The Herald-Dispatch New Start RSS 2012-02-10T11:58:02-05:00 urn:uuid:2301bb80-6f22-480e-a228-c9fda0015148 Original content available for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons license (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported), except where noted. A year of progress: Economy to be major factor in 2011 The Herald-Dispatch http://www.herald-dispatch.com/entertainment_outdoors/2010+1231_2011+Year+Ahead 2010-12-28T11:35:39-05:00 <p> Much like 2010, the economy will be a major influence in the upcoming year.</p> Saturday night obituary update 2011/The Herald-Dispatch urn:uuid:92e62fe5-38d5-46c4-9c10-225cbec5522e 2011-11-26T17:42:15-05:00 <p> The following obituaries have been provided by local funeral homes. Read our complete obituaries in The Herald-Dispatch Sunday and at www.herald-dispatch.com.</p> Cabell BOE OKs iPad purchase BILL ROSENBERGER http://www.herald-dispatch.com/life_schools/2011+1019_boe 2011-10-19T00:11:00-04:00 <p> HUNTINGTON -- Students in Cabell County&#39;s seven Title I schools will soon have new technological tools from which to learn.</p> Rand Paul raising funds for arm of Va. university The Associated Press urn:uuid:fb505c70-52e2-4094-9b9f-bd034d51dd3f 2011-09-23T12:22:28-04:00 <p> U.S. Sen. Rand Paul is helping the conservative arm of a public university in Virginia raise money.</p> Board rejects pardon in Ohio faked-address case The Associated Press urn:uuid:ac06ad28-f645-4d2a-92fb-6c0c2f5415cc 2011-09-02T14:45:45-04:00 <p> COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) &#8212; The Ohio Parole Board on Friday recommended that the governor not pardon a woman who was jailed for using her father&#8217;s address to enroll her children in a neighboring school district.</p> New phase to begin on alley walkway 2011/The Herald-Dispatch urn:uuid:d9b85be6-f8c7-4bcc-9581-69633bd3846b 2011-06-06T00:12:53-04:00 <p> HUNTINGTON &#8212; Steps are being taken to revitalize Huntington&#8217;s downtown, and one of those steps involves connecting two of city&#8217;s main attractions, Pullman Square and Heritage Station.</p> MU students raise funds for Japan BILL ROSENBERGER http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news_marshalluniversity/2011+0318_mujapan 2011-03-17T23:37:32-04:00 <p> HUNTINGTON -- Students in Marshall University&#39;s Japan Club and Japanese Department held a bake sale Wednesday and Thursday in the lobby of Memorial Student Center to raise funds and awareness about the immense need in Japan.</p> W.Va. Board of Ed expected to name superintendent The Associated Press urn:uuid:d29be469-e91e-4ac9-8a29-24d6c931c1ed 2011-02-10T09:12:00-05:00 <p> West Virginia&#8217;s public school system could soon have a new state superintendent.</p> Murder suspect jailed on home confinement violation CURTIS JOHNSON urn:uuid:f93902d7-6dac-419c-bdb3-2f2367aef827 2011-01-28T23:09:43-05:00 <p> HUNTINGTON &#8212; The suspect in a September 2009 killing returned to jail Thursday night charged with violating his home confinement.</p> No injuries reported in Vinton Street house fire 2011/The Herald-Dispatch urn:uuid:9a8e3191-39cf-4056-b374-2fe8e44cd6f2 2011-01-28T00:26:13-05:00 <p> No one was injured in a house fire along Vinton Street, just off of Johnstown Road, that erupted Thursday night.</p> Kopp urges Faculty Senate to fight for higher education dollars BILL ROSENBERGER urn:uuid:a58fe599-6a57-4234-9423-045694ce4ce4 2011-01-28T00:28:40-05:00 <p> Marshall University President Stephen Kopp gave the Faculty Senate some good news at its meeting Thursday afternoon &#8212; that Acting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin&#8217;s proposed budget includes state appropriations at the 2009 levels prior to federal stimulus backfill.</p>