HUNTINGTON — A handful of downtown businesses competed for the title of Huntington’s Best Chocolate Chip Cookie as the United Way of the River

Cities’ third Best Chocolate Chip

Cookie Competition took place

HUNTINGTON — Aerospace in West Virginia?

Huntington Mayor Steve Williams says when he is asked that question, his answer is always the same.

“I say hell yes,” the mayor said. “We can get there from here. We can reach the world and change the world from right here in West ...

HUNTINGTON — Break out the pegged jeans, poodle skirts and leather jackets. Get your ears geared up for some dang-dangs, dip-dips and shama-lama-ding-dongs. The Thunder-Tones are back, presenting a new show featuring beloved doo-wop hits from yesteryear.

The ThunderTones Annual Fall Show ...

HUNTINGTON — Break out the pegged jeans, poodle skirts and leather jackets. Get your ears geared up for some dang-dangs, dip-dips, and shama-lama-ding-dongs. The ThunderTones are back, presenting a new show featuring beloved doo-wop hits from yesteryear.

The ThunderTones annual Fall Show ...

HUNTINGTON — There weren’t many smiles on the face of Huntington High football coach Billy Seals this week as the Highlanders prepare to take on rival Cabell Midland.

Sure, the Highlanders are sitting at 6-1 and No. 5 in the Class AAA state ratings, meaning they are firmly entrenched in ...

Some decisions are no-doubters, like a Barry Bonds home run. Others, well, you won’t know if they will go over the fence until they actually do.

That’s the way it is with several races on the general election ballot, and it applies to the three races in Cabell County. There are no ...

HURRICANE — Local bikers now have an opportunity to swap their leather at the brand-new store called Vintage Leather and Apparel (VLA), which has officially opened its doors in downtown Hurricane, following a ribbon-cutting ceremony sponsored by the Putnam Chamber of Commerce on Monday, Oct. ...

HUNTINGTON — With many players returning from the 2017 team, it wasn’t hard for Marshall University football players to remember what happened to the Thundering Herd last season against Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida.Marshall turned the ball over four times and the Owls won, ...

Teays Physical Therapy Center, Inc. & the Putnam Herald are pleased to present this week’s male Gamer of the Week to junior, Eli Brock of Buffalo High School.

The Buffalo High School Bison football team had their first victory this season beating Valley 33-13 last week. Buffalo ...

HUNTINGTON — Two candidates contending for the seat on the Cabell County Commission discussed a hefty jail bill, attracting businesses and how they would perform duties required for the position ahead of next month’s election.

Longtime incumbent Bob Bailey, a Democrat, is being challenged ...

HUNTINGTON — She gave it her best shot, but Fort Gay, West Virginia, resident Rachel Messer’s journey on the hit TV show “The Voice” ended Tuesday night in the live battle rounds.

Messer and Katrina Cain, of Team Blake, sang Sarah McLachlan’s ethereal classic “In the Arms of an Angel” to ...

HUNTINGTON— The Huntington Museum of Art will host a fine art auction on Sunday, Oct. 21, from 2 to 5 p.m., with a preview from 1 to 2 p.m., featuring more than 170 works of art to support the museum. The works included in the sale were supplied by private donors, living artists, as well as a ...

HUNTINGTON — Cabell County Schools celebrated National School Lunch Week with a special “Lots 2 Love” lunch Thursday at Guyandotte Elementary School in Huntington.

Wearing a special top hat in his capacity as “Big Cheese,” Superintendent of Schools Ryan Saxe visited the school for a ...

ONA — Twice last week, Woodrow Wilson took advantage of Cabell Midland mistakes to move within 15 yards of the end zone, but both times the Flying Eagles came away with no points.

The K nights defense played “lights out,” according to coach Luke Salmons, who hopes for a similar performance ...

HUNTINGTON—The 55th annual Marshall University International Festival, organized by the Office of International Student Services, returns to Marshall from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, in the Memorial Student Center on the Huntington campus.

Admission to the festival is free and open to ...

HUNTINGTON — Justin McElroy knows podcasting.

In fact, few people on the planet have recorded more podcasts in the short history of the streaming medium.

While the Huntington resident could be content with simply keeping up the creative stable of his contributions to the McElroy ...

’Tis the season at Gritt’s Farm in Eleanor on Saturday, Oct. 13.

HUNTINGTON — There’s a lot to celebrate looking back at the past four years at Lily’s Place in Huntington.

The nonprofit organization has helped bring the issue of neonatal abstinence syndrome to the national conversation and has helped dozens of babies and their families.

That’s why ...

HUNTINGTON — Waking up every day knowing it’s his final season of college basketball is all the motivation C.J. Burks needs.

The Marshall Thundering Herd senior guard is coming out each day for practice with fire in his eyes.

“It’s my senior year, so I’m giving it all I’ve got,” the ...

Tyre Brady might be — just might be — the most targeted wide receiver in all of collegiate football.

There’s virtually no way to prove it.

Or disprove it.

But it is difficult to believe there is any other wide out that has had more passes thrown his way than Marshall ...

Teays Physical Therapy Center Inc. and the Putnam Herald are pleased to present this week’s female Gamer of the Week to Senior Brooke Slaubaugh of Buffalo High School.

The Bison’s record is 11-22-4 for the year thus far. Slaubaugh, captain, is still happy with how the season has gone, “We ...

