Jan 1, 2008
HNN Video Year In Review
Bringing You News You Needed But Missed
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By Tony Seaton
Huntingtonnews.net City Editor
Much like some say the decade called "The '60s" actually ended in 1975 when the last US troops left Vietnam and really began in 1963, when JFK was killed, the single year 2007 in Huntington similarly is book-ended not so much by the year's calendar as it is by the planning, filming, and debut the year before and the showing and DVD selling during and airing on HBO the year after of "We Are Marshall.'
From the perspective of the video producer chronicling events in Huntington this past year, it seemed that very few stories had no connection to either the movie, Marshall University itself, the Keith Albee, Tri-State Airport, the Thundering Herd, the tragic plane crash that inspired the movie or the beginnings of Huntington's downtown revival its excitement helped to invigorate.
So, in looking back at last year, we decided to show you a more specific view of events as we covered them with our video productions, focusing on the longer form in which some ran, the interviews they featured and their relative importance, as opposed to a month-to-month recital of written history only.
The first video that comes to mind, after all the debut hype in '06, is one that we didn't produce, but due to our Internet home, were able to bring to you in a form you didn't find elsewhere.
Movie Before the Movie Inspires, Too
We Are Marshall Meets West Virginia
Next up, and in the news again recently, the two tragic building fires that started off last year on a very sad note: the Ratcliff Building fire and the deadly Emmons Junior building fire.
Jan. 10, 2007
Ratcliff Place Building Heavily Damaged in Major Fire
Jan. 11, 2007
Inferno Aftermath
The day after a devastating fire gutted Ratcliff Place in Huntington, firemen assessed their responses, business people picked up the pieces and fire marshals sifted for clues.
Jan. 14, 2007
Several Dead in Apartment Building Fire
Number Unconfirmed
Not a week after Ratcliff Place went up in flames, tonight, another Huntington landmark was ablaze. The Emmons Apartments on 3rd ave. next door to Applebee's, suffered mostly interior damage, but worst of all, several deaths.
Jan. 15, 2007
Fire Aftermath, [Again]
After the second fire in a week, the death toll stood at seven. With many still unaccounted for, Monday's search of the wreckage of Emmons Junior apartments could be grim. Sunday, officials did what they could to help with the recovery and to warn others to be vigilant against such dangers as fire.
Jan. 16, 2007
Tragic Weekend as Numbers Climb
A stunning weekend of tragedy as the numbers continued to add up behind the fatal fire at the Emmons Junior apartment building. The fatalities have now climbed to nine. Perhaps most poignant of the stories behind those numbers, that of the Lucas family.
Photojournalist Tony Seaton has that story and more from Monday.
Jan. 25, 2007
Huntington's Fire Chief Takes Stock
In the wake of the deadliest fire in Huntington in 50 years, which came on the heels of another devastating fire with high dollar losses, Huntington Fire Chief Greg Fuller is gauging his department's responses. He sat down with Huntington News Net's Tony Seaton for a wide-ranging interview on that and on how we can all be safer in the future.
Next up is a series of interviews with Champion Industries CEO, Marshall Reynolds, now owner of the Herald-Dispatch. At the time these stories first posted, even the employees of the paper were in the dark about their soon-to-be publisher's intentions.
This series answered some of those questions and broke the news that Marshall Reynolds now considers the sale of First Huntington National Bank to have been a mistake.
August 1, 2007Huntington's Own Rupert Murdoch?
Murdoch Outsider Coming In; Reynolds: Bringing Local Control Back
Marshall Reynolds works in his Huntington office
The Australian billionaire media mogul is causing waves of panic in news circles with his News Corp's purchase of the world's financial newspaper of record, The Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118589043953483378.html?mod=djemITP
'The Fox in the Henhouse,' headlined Time magazine, as many worry Murdoch will bring 'Foxification' to the WSJ.
But here in Huntington, little to nothing is known about the Herald Dispatch's new owner's plans for it, when Reynold's Champion Industries/Chapman Printing takes control the first of September.
Tony Seaton sat down with Reynolds to talk about that and other topics. The interview will result in a series of stories here on Huntingtonnews.net.
Today, Reynolds talks about his plans for the Herald Dispatch. Click a picture to watch the video report.
August 6, 2007"It Was A Mistake"
Marshall Reynolds Exclusive Interview; Looks Back at Sale of First Huntington National Bank
In a conversation with Huntington News Network writer/producer Tony Seaton, Marshall Reynolds speaks candidly about a business decision he made almost 15 years ago: The sale of First Huntington National Bank to Bank One. This is the second interview Huntington News will have for you with Reynolds. In last week's first segment, Reynolds talked about his plans for his latest business decision, buying the Herald-Dispatch. That story can be found by clicking on the HNN Videos link at the top of the page. For today's story, click on any picture to watch the video conversation with Marshall Reynolds.
August 20, 2007Marshall Reynolds Weighs In
Speaks out about politics, state of the city and more
Part Three in a series of interviews Huntington News did with Marshall Reynolds. Calling 'em as he sees 'em, Reynolds says what he thinks about current and former office-holders and the issues surrounding the upcoming mayoral election. Producer Tony Seaton captured his thoughts and turned them into a seven minute-long video. An in-depth report you'll not find anywhere else. Click on a pic to launch the video news story.
