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Champs do not need hashtags: Martin County seniors compete in Big Sandy Senior Games
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN Martin County participants at this year’s Big Sandy Senior Games—the 38th—remembered how to win without a hashtag. They hauled home a truckload of metals, making sure everyone from Pikeville to Prestonsburg knew where Inez was on the map. Hosted each spring by the Big Sandy Area Development District, the Senior
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Sleigh Cancer tops last year’s fundraising total
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The second annual Sleigh Cancer Awareness Festival surpassed last year’s fundraising totals Friday in Inez. The event proved that even in the rain, Give Like Santa and the community do not back down from the fight against cancer. Matthew and Angela Ising—known as Santa and Mrs. Claus and
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Treed by ‘coons, man nabbed after wreck
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — A Martin County man went to jail early Sunday morning after authorities found him perched in a tree 30 feet above the ground. The man claimed he had fled from raccoons, police said. Deputy Steven Putman of the Martin County Sheriff’s Office responded to Delong Fannin Road around
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Daughter calls 911 after fatally shooting father in Prestonsburg
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PRESTONSBURG — A man is dead and his 22-year-old daughter is behind bars accused of his murder, according to the Prestonsburg Police Department. Police said Summer Adkins, 22, of Prestonsburg, called 911 late Monday night and told dispatchers she had shot her father inside their home. When officers and emergency
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Body of missing Virginia man found in creek in Elkhorn City
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN ELKHORN CITY — Authorities are investigating the death of a Virginia man whose body was found June 4 in a creek in Elkhorn City. Kentucky State Police from the Pikeville Post responded to the scene near Big Branch Road after the Elkhorn City Police Department reported the body in the
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Bridge named for Mug Hardin, who built it for the children
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — A crowd gathered Sunday in downtown Inez to celebrate the renaming of the covered pedestrian bridge over Coldwater Creek in honor of its builder, William “Mug” Hardin. In a humble, grateful speech, Hardin recounted how the bridge came to be more than 60 years ago during a time
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From ‘Jingle Bells’ to survivor bells: Sleigh Cancer hits Inez this Friday
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Santa and Mrs. Claus are coming to town Friday — and they’re bringing cookies, cornhole and a colonoscopy screening kit. Matthew and Angela Ising, known as Santa and Mrs. Claus, will host the second annual Sleigh Cancer Awareness Festival at Courthouse Square in Inez. The festival starts at
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‘You’ll have to fight me’: Man rips deputy’s ear in brawl
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN WARFIELD — Things got physical Saturday at Dempsey Housing when deputies attempted to arrest 45-year-old Jimmy Dale Maynard of Warfield. What was supposed to be a straightforward warrant service turned into a chaotic struggle—with a torn earlobe, minor injuries and one man in jail. Deputies from the Martin County Sheriff’s
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Public library loses phone number in provider switch
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin County Public Library at the Collier Center has new phone and fax numbers following a recent switch in its internet and telephone service providers. Library officials said the transition from Optimum to Foothills Communications resulted in the loss of their previous numbers despite efforts to retain
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Williamson man faces formal charges
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — A Williamson, West Virginia, man faces formal charges in connection with a drug-related incident that occurred earlier this spring. The Martin Circuit Court on May 27 announced that Brian K. Runyon, 53, stands accused of first-degree possession of a controlled substance and public intoxication involving a controlled substance.
