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A year of progress: Economy to be major factor in 2011

2010-12-28T11:35:39-05:00

Much like 2010, the economy will be a major influence in the upcoming year.

Saturday night obituary update

2011-11-26T17:42:15-05:00

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.

Cabell BOE OKs iPad purchase

2011-10-19T00:11:00-04:00

HUNTINGTON -- Students in Cabell County's seven Title I schools will soon have new technological tools from which to learn.

Rand Paul raising funds for arm of Va. university

2011-09-23T12:22:28-04:00

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul is helping the conservative arm of a public university in Virginia raise money.

Board rejects pardon in Ohio faked-address case

2011-09-02T14:45:45-04:00

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Parole Board on Friday recommended that the governor not pardon a woman who was jailed for using her father’s address to enroll her children in a neighboring school district.

New phase to begin on alley walkway

2011-06-06T00:12:53-04:00

HUNTINGTON — Steps are being taken to revitalize Huntington’s downtown, and one of those steps involves connecting two of city’s main attractions, Pullman Square and Heritage Station.

MU students raise funds for Japan

2011-03-17T23:37:32-04:00

HUNTINGTON -- Students in Marshall University'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.

W.Va. Board of Ed expected to name superintendent

2011-02-10T09:12:00-05:00

West Virginia’s public school system could soon have a new state superintendent.

Murder suspect jailed on home confinement violation

2011-01-28T23:09:43-05:00

HUNTINGTON — The suspect in a September 2009 killing returned to jail Thursday night charged with violating his home confinement.

No injuries reported in Vinton Street house fire

2011-01-28T00:26:13-05:00

No one was injured in a house fire along Vinton Street, just off of Johnstown Road, that erupted Thursday night.

Kopp urges Faculty Senate to fight for higher education dollars

2011-01-28T00:28:40-05:00

Marshall University President Stephen Kopp gave the Faculty Senate some good news at its meeting Thursday afternoon — that Acting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin’s proposed budget includes state appropriations at the 2009 levels prior to federal stimulus backfill.