Hamlin News

Hamlin native Stephanie Dawn Thacker is the first West Virginia woman to serve on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Stephanie Dawn Thacker of Hamlin, W.Va., has already heard cases after being confirmed by the Senate back in April.

I'm calling to make the statement that the Lincoln County Courthouse isn't the only place deception takes place.

The case of the nursing home bandit in a clown mask has been solved. So has a bank robbery in Hamlin.

One of the most decisive wins on primary election night was in the race for the Democratic nomination for Lincoln County prosecuting attorney.

The lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein, II, seemed especially appropriate at the Lincoln Primary Care Center in Hamlin last Friday evening and Saturday morning.

Hamlin's town council unanimously approved a range of actions during the May 7, 2012 session at the town hall.

The 2012 primary election is in the books in Lincoln County, after the Lincoln County Commission certified the results, Monday evening, May 21, 2012, at the Lincoln County Courthouse in Hamlin.

An arrest was made earlier this evening in connection with yesterday's bank robbery at the City National Bank in West Hamlin.

A candidate on the losing end of a ballot-stuffing scheme in Lincoln County is now suing a half dozen current and former county officials in federal court for $57,000, plus unspecific punitive damages.

To help, call: Elmer Stowers 524-7224, PO Box 105, Griffithsville; or Jerry Stowers, Lynn Ave., Hamlin 824-7092. Gore Grocery will no longer be selling memorial flowers.

Months of preparation and fund raising will culminate in an evening and morning of events in Hamlin, tomorrow , when the Relay for Life of Lincoln County gets underway at 6 p.m. At the Lincoln Primary Care Center walking track, cancer survivors will be joined by family and friends, as well as those who have lost loved ones to the disease.

A group of candidates backed by a political action committee scored a number of significant wins on election night last week.

The county's chief elections officer said Tuesday he's concerned about "red flags" in the county, including an incident or two that were "highly visible and not correct." County Clerk Myrl Gue said this year's election may have been the fairest in recent memory, but he's still concerned.

The canvass of last week's primary election concluded at 3:30 p.m., Monday afternoon, May 14, 2012, with all three county commissioners, Charles McCann, Charles Vance and Thomas Ramey, Jr.

Election season in Lincoln County is a busy time for candidates, voters and our local media.

I wonder what the council and people of Hamlin think about this policeman and mayor, going to Frances Creek in the police car and up Mud River in the police car? Why don't they lay off all deputy sheriffs and state police and they'll be the county mounties? They changed all voting precincts and take them to the high schools and things; it's going ... (more)

Polling was set to take place after press time for this issue. Full precinct-by-precinct results will appear in next week's issue of the The Lincoln Journal.

The Lincoln County Board of Education continued its first full evaluation of a locally appointed superintendent in over a decade, last week, during an afternoon of working sessions at county schools headquarters in Hamlin.

A number of individuals indicted by a Lincoln County grand jury, last month, waived various rights and pleaded not guilty in circuit court, last week.