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Gallery: Tri-State 2008 Year In Review

Lori Wolfe/The Herald-Dispatch Former President Bill Clinton makes a campaign stop for his wife Hillary Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, at Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, Ohio.

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December 26, 2008 @ 09:41 AM

Here's a look back at the Tri-State's big stories of 2008 in photos.

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Lori Wolfe/The Herald-Dispatch Former President Bill Clinton makes a campaign stop for his wife Hillary Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, at Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, Ohio.

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Construction continues on the entrance of the Marshall University Student Recreation Center Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008, in Huntington.

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Brothers Ron and Chris Gazdik tailgate at Krepp's Park in Morgantown before the Marshall-West Virginia University game in September 2008.

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Marshall's Mark Cann drops back to pass against West Virginia during the second quarter of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008 in Morgantown, W.V. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner)

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Senator Hillary Clinton highlights the Obama-Biden plan to create new jobs and strengthen the economy on Friday, Oct. 31, 2008, at the Ohio University Southern Mains Rotunda at the Riffe Center in Ironton.

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Gov. Joe Manchin attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the new site of Alcon on Friday, Sept. 19, 2008, at HADCO Business Park in Eastern Cabell County.

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Teresa Lynn Baker, 51, was charged her with first-degree murder Tuesday morning for the fatal shooting of her neighbor Jeff Sadler. The fatal shooting occurred at 9 p.m. Monday in the 100 block of Cedar Street in Huntington.

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Bruce Smith, the father of Donte Newsome, talks and prays during a candlelight vigil that was held for his son, a former Marshall football player, shot to death in downtown Huntington in July 2008.

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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., talks with photographer Annie Leibovitz at the airport in Charleston, W.Va., Thursday, March 20, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Photos from the pumpkin house in Kenova, W.Va., on Wednesday, October 29, 2008.

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Photos from the pumpkin house in Kenova, W.Va., on Wednesday, October 29, 2008.

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Investigators from the Cabell County Sheriff's Department look over the scene of a homicide in January 2008 at the Huntington Inn Motel. Killed was Jason Patrick Finley of Lawrence County, Ohio.

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Huntington Fire Marshal David Bias searches for the cause of a fire that killed Deanna O'Brien at 2688 Collis Ave. in May 2008.

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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., shakes hands with supporters as he enters the Martin County Courthouse on Wednesday, April 23, 2008, during a town hall meeting in Inez, Ky., as part of his 'It's Time for Action' tour.

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Jack on the Bone Rib Team's Nate Lee spreads on some sauce during the 13th annual Rib & Music Fest Thursday, August 7, 2008, at Harris Riverfront Park.

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The home of murder victim Mary Jo Brown, whose body was discovered in February 2008, after being stuffed in a trash can on Midvale Drive in Huntington.

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Sofia Lessona (Italian exchange student), Allison Dillard, Kayla Stindon, Jordan Sager, Christine, Cline, Michelle Studeny, Caitlin Cassidy and Sam Spurlock at Huntington High School's graduation.

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Sarah Johns performs during Summer Motion Thursday, July 3, 2008, at Ashland Riverfront.

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Mark Webb/The Herald-Dispatch The Chesapeake prom is held on Saturday, April 26, 2008.

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Deborah Lamb stands with her son Aaron Glass as he checks into the new dorms and receives his room key on Friday, Aug. 22, 2008, at Marshall University.

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Sen. John McCain talks with the Marshall football team about his experience as a prisoner of war on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008, at Joan C. Edwards Stadium.

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Kathryn Gale Smith was found dead at 530 Richmond Street in Guyandotte in August 2008.

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Brothers Nathaniel Barnett, left, and Phillip Barnett listen to closing statements during trial Wednesday, August 27, 2008, at the Cabell County Courthouse. Phillip Barnett and Nathaniel Barnett are among four men charged in the August 2002 slaying of Deanna Crawford.

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A massive water main break occurred Jan. 22 flooding parts of 6th Avenue and 12th Street in Huntington. The incident affected schools, residents and businesses between Ceredo and eastern Cabell County. Chesapeake and Burlington, Ohio, also were affected.

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The Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine presented the Class of 2008 on Friday, May 9, 2008, at the annual Investiture at the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center.

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The Huntington Police Department investigates a double shooting Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008, in the 1200 block of 13th Street. Killed was Kameron O'Neal of a Detroit suburb.

