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Mingo County, W.Va. (WSAZ) - West Virginia State trooper Sgt. Cory Maynard was known around the Williamson community for going above and beyond with and without the uniform on. For more on how people in the community have been impacted by Maynard, you can watch the video above. Maynard leaves...

Timmothy Kennedy, 29, is accused of killing Sgt. Cory Maynard in an "ambush" style killing on Friday afternoon.

MINGO COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - A fallen West Virginia State trooper killed in the line of duty is being remembered for his dedication to the community. The Williamson Public Library posted several pictures on their Facebook page showing WVSP trooper Cory Maynard reading to children. According to a post from...

Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College recently hosted a graduation celebration for its third lineman/CDL class. The Academy for Mine Training and Energy Technologies honored the 18 students at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 13, on the Williamson Campus. “We are so proud of these students and what they...

RICHLANDS, VA (WVNS) — Keith Sexton worked as a coal miner for most of his life, never completing high school after eleventh grade. Now retired, he has struck what he deems liquid gold. Sexton came across his ‘miracle water’ after asking a friend to dig him a pond on his mother’s property in Grundy, Virginia. […]

The Great Kanawha Resource Conservation and Development agency notified the Williamson City Council on May 25 that its application for funding of a pollinator wall has been approved. “I’m here to tell you it is time to get ready and get planting,” Williamson resident and board member for the Great...

A man in Pike County was arrested early Tuesday morning after staff at Belfry High School found him passed out. Around 4 am, cleaning staff of Belfry High School went inside the school to begin their morning duties when they stumbled upon 31 year old Bobby Cantrell in the school’s gym. According to police, staff woke up Cantrell and asked him to leave the property but he refused as he claimed he was homeless and needed a place to sleep.

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – The Pike County Chamber of Commerce is wanting people to come out and “clog the Patoka.” Officials say 2023’s Clog The Patoka will take place on June 10. Officials say they are moving the event earlier in the season in an attempt to have improved river depths compared to recent years. […]

The opening round of Kentucky’s 2023 Baseball State Tournament is complete after three one-run games in Lexington on Friday.

NEWTOWN – Getting the kids involved and interested again in football is the key for any high school football coach. You have to start with the youth and start from the ground up when you are rebuilding a football program. First-year Mingo Central High School Coach David Jones hopes...

Pikeville ace hurler Isaac Duty pitched well enough to send the Panthers to the Elite 8 of the state baseball tournament under sunny skies at Counter Clocks Field in Lexington. On Friday. Harrison County scored a pair od unearned runs, including the game winner on a wild pitch, to beat...

NEWTOWN – All didn't end well for the Mingo Central High School girls' basketball team last season as the Lady Miners dropped their last two games of the roundball campaign. First, was a 48-36 loss at home to Chapmanville, a team the Lady Miners had beaten twice during the regular season, in the Class AA Region 4 Section 2 championship game.

DICKENSON COUNTY, Va. (WYMT) - A weekend crash in Dickenson County sent two people to the hospital. Officials with the Clintwood Fire Department were called to the intersection of Dickenson Highway and Cranesnest Campground early Saturday morning. When crews arrived, they found one car on the shoulder and another in...

NEWTOWN – For many new football coaches the getting-to-know-you period is often a bit bumpy, especially if you are a newcomer with little or no ties to the school. That's not been a problem for first-year Mingo Central High School football coach David Jones. Jones, the new Miners' mentor,...

A new book gives details about a serial rapist who terrorized Arizona and other states for years. More TEAM COVERAGE | WVSP trooper shot and killed; suspect arrested. We have more team coverage after a shooting that claimed a WVSP trooper's life and injured another person in Mingo County, West Virginia.

PIKEVILLE, Ky. (WYMT) - The Appalachian Center for the Arts (APP) and the Mountain Grrl Experience partnered to host an art exhibit focused on celebrating women in the arts across the region. From painting to pottery, all mediums and walks of life were represented. “Some sculpture, we have some paint,...

UPDATE: According to NWS’s Charleston, West Virginia office, the flood warning for Buchanan County will now last until 9 p.m. on Monday. ———————————————————————————————————- BUCHANAN COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) – The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a flood warning for Buchanan County on Monday, urging those in the area to avoid rising waters. The flood warning covers […]

SW Virginia — The Region 2-D baseball championship was on the line tonight when John Battle hosted Marion and so far in this tournament the Trojans have been rolling over teams. Marion leading 1-0 in the 3rd, but that is when the flood gates opened and this young woman could care less that must be […]

MARROWBONE, Ky. — A Pike County woman thought something was suspicious when she was pulled over by a black Crown Victoria with flashing blue lights, and then the car sped past her after she got on the side of the road. She also noticed it had Ohio tags as...

The Prestonsburg Police Department recovered a stolen vehicle out of Pike County on Wednesday. The department’s Facebook page said they received a call about a suspicious person in a vehicle at a liquor store in Lancer. When police arrived, they arrested Orville Baker of Thornton, Ky, charging him with...