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Kermit Election: Incumbents, newcomers elected to council, Mayor Sparks reelected
KERMIT, W.Va. — On Tuesday, voters in Kermit headed to the polls to elect five council members and a mayor. By 9:30 p.m., Kermit Town Hall had released the unofficial results. Three incumbents defeated their challengers to secure their positions on the council for the next four-year term. One...
Wayland water woes continue
WAYLAND, Ky. (WYMT) - The Wayland community is seeing the first trickles of water after nearly one week of a mass outage. The issue began after a power outage in the Maytown community that impacted the water flow into the area. When the Southern Water and Sewer District workers began offsetting the impacts of that, they sent a burst of water through a new water line running from Lackey to Wayland. The pressure in the line pushed too much power into the city’s system, which manager Randy Conley said “turned Wayland into a sprinkler system.”
Jenkins officials aim to fix wastewater plant
JENKINS, Ky. (WYMT) - Officials in the city of Jenkins are working to fix issues with the city’s wastewater treatment plant. Mayor Todd DePriest said with the facility being more than 30 years old, several problems have come up with the system. “We’ve got two I-and-I [infiltration and inflow]...
Gauze becomes first soccer player from Martin County to play semi-pro
CHATTANOOGA — Former Martin County soccer star Kaitlyn Gauze has made history. The feisty footballer became the first women’s soccer player from Inez to play semi-professionally. Gauze took her talents to Chattanooga, Tennessee, last month after the head coach contacted her within a few hours of her sending...
Woman charged in connection with cat’s death, burglary
MINGO COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) – A woman once featured in the documentary “The Wild Wonderful Whites of West Virginia” is behind bars accused of killing a cat and stealing items from a home. According to the criminal complaint, police were called to the home in East Williamson...
Lady Cards off to hot start for summer ball
INEZ – Coach Robin Newsome believes in the power of summer basketball. She took her team to Raceland last week and has a slew of games coming up in June. The Lady Cards Varsity went 2-1 at the two-day round-robin camp. The ladies took down Greenup and Ironton. The...
Big Sandy veterinary practice celebrates 30 years of service
PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WYMT) - For decades the Country Hills Veterinary Hospital has served hundreds of families in Prestonsburg. Many of those patients became family to the staff at Country Hill. “We have watched people in the community get older along with us,” Cofounder Melanie Green said. “We have watched their...
Cardinals make elite 8 at WKU camp
INEZ — The Martin County high school boys basketball squad went 6-2 to reach the Elite 8 at Western Kentucky University last week. The Hilltoppers camp featured premiere teams from Kentucky and Indiana and proves that the upcoming season will be one to look forward to. Martin County finished...
Junior basketball league starts July 18 in Inez
INEZ — East KY Youth Athletics will be hosting the JR NBA/WNBA league at the Collier Community Center in Inez beginning July 18. The program will run basketball camps, games and competitions for three hours every Thursday at 6 p.m. until Aug. 29. Age groups are: 6U and 8U...
Woman accused of forcing entry into Mingo County home and killing cat, records say
MINGO COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — A woman accused of forcing entry into a Mingo County home, killing a cat and stealing is facing multiple charges, court records said. Sue Ann White, 55, of Williamson, has been charged with burglary, animal cruelty, destruction of property and petit larceny, according to a criminal complaint filed in Mingo County Magistrate Court.
Mother arrested after toddler found wandering on busy highway
INEZ, Ky. — A woman from Inez is facing charges after her toddler was found wandering alone on a highway, according to Martin County Sheriff John Kirk. The incident occurred when the 2-year-old escaped from home and was seen running along Route 40 near its intersection with Route 645 on the evening of May 29.
JCSO: Man pulled into stranger’s yard, passed out in stuck vehicle
A Pikeville man was arrested by Johnson County Sheriff’s deputies on June 3, according to court documents, after dispatch received a call that an intoxicated man pulled into a stranger’s yard, got his vehicle stuck and subsequently passed out behind the wheel. The citation said that Johnson County...
Woman charged in connection with cat’s death, burglary
MINGO COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) – A woman once featured in the documentary “The Wild Wonderful Whites of West Virginia” is behind bars accused of killing a cat and stealing items from a home. According to the criminal complaint, police were called to the home in East Williamson...
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