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Family of three left homeless after fire
BY ANNIE HOLLER MOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOWMANSVILLE — A propane tank explosion during a winter storm Sunday night destroyed a rented mobile home along U.S. 23 and left three adults with nothing but the clothes they escaped in, according to family members. Michael Maynard, his girlfriend Amanda Harrison and his brother Marty Maynard lost their home
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Sheriff warns residents after door-to-door prowler reported in Tomahawk
BY ANNIE HOLLER MOUNTAIN CITIZEN TOMAHAWK — As temperatures plunged into the single digits Monday night and wind chills dipped below zero, an unknown man was reported walking door to door along Alex Place near Rockhouse, knocking on multiple residences without an apparent reason. Martin County Sheriff John Kirk said the activity raised immediate concern
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Johnson County grand jury returns multiple indictments
BY ANNIE HOLLER MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PAINTSVILLE — The Johnson County grand jury convened for the first time in the new year Jan. 16 and returned 18 indictments, including two cases of sexual abuse of a minor, an assault on a healthcare worker and numerous drug-related cases. Aaron Jones, 41, has been indicted on felony charges
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Student hospitalized; vape store owners charged in sales to minors
BY ANNIE HOLLER MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Two Inez business owners face charges following a police investigation that authorities say linked the hospitalization of a high school student to the alleged sale of THC vaping products to minors at their store. The Martin County Schools Police Department (MCSPD) executed a search warrant Friday at Smokin
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Thompson sentenced to three years in funeral home truck theft
BY ANNIE HOLLER MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — A man will spend three years in prison following sentencing Thursday by Martin Circuit Judge John Kevin Holbrook in Inez. Marcus Thompson, 27, of Ulysses, was sentenced on a single count of theft by unlawful taking (greater than $10,000) after pleading guilty. According to court records, the sentence
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Man already serving 17 years for violent crimes sentenced again
BY ANNIE HOLLER MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — A Warfield man received additional prison sentences Thursday for violence-related crimes, with the new terms folded into a 17-year sentence he is already serving for domestic-violence-related offenses across Martin and Lawrence counties. Martin Circuit Judge John Kevin Holbrook sentenced Jimmy Dale Maynard, 45, to one year each for
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Porter gets 11 years in prison for violence-related crimes
BY ANNIE HOLLER MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County Circuit Judge Kevin Holbrook sentenced a local man to 11 years in prison Thursday in Inez for violence-related crimes. Samuel Porter, 30, of Debord, was sentenced after pleading guilty to two counts of first-degree wanton endangerment and one count of third-degree terroristic threatening. The judge gave
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On the front lines of prevention: Local provider urges cervical cancer screening, HPV vaccination
BY ANNIE HOLLER MOUNTAIN CITIZEN An illness that often develops without symptoms remains one of the most preventable cancers facing women today — if it is caught in time. Health providers say routine Pap smears and early HPV vaccination continue to be the most powerful tools for stopping cervical cancer before it becomes life-threatening. That
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Pick and Bow program strikes a chord at Martin County High School
BY ANNIE HOLLER MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — In a county where front-porch picking once drifted through hollows and churchyards every evening, a new effort is taking shape to ensure old-time Appalachian music does not quietly slip into memory. That effort is the Pick and Bow program, a grant-funded initiative bringing free traditional music instruction to
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Open and old-time jam session this Saturday in Tomahawk
BY ANNIE HOLLER MOUNTAIN CITIZEN TOMAHAWK — Bluegrass and Old Time pickers will be jamming Saturday, Dec. 20 at the popular James E. Webb Musical Repair and Sales in Tomahawk. Owner and operator James L. Webb is known throughout the state and region not only as a talented musician and teacher, but also as a
