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Dunlow Volunteer Fire Department back open after recent closure
DUNLOW, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A Wayne County volunteer fire department is now back open and operational after having to close last week due to workers’ compensation issues. Dunlow Volunteer Fire Department is now servicing calls in their area once again after their recent closure. Closure for the department was due to the failure by the […]
Lady Miners looking to build depth this summer
NEWTOWN – Addie Smith certainly had a big season last year and it was well documented. Mingo Central's All-State guard put up big numbers, breaking a school record for career three-point goals with 252 and averaging 23.4 points, 5.2 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 2.3 steals per game. Smith was...
Tug Valley State Champ Camp
The Class A state champion Tug Valley High School basketball team hosted a three-day youth basketball camp, the Tug Valley State Champ Camp, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at the TVHS gym at Naugatuck. The camp, which attracted 50 area boys and girls, was conducted by Panthers' Head Coach Garland “Rabbit” Thompson and his staff. Tug Valley players also served as camp instructors.
Man arrested after violently assaulting juvenile
LOGAN COUNTY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A juvenile is recovering after being violently assaulted at Peach Creek trailhead in Logan County. On June 2, 2024, at approximately 2:45 AM, Deputies J.L. Isaacs and C.CB Frye of the Logan County Sheriff’s Department responded to a report of an assault at Logan Regional Medical Center. Upon arrival, the […]
Logan County man accused of assaulting brother and officers, nearly causing crash
LOGAN COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — A Logan County man is accused of assaulting his brother and officers during an incident and nearly causing a crash while in a police cruiser, court records said. Ernest James Vance, 48, of Mount Gay, W.Va., is charged with five counts of battery on...
Dunlow Volunteer Fire Department back in service after lapse in workers’ comp paperwork forces them to close
The Dunlow Volunteer Fire Department is back in service after being closed for a week due to not filing the required paperwork to their insurance carriers, according to the West Virginia State Fire Marshal's Office.
Summer hoops under way for state champion Panthers
NAUGATUCK – As the summer hoops season began this week for the Class A state champion Tug Valley High School boys' basketball team with the State Champions Basketball Camp, June 4-6, the Panthers will have a question mark going in. That question – a question which leads into the...
‘No feudin’, just runnin’ for 25 years: 25th Hatfield McCoy Marathon scheduled for this weekend
When on Saturday, June 8, runners hear that now familiar crack of a vintage feuding rifle that will again signal the official start of the 25th annual Hatfield McCoy Marathon across the river in South Williamson, Kentucky, at least two of them will again be present to hear that shot reverberate throughout the valley.
Governor Justice supports changes to child protection steps; more may be coming
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — The death of Kyneddi Miller, a 14-year-old girl from Boone County is sparking changes in CPS reporting policies. There was a long and detailed staff briefing from the governor’s office Thursday, but Friday the man in charge weighed in on policy changes. West Virginia Governor Jim Justice says the goal is […]
TIMELINE: Kyneddi Miller investigation
BOONE COUNTY, WV (WOWK) – A mother and grandparents are facing charges in the death of 14-year-old Kyneddi Miller. The case has been raising numerous questions since Kyneddi was found dead April 17 in an emaciated “to a skeletal state” on her bathroom floor. The day Kyneddi was found dead, her mother Julie Miller was […]
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