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Alleged Logan Co. pill mill charged
CHARLESTON – The United States Attorney General’s office has charged a Texas doctor who formerly practiced in Logan County in connection with an alleged Logan County pill mill. Dr. Fernando Gonzales-Ramos, 47, of El Paso, Texas, was charged with conspiracy to distribute and dispense controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose and outside the usual course of professional practice. Gonzales-Ramos was charged last week in a lega...
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Logan delegate stops bill raising auto insurance
CHARLESTON — Statehouse observers were keenly interested last week when Democrat Delegate Teddy “Ted” Tomblin of Logan and the 24th District voted against a bill that would have raised automobile insurance requirements in the Mountain State. The primary reason for the high level of interest was that Tomblin actually provided the deciding vote that stopped the bill while being an insurance agent who would arguably have benefited if the bill ...
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Services set for C-ville business woman
CHAPMANVILLE — Funeral services have been set for long-time Chapmanville business woman Glenna Swim. Swim, 96, died Sunday, March 31, at Logan Regional Medical Center. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, at Evans Funeral Home and Cremation Services. Internment will be at Highland Memory Gardens at Godby. Swim began her business legacy in the 1950s, when she formed a partnership with James “Jim” Ferrell and they opened J&G ...
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W.Va. lawmakers pressing ahead on education
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Legislators aren’t done trying to improve West Virginia’s public schools this session following the passage of Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin’s wide-ranging proposal. The House Education Committee has crafted and advanced several follow-up measures within the last week. The Senate, meanwhile, has passed bills proposing free breakfast and lunch for all K-12 students and requiring administrators to spend three days each year a...
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Chapmanville donates to Boy Scout event
Recreation Coordinator Sallie Stollings is shown presenting a $250 check from the Town of Chapmanville to Sabrina Bledsoe of Boy Scout Troop 28 in support of the upcoming Eagle Scouts Court of Honor event. The Town Council approved the donation at their last meeting.
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W.Va. Senate moves to cut $28M from current budget
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Faltering West Virginia tax revenues are prompting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin to seek immediate budget cuts totaling $28 million. The Senate Finance Committee drafted and advanced a bill Monday to reduce ongoing spending by that amount. The full Senate will vote by Wednesday. Some of the cuts follow through on the hiring freeze ordered earlier by Tomblin for his office and Cabinet. Lawmakers say the governor also ask...
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W.Va. GOP senators object to road funding study
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Senate wants to study how the state funds its roads to see if there are alternatives to the gas tax. The bill authorizing the study passed 24-10 Monday despite the objections of every Republican senator. West Virginia relies heavily on gas taxes to fund its roads. As cars become more fuel efficient miles traveled continue to increase, but the revenue from gas taxes is not increasing at a correspo...
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The U.S. 119 Task Force and West Virginia State Police Logan Detachment teamed up to execute a search warrant on a Mt. Gay apartment occupied by a 19-year-old corrections officer at the Southwestern Regional Jail.
The U.S. 119 Task Force and West Virginia State Police Logan Detachment teamed up to execute a search warrant on a Mt. Gay apartment occupied by a 19-year-old corrections officer at the Southwestern Regional Jail. The criminal complaint says a large amount of marijuana and U.S. currency was found in the apartment of Austin Lee Fields. Fields is facing felony charges of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, which carry ...
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Communities raise money to help child
The community is coming together to support a four-year-old they refer to as their super hero. Several tumors have invaded the tiny body of Joshua Gabriel “Gabe” Lyall, the son of Josh and Erina Lyall. There are tumors on Gabe’s heart, liver and he has a mass in his chest. A biopsy on his liver confirmed the tumor as being stage four cancer. Gabe is a patient at Ruby Memorial Hospital at Morgantown, where he is currently undergoing chem...
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Driver in accident charged with DUI
The West Virginia State Police responded to a motor vehicle accident on W.Va. Route 44 in the Omar area and found a parked vehicle had been hit and arrested the driver of the car who hit it. Edward P. Hatfield Jr., 42, of Chapmanville, was sitting in the driver’s seat, without a seat belt. The officers state in the criminal complaint the defendant was very disoriented, his eyes appeared glazed over, he had a hard time staying awake and need...
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W.Va. Senate passes bill for free school lunches
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Senate hopes that instituting public-private funding partnerships will enable the state to become the nation’s first to give free breakfast and lunch to all schoolchildren. The program would initially focus on elementary schools with hopes to expand it to all students as funds become available. The state Senate unanimously passed a bill Friday that would create the partnerships in each of the state...
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MSHA: W.Va. mine’s ventilation plans were a hazard
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Federal regulators said Wednesday they issued 196 citations during February impact inspections at 14 U.S. mines, including 16 at a southern West Virginia coal operation that was targeted for the first time because of ventilation problems. Mine Safety and Health Administration chief Joe Main said the violations at Coal River Mining’s Fork Creek No. 1 Mine in Boone County showed “a complete disregard for the health an...
