Chattaroy News

WILLIAMSON a ' Two Mingo County men are behind bars on charges of receiving and transporting stolen property from Kentucky to West Virginia, and a third individual is sought in connection with the same burglary and robbery of the Family Dollar Store at Sidney, Ky.

Members of the West Virginia National Guard step in to help a man who was reportedly hit by a train Saturday afternoon in Mingo County.

" Annual Memorial Day services will be held by Fred Mahon Post 8001, Delbarton Veterans of Foreign Wars, to recognize fallen heroes of all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces.

A 29-year-old Chattaroy man, who stands indicted on three felony drug charges in Mingo County, has been returned to Mingo after an NCIC report and an anonymous tip aided Charleston police in locating the fugitive.

" An investigation by the West Virginia Fire Marshal's office could not find the cause of a explosion and fire that destroyed several homes in Chattaroy.

All but one of the homeowners in the Chattaroy community who incurred damages from a home explosion back on April 2nd are in the process of rebuilding.

No injuries were reported following the 2 a.m. explosion in the Howard Hollow area of Chattaroy, about 80 miles southwest of Charleston near the Kentucky border, said Mingo County Emergency Services Operator Tim Dixon.

A Baisden man will head back to circuit court for a theft he allegedly committed while free on bond for felony sexual abuse charges.

An early morning house fire has crews scrambling to get the flames under control.

Chattaroy, Mingo County Five nearby homes are destroyed and at least five more are heavily damaged.

It was a sad scene on Howard Hollow yesterday morning when the sunlight came up, shining on the rubble of what was two homes in the Chattaroy community before an explosion.

Two houses have been destroyed, 10 others, including a church, damaged following an explosion in Chattaroy in Mingo County Thursday morning.

A stabbing on Charleston's West Side sends a man to the hospital. The incident happened around 9:00 p.m. Wednesday night at the corner of Randolph and Delaware Avenue.

CHATTAROY, W.Va. - A fire official in West Virginia say no one was injured when an explosion leveled a house and shattered windows in cars and other homes.

An explosion around 2 o'clock this morning shook a community at Chattaroy, leaving two structures in shambles, a third uninhabitable, and damaged at least eight to 10 dwellings.

" The Mingo County Prosecuting Attorney's office has achieved 42 felony convictions, including 34 felony drug convictions, since Jan.

" A famous person once said that age is a question of mind over matter; if you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

By LORETTA TACKETT Editor The National Weather Center has issued a severe winter storm warning for eastern Ky., and southwestern West Virginia until 6 a.m., Thursday.

The area's inclement weather was ignored Wednesday as court officials went about the business of arraigning three persons charged with felony drug counts in 59 sealed indictments returned by the Mingo County ...

" "We have declared war on drug dealers and no case will be too small for our attention," Mingo County Prosecuting Attorney C. Michael Sparks said in the wake of the Grand Jury's return of a record-setting 69 ...