HUNTINGTON—A bridge dedication ceremony and luncheon is slated for Sgt. Jackie L. Waymire at noon today at the Trinity Church of God's Fellowship Hall at the corner of 27th Street and 3rd Ave. in Huntington.

WILLIAMSON-- West Virginia State Senate Majority Leader H. Truman Chafin endorsed Hillary Clinton for President today at a “Solutions for America” event with President Bill Clinton in Williamson, West Virginia.

The Division of Highways has contracted West Virginia Paving to pave U.S. Route 60, East and West Bound, between 29th Street and WV Alternate 10. Paving will begin at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 14 until 6 a.m. daily.

Attorney General Darrell McGraw issued a warning recently about letters sent to
West Virginia businesses falsely claiming the Attorney General’s Office was
investigating their business practices.

CHARLESTON—The Obama for America campaign announced today that Senator Obama will visit the Mountain State on Monday, May 12th.

FARMINGTON– In keeping with tradition, Gov. Joe Manchin will host an old-fashioned Democratic Rally at the Farmington Fire Hall the night before the primary election beginning at 6 p.m. on Monday, May 12.

CHARLESTON-- Former West Virginia Governor Hulett Smith announced his endorsement of Hillary Clinton for President Friday, citing the Senator’s commitment to fiscal responsibility, veterans, and the economy. 

The Redding Brothers have been busy trekking across the Middle East, performing for military bases all over Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan since leaving the United States on April 29. The concert locations have ranged from beside rocket bunkers to inside large tents, and the brothers have met and performed for the U.S. Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force, and the British, Canadian, Bulgarian, and Dutch coalition forces.

Let's take inventory here. I don't care much for Robert Downey Jr. I am not a big fan of Gwyneth Paltrow. I have not seen Terrence Howard in anything that I liked. I do, however, like Jeff Bridges.

Teays Physical Therapy Center, Inc. and The Putnam Herald are pleased to present this week's "Diamond Gamers of the Week" awards to Jason Lewis and Jessica Blake from Buffalo High School.

WINFIELD -- After a number of years, the Future Business Leaders of America are back in business at Winfield High School, according to Diana Painter, FBLA sponsor and Winfield High business teacher.

Winfield United Methodist Church is hosting Bible Blast-a community fun night Wednesday, May 21, at the church, located behind U.S. Rt. 35 McDonald's.

They came from many places because they are of Native American descent. Their ancestors were already living here when the first European settlers arrived. Some were full-blooded Native Americans while others had varying degrees of kinship.

HURRICANE -- Bark at the Park offers a day of demonstrations, instruction and play for canines and their owners while raising funds for a new animal relief center in Putnam County.

Below is a list of programs that the Tri-County YMCA is offering in the next couple of weeks.

n Fibromyalgia Support Group, 5:30 p.m. Monday, May 12. The first meeting of the new group will correspond with National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day. Questions, call 304-757-6999. WomenCare Birth Center, 3911 Teays Valley Road, Hurricane.

Twenty students in the third grade at Conner Street Elementary recently collected donations for the St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. Students participated in a Math-a-Thon program to improve their math skills and to collect donations to help a child's life. Students raised $1,763.86 for St. Jude's.

MONDAY: breakfast, omelet, toast; lunch, pizza (school's choice), corn on the cob

HURRICANE, W.Va. -- Hurricane Police added its third canine officer to its unit.

Hurricane Middle School Principal Greg LeMaster said he is very proud of the community service performed by his students, who raised $7,559.79 to combat the nation's number 1 and 3 killers, heart disease and stroke.

My mother was born Jan. 23, 1910, at Laing in the upper area of Cabin Creek, W.Va. Her parents were Alex Perry Sr. and Margaret Jane Perry. The family soon moved on up to Decota and settled at the mouth of Sugar Camp Hollow, midway between Decota and Carbon.

HURRICANE -- Dunbar Medical Associates, located at 3752 Teays Valley Road, Suite 1, celebrated office and service expansions with a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday.

