PARKERSBURG, WV – Today, at a scheduled town hall meeting to discuss the C-8 Medical Monitoring Program, program director Michael Rozen of Feinberg Rozen, with DuPont representatives present, removed a reporter from local station WTAP-TV before the meeting could start. In a heated exchange, Michael Rozen also attempted to force members of Keep Your Promises to leave the public meeting. Read more
The Keith Albee which celebrates its birthday at the Saturday gala is the last remaining Thomas Lamb atmospheric movie palace. Ironically, the Motown group obviously originates from Detroit, Michigan, where urban decay is often spectacular yet tear provoking.
Rapp and Rapp designed movie palaces like Lamb. One of their largest --- the 4,000 seat Michigan --- opened in 1926 at a cost of $5 million dollars. Read more
Despite interest rates being at their lowest level of 2014, pending home sales cooled in December but remained above year-over-year levels for the fourth consecutive month, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). All major regions experienced declines in December.
(ZANESVILLE, Ohio)—Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced a lawsuit against a Zanesville man who did business as Alan Able Heating and Cooling for failing to deliver promised services to consumers. Read more
CHARLESTON — Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is warning taxpayers to be aware of an email scam claiming to be from the Internal Revenue Service that targets consumers’ financial information. Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV – West Virginia’s own live radio program, Mountain Stage with Larry Groce, is returning to Huntington with a Mardi Gras themed party. This live show features the famed New Orleans pianist, Allen Toussaint, jazz guitar great John Pizzarelli, and Americana songstress Caroline Rose - just in time for Fat Tuesday! This live performance will be at the Keith-Albee in Huntington on Sunday, Feb. 15 @ 7:00 p.m.Read more
Huntington, West Virginia—To raise awareness among local women that heart disease is their #1 health threat, the Huntington Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. in conjunction with Ebenezer Medical Outreach, Inc. and Saint Mary’s Medical Center presents Go Red For Women. The event will be February 6, 2015, 5:30 pm, Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, 1647 9th Avenue, Huntington, WV. Reception immediately following. Read more
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that two men were found guilty by a federal jury, following a nearly three week trial at the Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse in Charleston. Read more
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Larry Crum, a 2005 graduate of Marshall University with a degree in public relations, has been named the new assistant director of alumni relations at Marshall.
He assumed his new position Tuesday, Jan. 20. Read more
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Three investigators have joined the Marshall Institute for Interdisciplinary Research.
Research at the institute is focused on a protein, Na/K-ATPase, that directs many cellular processes in the heart, kidney and other tissues. By studying how this cellular signaling occurs, MIIR researchers are working to develop new treatments for cancer, heart and kidney disease. Read more
Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015 released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing average fixed mortgage rates reversing course from the first weeks of the year to tick up slightly.
Previsite, a leader in global distribution of real estate property listing data and marketing services, on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015 announced a new partnership with ListTrac that allows agents and brokers using the Previsite WorldPosting offering to track and measure online performance for properties listed in more than 40 countries, reaching a potential 100 million buyers and investors.
The Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs--the military sworn to defend democracy and the same military currently bombing the snot out of ISIS thugs who have been rightly vilified for beheadings--now wants his members to honor a Saudi royal whose regime beheaded countless dissidents and allowed flogging women for flirting.
Three more new flicks await --- "Project Almanac," "The Loft," and "Black and White." They will all be slaughtered at the starting gate by Clint Eastwood's soon to be highest grossing war film of all time. "American Sniper" has made the year for insight into bravery and anxieties emoted on the battlefields of Iraq. Soon, it will eclipse Tom Hank's classic, "Saving Private Ryan."
Viewers just can't get enough of this insightful action filled study of the persona that made Navy Seal Chris Kyle's razor sharp eyesight made him a legend. Read more
West Virginia Agriculture Commissioner Walt Helmick joins Mayor Steve Williams and executive director of the Facing Hunger Food Bank, Cynthia Kirkhart, as 2,000 pounds of state-grown potatoes were delivered to the Food Bank Wednesday morning. Read more
A religious symbol once again has raised the anger of a spiritual group.
Hindus are disturbed over distortion of Hinduism concepts and symbols in the “Kali Yuga” episode of Fox’s supernatural Emmy nominated television series , “Sleepy Hollow”, which aired on January 26. Read more
Motown sounds expanded past the tracks that a local disc jockey played on the radio. The feel good, dance music has also been part of numerous films, including a 2002 documentary, "Standing in the Shadows of Motown." The song "My Girl" actually became the title of a movie. Nostalgia favorite, "The Big Chill" (1983) penned by West Virginian Lawrence Kasdan featured Glen Close and William Hurt as baby boomers gathering after a friend's death. Motown hits featured "My Girl," and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine." Other Motown flicks included "Lady Sings the Blues" and "Thank God It's Friday." Read more
Back in 2006 when McG and his Warner Bros. filmmakers descended upon Huntington, the pre-social media word of mouth demanded that residents get a glimpse of one of the two Matthews --- McConaughey and Fox. Read more
At its January 27, 2015 meeting, the Cabell Huntington Hospital, Inc. Board of Directors named Kevin N. Fowler as President and CEO, and David "Monte" Ward as Chief Acquisition Officer. This announcement follows the retirement of Brent Marsteller Jan. 1, 2015. Read more
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