Lead Stories

Marshall Joins With JC Penny's to 'Suit Up'

A national retailer is giving exclusive access to its Huntington location to Marshall University.
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Marshall Announces Public Phase of 'Marshall Rises' Campaign

Fresh off a first-ever ranking in U.S. News & World Report’s top-tier “National Universities” category, Marshall University officials this weekend announced the public phase of a $150 million campaign called Marshall Rises. The announcement of the campaign was made amid a backdrop of fireworks at the Homecoming football game Saturday, Oct. 26, in front of thousands of members of the university family. Read more

Marshall Psychiatry Expands Partnership with Bateman Hospital

 Marshall Psychiatry has signed an agreement with the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources  to provide physician services and other certified professionals from the field of psychiatry to support Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital. Read more

Ward Named Marshall's First Ombudsman

A familiar face to the Marshall community joins the university as its first-ever ombudsman.

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Letter to the Editor: No Mayoral Pay Raise

by David Williams

The second reading of the proposed raise for city council and the mayor is tonight. I am for 5 per cent raise for all of them. I do not think it is fair that the mayor will get a $29,000 raise. Read more

Opinion: Chicago Teachers’ Strike Shows Why We Don’t Need Public Schools

by Kerry McDonald

As the Chicago strike shows, when government schooling is not the centerpiece of a child’s life, community organizations step up to provide support and care. Museums, churches, libraries, and a multitude of civic non-profits are opening their doors to children displaced by the teachers’ strike, and public parks and playgrounds abound.

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HERD ZONE: Rohrwasser's Heroics Give Marshall Dramatic Homecoming Win

by Chuck McGill

The game was tied, and with six seconds on the clock, Marshall football coach Doc Holliday looked at his kicker, Justin Rohrwasser.

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First Stage Announces Auditions for “Stuart Little”

Herd4Christ Organizing Annual Clothing Giveaway

A Marshall University student ministry is taking donations for its annual clothing drive next month.

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Austin’s Hosting Family-Friendly Trick-or-Treat

Ceredo - A Wayne County pet store will open its doors Thursday to two- and four-legged trick or treaters.

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Column: Building a City On Drug Rehab Is a Disastrous Business Plan

Anyone who tells you Huntington is successfully addressing its devastating level of drug addiction via its rehab efforts, is trying to sell something.

To say that Huntington is “spinning its wheels” in dealing with drug abuse is a monumental understatement. We are, indeed, digging ourselves into a trench from which it will be very difficult to escape. And sadly, we have leadership who believes in doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results. Read more

Oct. 28 Wayne County Commission meeting agenda

Below, is the agenda for Monday's regularly scheduled Wayne County Commission meeting.  Regularly scheduled meetings occur at the county courthouse the first Thursday at 3 p.m., and the following Mondays at 10 a.m. 

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Only Tarantino Could Blissfully Pull Off a History Revised Hollywood 1969 Love Song

Quentin Tarantino has gone from reinvented westerns to stretching slasher torture techniques a step behind exploitation, where a gasp shock at the "Hostel" comes close to "Mark of the Devil's" grab the provided emergency cleanliness bag. 

Luring Leonardo DiCaprio, as Rick Dalton,  former star of a western TV series, and  Brad Pitt  his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth would nearly guarantee a swift one-liner filled buddy hybrid comedy. Tarantino has Al Pacino, Margo Robbie, Dakota Fanning, Luke Perry, Bruce Dern, Kurt Russell, and Harley Quinn (among others) . Read more

Oct. 28 Huntington City Council Meeting Agenda

Below, is the agenda for Monday's regularly scheduled Huntington City Council meeting.  Regularly scheduled meetings occur at city hall on the second, and fourth Mondays at 7:30 p.m.  

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Sorority Cease-and-Desist Order Lifted

Marshall Health Welcomes International Medicine Specialist

Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine , Marshall Health and Hoops Family Children’s Hospital at Cabell Huntington Hospital medical and dental staff welcome Martha Anne Sommers, M.D. to their family medicine teams of providers. Read more

Marshall University hosts international expert on diversity and inclusion

Marshall University will host internationally-known speaker Dr. Steve L. Robbins for a presentation on diversity and inclusion at 9 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 5, at the Joan C. Edwards Playhouse.

