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Man charged after police pursuit
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - A man was arrested in Huntington early Monday morning after a short police pursuit. Huntington Police say it started in the 1100 block of 9th Ave. just after 1:00 a.m. Monday. An officer attempted to make a traffic stop but the vehicle left the area, according...
Pediatric specialists Anderson and Jones provide advanced care at Marshall Health
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Madison S. Anderson, M.D., and Alexis M. Jones, FNP-BC, are now part of the pediatric care team at Marshall Health, a member of Marshall Health Network. Anderson specializes in pediatric hospital medicine, a medical specialty dedicated to caring for hospitalized children in a family-centered environment. Anderson joins the nationally-recognized team of providers at Hoops Family Children’s Hospital, a 72-bed children’s hospital within Cabell Huntington Hospital, where she provides medical coverage for admitted patients on the pediatric floor as well as newborns in the newborn nursery and neonatal therapeutic unit.
2024 Trick-or-Treat times announced for City of Huntington
HUNTINGTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – The City of Huntington is getting an early start in preparing for the upcoming Halloween holiday, having announced 2024 Trick-or-Treat times on Monday morning. Despite the month of July having not yet come to a close, the City of Huntington is already looking to the Fall months, specifically the spookiest month […]
Marshall University Memorial Fountain Now On National Historic Register
Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. Fall 2024 will see Marshall University’s 54th class to enter since the devastating crash of Southern Airways Flight 932 on November 14, 1970. For many in the Marshall community, that rainy night on a hill southwest of Huntington feels like yesterday. But time marches on for all of us; and while it’s hard to believe, enough time has passed that the fountain memorializing that event was added to the National Register of Historic Places in July 2024.
The Rivalry Series: WVU football’s history against Marshall
Across 131 seasons on the gridiron, the West Virginia University football team has developed several rivalries that have helped forge the identity of Mountaineer football. Over the next several weeks, we’ll break down some of the biggest series in West Virginia football history. We continue the series with a matchup that many fans in the […]
Nike And The Herd: A Storied, 3-Decade Relationship
Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. Did you know that the Marshall Thundering Herd will have been affiliated with Nike for 35 years in 2025!?. “Our first ‘deal’ was an over run purchase that [Head Football Coach] Jim Donnan worked out spring of 1990,” said former Herd Equipment Manager Bill Woodrum. “Those shoes had been destined for a variety of schools like Oklahoma and Oklahoma State so the swooshes were orange, maroon, etc. We had to sit and paint all the swooshes on the game shoes green and touch them up weekly. Things have changed a lot in the Marshall Equipment.”
WVSSAC-mandated device helps keep student-athletes cool
ST ALBANS, WV (WOWK)— Three years ago, the WVSSAC utilized money from a grant to buy every school a Wet Bulb Globe Thermometer, also called a Kestrel. The Kestrel utilizes temperature, intensity of the sun, humidity, wind direction, and other factors to determine what the actual temperature in an area is. With the installation of […]
Records: Parents charged after Mingo County infant found with multiple bone fractures
MINGO COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — Two Mingo County parents were charged with child neglect after an infant was brought to a local hospital with multiple bone fractures, court records said. Carl Thomas, 26, and Cheyanne Varney, 22, of Red Jacket, W.Va., were charged with child neglect stemming from an...
Mason Samlow named Assistant Women's Basketball Coach at WVSU
INSTITUTE, W.Va. – WVSU Head Women's Basketball Coach Charles Marshall officially announced Mason Samlow as his Assistant Coach on Monday. Samlow brings seven years of coaching experience to West Virginia State, including stints at the Division I, Division II and NAIA levels. Samlow most recently served as the Assistant...
Popular comedian, ventriloquist Jeff Dunham to make stop in Charleston this fall
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — Popular comedian Jeff Dunham is set to make a stop in Charleston this fall. Dunham’s “Artificial Intelligence Tour” will stop at the Charleston Coliseum on Saturday, Nov. 9 at 5 p.m., according to a news release from organizers. Known for his cast...
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