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Frontier outage impacts Matewan businesses and residents
MATEWAN, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Residents in Matewan, West Virginia, say they have been without important communication services for nearly a week. Some Frontier Communications customers say their phone lines have been down since last Wednesday. Audrea Lopez, who owns Mi Pueblito restaurant in Matewan, says she has been in contact...
Organizers call on community to support back-to-school bash
INEZ — The Martin County Ministerial Association and Martin County Family Resource and Youth Service Centers have officially announced that their annual back-to-school bash will be held Aug. 1 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. This year’s event will take place at the Inez Freewill Baptist gymnasium located next...
Cal Ripken All-Stars announced
INEZ — The Martin County Cal Ripken All-Stars were announced June 2 with the District 3 tournament set for June 13-16 at Stonecrest in Prestonsburg. The 12U softball tournament will take place June 19-22 in Lawrence County. Bracket drawings had not been announced at press time. The Martin County...
North Carolina man arrested on attempted kidnapping charge
A North Carolina man was jailed last week after he allegedly attempted to kidnap a juvenile girl in the parking lot of a Williamson convenience store. According to Mingo County Magistrate Court documents, on June 1, officers were approached by the juvenile victim and a collaborating witness who stated that Moises Garcia Hernandez, 48, of Sparta, had initiated the incident at the 7-Eleven by “saying inappropriate comments to her and [grabbing] her trying to get her to go with him.”
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...
Cheer camp June 17-19
INEZ — The Martin County High School cheerleading team will host the annual cheer camp June 17-19 at the high school gymnasium in Inez. The camp is for any children 3 years old and up. Instruction will be from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. all three days. The cost is $50...
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...
U.S. Attorney Will Thompson participates in SRDRC softball tournament
CHARLESTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – United States Attorney Will Thompson of the Southern District of West Virginia was part of the roster, along with other office staff, on Friday for the latest Southwestern Regional Day Report Center (SRDRC) Slow Pitch Softball Tournament. The tournament took place for the eleventh year beginning at 9:15am at the Lick […]
Man assaults medical employees, strips naked, and urinates on floor
LOGAN COUNTY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A West Virginia man is facing charges after he assaulted multiple medical staff, spit on them, kicked them, stripped naked, and urinated on the floor. On the evening of June 10, 2024, at approximately 7 pm, Deputy R. Allen from the Logan County Sheriff’s Department promptly responded to a call […]
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...
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