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Fitch Ratings Affirms Marshall's ‘AA-’ Bond Rating

According to Marshall University officials, Fitch Ratings has affirmed the school’s “AA-” ratings of $79.5 million on university revenue bonds, and considers the rating outlook stable. Read more

Marshall Health Welcomes 3 Pediatricians

Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall Health and Hoops Family Children’s Hospital at Cabell Huntington Hospital medical and dental staff welcome three pediatricians to their teams of providers. Read more

"Countdown" (You're Dead) Opens for Halloween Scares, but it won't Top the Charts

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COUNTDOWN

When a young nurse (Elizabeth Lail) downloads an app that claims to predict exactly when a person is going to die, it tells her she only has three days to live. With time ticking away and death closing in, she must find a way to save her life before time runs out. Read more

Marshll Baseball Stadium Dedicaton Saturday

The Thundering Herd's match-up against rival Western Kentucky University will not be the only athletic event take center-stage in Huntington this weekend.

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Oct. 24 Cabell County Commission meeting agenda

Below, is the agenda for Thursday's regularly scheduled Cabell County Commission meeting.  Regularly scheduled meetings occur the second, and fourth Thursdays at 10 a.m. in the Commission's meeting room on the third floor of the county courthouse. 

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Adverse Childhood Experience Counseling Training Available in WV

The WV ACES Coalition is launching the availability of Connections Matter®, an innovative, hands-on training for counselors, teachers, law enforcement, healthcare providers, parents and more! Professionals across the state are being trained to help communities support individuals who have been affected by Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES). This effort focuses on building relationships, connecting resources and building strong communities across West Virginia. The training teaches how stress impacts the brain and why relationships improve individual and community well-being. Trainees leave with practical ideas for taking action in their work, faith, neighborhood and friend networks. Read more

COLUMN: Liberal Democrats run “shamelessly” on a socialist platform

Democrats used to attempt to “hide” their socialist tendencies from potential voters.

Now, they run presidential campaigns on them. Read more

Opinion: Intolerance in Academia

by Walter E. Williams

If you need an accurate update on some of the madness at the nation’s institutions of higher learning, check out Minding the Campus, a nonprofit independent organization. John Leo, its editor in chief, says that the organization’s prime mission is dedicated to the revival of intellectual pluralism and the best traditions of liberal education at America’s colleges and universities. Leo’s most recent compilation of campus madness leaves one nearly breathless.

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Herd football rallies for wild 36-31 win at FAU

By Chuck McGill

HerdZone.com

BOCA RATON, Fla. – Marshall's sideline at FAU Stadium might have been only 1.8 miles from the beach, but the Thundering Herd football team found paradise here under the Friday night lights. Read more

Pink Lady Intellectually Challenged Blonde Steals "Zombieland" Sequel from nearly Flawless Young Vets

Ten years after a zombie apocalypse , history has stood still. Somehow, the quartet of original comedic zombie bashers returns intact for "Zombieland Double Tap," which adds hippies, monster trucks, hunter zombies, and a blonde, wide-eyed call her a "valley girl" (Zoey Deutch as Madison) arriving to complicate Columbus' (Jesse Eisenberg) deteriorating relationship with a suffocated by closeness Wichita (Emma Stone). Her younger sis (Abigail Breslin as Little Rock) wants to meet a young man (in a world where seemingly none survived) so she and Wichita leave the luxuries of the abandoned White House for greener pastures, leaving Columbus to mope with an increasingly wandering footed Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson). Read more

Marshall Health to Host Social Enterprise Forum

A model that connects the social mission of an organization with a market-driven approach to business has proved successful for organizations like Goodwill, Coalfield Development and Café Appalachia. Read more

Marshall Rec Center to Host Halloween Event Oct. 30

The Marshall University Recreation Center will host a Halloween-themed event called “Haunted Rec” from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30,  Read more

Pittman named 2019 Counselor of the Year

 Tiffany Pittman, L.P.C., A.A.D.C., has been named the 2019 Counselor of the Year by the West Virginia Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors. Read more

Extras Needed for Pittsburgh Casting of "Sweet Girl"

A devastated husband vows to bring justice to the people responsible for his wife’s death while protecting the only family he has left, his daughter. Jason Momoa (Aquaman, Dune, Game of Thrones) will star in "Sweet Girl", which will be shot on location in Pittsburgh.

Thousands of paid extras are being sought for the filming of the Netflix thriller “Sweet Girl,” starring Jason Momoa, when production begins in the Pittsburgh area in mid-November and continues into February.  Read more