HURRICANE -- Hurricane High School students Katherine King, a junior, and Clinton Poff, a senior, individually tied for second place in the 40th annual West Virginia Scholastic Chess Championship on April 5.

HURRICANE -- Hurricane High School senior Dakota Litton tied for first place in a national arts contest that promotes the idea of peace.

Nobody works and loves like a mom, so this weekend, it's time to play hard as well.

HUNTINGTON -- World War II veterans are invited to take a free bus trip to visit the World War II memorial in Washington, D.C., next week.

HUNTINGTON -- Huntington Police are investigating a incident involving a woman who allegedly shot herself in the chest Wednesday night in the 300 block of Buffington Street in Guyandotte.

HUNTINGTON -- Mountain State Centers for Independent Living in Huntington is offering individuals with disabilities a ride to the polls on May 13 so they can vote.

HUNTINGTON -- Cabell Huntington Hospital will add more than 50 parking spaces for patients and visitors with upcoming changes to campus parking areas.

HUNTINGTON -- Authorities arrested 22 people during a drug investigation Wednesday, 11 were misdemeanor charges or misdemeanor warrants, and 10 were active felony warrants or felony of possession with intent charges, according to Huntington Police reports released Thursday.

HUNTINGTON -- The Cabell County Public Library will host a special program on female fitness, figure training and competition at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 17.

HUNTINGTON -- Graduation for St. Mary's School of Nursing Class of 2008 is scheduled to take place at 7 p.m. today at Highlawn Baptist Church.

HUNTINGTON -- Morning radio personality J.B. Miller of Magic 97.9 radio will be at St. Mary's Medical Center today to help the medical center celebrate National Nurses' Week and National Hospital Week.

Police reports from the Huntington Police Department provided the following information:

CHARLESTON -- Students from three Mason County schools will continue presenting mock trials today as part of the county's Law Day celebration.

Cabell County Assistant Prosecutor Jane Hustead does not intend to present a sexual assault charge against Thomas Edgar Farris to a future grand jury because the alleged victim could not be located, despite several attempts. Her reasoning was not stated in an article in Wednesday's edition of The Herald-Dispatch.

RUSSELL -- Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital has been recognized for services ranked among the top 10 percent in the nation, according to OLBH patients and the research firm Professional Research Consultants.

WINFIELD, W.Va. -- The Putnam County Commission met late Tuesday afternoon to accommodate testing on voting machines in preparation for upcoming elections.

HURRICANE, W.Va. -- Hurricane City Council vows to go "green" in efforts to save the environment while also saving city funds.

HURRICANE, W.Va. -- The A to Z Supermarket on Main Street in Hurricane was broken into for a second time.

HUNTINGTON -- If you notice a pair of police officers on foot along 3rd or 4th avenues tonight or Saturday night, you can thank the Huntington-Ironton Empowerment Zone, Tri-State Transit Authority and Metropolitan Partners, the owners of Pullman Square.

Former President Bill Clinton will hold a "Solutions for America" campaign event for his wife and Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton from 3 to 5 p.m. today at Wayne High School, 100 Pioneer Road.

Clinton cited several decisive victories in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Texas as reasons to stay in the race and fight for delegates until the convention. A victory in West Virginia, she said, is crucial to her campaign against Obama in the primary and in the general election against likely Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain.

BARBOURSVILLE -- Boy Scout Troop 790 of Barboursville will conduct an Eagle Scout Court of Honor Saturday at Elmwood Baptist Church.

HUNTINGTON -- More than 400 students will receive degrees or certificates from Marshall Community and Technical College tonight, and MCTC also will pay special recognition to state Sen. Robert Plymale.

HUNTINGTON -- The Ohio Guyan District of West Virginia Garden Clubs will dedicate a Blue Star Memorial Marker and Honor Memory Garden on the front grounds of the Huntington VA Medical Center at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 17, at 1540 Spring Valley Drive.

