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Spaghetti dinner, chocolate-covered strawberries for sale Feb. 13
Old Route 3 Community Baptist Church is having a dinner sale Feb. 13 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1913 Rockcastle Road, Inez. Spaghetti dinner includes salad, green beans and garlic bread. You will also get a drink and dessert. All-you-can-eat $10, $7 carryout. Chocolate-covered strawberries are for sale at $2 each, $10 half…
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Martin County Arrest Report
INEZ — Martin County Sheriff John Kirk’s office reported the following arrests. Betty Allen, 31, of Pilgrim, was arrested Monday at Family Dollar Store in Warfield on a bench warrant. Chief Deputy Chris Kidd made the arrest. Jeremy Tyler Jude, 26, of Tomahawk, was arrested Sunday on Rockhouse Road, Tomahawk, for theft by unlawful taking…
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Martin County Grand Jury indicts five
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — A Martin County grand jury returned indictments Thursday against five individuals. Charges include burglary, receiving stolen phone cable and drug possession. Lara Giacomoni aka Lara Davis, 39, of Lovely, was indicted for second-degree burglary/complicity and second-degree persistent felony offender. The indictment alleges that Giacomoni acted alone or in…
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Former industrial waste pit used as sewer disposal site
Environmental questions raised BY ROGER SMITH and RACHEL DOVEMOUNTAIN CITIZEN MILO — Spence Branch residents live in the shadow of a domestic septage disposal site that formerly was an industrial waste pit. Residents say sewage waste is being trucked up the hillside and is finding its way back down in runoff following hard rains and…
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Wanda (Maynard) Davis Obituary
Wanda (Maynard) Davis 1964—2022 Wanda Maynard Davis, age 58, of Inez, passed away Nov. 8, 2022. She was born Sept. 16, 1964 in Martin County to the late Jesse and Gracie Maynard. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by two sisters, Geraldine Cornette and Patty Maynard, and two brothers, Ed Maynard…
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‘Doc’ Lafferty wins write-in judge/executive election in Martin County
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County voters chose “Doc” Lon Lafferty as Judge/Executive by a landslide in Tuesday’s historic, unprecedented write-in election. Lafferty, who declared his candidacy only three weeks ago, garnered 1,311 write-in votes to sweep challengers Marlena Slone (593) and Jimmy Don Kerr (162). “This has been an incredible three…
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Randall Kevin Fields Obituary
Randall Kevin Fields 1955— 2022 Randall Kevin Fields, age 67, of Inez, passed away Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022, surrounded by his loving family at Paintsville Appalachian Regional Healthcare. He was born Oct. 20, 1955, in Williamson, W.Va., to Nada Sammons Fields and the late James F. Fields of Ashland. Randall is survived by his loving…
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Francis Diana (Baldwin) Cline Obituary
Francis Diana (Baldwin) Cline 1960—2022 Francis Diana Cline, age 61, of Poca, W.Va., passed away Oct. 27, 2022, at her residence. She was born Dec. 2, 1960, in Inez, to the late Everett and Ruby Johnson Baldwin. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Charles Callahan, and one brother,…
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Edna (Muncy) Cline Obituary
Edna (Muncy) Cline 1925—2022 Edna (Muncy) Cline, age 96, of Inez, passed away Nov. 2, 2022 at her residence. She was born Dec. 25, 1925, in Laura, Martin County, to the late John B. and Hannah Sartin Muncy. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Rev. Jacob Cline; five brothers,…
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Robert ‘Bobby’ Joe Evans Obituary
Robert ‘Bobby’ Joe Evans 1970—2022 Robert “Bobby” Joe Evans, 52, of Inez, passed away at his home Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022. He was born Sept. 19, 1970, to Donnie Evans and the late Ruby Davis Evans. Bobby is survived by his father and stepmother, Donnie and Phelicia Evans of Lovely; his wife, Michelle Evans; two…