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Delbarton man arrested in infant’s fentanyl overdose death
BY KYLE LOVERN MOUNTAIN CITIZEN DELBARTON, W.Va. — A Mingo County man was arrested after an autopsy confirmed his 1-year-old infant died of fentanyl overdose. Kevin E. Urban, 24, of Delbarton, was arrested Oct. 31 by Sgt. Norman Mines of the Mingo County Sheriff’s Department on a charge of child neglect resulting in death. Mingo County…
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John and Judy Taylor celebrate 50th anniversary
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT DELBARTON, W.Va. — Longtime Martin County, Kentucky, residents John and Judy Taylor recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at the Carewood Center in Delbarton, West Virginia. They were married June 30, 1973, when Judy was only 17 and John was 18. The couple met when she was working as a car hop at…
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Burned remains found in Mingo County
BY KYLE LOVERN MOUNTAIN CITIZEN DELBARTON, W.Va. — The Williamson detachment of the West Virginia State Police (WVSP) has launched an investigation after discovering charred human remains near Delbarton. According to Sgt. Dale Hensley, the remains were found Thursday in the remote area of Riffe Branch, off U.S. 119, where people dump trash. The state medical examiner…
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Arson suspected in bulldozer being torched on trail system
STAFF REPORT DELBARTON, W.Va. — An investigation is underway after a $150,000 dozer owned by the Hatfield McCoy Trail System was torched in Mingo County. The discovery was made Tuesday evening in a remote area along the Buffalo Mountain Trail System near Delbarton and Matewan. “We went out to the fire and found it was…
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Sampson Jamie Haney Obituary
Sampson Jamie Haney 1973—2022 Sampson Jamie Haney, 48, of Delbarton, W.Va., passed away Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022, at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. Born Nov. 6, 1973, in Williamson, W.Va., he was the son of Sampson and Sandra Brewer Haney. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his two daughters, Elaina Brooke…
