West Hamlin News

Sandra Likens is new deputy Sandra "Krickett" Likens with Sheriff Jerry Bowman last week By RON GREGORY Staff Writer HAMLIN - Lincoln County officials believe they have hired a trailblazer with the addition of ...

Trick or Treat set for Friday, October 31 HAMLIN - Trick or Treat in Hamlin and West Hamlin will take place on Halloween Night this year, Friday, October 31.

After her various media interviews, how do you now feel about Sarah Palin? I think she's the perfect vice presidential candidate.

State Police in Lincoln County are looking for a man who is believed to have abducted a convenience store clerk early Sunday morning.

Test scores and educational progress were at the top of the agenda when the Lincoln County Board of Education met, Monday, September 15, in the central office at Hamlin.

I live in Hamlin, but I would like to tell the people in West Hamlin how lucky they are to have had Alben DuVall as their mayor, a Christian man.

CLARIFICATION: The Lincoln Journal has been asked to clarify that Jarrod Bias listing last weeks misdemeanor listings is not Jarrod H. Bias of Salt Rock.

Everyone, it seems, loves a cheerful giver. That appeared to universally sum up the feelings of Lincoln Countians last week when they learned that an anonymous benefactor had stepped forward to purchase chairs ...

Those individuals whose social security numbers were published in full in county documents will now be a little less at risk of potential identity theft.

The game of musical chairs might best describe Lincoln County High School's history of seats for assemblies and other events in the school auditorium.

Mayor Alben DuVall of West Hamlin is stepping down, effective October 31. The town issued a notice last week seeking applications for mayor.

A man who admitted kidnapping and murdering a South Carolina woman and a Marshall University student has asked that all appeals be dropped and his execution date be set.

A 21-year-old Hamlin man has been charged with sexual assault in the first degree involving an 11-year-old girl.

A 43-year-old West Hamlin man was being held in the Western Regional Jail last week, after being arrested on 32 felony drug-related counts.

Investigators found marijuana, prescription pills and cash, police said. Two people were in jail Wednesday following a morning drug bust in Lincoln County.

Doesn't it seem strange that Hamlin Community School can "sponsor" a non-school related activity? Perhaps it has more to do with who the principal and majorette sponsors are? Wouldn't it be great if the ...

Firefighters who gathered in Charleston for their annual state convention say staffing, equipment and costs remain big concerns.

Acting on tips received, and a nearly six-month investigation by Lincoln County Sheriff Jerry Bowman and his staff, the officers charged a West Hamlin man with 31 counts of felony delivery of a controlled ...

July 18 Mike Adkins vs. Vickie Hall, estate of Michael D. Hall PA-Arden J. Cogar Jr.; J-Hoke * Staci Adkins, 15, of West Hamlin seeks approval of a $150,000 settlement with two insurance companies for serious ...

Representa-tives of the Bear Creek/West Hamlin/Hamlin Crime Watch organization were on hand at last week's Lincoln County Commission meeting, seeking the commission's support.