December 2007:
December 24, 2007
Moe's Is Back!
Popular Grill Returns to Pullman
By Tony Seaton
Huntingtonnews.net Producer
It was January when Moe's closed its doors to move to the Ninth St. Plaza for bigger digs, many thought at the time. Now, thanks to an arrangement with Pullman for more square footage in an expanded version of their old haunt between Starbucks and the then-not-yet-existent Five Guys Burgers and Fries, Moe's is back on the Square. Friday was a secret pre-grand opening without any advertising and judging from the fact they 'turned over' the dining room five times in just the hour or so HNN was there shooting, the joint should be jumpin' as ever Saturday for the Official Grand Re-Opening. Click on a pic above to see the triumphant return of Moe's Southwest Grill to Pullman Square.
December 23, 2007
Leah Hickman's Body Removed from Apartment Bldg.
Dress Barn Closed for Weekend in Memorium; Story Is National News
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By Tony Seaton
Huntingtonnews.net City Editor
Huntington police investigators around 1 p.m. on Saturday removed Leah Hickman's body from under her apartment in the laundry room/crawl space area where it was found, some 20 hours earlier ...
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December 22, 2007
Leah Hickman Found Dead in Own Apt. Building
Body ID Not Positive But Police Sure; Family Notified
By Tony Seaton
Huntingtonnews.net City Editor
Although Huntington Police said they could not yet make a positive ID, Police Chief Skip Holbrook said at a press conference Friday night that they're sure the body they found earlier Friday is that of ...
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December 21, 2007
Candlelight Vigil for Leah
Dozens Show Support
By Tony Seaton
Huntingtonnews.net Producer
tektonivideo@gmail.com
About fifty friends, family members and people who didn't even know Leah Hickman turned out Thursday night for a candlelight vigil at Marshall's Memorial Student Center. They spoke of what a great friend Leah is, or was, in a confounding service for those who didn't know whether to speak of the missing Marshall 21-year- old in the past or present tense as the search for any sign of her goes on. Hear some of the testimonials of her many friends and loved ones. Click on a picture to watch the video.
December 20, 2007
Cabell Midland Car Crash Benefit Concert
Several Local Bands Raise Over $1,000 for Families
By Tony Seaton
Huntingtonnews.net Producer
Nearly 200 people paid $7 each to hear some local talent rock the V Club to raise money for the families of the three Cabell Midland High School Students killed in a tragic car wreck on their way to school Dec. 11.
Organized by the dauntless Angie Fletcher, who was the aunt of the two Adkins brothers, Christopher and David, killed in the wreck, the benefit went on for hours as dozens of musicians played their hearts out to help the Adkins and Sinclair families with the immense cost of funeral arrangements and related expenses.
Click on a pic for video of some of the rockin'.
December 16, 2007
Huntington Symphony Orchestra Does Christmas Right
"A Storybook Christmas' Hits All the Right Notes
By Tony Seaton
Huntingtonnews.net Producer
The Huntington Symphony Orchestra, with maestro Kimo Furuamoto, plucked the strings of the audience's heart at the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center Saturday night. They performed Christmas classics and had a little help from some little helpers, the Covenant School Choir, and the ARTS children's chorus, singing "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing' among others. The HSO received a standing ovation from an appreciative crowd of more than 500, which is more than double last year's Christmas concert turnout.
Click on a pic above for a taste of this year's musical delights, which you can also still see live, as there is another concert Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center on Marshall's campus.
December 16, 2007
It's Starting to Look A Lot Like Christmas
Candlelight Tour of Houses Highlights Decorations
By Tony Seaton
Huntingtonnews.net Producer
ARTS-Arts Resources of the Tri State—the organization that uses the old Huntington High for children and adults to practice their crafts and learn new ones—was the beneficiary of the Holiday Candlelight House Tour fund-raising event Saturday. Thousands of dollars were raised for renovations and new equipment for ARTS, as hundreds of 'tourists' paid to see the inside of some very nice homes all done up for Christmas.
