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Martin County girls win back-to-back 57th District championships
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PAINTSVILLE, Ky. — Martin County Lady Cardinals battled it out Thursday with the Paintsville Lady Tigers for the 57th District tournament crown. When the buzzer sounded, Martin County had won the war 54-48 for back-to-back district championships. Excited Martin County fans who packed into the crowded Paintsville High School gymnasium…
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Martin County brings home back-to-back 57th District championships
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PAINTSVILLE — Martin County fought a clean, hard fight to beat Paintsville 66-62 and bring home a back-to-back 57th District championship Friday. The Cardinals take on Shelby Valley at 8 p.m. Wednesday (March 1) in the 15th Region Tournament at Appalachian Wireless Arena in Pikeville. The winner will advance to…
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Martin County Lady Cards outgun Floyd Central to advance in 15th Regional Tournament
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PIKEVILLE — Martin County Lady Cardinals defeated Floyd County Central 75-69 Monday night in the opening round of the 15th Region Tournament at Appalachian Wireless Arena in Pikeville. With the win, the Lady Cards advance to the semifinal at 6:30 p.m. Friday to face defending 15th Region champion Pikeville. Junior…
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Martin County gets back on track to survive and advance
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PAINTSVILLE — Martin County Cardinals worked through a win drought in time to send Johnson Central packing 62-59 in the opening round of the 57th District Tournament Feb. 22. Coach Jason James’ Cardinals, who had won 17 games in a row, including the 15th Region All “A” championship and an…
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Repeat copper thieves busted
One walked off from court-ordered rehab related to theft last month BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN TOMAHAWK, Ky. — Two men with a history of stealing copper wire were arrested Thursday when police caught them with stolen wire in the back of a truck on Rockhouse Road in Tomahawk. One of the men apparently had…
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Catch a ride for $1 on Sandy Valley Transportation
Rural transit for all residents BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — In rural areas like Martin County, residents can be miles away from essentials like doctors and grocery stores instead of minutes. For those who don’t have a car, it’s hard to get around. However, Sandy Valley Transportation employee Joyce Hinkle says her service…
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Kermit wants to connect to Hatfield-McCoy Trails
Town has until November to submit plan and map BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN KERMIT, W.Va. — The Hatfield-McCoy Trails system is mapped to bypass Kermit, but the Kermit EDA coordinator Gary Hensley is taking steps to change that. Hensley told Kermit Council members in a meeting Feb. 20 that he and Charlie Horn recently…
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Kermit water project fully funded
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN Kermit, W.Va. — A project designed to improve the Kermit water system is fully funded. Mayor Charles Sparks announced during the Feb. 20 council meeting that Kermit got approval for the $686,000 needed to match the $2.7 million already approved for the project. The $3.4 million project will rehabilitate the…
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Warfield to complete financial audit
City votes to relocate gazebo away from church BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN WARFIELD, Ky. — Cities in Kentucky that receive and spend less than $150,000 in a fiscal year are not required to have annual audits. Instead, these cities prepare annual financial statements and, after four consecutive years, prepare attestation engagements. That was always…
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Correctional officers plead guilty to civil rights violations for assaulting federal inmates
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN DEBORD, Ky. — Two of three federal correctional officers accused of assaulting inmates and covering it up have pleaded guilty. Clinton L. Pauley, 40, of Ironton, Ohio, pleaded guilty Friday to three counts of deprivation of rights under color of law for assaulting three federal inmates at the U.S. Penitentiary…
