felony fleeing. Records from the Mingo County Magistrate Court clerk’s office and the Southwestern Regional Jail show the following: Cameron Jax Brinager, 20, was…
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Music, moonshine, medieval flair take over Appalachian Artist Festival, July 31-Aug. 1
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — For two days this summer, downtown Inez will become the sort of place where an Elvis tribute artist, a moonshine maker, a mounted archer and a mouth-painting artist can all reasonably be considered part of the same plan. The fourth annual Appalachian Artist Festival returns July 31 and…
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Missing woman found safe
BY ANNIE HOLLER MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Kentucky State Police have located an Inez woman who was reported missing. According to Trooper M. Coleman, KSP Post 9 public relations officer, Heather Mollett, 36, was found safe. Mollett’s mother, Rhonda Salmons, had reported Mollett missing July 13 after she did not return home from a court…
