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Wednesday, January 20, 2021
The following obituaries have been provided by local funeral homes. Read our daily updates at 12:30, 2:30 and 4:30 p.m., and our complete obituaries in The Herald-Dispatch on Thursday and at www.herald-dispatch.com.
The following obituaries have been provided by local funeral homes. Read our daily updates at 12:30, 2:30 and 4:30 p.m., and our complete obituaries in The Herald-Dispatch on Thursday and at www.herald-dispatch.com.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden became the 46th President of the United States on Wednesday, swearing the oath of office just before noon to take the helm of a deeply divided nation while inheriting a confluence of crises arguably greater than any faced by his predecessors.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris broke the barrier Wednesday that has kept men at the top ranks of American power for more than two centuries when she took the oath to hold the nation's second-highest office.
HUNTINGTON — The band America was previously set to return to Huntington on Thursday, April 15, for a concert at the Joan C. Edwards Stadium, but that date is now canceled, the Marshall Artists Series announced Wednesday.
CHARLESTON (AP) — Cabinet Secretary for the West Virginia Department of Veterans Assistance Dennis Davis has died, the governor announced Tuesday.
FRANKFORT, Ky. — A unit of 44 Kentucky State Police troopers will join local, state and federal law enforcement agencies from across the country to provide security at the presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.
CHARLESTON — Sen. Joe Manchin is the man in the middle, and he knows that means he wields considerable power in a U.S. Senate soon to become evenly divided.
WAYNE — The Wayne County school district reopened its doors to students Tuesday, and Superintendent Todd Alexander said he hopes the rest of the year can be more consistent than the first half.
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Sources say the majority of Marshall’s coaching staff will not return to the Thundering Herd sidelines next season after meeting with new head coach Charles Huff on Tuesday evening.
South Point takes on Gallia Academy during a high school boys basketball game on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, at South Point High School.
HUNTINGTON — Nearly all Ohio school districts have told the state they plan to return to in-person learning in some form as of March 1, meaning efforts to vaccinate thousands of school employees will begin Feb. 1, Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday.
HUNTINGTON — A new refrigerated truck will soon be on its way to Cabell County and used to further expand the ability of the school system’s food service program.
HUNTINGTON — Students across Cabell County are scheduled to return to their classrooms Wednesday morning after the Board of Education last week approved a three-day blended model for in-person instruction.
CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice on Tuesday officially lowered the eligibility age for West Virginians to receive COVID-19 vaccinations to 65, while also acknowledging the state has not received additional vaccine doses from federal reserves.
CHARLESTON — A Hurricane, West Virginia, woman accused of breaching the Capitol on Jan. 6 and roaming its halls for about 30 minutes was arrested and arraigned Tuesday in a Charleston courtroom on charges stemming from her actions.
New Marshall head football coach Charles Huff got emotional in speaking about the journey to becoming the leader of his own program, which officially kicked off with his introductory press conference on Tuesday afternoon.
WAYNE — The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal shooting that took place in Fort Gay on Tuesday.
The following obituaries have been provided by local funeral homes. Read our complete obituaries in The Herald-Dispatch on Wednesday and at www.herald-dispatch.com.
The following obituaries have been provided by local funeral homes. Read our daily updates at 12:30, 2:30 and 4:30 p.m., and our complete obituaries in The Herald-Dispatch on Wednesday and at www.herald-dispatch.com.
The following obituaries have been provided by local funeral homes. Read our daily updates at 12:30, 2:30 and 4:30 p.m., and our complete obituaries in The Herald-Dispatch on Wednesday and at www.herald-dispatch.com.
HUNTINGTON (AP) — Vandals heavily damaged a high school baseball field in West Virginia after a fence had been removed to accommodate the construction of a locker room clubhouse.
CHARLESTON — Don’t be surprised to see more paper temporary tags than usual on cars navigating West Virginia’s roads.
For West Virginians with homebound relatives, the COVID-19 vaccination process might seem like a nightmare.
HUNTINGTON — Two Huntington men were sentenced to federal prison time for their roles in separate gun crimes in Huntington.
CHARLESTON — Almost all of the West Virginia’s constitutional officers took their respective oaths of office Monday during a week that will culminate with Gov. Jim Justice taking his oath for a second time during his inauguration Friday at the West Virginia State Capitol Complex.
