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MSHA releases report on Mingo County mine fatality
BY KYLE LOVERNMOUNTAIN CITIZEN CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) mine investigators have issued a final report on a fatal mining accident on a Mingo County strip job from this past February. The report stated that dozer operator Billy Mapes, 73, was killed when his machine overturned on the Grapevine South Surface…
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Mingo man charged with second-degree murder, five others arrested
BY KYLE LOVERN MOUNTAIN CITIZEN MATEWAN, W.Va. — Six people are in jail in connection to a murder in the Matewan area of Mingo County. On Friday, police charged one of those individuals with second-degree murder. Troopers with the Williamson detachment of the West Virginia State Police say Cory Marcum, 27, of North Matewan, died…
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Mingo County man arrested for kidnapping, domestic assault
BY KYLE LOVERN MOUNTAIN CITIZEN MATEWAN — A Mingo County man was arrested for allegedly hitting people with a metal pipe and using the weapon to hold his victims hostage. Nathan A. Jewell of North Matewan was arrested by the Mingo County Sheriff’s Department Sunday on several charges, including kidnapping. Cpl. M. Lendearo and Deputy…
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Mingo crash claims lives of 7-year-old and adult male
BY RACHEL DOVEMOUNTAIN CITIZEN MATEWAN, W.Va. — A two-vehicle accident occurred Monday afternoon near Matewan that claimed the life of a 7-year-old boy and Kentucky man and sent two others to area hospitals. According to information released by the Mingo County Sheriff’s office, the accident is described as a “side-swipe” and occurred at approximately 1:30 p.m.…
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Matthew Anthony Blevins Obituary
Matthew Anthony Blevins 1985—2022 Matthew Anthony Blevins, 37, of Matewan, W.Va., passed away Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 at Goodman Hollow, Williamson, W.Va. Born Feb. 14, 1985 in Williamson, W.Va., he was the son of Mary Sue Calhoun Davis of Matewan, W.Va., and the late Daniel Blevins. In addition to his father, Matthew is preceded in…
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Mingo Co. school bus involved in fatal crash
BY KYLE LOVERNMOUNTAIN CITIZEN MATEWAN, W.Va. — Seven students and a bus driver were being evaluated Tuesday at a local hospital after a school bus crash in Mingo County. The driver of the second vehicle was killed. The bus, headed to Mingo Central High School, crashed into a service truck on U.S. Route 52, the…
