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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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Martin County arrest report
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT INEZ — Martin County Sheriff John Kirk’s office reported the following arrests: Robert Brayden Moore, 18, of Debord, was arrested July 12 on Turkey Creek in Inez on a charge of second-degree assault. Deputy David Adams responded to assist Martin County Sheriff John Kirk with a fight in progress. A neighbor had…
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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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Breaking: Elderly Martin County resident found dead during heat wave
BY ANNIE HOLLER MOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOVELY — A 92-year-old Riverfront Road man was found dead inside his mobile home Monday evening after his landlord asked authorities to check on him during a stretch of dangerous heat in eastern Kentucky. Fleming Hurley, 92, was discovered on the kitchen floor of the single-wide trailer near the Oppy…
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Bridge without guardrails draws renewed safety concerns after motorcycle crash
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN BEAUTY — A motorcycle crash Thursday at the Buck Creek bridge on Kentucky Route 40 has renewed calls for safety improvements at what Martin County Sheriff John Kirk describes as one of the county‘s most dangerous stretches of roadway. The crash occurred while Kirk was investigating an unrelated motorcycle accident…
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Martin County arrest report
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT INEZ — Martin County Sheriff John Kirk’s Office reported the following arrests: James Shannon Wood, 46, of Williamson, West Virginia, was arrested Tuesday at Dempsey Housing in Warfield and charged with second-degree criminal trespass. Deputy David Adams responded to a complaint that Woods was trespassing on the property. Upon arrival, Dempsey management…
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Martin County arrest report
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT INEZ — Martin County Sheriff John Kirk’s Office reported the following arrests: Austin Harless, 31, of Debord, was arrested June 16 in Inez on a warrant issued by Lawrence District Court. Deputy Billy Wells served the warrant at 9:45 a.m. Shawn Michael Moore, 26, of Inez, was arrested June 15 at Quail…
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Martin County arrest report
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT NEZ — Martin County Sheriff John Kirk’s office reported the following arrests: Joey Mat Luster, 67, of Inez, was arrested May 24 on Blacklog Road in Inez on charges of first-degree wanton endangerment and alcohol intoxication in a public place, first and second offense. Sheriff Kirk responded to a caller saying Luster…
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Man jailed in brutal Inez beating
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — A Martin County man accused of brutally beating a 71-year-old man during an April cookout is behind bars after a grand jury indicted him Thursday on a first-degree assault charge. Martin County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Millard Daniel Newsome, 45, of Debord, on Friday and lodged him in the…
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Eviction call spirals into arrest, threats against U.S. presidents
BY ANNIE HOLLER MOUNTAIN CITIZEN DEBORD — What began as a routine eviction in a Debord home unraveled Monday when a woman claiming to be a CIA agent allegedly threatened to kill both Donald Trump and Joe Biden, landing her in jail on first-degree terroristic threatening charges and drawing federal attention, authorities said. According to…
