HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – Listening to a piece of testimony from the trial of Joshuwa Clark for allegedly twice robbing Marquee Cinemas Pullman Square, a description of what the two men allegedly bought with the bucks starkly contrasted.Read more
(Cairo) - Torture is an endemic problem in Egypt and ending police abuse has been a driving element behind the massive popular demonstrations that swept Egypt over the past week, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Read more
After a stirring discussion with the publisher of Huntington News Network about a documentary film on Iran's desire to be a nuclear power -- a prospect that scares the you-know-what out of dozens of nations in the Middle East and Europe -- I swore to him in an e-mail that I would stay away from controversial subjects, and concentrate on book reviews and other non-controversial subjects.Read more
Washington, D.C. (HNN) - U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), Democratic leader of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today fought to defend critical Federal funding that helps link rural communities to our Nation’s aviation system. Read more
RICHMOND, VA (HNN) - Alister Grierson’s “Sanctum” will no doubt remind some viewers of “The Descent,” what with all its spelunking, claustrophobic tendencies, and the struggle for survival, so already it’s starting off on the wrong foot.Read more
It’s funny, it’s heart breaking, Pulitzer Prize-Winning and Tony Taking and best of all, it’s coming to Huntington’s Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center at 7:30 PM on Thursday, February 24. What is it? BROADWAY’S A CHORUS LINE!Read more
The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department (KCHD) Epidemiology Division is currently investigating a Charleston daycare after confirmation of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) associated Skin and Soft Tissue Infection (SSTI) in an infant and report of skin infection in another infant attending the facility.Read more
If West Virginia Republicans were looking for a Reagan-like outsider for their next nominee for Governor, they may have to bypass the campaign of Betty Ireland.Ireland’s campaign released the names oftheirtop staffers this week, and the list looks like a cavalcade of insider types.Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. (HNN) – U.S. Representative Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.), at a meeting in his office late Tuesday, urged the head of the White House regulatory office to closely examine the actions of the EPA and other Federal agencies that could result in job losses in southern West Virginia.Read more
The events in Egypt of late have captured the attention of the world, as many thousands of Egyptians take to the streets both in opposition to and in favor of the current regime. We watch from a distance hoping that events do not spiral further into violence, which will destroy lives and threaten the livelihoods of average Egyptians caught up in the political turmoil. Read more
Los Angeles, CA (HNN) - In keeping with R.E.M.’s ongoing commitment to giving their fans an interactive musical experience, the bandhave announced an exciting remix project in conjunction with “It Happened Today,”Read more
INSTITUTE,WV (HNN) – Multiple plaintiffs have filed a federal civil rights complaint to block resumption of MIC production at the Bayer Cropscience plant in Institute, WV.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – The robbery trial of a former Marquee Cinema Pullman Square employee got underway Tuesday, Feb. 8 with jury selection. Joshawa Clark has maintained his innocence of all charges. However, his longtime friend has signed a plea agreement to testify against him.Read more
Marshall University basketball players Deandre Kane and Shaq Johnson face misdemeanor charges in connection with a January 30 fight at the Thirsty Whale. Read more
Evocative Southern Gothic novel about events of the past and their impact on the present
"You can't go back home to your family, back home to your childhood ... back home to a young man's dreams of glory and of fame ... back home to places in the country, back home to the old forms and systems of things which once seemed everlasting but which are changing all the time — back home to the escapes of Time and Memory." -- George Webber in Thomas Wolfe's posthumously published novel "You Can't Go Home Again"
CAIRO, EGYPT (HNN) - Wael Ghonim, the Google marketing executive for the Middle East and North Africa, has been freed from an Egyptian jail. He told Egypt’s ON TV network that he had not been tortured.
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HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – Here’s the first update on movies ending Thursday Feb 10 and those opening Friday, Feb. 11 in Huntington. *This is subject to modification at this time, but it is a good planner for film buffs.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) - Mayor Kim Wolfe will deliver the annual State of the City address at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 14. A meeting of Huntington City Council follows at 7:30 p.m. Read more
In West Virginia politics, there is a strange kind of creaturethat may not be as prevalent in other states. This kind of politico inhabits both parties and can only be explained as an attempt to pump up one's positives so much that thenegatives the public clearly sees are somehow made hiddenfrom view.Read more
BECKLEY, W.Va. (HNN) - U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) today decried proposed cuts to federal infrastructure programs that deliver water and wastewater services, highlighting the Anchor Road Water Extension Construction Project in Boone and Logan Counties as an example of investment that creates jobs in southern West VirginiaRead more
Debbie Quick provided these two shots of the Mt. Herman Church and Upshur County Courthouse taken on Jan. 29 with lots of snow on the ground. Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) - Huntington Police have made an arrest in the armed robbery of the BP Convenience Store that occurred about 2:45 a.m. Tuesday morning, Feb. 8. Read more
Burbank, CA (HNN) - Just in time for Valentine’s Day, multi-platinum singer-songwriter Michelle Branch is making a previously unavailable song, “Take A Chance On Me,” available as a free download to users who provide their email address at her official website www.michellebranch.com.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – Councilman Jim Ritter sponsored the ordinance that would return to $5,000 as the expenditure amount which City of Huntington departments could purchase without approval of council.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – Two council committees have recommended applying for a grant that will provide funds for a $450,000 new fire and rescue apparatus with extraction capabilities to the #10 station. There is no match, they City of Huntington does not have to add new hires to the general budget in three years.Read more
Some people were surprised and others weren't by the vote for Obamacare by the new junior U.S. Senator from West Virginia, Joe Manchin.Manchin, who was dogged by his early support of Obamacare throughout his recent U.S. Senate campaign by Republican John Raese, finally changed his tune towards the end of that race.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – Huntington Mayor Kim Wolfe vetoed on Feb. 1, 2011 the council passed ordinance that would reduce the department spending level without prior Huntington City Council approval. The level would have gone from $15,000 to $7,500.Read more
Amnesty International today warned that a Google employee reportedly arrested in Cairo during mass protests is facing a serious risk of torture and other ill-treatment by Egyptian security forces. Read more
HUNTINGTON, W.Va.- Marshall women’s basketball team looks to put January behind them and start the month on a new foot as the 5-15 Thundering Herd hosts East Carolina on Thursday night.Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m., at the Cam Henderson Center.
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources has contracted Responsive Management to conduct a major hunter survey, according to Curtis I. Taylor, Chief of the DNR Wildlife Resources Section. Responsive Management will use a random telephone survey in February and March to conduct the study. Read more
