Williamson News

Staff Photo/RACHEL C. DOVE Tug Valley Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Natalie Young has a lot to smile about, as the nation's attention has been drawn to Mingo County and it's famous history of the Hatfield and McCoy feud.

Two Mingo County men avoided trials and entered pleas of guilty Tuesday to drug charges contained in their January Grand Jury indictments.

A man who was charged with the theft of seven motorcycles and ATV's from a warehouse in early November 2011 pleaded guilty yesterday to a lesser charge.

Construction is moving ahead on Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College's newest facility, an Applied Technology Center on the Williamson campus.

The Tug Valley Chamber of Commerce Executive Director, Natalie Young, and West Virginia University Extension Professor , Bill Richardson, have released the schedule of the "Hatfield and McCoy" narrated feud sites tours beginning in June and running through the middle of September.

The Williamson Police Department never had a memorial, despite having had four officers killed while on duty during its existence.

No one was seriously injured in a single-vehicle accident which happened during a thunderstorm around 1:45 p.m. Tuesday on U.S. 119 near the Chattaroy exit.

According to LVFD Chief Jeff "Skip" Ferris, Janice Adkins of Dunlow was pulling onto U.S. 119 from St.

Ben Fitzpatrick, 31, died Monday, May 28, 2012. Born in Williamson, W. Va., he was the son of Kimberly Fitzpatrick of Winder.

The City of Williamson, along with three other communities across the state, were recently awarded hazard mitigation program grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency .

A Williamson resident who had previously been arrested in April of this year, found himself once again on the wrong side of the law, due to charges being brought against him for possessing a firearm after he was prohibited by the court to do so.

SPECIAL TO THE DAILY NEWS West Virginia Sustainable Communities and the Williamson Redevelopment Authority invite the Williamson community to attend a "Sustainability 101" event on Saturday, Aug.

Investigators have seized a small fortune from a Mingo County doctor in a case that parallels last month's raid of a Williamson pain clinic, court filings show.

A Mingo County doctor faces up to four years in federal prison after pleading guilty Thursday to selling prescriptions to patients she did not examine.

The Williamson Police Department arrested two men who appear to be part of a 'pill pipeline' that supplied prescription medication for sale in Pike and Mingo Counties.

A local man drew a year's jail sentence Thursday after pleading guilty to being an accessory after the fact to second degree robbery.

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Photo submitted The structure contents of the house located at 524 Elm St., Williamson, was listed as a total loss after an early morning fire Monday.

A man was arrested yesterday for allegedly breaking into a senior citizen's Williamson home and stealing a variety of items.

West Virginia University Extension Professor Bill Richardson is getting ready to see the fruits of his labor materialize, as the entire nation will have the opportunity to become acquainted with the legend of the Hatfield and McCoy feud, beginning Monday, May 21.