GREENUP, Ky. -- FIVCO Economic Development Committee will meet at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 14, in the Greenup County Fiscal Courtroom in Greenup. John McGinnis will be the guest speaker. McGinnis will discuss recent developments at the Boyd/Greenup County Riverport Authority. The meeting is open to the public.

KINGWOOD, W.Va. -- Gov. Joe Manchin spoke at the groundbreaking ceremony that took place in April for a new $12 million facility for the Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy.

HUNTINGTON -- Dozens of volunteers from throughout Cabell County spent their Thursday mornings reading to children at several Huntington elementary schools. The event was part of AARP's eighth annual Day of Service, with chapters all across the nation taking part in some kind of community service.

CHARLESTON -- Non-candidates have spent enough on West Virginia's Supreme Court race to exceed or rival the candidates themselves in all other statewide primary contests, including the campaign for governor, finance report filings indicate.

President Bill Clinton will be holding a "Solutions for America" campaign event for his wife and Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton in Wayne from 3 to 5 p.m. on Friday at Wayne High School located at 100 Pioneer Road.

HURRICANE, W. Va. -- Mayor Scott Edwards' property became a casualty in Hurricane's recent spree of break-ins and thefts.

HUNTINGTON -- A free celiac screening for high-risk patients will be offered from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 12, at the Cabell Huntington Hospital entrance atrium.

HUNTINGTON -- The Central West Virginia Chapter of the American Red Cross will celebrate World Red Cross Red Crescent Day on Thursday.

HUNTINGTON -- Dozens of Cabell County Schools employees attended workshops at Cabell Midland and Huntington high schools Wednesday afternoon to help determine whether they should switch their pension plans.

HUNTINGTON -- Police responded to the Guyandotte boat ramp area after receiving a call about a Huntington woman that had a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest Wednesday.

HUNTINGTON -- Delegate Doug Reynolds holds a dominating lead in fundraising dollars over the five candidates running for the three state delegate seats in District 16, according to the most recent campaign finance reports.

Police reports from the Huntington Police Department provided the following information:

HUNTINGTON -- A Marshall student's white Nissan Altima's front end was seriously damaged after colliding with the side of an American Electric Power vehicle at the intersection of 5th Avenue and 10th Street.

DUNLOW -- Two bodies were found about 2:45 p.m. Wednesday by West Virginia State Police troopers in a wooded area adjacent to where police found a vehicle connected to a missing couple from Crown City, Ohio.

BARBOURSVILLE -- The mother of shooting victim Eddrick Clark is behind bars this morning.

HUNTINGTON -- A former police officer at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center has been charged with threatening the center's police chief and director.

HUNTINGTON -- Former West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise said his new book, "Raising the Grade: How High School Reform Can Save Our Nation," is intended to motivate the general public and Congress to step in and change a system that is failing.

HUNTINGTON -- The Huntington Sanitary Board approved a proposal Wednesday to increase sewer rates by 53 percent this summer and an additional 12 percent in 2010. Combined, those two increases will raise a typical residential customer's sewer bill by about $11 a month.

HUNTINGTON -- Movie Gallery stores in Wayne and Lavalette have planned events for the next two Saturdays that will give the public an opportunity to purchase DVDs for troops overseas.

HUNTINGTON -- The Norval Carter Memorial Medical Society's president, Dr. Henry Driscoll, presented Huntington Police Chief Skip Holbrook a $2,000 check Wednesday that will go toward the department's private fund.

HUNTINGTON -- The Beverly Hills Garden Club has been spending this week prettying up the sidewalk in front of the Huntington Police Department headquarters in downtown.

HUNTINGTON -- Weeks of undercover police work culminated Wednesday in a citywide warrant sweep through Huntington as authorities searched for 36 people targeted by the drug investigation.

IRONTON -- The United Way Walk-a-Thon is set for 4 p.m. Saturday, May 17, at the Ironton High School Track.

PRICHARD -- Allevard/Sogefi announced Wednesday it will construct a new plant to manufacture automotive filters, adding 65 jobs to the area by 2010. The filter plant will be built near the existing plant in the A. Michael Perry Industrial Park in Prichard.