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Sozo is So Much More Part 2
BY GREG CRUM “And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked: The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And…
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‘Sozo’ is so much more
BY GREG CRUM “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” Romans 10:9-10 Can you personally identify…
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Mindful of more than matter
BY GREG CRUM “If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.” Colossians 3:1-2 Here in Colossians 3, we are told to “set our affection on things above.” What does…
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EXCLUSIVE: Teen, mother recount 17-hour coal mine entrapment
Harless tells how she crawled to freedom and led rescuers to diabetic stepfather BY ANNIE HOLLER MOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOVELY — A 14-year-old girl crawled through an opening “no larger than a rabbit hole” Sunday evening and led rescuers to the passage they widened to save her diabetic stepfather from an abandoned coal mine. Ada Harless…
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Charles Collins Obituary
Charles Collins 1958—2026 Charles Collins, age 68, of Lovely, went home to be with the Lord on July 13, 2026, at Three Rivers Medical Center in Louisa. Born July 10, 1958, at home on Maynard Fork, he was the son of the late Elijah and Madgie Collins. In addition to his parents, he was preceded…
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Why Should I Worry? Part 2
BY GREG CRUM “And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? And he…
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Rescuers bring Lovely man out of abandoned mine after stepdaughter escapes
BY ANNIE HOLLER MOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOVELY — Rescuers brought Joey Stevens out of the abandoned Winco Mine on Sunday evening after his 14-year-old stepdaughter crawled through a narrow gap between fallen rocks and escaped to call for help. Stevens, 30, of Lovely, and the girl had been trapped underground since about 2 a.m. after entering…
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Breaking: Man, 14-year-old possibly trapped in old coal mine
BY ANNIE HOLLER MOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOVELY — A Martin County man and a 14-year-old child were reported missing Sunday and possibly trapped inside the old abandoned Winco Mine after failing to return from a night of coon hunting in the Long Branch area of Lovely. Martin County 911 Dispatch received a report that the two…
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Barbara Jean (Jude) Pauley Obituary
Barbara Jean (Jude) Pauley 1968—2026 Barbara Jean (Jude) Pauley, age 58, of Lovely, passed away July 2, 2026, at Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington, West Virginia, following a brief illness. Barb was married to her loving husband, Lon Pauley, for 41 years. Lon says he could not have found a better wife and he loved…
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Why should I worry?
BY GREG CRUM “Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his…
