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Services held for fallen West Virginia State Trooper from Mingo County
Hundreds of police officers attend the memorial BY KYLE LOVERN MOUNTAIN CITIZEN MATEWAN, W.Va. — Services took place for a true hero Wednesday. Many tears fell and the “Thin Blue Line” was fortified in Mingo County as the community said the final goodbye to West Virginia State Police Sgt. Cory Maynard. Maynard, 37, was killed…
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Facing Hunger drive-thru food distribution Friday in Williamson
MINGO COUNTY, W.Va. — Facing Hunger Foodbank announced it will host a drive-thru mobile food distribution in Williamson at the Armory (209 Co. Hwy 52/27) Friday, April 14. The distribution list includes meat, produce, dry goods and other nutritious items. The event begins at 11 a.m. and continues until noon or until the product is…
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Third person arrested in Mingo murder
BY KYLE LOVERNFOR THE MOUNTAIN CITIZEN WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — The Mingo County Sheriff’s Department recently made a third arrest in connection with the March 31 murder of a Delbarton woman. Brittany Garlock, of Rockhouse Creek Road in Delbarton, was arrested May 23 in Charleston by the U.S. Marshal’s CUFFED Task Force on the charge of…
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Second arrest made in Mingo County murder
BY KYLE LOVERNFOR THE CITIZEN WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — The Mingo County Sheriff’s Department has made a second arrest in connection with the murder of a Delbarton woman. Sheriff’s deputies said Alex Dewayne Likens, 36, of Ragland, W.Va., has now been charged in the March 31 fatal shooting of Teresa Harmon. Deputies previously charged Chase Prater,…