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Marshall Thundering Herd softball players Taylor Thompson and Andi Williamson were named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Mideast All-Region second team.
Isaac Ballou led off Thursday’s series opener against Tulane with a single and then came around to score to give Marshall’s baseball team an early lead, but it was all the Thundering Herd would get.
Gallery: Do you remember? -- Marshall vs. Toledo, 1979
Marshall University (dark jerseys) beat Toledo (white jerseys) 31-14 on Sept. 8, 1979, at Fairfield Stadium. The 1979 team had a 1-10 record under coach Sonny Randle.
Gallery: Huntington High vs. Cabell Midland, AAA Baseball Sectional Championship
Huntington High baseball takes on Cabell Midland in the Class AAA, Region IV, Section 4 Championship on Saturday, May 12, 2012, at Spring Valley High School. Huntington defeated the Knights 6-5 to advance to the Regional Semi-final.
Homes & Careers
The Tri-State housing market is holding its own. Health care and tech support are still solid fields.
Transportation & Commerce
Several new businesses have opened around the Tri-State, while the auto industry is enjoying a better 2012. Click here to read more.
Health & Finance
Local hospitals reaching out to the community and tips for investing strategies are just a couple stories you will find in this week's installment.
Education & Industry
How are the region’s education systems meeting the challenges of the 21st century? Are the Tri-State’s major manufacturers holding up well?
Bride Guide 2012
Need advice on planning your upcoming nuptials? Check out the Bride Guide, which includes a rich list of possible wedding reception sites, sorted by seating limits.
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Health Challenge
The Huntington Health Revolution is a 90-Day Challenge that is a lifestyle change plan. Are you ready for the challenge?
Marshall Plane Crash
Check here to find original stories, photo galleries, victim information and coverage of the filming of the 2006 movie "We Are Marshall."
100 Years of History
A look back at 100 years of Tri-State history through The Herald-Dispatch. Ten of the biggest stories of the last 100 years in our area, as voted on by readers, plus hundreds of photos.
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Tri-State Visitors' Guide
Check out great shopping, dining, lodging and other entertainment opportunities in West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky.
Tri-State's Wanted
The Herald-Dispatch's “Tri-State’s Wanted” list has featured several fugitives since June 2006, many of whom have been captured.
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DALLAS -- SMU athletic director Steve Orsini was fired Thursday, just four weeks after he and the Mustangs hired Hall of Fame men's basketball coach Larry Brown.
HUNTINGTON -- It has been more than one month since Marshall University women's basketball head coach Royce Chadwick resigned to take over the program at Texas A&M Corpus Christi.
That could be the newest salutation -- not to mention solution -- for Conference USA.
HUNTINGTON -- Conference USA's baseball regular season race is going down to the wire.
BECKLEY -- Radford's two pitchers were better than Marshall University's nine Tuesday evening.
Herd recruit compared to Celtics' Pierce
HUNTINGTON -- When a basketball player is compared to Paul Pierce of the Boston Celtics you know they've got the right stuff.
Gallery: Do you remember? -- Marshall vs. Toledo, 1979
Marshall University (dark jerseys) beat Toledo (white jerseys) 31-14 on Sept. 8, 1979, at Fairfield Stadium. The 1979 team had a 1-10 record under coach Sonny Randle.
Herd softball stunned by omission
Stunned. It was the only word that could describe the feelings of the Marshall University softball team after the NCAA Softball Selection Show ended Sunday night without the Thundering Herd's name being called.
Other Conference USA schools appear to receive equitable treatment when their teams deserve berths in post-season national tournaments.
BECKLEY -- Radford plays Marshall University in a non-conference Tuesday baseball game at Linda K. Epling Stadium.
HUNTINGTON — Marshall Thundering Herd track and field athletes wrapped up the Conference USA Championship meet Sunday in New Orleans with points in four events.
NEW ORLEANS -- Vanessa Jules set a Marshall University record in the heptathlon at the Conference USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
No. 3 Marshall vs. No. 6 East Carolina, 5:30 p.m.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Tulsa is moving on to the NCAA softball regionals while Marshall's Thundering Herd is in a wait-and-see mode.
That's what Conference USA's recent expansion was all about.
Herd faces Tulsa for championship
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — It's Marshall vs. Tulsa for the Conference USA softball championship.
CHARLESTON -- UCF, ranked No. 13 in the nation by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, overtook Marshall in the ninth inning Friday at Appalachian Power Park.
There are ties that should bind Marshall and Morehead State.
KINSTON, N.C. -- Former Marshall University football player Chris Hawkins was arrested Wednesday and charged with discharging a weapon into an unoccupied dwelling.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Alianna Telles led off with a home run, Marshall added four runs in the third and the Thundering Herd went on to defeat East Carolina, 8-1, Thursday night in the opening round of the Conference USA Softball Tournament at UAB Softball Field.