Click on a pic above to watch a video about one of those homes.
December 14, 2007
Time Sure Flies When You're Having Fun
Ever Since WAM, Huntington Has Been On a Roll
By Tony Seaton
Huntingtonnews.net Producer
It seems like it HAD to be more than a year ago, so much has happened since, but it wasn't. A year ago this weekend was THE EVENT. Huntington's taste of the big time. Sure, there'd been movie premieres here before, I mean, really, who can forget "Birds Do It," the 1966 Soupy Sales 'blockbuster' that premiered right in the very same spot? It even had a reception at The Frederick--now THAT was big stuff. For it's day. And when you're nine years old. For this day though, it didn't get any bigger than the two Matthews, Kate, Anthony and McG in town for the premiere of We Are Marshall. Things haven't been the same since.
Take a look back at HNN's coverage of this seminal event. Click on a pic and marvel at the prescience!
December 14, 2007
A Civil War Soldier's Story Part Two
In Which Roland Is Laid to Rest For the Final Time
By Tony Seaton
Huntingtonnews.net Producer
In Part One, we heard the beginning of Joyce Saunder's tale of ancestors lost and found again.
Now listen as her story ends and her son tells the story of his great, great grandfather and Private Roland Gillispie, Civil War Soldier, comes home to his final resting place in Spring Hill Cemetery in Huntington, having been brought there by horse-drawn carriage. Click on a pic to watch.
December 13, 2007
Mourning for Cabell Midland Students
Hundreds Pack Fellowship Baptist Church
By Tony Seaton
Huntingtonnews.net Producer
The tears flowed freely Wednesday night as friends and loved ones of Robert Sinclair, David Adkins and Christopher Adkins told the audience estimated at more than 300 what a loss their deaths in the tragic car and school bus collision Tuesday were. Not that the audience didn't already know that; many were overcome by grief and left the service sobbing. Beautiful hymns and spiritual messages mixed with testimonials for over an hour, and Huntingtonnews.net has part of the memorial for you if you weren't able to make it.
Click on a picture above to watch the service.
December 12, 2007
A Civil War Soldier's Story
Woman Finds Long-Lost Ancestor's Grave Site
By Tony Seaton
Huntingtonnews.net Producer
Joyce Saunders is a genealogy buff. So, when the West Virginia Department of Transportation contacted her to tell her they wanted to put a road right through a family cemetery she didn't know existed, she was anything but upset. "If you'd have given me a million dollars, it wouldn't have meant as much to me," said Saunders. In Part One, in her own words, is her story and the ceremony in which she arranged to have her great-grandfather's grave moved from Putnam County to Huntington's Spring Hill Cemetery this summer. Click on a picture above to watch this moving story. Part Two tomorrow.
December 7, 2007
Southside Elementary and Huntington Middle Break Ground
School Consolidations Shift Into Higher Gear
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By Tony Seaton
Huntington News Network Producer
Students of the new schools joined teachers, principals, school board members, residents and politicians for the ground breaking ceremony Thursday on Huntington's Southside. The new buildings will combine Cammack, Miller and West schools. Meanwhile work continues on the historic Cammack school which will literally combine with the new structures. Click pic above to watch the video.
December, 3, 2007
AIDS Quilt Comes to Huntington
Six Giant Panels at Beverly Hills Presbyterian
By Tony Seaton
Huntington News Network
It was Advent Sunday and World AIDS Day Saturday, and to commemorate the latter, and the 20th year of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church on Norway Ave. in Huntington hosted six giant panels of the quilt. The entire quilt, which is the world's largest community art project, is over 52 miles long and has more than 47,000 panels with more than 90,000 names of victims of AIDS on it. The church encourages visitors to come marvel at the display 9:30 a.m. till Noon through Dec. 7 and will host a special Wednesday evening Service of Healing and Wholeness Dec. 5th at the church.
Click on pix above to watch the video.
