HUNTINGTON — The Cabell County Board of Education is expected to vote on the proposed operating budget for the fiscal year ending June 2022 during their regular meeting Tuesday, which includes a pay raise for professional and service employees.
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
CHARLESTON — Before West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice put his signature on four bills last month, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey began preparing for lawsuits he expects will be filed against the state challenging the legislation.
Monday, May 17, 2021
HUNTINGTON — While Marshall fans made the trip to Cary, North Carolina, in droves to watch the men’s soccer team play for a national championship Monday night, many others stayed in Huntington to cheer on the team.
HUNTINGTON — Cabell County will host school-based COVID-19 vaccination clinics through Thursday after the Pfizer vaccine was approved for ages 12 and older last week.
Marshall's run to the NCAA Men's Soccer College Cup Final is more improbable, considering that less than two decades ago, the university nearly dropped the sport. Former coaches Bob Gray and Jack DeFazio spoke on the correlation from Monday's title game.
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear predicted Monday that Kentucky’s children will return to a “very normal setting” when the next school year begins as the state rebounds from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Marshall fans tailgate prior to the Herd’s match against Indiana in the 2020 NCAA College Cup final on Monday, May 17, 2021, at Sahlen’s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, NC.
CHARLESTON — While an executive for AmerisourceBergen Drug Co. said its system of checks and balances to prevent diversion of opioids into the illicit market goes beyond what regulation calls for, the public was unable to fully view the system during trial Monday.
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CHARLESTON — Participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) will receive a temporary benefit increase for the purchase of additional fruits and vegetables, West Virginia officials announced Monday.
BARBOURSVILLE — Investigations are underway after a Salt Rock, West Virginia, man died after being found unresponsive at Western Regional Jail in Barboursville this weekend.
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CHARLESTON (AP) — Lawyers being admitted to practice in West Virginia would recite a pledge of civility under a proposal by the state Supreme Court.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose launched his reelection bid on Monday, touting the state's smooth 2020 election even as many fellow Republicans expressed unfounded doubts in the presidential result and GOP lawmakers are backing a major rewrite to state voting laws.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Medical Board of Ohio panel has added three existing conditions for Ohioans to buy medical marijuana.
RICHWOOD, W.Va. (AP) — Two juveniles have been killed in an all-terrain vehicle crash in West Virginia, State Police said.
SOUTH POINT, Ohio — An Ironton man faces a felony charge after a woman was shot twice in the shoulder at a South Point, Ohio, hotel Sunday.
Monday, May 17, is the state tax filing extension deadline for residents of West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky, as well as for federal tax returns.
Chase Gibson wanted to keep muskie fishing, but his heart wasn’t in it.
City of Huntington Public Works employees hung baskets of petunias Friday in downtown Huntington.
A corner of West Virginia wrenched by opioid addiction is getting the chance to argue in a courtroom that some of the corporate giants it blames for a public health crisis that left hundreds of people dead deserve to be held accountable.
Marshall baseball used a six-run fifth inning to earn a 7-5 win over UAB in the season-finale at George Smailes Field on Sunday.
On Monday evening, Marshall's men's soccer team meets Indiana at 8 p.m. for the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship in the College Cup final from Sahlen's Stadium in Cary, North Carolina. The match will be seen on ESPN2.
The Marshall University baseball team goes up against the University of Alabama at Birmingham on Sunday, May 16, 2021, at George T. Smailes Field in Huntington.
LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ohio — A Huntington man was killed in a single-vehicle crash Saturday in Willow Wood, Ohio.
HUNTINGTON — Four COVID-19 deaths were reported in West Virginia on Sunday by the state Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR).
SALEM, Ore. — The first court test of whether local governments can ban police from enforcing certain gun laws is playing out in a rural Oregon county, one of a wave of U.S. counties declaring themselves Second Amendment sanctuaries.
In Alaska, West Virginia and other mostly rural states, census takers relied more on the word of neighbors, landlords and others for information about a home’s residents. In New Jersey, New York and other more densely populated states in the Mid-Atlantic region, they were more likely to come…
HUNTINGTON — An assistant professor of biomedical sciences at Marshall University was awarded a Research Project Grant by the National Institutes of Health.
HUNTINGTON — Athletic training program students at Marshall University won first place at the 2021 West Virginia Athletic Trainers’ Association Quiz Bowl competition on April 16.
HUNTINGTON — Future Huntington residents will get an idea of what life is like in the city as present-day citizens submit items for a time capsule.
HUNTINGTON — The Huntington Sanitary Board and Sweeper Corporation of America will continue citywide street sweeping efforts this upcoming week.
HUNTINGTON — Four teens whose lives were taken from them nearly 16 years ago are still being remembered through the annual Day of Hope, which offers residents an opportunity for continued healing from that tragedy and others.
Bass tournaments don’t hand out “comeback angler of the year” awards, but if they did, Willie “Doodle” Adkins would get the trophy.
HUNTINGTON — Local school districts are getting another boost in student support personnel as they push for a continued decline in dropout rates.
Alchemy Theater Troupe’s feature film “Hay Fever” had a sold-out world premiere Saturday night at Marquee Cinemas at Pullman Square. Two outdoor showings are scheduled for later this month.
HUNTINGTON — Though some measures are popular among the American public, West Virginia officials are standing against the For the People Act, which is making its way through Congress.
CHARLESTON — Data and details from employee emails mocking Appalachians highlighted the second week of the federal trial in Huntington and Cabell County’s case claiming three drug companies fueled the opioid epidemic.
Drones maneuvered through an obstacle course and used downdrafts to collect ping pong balls during a robotics competition Saturday at Huntington Tri-State Airport.
HUNTINGTON — Sam Clay rolled a perfect game Saturday in the Huntington USBC Junior City Tournament at Strike Zone Bowling Center. The 300 came in game two. He started with a 230 and closed with a 237 for a 767 series.
The Marquee Cinemas at Pullman Square presents the red carpet world premiere of Alchemy Theatre's "Hay Fever" on Saturday, May 15, 2021, in downtown Huntington.
The Marshall University baseball team takes on the University of Alabama at Birmingham in a doubleheader on Saturday, May 15, 2021, at George T. Smailes Field in Huntington.
CHARLESTON — Could there be another significant change coming for high school basketball in West Virginia?
Marshall baseball could not get its offense going on Saturday, falling by way of shutout in each game of a doubleheader as UAB earned wins of 9-0 and 6-0 at George Smailes Field on Saturday.
CARY, N.C. — Jamil Roberts could be getting paid to play soccer right now.
HUNTINGTON — Nearly 700,000 people in West Virginia have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
The Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI) at Marshall University and NASA's Katherine Johnson IV&V Facility team up with the Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation to sponsor West Virginia's first flying robotics competition for middle & high school students on Saturday, May…
The annual Day of Hope ceremony takes place on Saturday, May 15, 2021, at the Erma Ora Byrd Clinical Center parking garage in Huntington.
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Before St. Albans could go dancing, it had to do a little hunting — trophy hunting, that is.
Marshall fans celebrate at a watch party as the Marshall University men's soccer team defeats the Tar Heels of North Carolina in the College Cup on Friday, May 14, 2021, at the Marshall Hall of Fame Cafe in Huntington.
CARY, N.C. — It’s going to take more than just some long lines and a massive gas shortage to keep Marshall fans from being a part of history.
WAYNE — A Wayne County man has been jailed on five felony charges, according to booking records at Western Regional Jail.
HUNTINGTON — The first class of physician assistants at Marshall University’s Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine received their white coats Friday evening at the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center.