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Sheila McCollins dances to the Soulja Boy hit song 'Superman' during the Wayne High School prom Saturday, April 26, 2008, in the Don Morris Room of Marshall University's Memorial Student Center.

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Local fire and rescue respond to a structure fire Wednesday, September 10, 2008, at the Milton Flea Market.

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Quinton Peterson testifies prior to his sentencing Tuesday, August 12, 2008, at the Cabell County Courthouse in Huntington. Peterson was found guilty for the shooting death Phillip Shaun Sirmons.

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The Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine presented the Class of 2008 on Friday, May 9, 2008, at the annual Investiture at the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center.

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Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.,and her daughter, Chelsea, right, attend service at First United Methodist Church Sunday, May 11, 2008.

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Cabell County Sheriff-elect Thomas W. McComas visits with members of the Green Bottom Community and Senior Center during a luncheon Friday, Nov. 7, 2008.

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The Marshall graduation ceremony takes place on Saturday, May 10, 2008, at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena.

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Summa cum laude graduate Jessica Waddle at the Ironton High School graduation at Tanks Memorial Stadium in Ironton on June 8, 2008.

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Rosemary Danielle Forney listens to testimony at a preliminary hearing in Cabell County Magistrate Court in August 2008. She is charged with first-degree murder in the death of social worker Brenda Lee Yeager in July 2008.

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At left, Stephen Wilson, 19, of Cincinnati and Daniel Smith, 22, of Newport News, Va., appear in Wayne Magistrate Court on July 9 for a preliminary hearing in connection with the shooting death of the Rev. Mark McCalla.

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Nancy Cartmill, Cabell County Commissioner, won her re-election on Tuesday, November 4, 2008.

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Cherylethia "Bunny" Holmes takes the stand and testifies on her own behalf in Cabell County Circuit Court Thursday, March 27, 2008. Holmes was convicted of ordering the death of Wendy Morgan in July 2004.

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Progress continues on the construction of the recreation center on 20th Street and 5th Avenue Tuesday, October 28, 2008, at Marshall University.

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Marshall University celebrates the grand opening of its First Year Freshman Residence Halls on Saturday September 13, 2008.

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Chelsea Clinton signs an autograph while she walks away from a brief visit to the Memorial Fountain on Friday, April 4, 2008, at Marshall University in Huntington, W.Va. Clinton spoke with students at the campus on behalf of her mother, Democratic presidential hopeful U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. The fountain is a memorial to the 75 people including members of Marshall's football team that were killed in a plane crash on Nov. 14, 1970. (AP Photo/Randy Snyder)

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Huntington Police Det. Steve Compton, left, and Sgt. David Castle finish processing the scene of a fatal shooting at 821 19th Street on Thursday, May 1, 2008. Police later identified the victim as Timothy Taylor of Detroit.

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The 2008 Chili Fest Saturday, September 20, 2008, at Pullman Square.

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Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., right, accompanied by Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV, D-W.Va., center, works the crowd following a speech at the University of Charleston, Thursday, March 20, 2008, in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/ Jeff Gentner)

Democrat incumbent Mayor David Felinton, left, Republican challenger Kim Wolfe, center and Independent candidate Tom McCallister listen to mediator Tim Irr of WSAZ during the Cabell County Mayoral debates Saturday, November 1, 2008, at WSAZ headquaters.

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Steven Anthony Foster Jr., left, and Rosemary Forney were charged with murder in the death of Brenda Lee Yeager in July 2008. Steven Anthony Foster Sr., right, is charged with third-degree arson, conspiracy and disposal of a body.

Haley and Zoey Sines, ages 10 and 5, were killed in a murder suicide in Barboursville in April 2008. Their father also died in the incident.

Amy Walker Daugherty, candidate for Cabell County magistrate, is escorted into the Cabell County Courthouse after being arrested for charges of crack possession and bribery on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008, in Huntington.

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Dr. Omayma Touma right, greets Sen. Hillary Clinton as she makes her way across the crowd Wednesday, March 19, 2008, during Clinton's visit to American Legion Post 16 in Huntington.

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Ronell "Lo" Meyers stands in Cabell Circuit Court on Monday, Oct. 27, 2008. He pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the July 2005 death of David Kelson Simpson.

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Detective Steve Compton, left, and Capt. Rick Eplin of the Huntington Police Department investigate the scene where a body was found in February 2008, along Four Pole Road in Huntington. Killed Maynard Martez Wiggins.

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Gas prices rocketed past $4 per gallon during the spring and summer of 2008.

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