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Huntington Day at Great American Ballpark

We are thrilled to announce we will have a special Huntington Day with the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park this season! Read more

Barboursville Woman Pleads Guilty to Federal Cocaine Distribution Charge

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Barboursville woman pled guilty  to a federal drug charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.  Elizabeth Powers, 29, entered a guilty plea to an indictment charging her with possession with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.  The Kenova Police Department conducted the investigation.  Read more

Huntington Woman Sentenced to Prison for Federal Drug Charge

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Huntington woman was sentenced  to 72 months for a federal drug charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.  Amanda Hatfield, 26, previously pled guilty plea to an indictment charging her with possession with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.  The Huntington Police Department conducted the investigation. Read more

Attorney General Morrisey Cautions Residents to Check Credentials in Repairing Wind Damage

CHARLESTON — Attorney General Patrick Morrisey urged anyone faced with wind damage to be cautious when hiring a contractor to make repairs. Read more

COLUMN GATOR CHOPPIN ..... Observations about Huntington that many residents won't agree with

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8.  "The new drug rehabilitation program at West Regional Jail will do for crime and repeat offenders what narcan did for overdoses."

Most of the crimes in Huntington are done by the same few handfuls of people.  The repeat offenders are committing multiple crimes a day to support their $100-$200 a day habit.  By arresting certain people there is a dip in crime as they are first arrested and then a spike when they hit the streets.  Read more

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Keep Radioactive Waste Out of the Ohio River

Plagued within the little-known town of Piketon, Ohio, lies a nuclear catastrophe waiting to happen! What I am talking about is the Ohio EPA and Department of Energy approved on-site waste disposal facility (OSWDF) at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant. The plant enriched weapons-grade uranium for nuclear bombs throughout the Cold War. Now, they want to bury the disassembled plant on-site, directly above the largest fresh-water aquifer, the Teays River aquifer, in the the entire region! Read more

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Liberal Dems do not Tout "Pure" Socialism

To The Editor:   It is about time that the American people were educated and informed about what true "Socialism" is and is not.  The fact is that in true socialism, "the means of production" are owned and controlled by all of the people.  Read more

"Green Book" wins Best Picture of the Year

Surprises greeted some category winner at the Oscars. And, "Green Book," which took best picture of the year has an extended run ongoing at Marquee Pullman Square. So, if you missed it, you can still see the winner on the giant screen. Read more

Mom, Son Prom Slated for March

The Greater Huntington Park & Recreation DistrictMom and Son Prom will be held in the Grand Ballroom of the Pullman Plaza Hotel on Saturday, March 9th from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Read more

Attorney General Morrisey Files Human Rights Action in Elementary School Abuse Case

MARTINSBURG — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey sought to protect students with special needs and enforce the state’s Human Rights Act so as to hold accountable anyone who threatens to assault an individual because of his or her disability. Read more

Huntington Council Has Two Item Monday Agenda

Huntington City Council meets Monday , Feb. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in Council Chambers at Huntington City Hall. The work session is at 7 p.m. Prior to the Work Session, the Administrative/Finance Committee meets at 6:45 p.m. to discuss a contact for the street paving program.

 

The Council agenda follows: Read more

Drug Arrests Made in Lawrence County, Ohio

Officers with the Lawrence Drug & Major Crimes Task Force, Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office and South Point Police Department executed two search warrants at residences in Rome Township, Ohio on Feb. 21, 2019. Read more

Search Warrant Yields Drug Arrest at Huntington's Coach's Inn

An Akron, Ohio, man was arrested on drug-related charges Wednesday, Feb. 20, following the execution of a search warrant at the Coach’s Inn, 1056 Washington Ave.  Read more

Huntington Costume Designer Makes NYC theatrical designer debut

Huntington Costume Designer Jeanie Cheek, designer for Lip Sync Battle (Paramount Network) , the 61st Annual Grammy Awards,  and Netflix's Who Was? Show,    will make her NYC theatrical costume debut for "30", a boxing drama, Thursday Feb. 28 , 9 p.m., Sat. March 2, 1 p.m. and Sunday March 3, 6 p.m. at the Hudson Guild Theater.  The presentation is part of the New York Theater Festival Winterfest 2019. Read more

Council Sets Budget Sessions

The following Special Call Meetings of City Council will be held in City Council Chambers on the following dates and times for the budget purpose listed below:

Thursday, February 28 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Revenue, City Council, City Clerk, Mayor’s Office, Insurance Programs, Finance, Contingency, Human Resources, Purchasing, IT, Planning Read more

HMDA Agenda Meeting Feb. 25

The Huntington Municipal Development Authority (HMDA) will hold its monthly meeting February 25 @ 4 p.m. in Council Chambers at Huntington City Hall.  Read more

SHELLY’S WORLD: Fiction..... The Happy Store – A Frivolous Thing

This is the fourth in a series of stories about Clementine Fraile and her adventures in retail.

