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PECKS MILL — A man from Pecks Mill is behind bars facing charges of sexual abuse after authorities say a child provided a forensic interview detailing several years of inappropriate acts. Currently held at Southwestern Regional Jail on a cash-only bond of $50,000 is Harold Jennings Newsom Jr., 56, of Pecks Mill. He was arraigned Feb. 3 by Logan County Magistrate Joe Mendez and has been charged with sexual abuse by a guardian. According to a criminal complaint filed on public record in the Magistrate Court system, a 9-year-old female victim was given a forensic interview at the Logan Coun...

LILLIE MAE SIMPKINS, 104, of Central City, Ky., formerly Henlawson, W.Va., widow of Willie Seth Simpkins, died Feb. 4 at home.

MOUNT GAY — Police say methamphetamine, heroin, money and other drugs were found after a search warrant was executed on a home in Mount Gay. According to a criminal complaint filed in Logan County Magistrate Court, three troopers with the West Virginia State Police, along with members of the Logan County Sheriff’s Department, executed a search warrant Jan. 25 at a home along Continental Avenue in the Mount Gay area during an ongoing drug investigation. When police made entry into the residence, they located George Gallagher, 61, of Logan. Police say they advised Gallagher of their r...

JAMES L. WHITE SR., 95, of Kistler, W.Va., widower of Lillie Bell Queen White, died Jan. 17 at his residence at Bruno, W.Va.