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Fight leads to stabbing
The City of Logan and Logan County Sheriff’s department had officers respond to call about a domestic altercation. Two witnesses and the victim, Matthew Adams, told officers Valorie Fredericks, 30, of Logan, and the victim had been involved in an altercation. According to the criminal complaint, Fredericks stabbed the victim in the abdomen and right palm with a “utility knife” causing lacerations to both. The victim was transported to Log...
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Banner celebrates with a look back through headlines
The legend of Mamie Thurman began with the brutal murder of a 32-year-old woman. Her murder made headlines not only back in 1932, but her story lives on because the murder was never solved. It all began when the body was found by a youngster picking blackberries along a mountainous road on June 22 of that year. The murder was what would be described as “overkill” she had scrapes, cuts and contusions, had been shot twice and her throat was s...
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Hatfield-McCoy Trails announces new partnership
LYBURN — The Hatfield-McCoy Regional Trails Authority announced on Wednesday a new category of sponsorship with a long-term partnership with Element Federal Credit Union, a financial services organization based in Charleston. According to a release from Mike Pinkerton, Hatfield-McCoy Trails Director of Marketing, the new relationship will allow all Hatfield-McCoy trail permit holders access to low-cost financial services such as vehicle loa...
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Logan County working to improve poor health ranking
Only three counties in the state have worse health ratings than Logan County. Premature death, poor or fair health, poor physical health days, poor mental health days and low birth weight are categories needing improvement. A new 2013 study by “The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps” ranks Logan County 52nd out of 55 counties in health outcomes. Only McDowell (55th), Wyoming (54th), Mingo (53rd) ranked worse. The county-by-county study can...
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Guilty plea in Workers’ Comp fraud scheme
CHARLESTON – According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, a former Workers’ Compensation insurance premium field auditor employed by BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Company (BrickStreet) admitted to federal charges in connection with his role in orchestrating a multimillion-dollar fraud against the state’s leading workers’ comp provider. Arville W. Sargent, 52, of Chapmanville, pleaded guilty to honest services mail fraud and tax evasion on March ...
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Gordon arrested on drug charges
A passenger in a car stopped for a traffic violation ends up facing drug charges along with those included in warrants from September 2012. The criminal complaint says a query for information about Gordon Robert Goins, 36, of Ethel, revealed outstanding charges of simple possession of marijuana, simple possessionof a controlled substance, destruction of property and petit larceny. As he was being taken into custody, Goins told the officer...
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Aces High Club liquor cabinet bare
A suspension order for the liquor license of a local club was issued and then permanently surrendered after an altercation at the club with a West Virginia State Police (WVSP) trooper and two agents with the Alcohol Beverage Control Administration (ABCA). According to the complaint, the ABCA was investigating numerous complaints the Aces High Nightclub in Logan was staying open after hours. On March 24, the two agents and trooper observed...
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Stricter seat belt law passes W.Va. House
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Drivers could be pulled over for seat belt violations alone in West Virginia under a measure passed Thursday by the House of Delegates, following years of failed attempts and an emotional debate in which both sides invoked loved ones lost to vehicle crashes. State law already requires seat belts for drivers, front-seat passengers and anyone in a rear seat under age 18. But not wearing a seat belt is currently a seco...
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Correction: Patriot Bankruptcy story
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — In a story March 27 about the United Mine Workers planning a protest outside the West Virginia offices of Patriot Coal Corp., The Associated Press incorrectly attributed a comment to Peabody Energy. Patriot Coal said it is the victim of “unforeseen events” including the global financial crisis, new environmental regulations and a reduction in metallurgical coal prices.
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Partisan squabble breaks out in House on vaccines
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A partisan squabble broke out Wednesday in the West Virginia House Health Committee over whether state permission should be required to get an exemption from mandatory vaccinations. On the committee’s agenda had been a fairly mundane bill concerning which government agencies grant medical exemptions. However, the committee spent more than two hours discussing whether a private physician alone, with no input from s...
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W.Va. Senate advances 2 pro-gambling bills
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced two pro-gambling bills Wednesday, reducing fees on existing casinos and allowing the creation of a sixth casino in the state. One bill would reduce the fee that the four existing racetrack casinos pay to be able to offer table games like blackjack and roulette. The second bill would allow for the creation of a new casino near the Highlands Golf Club in Franklin, W.Va., on the ...
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W.Va. police officers get meth lab training
INSTITUTE, W.Va. (AP) — More than 30 police officers from across West Virginia are learning how to detect and dismantle methamphetamine labs. Media outlets report that Network Environmental Systems, Inc. of California is conducting a training session on meth this week at the West Virginia State Police Academy in Institute. Officers will take a certification examination to become meth lab technicians. State police spokesman Sgt. Michael ...
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Drug dogs visit Chapmanville Regional High School
CHAPMANVILLE — Law enforcement, including three members of the canine unit, made a visit to Chapmanville Regional High School to check the school and parking lots for the presence of illegal drugs. The search was coordinated by school administration, the Chapmanville Police Department and the Logan County Sheriff’s Department. Drug abuse among high school students is a serious concern and they believe unscheduled visits to schools may be a ...
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