The first time that Clementine Fraile visited The Happy Store, she stayed for over an hour. Read more

Marshall’s Lewis College of Business to Host Business Model Competition

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall University’s Lewis College of Business will conduct an inaugural WV Innovation and Business Model Competition (WVIBMC) beginning Thursday, March 14, with a preliminary qualifying competition and concluding Saturday, April 6, with a finals event. The overall winning team will receive a $5,000 cash prize and an expenses-paid visit to the Intuit campus in Mountain View, California. Read more

HERD ZONE MCGILL: Baseball stadium unveil sets up crucial next step

By Chuck McGill

HerdZone.com

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall University's new baseball stadium has long been a field of dreams for so many people. Read more

COLUMN: GATOR CHOPPIN Is Huntington really that dangerous?

A Huntington blogger recently wrote a blog entitled Huntington, WV: One of the most dangerous cities in the nation?  He presented stats from neighborhoodscout.com that lists Huntington as a 3 out of 100 in safety index with 3 obviously being one of the lowest possible scores. Read more

Nuclear Waste Disposal Meeting March 19

PRESS, NNWJ, Food and Water Action, and A Call to Actions holds a public forum on March 19th at the CAO Welcome Center, 342 Second St, Portsmouth, Ohio from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., according to Vina Colley, activist/officer. Read more

Efforts Underway to Save new River Train

Following meetings with Senator Shelley Moore Capito’s staff, Huntington area State Legislators and the state tourism Commissioner, there is some hope that the New River Train might run again. Read more

Fruth Pharmacy gives to scholarships at Marshall University

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Fruth Pharmacy recently added to their two scholarship opportunities for Marshall students. Read more

Marshall to host Princeton professor speaking on populist authoritarianism

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall University will present Dr. Jan-Werner Müller, a professor of political science at Princeton University, who will present a lecture entitled “Populist Authoritarianism:  What Can Be Done?” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, at the Brad D. Smith Foundation Hall. Read more

Marshall engineering dean reappointed chairman of national committee

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Dr. Wael Zatar, dean of Marshall University’s College of Information Technology and Engineering (CITE), has been reappointed as the chairman of the National Committee on Structural Fiber Reinforced Polymers of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academics. 

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Marshall University faculty member elected to American Association of Anatomists board of directors

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Maria A. Serrat, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, has been named a director of the American Association of Anatomists (AAA). Read more

Huntington Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Heroin Charge

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Huntington man pled guilty  to a federal drug charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Curtis Traylor, also known as “Gurt,” 51, entered a guilty plea to an indictment charging him with distribution of heroin. Read more

Former Hospital Employee Sentenced for Embezzling Pleasant Valley Hospital Funds

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Point Pleasant man was sentenced to three months in prison for embezzling more than $45,000 from the Pleasant Valley Hospital, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.  Read more

Huntington Man Sentenced for Embezzling Veteran's Benefits

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- A Huntington man was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment  for embezzling over $80,000 of his brother’s Veteran’s benefits, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.  In addition to the 6 months imprisonment, Washington will spend 6 months on home confinement following his release.  Read more

United States Attorney Mike Stuart Forms Health Care Abuse, Recovery and Response Team ("ARREST") To Intensify Response to Opioid Epidemic and Health Care Fraud

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – United States Attorney Mike Stuart, joined by Assistant Special Agent in Charge Mary Ann Withrow, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG), Supervisory Senior Resident Agent Wes Quigley, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Group Supervisor Jim Hischar, Drug Enforcement Administration and Director Mike Malone and Investigative Supervisor Jason Fisher, West Virginia Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, announced the formation of a Health Care Fraud Abuse, Recovery and Response Team (ARREST), an innovative approach linking civil and criminal enforcement efforts together in a comprehensive attack on the opioid epidemic. Read more

Convicted West Virginia Judge Admits to Ethics Violations

By Lawrence Smith, Courthouse News Service

WAYNE, W. Va. (CN) – Facing a two-year prison term for his misuse of state funds, a former West Virginia Supreme Court justice appeared in court again Wednesday to stipulate to related ethics charges. Read more

FIRES: The House They Busted Burns, so does one near First Street

A house in the 1700 block of Madison Avenue where police busted  a group on drug charges has gone up in flames. The alarm came in about 11:25 p.m. Feb. 19. With three engines working the 17th Street West abandoned drug house blaze, a second alarm hail fire fighters to the 200 block of W. 7th Avenue (near Cammack Children's Center). just before 2 a.m. Feb. 20. Ten  minutes later dispatch summoned a volunteer team to the W. 7th Avenue fire. 40 minutes later another Huntington engine company was summoned. Read more