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Children found living among filth, roaches; two arrested for child neglect
MATEWAN, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Two people are facing child neglect charges after two young children were found living in a home covered in filth, including human waste and roaches crawling on the floor and furniture, the Mingo County Sheriff’s Office reports. Officers responded to the apartment along Indian Summer...
Officers say they found two children, dogs living in deplorable conditions in Mingo County home
WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — Two Mingo County women are accused of having two children live in deplorable conditions. A criminal complaint filed in Mingo County magistrate court says Christi Hatfield, 36, and her mother Sharon Simpson, 63, both of Williamson, were charged Tuesday following an investigation at Simpson’s home.
Ambulance service owner convicted of tax crimes
The owner of an ambulance service that operates in Mingo County has been convicted in federal court of tax crimes. According to a statement from the office of U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia Will Thompson, after four days of trial on May 2, a jury in Beckley convicted Christopher Jason Smyth, 48, of Pineville, for for failing to pay the taxes withheld from employees’ wages at an ambulance service he operated – Stat EMS — and for obstructing the IRS.
Women charged after incapacitated child found living among waste
MINGO COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Two women are facing a long list of charges after their home in Mingo County was found to be in deplorable condition. Next-door neighbor Kenneth May is wishing he could’ve gotten help for the children who lived there sooner. “I just hope and pray...
Mother, daughter charged after children, animals found in deplorable conditions
MINGO COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — Two women have been charged after officers said they found children living in deplorable conditions, including one who was incapacitated and “otherwise emaciated,” court records said. Sharon Simpson, 63, and Christi Hatfield, 36, both of Williamson were charged Tuesday after an investigation...
Lady Rangers nine-peat as county champions
DELBARTON – Winning two or three championships in a row is considered a major accomplishment in the sports world. That's what the Lenore Middle School softball team did on Friday, May 3 as the Lady Rangers captured their ninth straight Mingo County Softball Championship after LMS blanked Williamson Middle School, 12-0, at Blevins Field in Delbarton.
State superintendent appoints interim BOE member
The state superintendent of schools late last week appointed Kermit resident and former Mingo County delegate Steve Kominar to fill a board member vacancy on the Mingo County Board of Education. The appointment, which is effective immediately, comes after the MCBE failed to name a replacement within a required timeline...
Airport Authority approves contractors for completion of access road, gate system
The Mingo County Airport Authority took the final step in getting the remainder of the Southern West Virginia Regional Airport’s access road completed when the board approved the contractor for the project during the agency’s April 25 regular meeting. The board also approved both the proposed plans for...
Twin Branch debt absolved by state
State officials announced this week that they have absolved the county of a $1 million debt obligation on the Twin Branch Drag Strip property. Originally pledged to the county as a grant by former Gov. Bob Wise, but later changed to a loan by then-Gov. Joe Manchin, the loan was ultimately assumed by the Mingo County Redevelopment Authority and used to get necessary infrastructure to the property.
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