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Smoke pours out of the Emmons Jr. building after a fire broke out inside around 11 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007. Fire departments from across the Tri-State were called in to assist fighting the fire and in the effort to rescue several people trapped inside. At least seven people were reported killed in the fire.
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Firefighters reach people stranded inside of the burning Emmons Jr. apartment building late Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007. Fire departments from across the Tri-State were called in to assist fighting the fire, which started around 11 p.m., and to assist in the effort to rescue several people trapped inside. At least eight people are dead as a result of the fire.
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Friends and loved ones of Christopher Withers and Bobby Gleason have left flowers and signed a "Class of 2007" mural hanging on the HHS marker along Highlander Way.
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Emergency crews respond to a vehicle crash involving a Cabell County school bus and a 2001 Daewoo on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007. The Daewoo was carrying three Cabell Midland High School students, all of whom died. They were identified as David Allen Adkins, 18; Christopher S. Adkins, 16; and Robert Sinclair, 17. The accident happened about 6:50 a.m. Tuesday at the intersection of McComas Road and Grays Branch Road, near Barboursville.
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The county coroner, state fire marshall and emergency responders look over the scene of a mobile home fire that that left a woman and two children dead early Wednesday, May 9, 2007, in northeast Kentucky.
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U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller joins Tri-State Airport officials in announcing nonstop service to Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., on Allegiant Air Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007, during a luncheon at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena in Huntington.
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Passengers board the first outbound flight to Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., from Tri-State Airport on Friday, November 16, 2007. The airport expects a lot more traffic this year with the addition of the flight.
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Robin Howell of Huntington voices her ideas during a meeting at Huntington City Hall Wednesday for people who would like to volunteer their time at Harris Riverfront Park.
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Robin and Gene Howell of Huntington plant more than 100 pansies at Harris Riverfront Park Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007, in Huntington.
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Deneene Chafin owns three stores at Pullman Square: Inspired, Runway Couture and Heels.
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Mayor David Felinton, Verna Gibson, member of the board of directors for Chico's, Ann Hughes, Chico's store manager, and district manager Linda Jacobs celebrate Monday, Nov. 19, 2007, after a ribbon-cutting ceremony during the grand opening of Chico's at Pullman Square.
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Becky McClelland, left, Jeffrey McClelland, 11, and Megan Frasure, all of South Point, have lunch together at Benny's Cheesesteaks on Wednesday, June 20, 2007, in Huntington.
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Huntington business owner Julian Saad hosted the grand opening of his newest venture "Spirits on the Plaza", located at 418 9th Street on Thursday, September 6, 2007. Spirits on the Plaza will offer many high-end beers, wine and liquor.
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The Downtown Depot is located at 401 9th Street in downtown Huntington.
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C. J. Hughes Construction worker Gordon Kisor operates a backhoe to remove the existing sidewalk along the 1100 block of 3rd Avenue Wednesday as part of the restructuring of the drainage system, sidewalks and parking spaces along 3rd Avenue between 10th Street and 12th Street in Huntington.
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PRC began the interviewing and hiring process Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2007, at the former Applied Card Services building in Huntington which will be the location of PRC's inbound call center.
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The new exterior architecture of Cabell Huntington Hospital's North Tower is pictured on Friday, November 2, 2007.
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St. Mary's Hospital a large part of what use to be the heart of Highlawn neighborhood. Highlawn residents are looking for ways to preserve their neighborhood charm and historical integrity without halting growth Thursday, September 13, 2007.
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The Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center in Huntington.
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Jessica Reifer, left, Jason Hilderbrand, Ashley Warren, Mary Huff and Philip Pham look at an angiogram Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2007, during a neuroanatomy lab in the new Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center at Marshall University. The center, dedicated last fall, opened to undergraduate, graduate, medical students and faculty this semester
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Stephenie Lester of Teays Valley grabs a copy of "We Are Marshall" on DVD Tuesday at Target in Barboursville.
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Construction continues Tuesday, July 24, 2007, on the new student recreation center and dorms at Marshall University in Huntington.
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Construction of the new housing and recreation center continues Monday, Oct. 15, 2007, at Marshall University.
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A view of the 3rd Street side of the former Cammack Elementary and Middle School during the demolition phase Thursday, September 27, 2007.
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The South Point Local School District opened the doors of the new school building to students and staff on Monday, December 17, 2007.
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A dedication ceremony for the new Ironton Elementary School and Ironton Middle School was held Friday, Nov. 9, 2007, on Deleware Street in Ironton.
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City workers use heavy machinery to clear the area known as "Tent City" along the banks of the Ohio River near Harris Riverfront Park on Monday, July 9, 2007, in Huntington.
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William "Skip" Holbrook is sworn in as the new police chief of the Huntington Police Department on Tuesday, June 26, 2007, at Huntington City Hall.
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Several women were brought before Magistrate Michael Woelfel charged with soliciting prostitution Thursday, Aug. 2, 2007, at the Cabell County Courthouse.
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Huntington firefighters battle a blaze at Ratcliff Place on the corner of 5th Avenue and 10th Street on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2007. The fire broke out in the rear of the building around 7 p.m.
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Lana Elswick's dog Boo Boo, a longcoat chihuahua, is in The Guiness Book of Records for being the smallest in the world.
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Signs are posted throughout Huntington for missing Marshall student Leah Hickman, who has not been seen since Friday.
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Joshua Conley, right, and Isaac Hay help to set up a display that reads "We Love You" just before a candlelight vigil at the Marshall University Memorial Student Center plaza on Thursday, December 20, 2007, in honor of the search for missing MU student Leah Hickman.
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Blue ribbons tied around tree, posts, and antenna's represent the missing Marshall University student Leah Hickman Friday, December 21, 2007.
Leah Hickman was reported missing on Sunday, Dec. 16. A body believed to be hers was found at around 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21.
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Huntington police announced during a press conference late Friday that a female body has been found in the crawlspace beneath the apartment complex where Leah Hickman lived.