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LONDON, KY (WOWK) — Three Bureau of Prisons employees at Big Sandy Penitentiary were indicted on Thursday for federal civil rights violations.          The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky alleges that in April 2021, Samuel Patrick and Clinton Pauley assaulted an inmate in the lieutenant’s office at Big Sandy. Kevin Pearce and a […]

The Pike County Emergency Management Director is reminding homeowners, renters, and businesses in Belfry affected by the flooding in January that you can apply for help with cleaning and rebuilding from the U.S. Small Business Administration. The EMD Director says SBA workers have set up a Kentucky Disaster Loan Outreach...

WELCH, WV (WVNS) — McDowell County Sheriff’s Office released a statement today, May 27, at approximately 12 PM asking for information about a wanted man. Mark Everett Thomas, 46, of Pineville, is currently wanted in McDowell County for 1st degree sexual abuse and 2nd degree sexual assault that occurred on July 17, 2021. If Thomas […]

Logan completed its comeback with a 4-1 win over Sissonville in the Class AA, Region IV baseball tournament played at Roger Gertz Field on Thursday night. The Wildcats, now 26-8, had to win back-to-back games after dropping the best of three series opener. Jake Ramey had two singles and drove...

Following years of trying to overcome what officials described as having numerous roadblocks, the first long-awaited racing event at the Twin Branch Drag Strip at Myrtle could be held as early as the Fourth of July weekend. That announcement came Thursday, May 19, during the Mingo County Redevelopment Authority’s regular...

A third arrest has been made in connection with the March 31 shooting death of a Delbarton woman. On May 23, Brittany Garlock, of Rockhouse Creek Road in Delbarton, was arrested in Kanawha County on charges of first-degree murder and of accessory after the fact. The warrant for her arrest was executed on May 20 by Mingo County Magistrate Jim Harvey.

LOGAN, W.Va. — Photo gallery from Logan’s Class AA Region IV series victory over Sissonville. The Indians took Game 1, 3-2 on Tuesday. The Wildcats battled back to win Game 2, 10-2 and the series finale 4-1. (Photo gallery courtesy of Boothe Davis/Captured by the Moment Photography)

MINGO COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - A third person has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of Teresa Harmon in Mingo County in March, investigators said Wednesday. The Mingo County Sheriff’s Office say Brittany Garlock was arrested in Charleston. She faces a charge for accessory after the fact.

OCEANA, WV (WVNS)– One local town in Wyoming County is making improvements to the town park. The Town of Oceana received $530,000 from the American Rescue Plan given to the town in two different installments.  The first installment of $265,000 went to improve Gilliand Park.  The town paved the basketball and tennis courts, as well […]

MINGO COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — Deputies in Mingo County reported arresting a Delbarton man in North Matewan on Wednesday. Rush Dials, 34, was charged with assault of a government employee and brandishing a deadly weapon, according to a social media post from the Mingo County Sheriff’s Office. Dials...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Mine Safety and Health Administration says a Logan County underground mine operator “engaged in aggravated conduct constituting more than ordinary negligence” prior to the death of a maintenance worker who crashed his electric utility vehicle back in November. Brian Wallen, 49, an assistant...

MINGO COUNTY, WV (WOWK) — One more person has been arrested in connection to the murder of Teresa Harmon in Mingo County. The Mingo County Sheriff’s Office says the murder happened in Ragland on March 31, 2022. Deputies say Delbarton resident Brittany Garlock was arrested in Charleston by the U.S. Marshal’s CUFFED Task Force in […]

In the biggest start of his career, Prestonsburg’s Payton Burke struck out the first nine Pikeville batters he faced and went on to toss a no-hitter as the Blackcats stunned the Panthers, 6-0, in the nightcap of the 15th Region baseball tournament played at Belfry’s Massey Energy Field on Wednesday night..

A third person has now been arrested in connection to the shooting death of Mingo County woman, Teresa Harmon. Officials with the Mingo County Sheriff’s Office say that Brittany Garlock was arrested in Charleston. She is facing a charge for accessory after the fact. Teresa Harmon was shot to...

UPDATE (1:25 a.m. on Thursday, May 26): West Virginia State Police say that Mr. Adkins has been found. ALKOL, WV (WOWK) – West Virginia State Police are asking for the public’s help finding a Lincoln County, West Virginia man reported missing and facing several medical conditions. A Silver...

A maintenance worker at a West Virginia didn’t follow safety procedures before his death according to federal coal mine regulator and the Associated Press. Brian Wallen died on November 1, 2021, at Mingo Logan Coal’s Mountaineer II Mine in the Logan County community of Sharples when allegedly the brakes of his electric utility vehicle failed. […]