The Ashland Paul Blazer High School girl's basketball team takes on Morgan County on Monday, January 18, 2021, in Ashland.
The Ashland Tomcats boy's basketball team takes on the Robertson County Black Devils on Monday, January 18, 2021, in Ashland.
ATLANTA (AP) — Speakers at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. holiday celebration in Atlanta called Monday for a renewed dedication to nonviolence following a turbulent year in which a deadly pandemic, protests over systemic racism and a divisive election capped by an attack on the U.S. Capit…
HUNTINGTON — On Monday morning, the Twitter account for Marshall athletics sent out a Tweet in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Marshall defensive coordinator Brad Lambert, who interviewed for the program's vacant head coaching position last week, is taking the co-defensive coordinator job at Purdue, according to sources.
Both types of the vaccine being distributed across the county require two doses and Dr. Michael Kilkenny, health officer at the Cabell-Huntington Health Department, said it's too early to tell if booster shots will be necessary in the future.
The following obituaries have been provided by local funeral homes. Read our complete obituaries in The Herald-Dispatch on Tuesday and at www.herald-dispatch.com.
The following obituaries have been provided by local funeral homes. Read our daily updates at 12:30, 2:30 and 4:30 p.m., and our complete obituaries in The Herald-Dispatch on Tuesday and at www.herald-dispatch.com.
On Monday morning, Marshall University's new head football coach Charles Huff had his contract approved by the university’s Board of Governors, finalizing the 37-year-old as the first Black head coach in the program’s history.
HUNTINGTON — The following information was provided by reports from the Huntington Police Department:
The following obituaries have been provided by local funeral homes. Read our daily updates at 12:30, 2:30 and 4:30 p.m., and our complete obituaries in The Herald-Dispatch on Tuesday and at www.herald-dispatch.com.
Small groups of right-wing protesters — some of them carrying rifles — gathered outside heavily fortified statehouses around the country Sunday, outnumbered by National Guard troops and police brought in to prevent a repeat of the violence that erupted at the U.S. Capitol. As darkness fell, …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A criminal complaint has been filed against a Hurricane, West Virginia, woman accused by the FBI, which said she participated in the Jan. 6 Capitol breach.
Official state recognition of bowhunter Jody Dalton’s record-breaking buck took a far different form than those of the past.
WAYNE — With the hope of teaching children life skills, one Wayne County Schools staff member has begun making educational videos about agriculture and hopes to be able to speak to students about what they can learn from agriculture.
After a much needed break, some Marshall University students are returning to campus while most turn back to their computers.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and the West Virginia Housing Development Fund have announced the creation of a new program that will help renters and landlords impacted by COVID-19.
Western Kentucky used a late 12-0 run to earn a 69-60 win over Marshall in Conference USA women's basketball action at E.A. Diddle Arena in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on Sunday.
HUNTINGTON — Marshall and Western Kentucky are known for exciting endings and Sunday was no different in Huntington.
Marshall takes on Western Kentucky during an NCAA men’s basketball game on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021, at the Cam Henderson Center in Huntington, W.Va.
Details are being finalized on a contract for Alabama associate head coach Charles Huff to become Marshall's new head football coach. The contract is expected to be approved during a 9 a.m. Board of Governors meeting on Monday.
HUNTINGTON — West Virginia added almost 700 COVID-19 cases to its tally Sunday, according to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources for a total of 108,821.
Students return to the residence halls at Marshall University on Sunday, January 17, 2021, in Huntington.
ATLANTA — A day before the nation’s annual holiday celebrating life of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Sen.-elect Raphael Warnock of Georgia returned to the pulpit at the church that was King’s spiritual home, calling for the nation to adhere to “God’s vision of equity.”
KENOVA — Griffith & Feil Drug has been in business since 1892, a family-owned, small-town pharmacy. This isn’t their first pandemic.
FLEMINGSBURG, Ky. — Motorists should expect traffic to be affected approaching downtown Russell over the next month as contractors begin steel work on the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s Ky. 244 viaduct replacement project in Greenup County.
HUNTINGTON — Marshall University and the Huntington-Cabell branch of the NAACP will present a program in observance and celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday.
HUNTINGTON — Huntington City Council’s Public Safety Committee pushed forward an ordinance to enter into an agreement with Barboursville deciding how items seized during joint police task force investigations will be split.