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Assault charge against former WSAZ meteorologist dismissed

 By Lawrence J. Smith

 

          CHARLESTON, W. Va. – A Kanawha magistrate on Tuesday dismissed the criminal case against a former meteorologist accused of assaulting one of her former co-workers. Read more

Agenda Announced for Cabell Commission Meetting

The agenda for the Cabell County Commission’s 2019 organizational meeting is available.  Regularly scheduled meetings occur at 10 a.m. the second, and fourth Thursdays in the Commission’s meeting room on the third floor of the county courthouse.  

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MU Choral Union issues invitation to sing

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University Choral Union invites singers to join its ensemble for a new semester of choral music making. Read more

Charleston Town Centre mall to be Sold on Courthouse Steps

A once opulent jewel among shopping --- Charleston Town Centre --- will be auctioned Jan. 24 on the kanawha Courthouse steps.  Read more

Tony award-winning musical EVITA performing on the Keith-Albee stage!

HUNTINGTON, WV – The ground-breaking Broadway musical, EVITA will take the stage at the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center on Jan. 28 at 7:30 p.m. Evita won seven Tony Awards and was the first British musical to receive the Tony Award for Best Musical. Evita also won the Olivier award for Best New Musical, and six Drama Desk awards. Read more

OPINION Mark Caserta: Bottom line: How many lives are Dems willing to sacrifice to stop Trump’s wall?

Anyone who trusts polls, especially those from the corrupt, mainstream media, hasn’t followed politics very closely.

It’s no surprise the complicit, liberal media has been wetting themselves in excitement over being able to attack President Trump over recent polling of voters regarding the government shutdown, now in its third week. Read more

Parent Chain Bankruptcy Challenges Causing Glitches for Teays Valley Movie Venue

Many bankruptcy corporate reorganizations keep consumers blind unil a closing sale, name change, or , in some cases, a few changes in faces and policies. 

Frank's Teays Valley 10 stadium cinemas in has endured internet issues, booking challenges, repair struggles, and getting the word out that , "Hey, we're open." Read more

WV Tax Department saving money, filling vacancies

Charleston, WV — The West Virginia Department of Revenue announced that the State Tax Department has made great strides in enforcing tax laws on out-of-state contractors and in filling staffing vacancies. Read more

Coming in March River City Blues Competition, Marietta OH

The Blues, Jazz & Folk Music Society of the Mid-Ohio Valley announce the River City Blues Competition on Saturday Afternoon of the 28th Annual River City Blues Festival, March 16, 2019, 12:30 to 3:30 pm, followed by The Delgado Brothers at 4 pm. Saturday afternoon tickets are $30. Takes place at The Lafayette Hotel, 101 Front Street, Marietta OH.

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Public Comments Requested on Portsmouth & Paducah Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride

On June 18, 2004, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued environmental impact statements for the construction and operation of facilities to convert depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) to depleted uranium (DU) oxide at DOE’s Paducah Site (Paducah) in Kentucky and Portsmouth Site (Portsmouth) in Ohio. Read more

Coffee & Donuts with Chief of Police

"Coffee With a Cop" returns for 2019 at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8, at Peace, Love, & Little Donuts, located at 803 3rd Ave. Police Chief Hank Dial will be the featured speaker. Read more

Council Planning Committee Discussing Alley Abandonment, Animal Breeding

There will be a meeting of the City Council Planning & Zoning Committee meeting in Council Chambers on Tuesday, January 8, 2019 beginning at 5:00 p.m. Item(s) to be discussed are as follows: Read more

Attorney General DeWine Calls for Action to Protect the Great Lakes from Asian Carp

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine  urged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to act quickly to prevent invasive Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes and to use federal funding for the project.  Read more

Attorney General Morrisey, 18-State Brief Urges Supreme Court To Protect Second Amendment

CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey joined a coalition of 18 states urging the U.S. Supreme Court to consider a case with implications for the Second Amendment. Read more

Given family helps future Marshall medical students by establishing scholarship

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A rural physician and alumnus, W. Douglas Given, M.D., and his wife, Mary, have established an endowed scholarship with the Marshall University [jcesom.marshall.edu]Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine to assist aspiring physicians from central West Virginia. Read more

OPINION GATOR CHOPPIN ON .... Late income tax refund checks could hurt Trump

As Trump and the rest of the fatcat politicians dilly dally around with the shutdown of the federal government....they are creating the need for another wall.  Trump may need Pink Floyd to build another wall.  While most of the talks center around funding a wall at the US/ Mexico border, we may need a huge wall around the White House. Read more

Mark Caserta: President Trump may declare national emergency to build wall.

As the government shutdown continues, both sides remain firmly entrenched in their ideology about building a wall along our southern border. The difference?

It’s this simple. Read more

U.S. to Investigate Discrimination Against Native American Students on Montana Reservation

by Annie Waldman, ProPublica, and Erica L. Green, The New York Times

Jan. 4, 5 a.m. EST

The Education Department said it will look into a long-standing complaint of racial inequities in Wolf Point schools after The New York Times and ProPublica wrote a story about the issue.

