Mingo County 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.

Three garbage bags of drugs and a large amount of cash were allegedly found inside a Man doctor's car after he was arrested following a traffic stop in Mingo County.

Two Edgarton women involved in an accident at Gilbert June 28 when the car in which they were riding struck a fence at the Big Bear Lodge, have been charged with child neglect.

The FEMA Disaster Recovery Center and the SBA Business Recovery Center are located in Gilbert at the Larry Joe Harless Community Center.

Rachel Cantrell and 5 family members moved into the just opened FEMA temporary housing park in Mingo County on U-S 52 Friday.

A Pike County, Ky. man is among those police believe stole an estimated $190,000 worth of material from Norfolk Southern Railroad in Mingo County, W.Va. and took it into Kentucky to sell.

Whether they are truth or merely more fiction designed to rouse the populace, rumors circulating in the Mingo County area Wednesday hinted at a federal investigation into issues dealing with the 2004 flood in this area.

WILLIAMSON a ' A source inside the Mingo County Courthouse confirmed reports that federal agents are currently conducting an investigation in Mingo County.

Three Kentucky men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for stealing sections of railroad track in West Virginia and selling them for cash.

Nine indictments, including five sealed, drug-related true bills, were returned Tuesday following a one-day session of the Grand Jury serving the April 2009 term of Mingo County Circuit Court.

The goal is not to relocate these families, but rather to offer them a safe place while they rebuild their homes.

Saturday is our state's 146th birthday. Take this quiz, from questions found on the West Virgina Culture and History Web site, and find out if you have what it takes to be a member of the Golden Horseshoe.

Two separate murder investigations continue today in Southern West Virginia. In Mingo County, a Marrowbone man is accused of shooting to death his 72-year old uncle outside of his home Tuesday night.

With four guilty pleas to crimes entered in Mingo County Circuit Court Tuesday, the Mingo County prosecuting attorney's office achieved its 100th felony conviction this year.

Mobile homes to provide temporary shelter for those whose homes were damaged or destroyed in May flooding began rolling into Mingo and Wyoming counties on Wednesday, as storm clouds swept into the region for another possible round of flash flooding.

FLOOD RELIEF NEWSROOM>>> NEW Victims of Flooding in Mingo, Wyoming, McDowell, Mercer & Raleigh Counties can begin applying for FEMA disaster relief now.

State and federal officials plan to close three disaster aid centers in southern West Virginia that were established to help victims of last month's catastrophic flooding.

The two Mingo County residents already convicted once of killing a drug informant in 2005 will be back in Federal Court on Tuesday morning to be arraigned on the charges again.

A West Virginia coal-mine operator and its security firm will pay $115,000 to settle a federal government lawsuit that alleged the company sexually harassed female security guards and then punished them when they complained.

Contracts have been signed by eight successful bidders and construction of the new Mingo Central High School is technically underway with completion two years away.