Huntington Police are on the scene of a shooting that had been reported at about 4:35 a.m. Sunday, June 25 near the 1700 and 1800 block of Seventh Avenue and Buffington. The condition of the victim(s) have not been reported, but he is apparently not assisting police at this time. One victim may have been caught in a cross fire, according to an early statement. A transport to St. Mary's Hospital took place. Read more
The Family Dollar location on Eighth Avenue has a new unintended side entrance. Sometime Saturday, June 24, a vehicle ran through the exterior wall. Read more
Flint Group Pigments (formerly Standard Ultramarine) will close its plant in the 2400 block of 5th Avenue, leaving about 50 employees out of work. Since the property contains land in close proximity to that eyed by Mayor Steve Williams for new development . The advanced plan centers on an acquisition of the ACF site. Read more
Flood Warning for... Boyd County in northeastern Kentucky... Southern Greenup County in northeastern Kentucky... Northwestern Lawrence County in northeastern Kentucky... Read more
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey unveiled a draft best practices initiative aimed at raising awareness about human trafficking within law enforcement communities around the state. Read more
Since it will become relevant later on, now might be a good time to tell you how many of the Swerling clan either grew up in the park or came here on weekends and over school vacations. Sometimes it seemed as if every tree had three, four, or more family members hanging from a limb, reading a book, or wooing and being wooed, and all at the same time. Read more
Marshall University’s student body president will present a lecture on his personal experiences of growing up as gay in West Virginia and how the region’s culture may be attributed to a growth in the LGBTQ+ population in the state. Read more
As of 3 a.m. Saturday, June 24, the following Huntington streets are closed due to high water:
5th Avenue between 23rd and 26th streets is now closed due to high water. Parts of 4th Avenue are also flooded in this area. Please do not drive through high water and risk your life or the lives of first responders. Read more
Two Marshall University students have won Freeman-ASIA scholarships to study abroad during the 2017-2018 school year. McKayla Meade and Kaylee Oney will both attend Kansai Gaidai University in Kansai, Japan. Read more
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Detroit man who was part of a heroin trafficking ring was sentenced today to two and a half years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Darrell Eugene Woodside, 46, previously pleaded guilty to communicating by phone to facilitate the distribution of heroin.Read more
Jane and Lee Flower have endowed the Jane Deacon Flower Scholarship in Nursing through the Marshall University Foundation Inc. The scholarship will support a full-time, undergraduate nursing major in Marshall’s College of Health Professions. Read more
Local 289 of the International Association of Firefighters has narrowly defeated a contract with the City of Huntington. Ray Canafax, president, told HNN the vote was 38-32 for non-approval. Read more
Billy Spencer, Mayor of Piketon, Ohio, has announced that a presentation on the Waste Dump at the former Portsmouth Diffusion Plant site will occur during the Thursday, June 22, city council meeting. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at Piketon Government Center, 411 South West Street Piketon Ohio. 45661.
He cautioned, "it is not what we have been told."
Specifically, Spencer stated:
I want to invite everyone to a special council meeting tomorrow evening at the Piketon Government Center. It will start at 7pm. The subject is a presentation from Karl Kalbacher of the Ferguson Group in Washington DC. Karl will present his findings concerning the Nuclear Dump the Department of Energy wants to build right here next to our community and families if you care about your property values.
Two sections of Marshall University Public Relations Campaign Management classes took home four first-place Crystal Awards from the Public Relations Society of America-West Virginia Chapter at the PRSA-W.Va. Gala June 14 at the Culture Center in Charleston. Read more
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