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Mingo County Black History Project to be featured at Mine Wars Museum
West Virginia Mine Wars Museum announced the launch of a new project. This summer the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum is launching something new: The Mingo County Black History Project. The project aims to record oral history interviews with Black families rooted in Mingo County history, tracing their evolution through...
Kentucky jail escapee captured in Mingo
A Pinsonfork, Kentucky, man has been returned to custody after he escaped from a work detail last week. Andrew J. Eastwood, 48, of Pond Creek Road, was booked at the Pike County Detention Center on charges of second-degree escape, probation violation, failure to appear, contempt of court and parole violation on June 19.
Matewan man turns himself in after murder in Huntington
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A young Mingo County man is in jail following a shooting that left one person dead Friday night in Huntington. Deonte Joplin, 25, of Matewan, turned himself in to the West Virginia State Police Williamson detachment Saturday afternoon. Huntington Police detectives had obtained an arrest warrant...
Mingo County man in custody following Huntington shooting death
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A Mingo County man turned himself in to police Saturday after a deadly shooting that took place in Huntington Friday night. Deonte Joplin, 25, of Matewan, is now charged with murder. According to Huntington police, the victim was shot at around 9:45 p.m. in the 2000...
Mingo County man turns himself in for deadly Cabell County shooting
HUNTINGTON A Mingo County man turned himself in to police in Huntington over the weekend for a deadly shooting. That shooting took place Friday night just before ten o’clock on Buffington Avenue near the Village on Sixth housing complex. According to Huntington Police, 25-year old Deonte Joplin, of Matewan...
Wellman attends her last meeting of Kermit Council
When the Kermit Town Council convenes in July to begin a new four-year term of addressing the needs of the residents that live and work in that Mingo County municipality, one familiar face will not be among those five people taking their chairs around the town hall conference table. Anna...
Mingo man accused of exchanging explicit messages with minor on social media, records say
LOGAN COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — A Mingo County man was charged after investigators said he exchanged sexually explicit messages and photos with a minor, according to court records. Kevin Lee Mullins, 20, of Delbarton is charged with soliciting a minor via computer and use of obscene matter with intent...
MCSO: Tennessee man jailed following high-speed chase
A Tennessee man was arrested and jailed last week after he allegedly struck a parked vehicle and then led officers on a high-speed chase through Williamson. According to Mingo County Magistrate Court documents, on June 21, Harby Geovany Bavios Leiva, 18 — who police said is not a U.S. citizen — was driving a Chevrolet Camaro on Second Avenue when he struck a parked vehicle near the Tracks End restaurant and failed to stop.
Mingo native Ward to join Huntington Expression Prep
Mingo County native Shawn Ward announced on social media earlier this week that he was leaving his post as the head coach of the Wesley Christian National Team to take an assistant coaching job at prestigious program Huntington Expression Prep. "I’m blessed and thankful to announce I’ll be joining the...
Mingo County Commission sets hearing date for primary election challenge
The Mingo County Commission provided an update on the ongoing case challenging the May primary election results during a recent meeting. The commission announced that the first hearing date has been scheduled for 9 a.m. July 18. This hearing pertains to West Virginia Sen. Chandler Swope's challenge to the election...
Mingo, Pike (Kentucky) communities staging July 4 celebrations
Several communities on both sides of the Tug River will be celebrating the July 4 holiday next week with late afternoon and evening events. In Kentucky, the Belfry Volunteer Fire Department will again kick off this variety of area holiday celebrations in South Williamson with its 43rd Annual “Thunder in the Valley” fireworks show on July 3, beginning at 10:05 p.m.
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