In the next several days, we'll continue the retrospective look back at the year 2007 here on huntingtonnews.net to remember how its stories affected us and how they do so still. Well have featured blocks of videos about Marshall University expansion, Pullman Square's progress, Downtown's continued revitalization, the Huntington Symphony Orchestra's concerts and move into the Keith-Albee, the final shows at the rock club location for Hyamp, the construction boom in schools, the demolition of the burned-out Emmons and Ratcliff buildings, High School Graduations and many more. HNN had more than 100 video news productions in 2007, so it might take several days to go through the year's highlights.
Watch Comcast Cable Ch. 20 Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008 at 8 p.m. and/or 11 p.m. to see Huntingtonnews.net's videos on television.
Bringing You News You Needed But Missed
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Click on any picture below to launch that video
By Tony Seaton
Huntingtonnews.net City Editor
Much like some say the decade called "The '60s" actually ended in 1975 when the last US troops left Vietnam and really began in 1963, when JFK was killed, the single year 2007 in Huntington similarly is book-ended not so much by the year's calendar as it is by the planning, filming, and debut the year before and the showing and DVD selling during and airing on HBO the year after of "We Are Marshall.'
From the perspective of the video producer chronicling events in Huntington this past year, it seemed that very few stories had no connection to either the movie, Marshall University itself, the Keith Albee, Tri-State Airport, the Thundering Herd, the tragic plane crash that inspired the movie or the beginnings of Huntington's downtown revival its excitement helped to invigorate.
So, in looking back at last year, we decided to show you a more specific view of events as we covered them with our video productions, focusing on the longer form in which some ran, the interviews they featured and their relative importance, as opposed to a month-to-month recital of written history only.
The first video that comes to mind, after all the debut hype in '06, is one that we didn't produce, but due to our Internet home, were able to bring to you in a form you didn't find elsewhere.
We Are Marshall Meets West Virginia
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Next up, and in the news again recently, the two tragic building fires that started off last year on a very sad note: the Ratcliff Building fire and the deadly Emmons Junior building fire.
Jan. 10, 2007
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Jan. 11, 2007
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The day after a devastating fire gutted Ratcliff Place in Huntington, firemen assessed their responses, business people picked up the pieces and fire marshals sifted for clues.
Jan. 14, 2007
Number Unconfirmed
Not a week after Ratcliff Place went up in flames, tonight, another Huntington landmark was ablaze. The Emmons Apartments on 3rd ave. next door to Applebee's, suffered mostly interior damage, but worst of all, several deaths.
Jan. 15, 2007
After the second fire in a week, the death toll stood at seven. With many still unaccounted for, Monday's search of the wreckage of Emmons Junior apartments could be grim. Sunday, officials did what they could to help with the recovery and to warn others to be vigilant against such dangers as fire.
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Jan. 16, 2007
A stunning weekend of tragedy as the numbers continued to add up behind the fatal fire at the Emmons Junior apartment building. The fatalities have now climbed to nine. Perhaps most poignant of the stories behind those numbers, that of the Lucas family.
Photojournalist Tony Seaton has that story and more from Monday.
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Jan. 25, 2007
In the wake of the deadliest fire in Huntington in 50 years, which came on the heels of another devastating fire with high dollar losses, Huntington Fire Chief Greg Fuller is gauging his department's responses. He sat down with Huntington News Net's Tony Seaton for a wide-ranging interview on that and on how we can all be safer in the future.
 Fire Chief Greg Fuller |
Next up is a series of interviews with Champion Industries CEO, Marshall Reynolds, now owner of the Herald-Dispatch. At the time these stories first posted, even the employees of the paper were in the dark about their soon-to-be publisher's intentions.
This series answered some of those questions and broke the news that Marshall Reynolds now considers the sale of First Huntington National Bank to have been a mistake.
August 1, 2007
Murdoch Outsider Coming In; Reynolds: Bringing Local Control Back
Marshall Reynolds works in his Huntington office
Today, Reynolds talks about his plans for the Herald Dispatch. Click a picture to watch the video report.
August 6, 2007
Marshall Reynolds Exclusive Interview; Looks Back at Sale of First Huntington National Bank
In a conversation with Huntington News Network writer/producer Tony Seaton, Marshall Reynolds speaks candidly about a business decision he made almost 15 years ago: The sale of First Huntington National Bank to Bank One. This is the second interview Huntington News will have for you with Reynolds. In last week's first segment, Reynolds talked about his plans for his latest business decision, buying the Herald-Dispatch. That story can be found by clicking on the HNN Videos link at the top of the page. For today's story, click on any picture to watch the video conversation with Marshall Reynolds.
August 20, 2007
Speaks out about politics, state of the city and more
Part Three in a series of interviews Huntington News did with Marshall Reynolds. Calling 'em as he sees 'em, Reynolds says what he thinks about current and former office-holders and the issues surrounding the upcoming mayoral election. Producer Tony Seaton captured his thoughts and turned them into a seven minute-long video. An in-depth report you'll not find anywhere else. Click on a pic to launch the video news story.
In the next several days, we'll continue the retrospective look back at the year 2007 here on huntingtonnews.net to remember how its stories affected us and how they do so still. Well have featured blocks of videos about Marshall University expansion, Pullman Square's progress, Downtown's continued revitalization, the Huntington Symphony Orchestra's concerts and move into the Keith-Albee, the final shows at the rock club location for Hyamp, the construction boom in schools, the demolition of the burned-out Emmons and Ratcliff buildings, High School Graduations and many more. HNN had more than 100 video news productions in 2007, so it might take several days to go through the year's highlights.
Watch Comcast Cable Ch. 20 Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008 at 8 p.m. and/or 11 p.m. to see Huntingtonnews.net's videos on television.
