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Week Five Grid Spotlight: Miners have huge game with Point Pleasant
Just like last season, Week Five of the high school football season this fall could be a pivotal matchup for Mingo Central and it could be the toughest test for the Miners as the 2024 prep grid season hits the halfway point. Mingo Central's Week Five test will be a...
Arrest made in connection with body found in Lincoln County
HARTS, W.Va. — State police troopers have made an arrest in connection with a Lincoln County death case. Tony Williamson, 35, was arrested in Parkersburg early Monday morning. He’s charged in the death of Marissa Brandjes. Brandjes’ body was found in a wooded area off of Taunton Drive...
Prosecutors: W.Va. physician and Ky. nurse charged in national drug scheme worth billions
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — A United States Attorney announced charges against a Logan County physician and Kentucky travel nurse who prosecutors said were fraudulently distributing and obtaining drugs. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of West Virginia, the two were using their positions as medical...
WHS Athletic HOF to honor 1988 and 1989 AA state champs
WILLIAMSON — The Williamson Wolfpack basketball team dominated the 1980's on the hardwood as they claimed four Class AA state titles and a runner-up finish in Class AAA in that decade alone. The 'Pack capped off the decade of dominance by winning back-to-back state basketball titles for the only...
Tennis clinic hosted for area youth at Logan High
LOGAN — The Thornhill Auto Group Youth Tennis Clinic was hosted at the Logan High School courts on Wednesday and Friday by 2003 LHS graduate Sydney Thornhill Brown and former Virginia Tech tennis player John Howerton. Brown was born in raised in Logan. She has played the sport all...
Missing family complaint uncovers abuse at a pool
MOUNT GAY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A man files a missing person complaint on his wife and four kids; however, it was learned the woman left the day prior because of abuse at a pool. On the morning of Wednesday, June 26, 2024, at around 6 am, Deputy J.L. Isaacs and Deputy H. Workman from the […]
Man Caught with Loaded Gun at West Virginia Yeager Airport Checkpoint
An Alum Creek, W.Va., man was stopped by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at West Virginia International Yeager Airport with a loaded firearm on June 20. The .380 caliber revolver was loaded with five bullets and was detected among the traveler’s carry-on items. TSA officers halted the screening process...
Man blocks mother in with vehicle to prevent her from leaving, leads to arrest
HAMLIN, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A Lincoln County man faces multiple charges following an incident over the weekend in which he unlawfully attempted to prevent his mother from leaving a shared residence. According to documents from the Magistrate Court of Lincoln County, on Saturday, June 22, 2024, at approximately 11:45am, Senior Trooper Chaffin with the West […]
Two medical professionals in West Virginia charged in federal court for drug abuse schemes
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WVVA) - A Kentucky registered nurse and a Logan County physician were both charged in West Virginia federal court for separate alleged substance abuse schemes. According to U.S. Attorney Will Thompson, these charges are part of the Justice Department’s 2024 National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action. Jacqueline...
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...
Jean R. Davison
Jean R. Davison, 92, of Chapmanville passed away on June 24, 2024, at The Caring Place in Franklin with her loving family by her side. She was the daughter of the late Orin and Katherine Brown Blauser. She attended Oil City High School. She married Kelvin L Davison on July...
Child neglect case involving 2-year-old drowning victim headed to grand jury
HAMLIN, W.Va. (WSAZ) - The case against two parents whose 2-year-old girl drowned June 19 in a pond in Lincoln County is headed to a grand jury, according to our crew at the scene. Probable cause was found in the case involving the father, Jack Parsons Jr., 30, and Tara...
Kentucky Nurse and Logan County Physician Charged in West Virginia Federal Court for Substance Abuse Schemes
In a significant development, a registered nurse from Kentucky and a physician from Logan County have been charged in separate alleged substance abuse schemes in West Virginia federal court. These charges are part of the Justice Department's 2024 National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action. Jacqueline Brewster, a 54-year-old nurse from...
Obituaries June 28, 2024
Bennie Arvil Belcher, 86, of Gilbert, died Tuesday, June 18, 2024, at Logan Regional Medical Center, Logan. He was born in Mingo County, Sept. 22, 1937, the son of the late Alfred and Martha Mae (Browning) Belcher. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his son,...
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