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Paw-some cat has 24 toes
Twenty-Four is 17 years old Harold Dingess (pictured) and his wife Betty Dingess are celebrating their cat Twenty-Four turning 17 years old in 2022. The cat got its name due to having six toes on each foot. (Citizen photo by Roger Smith) BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN Most cats have 18 toes — five toes on…
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Kiwanis serves over 250 at Hillbilly Breakfast
Most successful to date BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Over 250 people came out Saturday morning for the Kiwanis Club’s Hillbilly Breakfast in the Inez Elementary School cafeteria. Kiwanis president Melissa Fannin Phelps said it was the most successful Hillbilly Breakfast to date. “We are thankful,” Phelps said. “It was a wonderful time of…
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Boxvana pays taxes, complies with other EDA demands
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Boxvana paid its occupational taxes up to date and supplied the Martin County Economic Development Authority with all but one document that the EDA demanded regarding a lease agreement between the two entities. EDA chairman James Ayers announced in an April 20 board meeting that attorney Brian Cumbo received…
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King in jail on rape
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN TOMAHAWK — A man wanted in Lawrence County on charges of first-degree rape and unlawful transaction with a minor is behind bars after his arrest late Friday night in Martin County. John D. King, 32, of Louisa, was arrested on Trace Ridge in Tomahawk at 11 p.m. Martin County Sheriff’s Deputy…
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County ends District 4 trash issue
Martin County Fiscal Court terminated Joe’s Garbage Removal’s contract in a special meeting Tuesday evening. (Citizen photo by Roger Smith) Joe’s Garbage Removal terminated “I’ve got pictures of garbage that is going on 4-feet tall.” –Magistrate Junior Hunt BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County Fiscal Court ended the trash-hauling controversy in District 4…
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Man crashes into Middlefork garden
A car crashed into a garden Tuesday at a residence on Middlefork Road in Inez. Martin County Sheriff’s Deputy Wesley Endicott assisted Sheriff John Kirk at the scene. Endicott says the car, driven by 65-year-old William Spencer of Debord, scraped against the guardrail for about 1,000 feet on the wrong side of the road. It…
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Election Season: Two register for Inez City races
Hall files for mayor seat, Fraley seeks re-election BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Two candidates registered last week for Inez City seats in the 2022 General Election. Inez Commissioner Dennis Hall, 65, tossed his hat in the ring for the Inez Mayor seat. Hall is in his eighth year as a city commissioner. Commissioner…
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Lang completes DOCJ training
Martin County court security officer Kristopher Lang (right) and an ATF agent during class at Lang’s recent Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Court Security Officer Training. Lang graduated Friday. Security in a courtroom is of utmost importance for the judicial system. To that end, Martin County court security officer Kristopher Lang graduated from basic training…
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Residents face off with trash hauler
‘He said, ‘You used to be a drug dealer, and you’re an ex-convict.’ Yes, I am, and he was one of my buyers. –Doris Jude BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN Luster and Doris Jude faced off with the District 4 garbage hauler Thursday at the Martin County Fiscal Court regular meeting. INEZ — Discussions became heated…
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