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Nominations for the Critic's Choice Awards which will be Presented Jan. 13

Nominations for the 2019 Critic's Choice Awards have been announced. They will be presented Jan. 13 and  is considered one of the best predictors for the Oscars.

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Arrest Made in YWCA Arson

A man has been arrested in connection with a fire that Thursday destroyed an  outbuilding at the long vacant YWCA in the 600 block of Fifth Avenue. Joshua Scott Griffith Francis, 26, has been placed in the Western Regional Jail on a $50,000 bond. Read more

Holy McElroy ... They are working for Marvel

Clint McElroy began his radio career like many Marshall University broadcasting students (like Mike Kirtner) at WMUL-FM, when it was a 10 watt campus station that relied on all volunteers. McElroy obtained his first "real" broadcasting job in 1975 as news director for WKEE-FM before gigs at WRVC, WEMM,  and WTCR. 

An avid devotee of comic and science fiction fandom, Clint (who wrote a pilot for an innovative "mini-sit-com" drop in TV proposal a.k.a. Zap & Opps) retired from commercial radio in 2017 and joined sons Justin, Travis and Griffin in an internett podcast, The Adventure Zone, which began with a Dungeons and Dragons role-playing arc, moved to other game systems. 

However,  the McElroy Brothers announced Jan. 4 on their website a project with Marvel Comics: Read more

Full List of Golden Globes; Pick Sunday night Winner's

Here's the full listing of nominees by the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. for the 2019 Golden Globes which will  be announced Sunday at 8 p.m. 

Vice leads the comedy/musical category with six nominations followed by The Favourite and The Green Door  with five each.  Read more

Grant County Leads State in New Business Growth for December 2018

Charleston, W.Va. — Grant County led in new business growth for December 2018 with a total of 12 new businesses, according to West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner. Read more

Trump boom continues as jobs report blows away expectations

New York, NY – In response to the December 2018 jobs report just released, Michael Glassner, Chief Operating Officer of Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. released the following statement. Read more

SHELLY’S WORLD – “The Happy Ending”

A pixie, a fairy, a sprite and an elf

Assembled with tremulous fear

A crises arisen now had to be faced –

For if not, they would all disappear! Read more

Fairfield Planning Meeting Scheduled

The public is invited to a community meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, at the A.D. Lewis Community Center, 1650 A.D. Lewis Ave., to give feedback on planning for better housing and neighborhood improvements in Fairfield. Read more

Attorney General Morrisey Reaches Multistate Settlement with For-Profit Education Company

CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and 48 attorneys general announced an agreement with for-profit education company Career Education Corporation that will relieve more than $493.7 million in debts owed by 179,529 students nationwide. Read more

Chief Rader Saving Lives in Opioid Crisis

Transcript: Jan Rader from Ted Women Speech

In the opioid crisis, here's what it takes to save a life:

For the past 24 years, I have been a firefighterin Huntington, West Virginia. As firefighters, my team and I are tasked with saving lives and property from such disasters as car wrecks, house fires and also life-threatening medical emergencies. I am a woman leading a department in a male-dominated profession. Read more

Huntington Water Quality Board Begins Downtown Sinkhole Repairs

The Huntington Water Quality Board will begin repair work on a sewer main collapse at Ninth Street and Third Avenue on Thursday, Jan. 3. At that time, 9th Street from 4 ½ Alley to 3rd Avenue will be closed to vehicular traffic. Read more

BREAKING... Fire Breaks Out at Abandoned YWCA

Huntington Firefighters are on the scene of a blaze next door to WSAZ-TV. The abandoned Fifth Avenue structure used to be the YWCA. The call came in about 2:10 a.m. Jan. 3. 

"Escape Room" Stakes--- Solve Puzzle or Perish; Aquaman Likely to Flood its way to #1

Director Adam (Paranormal Activity Ghost Dimension Taking of Deborah Logan, Insidious Last Key)   Robitel places six narcissistic millennials who must work their way out of a murderous "Escape Room" by  solving puzzles  a la  "Saw," but with a PG-13 rating. Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll, Jay Ellis, Tyler Labine, Nik Dodani are among the group that a strong riddle solving cap might prolong survival.  Read more

"Evita," "Mama Mia" upcoming on Huntington, Charleston Stages

by Chuck Minsker 

Here’s the show lineup for the week, beginning Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019. Upcoming shows and auditions are also listed. If I've missed anything, please let me know.

ONSTAGE THIS WEEK: Read more

Winter Wonder Weekend at North Bend State Park scheduled for Jan. 18-20, 2019 “Monarchs And More”

CAIRO, W.Va. — What do monarchs, migration and Mexico have in common? The answer involves monarch butterflies and pollinators, and that’s the theme of North Bend State Park’s annual Winter Wonder Weekend scheduled for Jan. 18-20, 2019. The weekend also will feature many other activities such as hiking, sleigh riding, crafts and local music. Read more