This week’s soccer game saw the Hurricane High School junior varsity team entertain visitors from Wood County Christian School on a cold, damp evening.

The Wood County Wildcats kicked off and for the first couple of minutes the game was played in the middle third of the pitch as both sides ...

The Putnam County Board of Education voted Monday night, in a voice vote with no nays heard, to hire away the new principal of Kanawha County’s South Charleston High to lead Putnam’s Hurricane High, according to Putnam school board President Rob Cunningham.

Paul “P.E.” McClanahan’s start ...

This measure seeks to amend the West Virginia Constitution to clarify that nothing in the Constitution of West Virginia secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of abortion.

West Virginia has a law restricting access to Medicaid funding for abortion and a law ...

Don Duncan may be “retired” from his 10 years as manager of The V Club, but the veteran music man is back the past two weeks as organizer of two talent-laden fundraisers to help our Tri-State community.

Last Saturday, he teamed up with Dan and Amy Johnson, of Honor Flight Huntington, to ...

HUNTINGTON — Marshall University math professors are offering ACT and SAT math boot camps before most of the 2018-19 test dates including camps the weekends of Oct. 20-21, Dec. 1-2, Feb. 2-3 and June 1-2 from 1-4:30 p.m. for ACT prep and April 6-7 for SAT prep.

The focus is to identify the ...

CHARLESTON — Kanawha-Charleston Health Department and Putnam County Health Department — which give approximately 9,500 vaccinations during the flu season — urge people to get their shots by the end of this month.

The health departments are now offering flu vaccinations, Monday-Friday, 8:30 ...

HURRICANE — The United Methodist Women of Forrest Burdette Memorial United Methodist Church, 2848 Putnam Ave. in Hurricane, are sponsoring the Annual Arts, Crafts and Book event from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 3.

Crafters and vendors with a wide variety of merchandise, including ...

Here, in the United States, I stand 6 feet, 2 inches tall without my shoes on. I’m the same height in Myanmar — the former Burma — and in the West African state of Liberia. Everywhere else in the world I’m 1.78 metres tall, and no, I haven’t spelt “metres” wrong, that’s the way the rest of the ...

Director Drew Goddard (“The Cabin in the Woods”) tries hard to make a Grindhouse style of film here. But, it turns into something more along the lines of Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez Lite.

This movie has all of the elements the bloody pulp genre, but none of the “bite.”

“Bad ...

CHARLESTON—West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced a collaboration between his office and the Putnam County Aging Program that will bring information to the doorsteps of senior citizens.

The partnership will open another channel of communication with elderly individuals ...

Most railroad retirement annuities will increase in January 2019 because of a rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from the third quarter of 2017 to the corresponding period of the current year, according to a U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) news release.

“Cost-of-living increases ...

The West Virginia Legislative Authority over Budgeting for State Judiciary Amendment, Amendment 2, is on the ballot in West Virginia as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment.

A “yes” vote supports amending the state constitution to authorize the legislature to reduce the budget ...

ANN ROACH, 77, of Ironton, wife of Ronald Bruce Roach, died October 17 at home. She was a retired nursing administrator for Valley Care Center of South Point, Ohio. There will be a graveside service 2:30 p.m. Friday, Woodland Cemetery, Section P. Phillips Funeral Home, Ironton, is assisting the ...

HURRICANE — Whether you want to turn your best furry friend into a Beast or a Belle, or anything in between, there is a category for you at the 22nd annual Pet Halloween Costume Contest — and your participation will benefit New Hope Animal Rescue.

The contest is set for Sunday, Oct. 28, at ...

WINFIELD — Putnam County, in cooperation with the James E. Marshall Post 187 of the American Legion, is hosting the 11th annual Veterans Appreciation Day at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 4, at the Putnam County Courthouse in Winfield.

The program, held on the courthouse parking lot, will feature ...

HUNTINGTON — First Presbyterian Church will host a two-part series, “Better Together,” Monday, Oct. 22, and Monday, Oct. 29, starting at 6:30 p.m.

On Monday, Oct. 22, nationally known speaker and author Danielle Strickland will be hosted via internet streaming.

On the following ...

ONA — After freshman football player Wade Smith at Spring Valley High School was tackled by a rare heart condition in early September, he and his family have been the center of several fundraisers in the Tri-State area attempting to relieve their financial stress.

The Cabell Midland High ...

MARGARET PIGMON, 95, of Louisa, Ky., widow of Willard Merritt and Walter Scott Pigmon, died October 18 in Three Rivers Medical Center. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Young Funeral Home Chapel; burial will follow in Pine Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be two hours before service Sunday ...

HUNTINGTON — Topseeded Barboursville ran past fourth-seeded Huntington East 38-0 in the Cabell County middle school football playoffs on Bob Sang Field at Huntington High School.

Huntington and Milton, seeded second and third respectively, played the late game.

Barboursville ...

CHARLESTON — A Hurricane church will be among the honorees when Catholic Charities West Virginia hosts its Charity in Action Awards Luncheon on Nov. 9 in Charleston.

The inaugural event will honor local individuals and groups who exhibit exemplary service in assisting others and respond ...

POINT PLEASANT—Point Pleasant (17-2) won the Class AA, Region IV, Section 1 tournament over the Red Devils (9-12-1) Wednesday night.

Jaden Reed scored the winning goal at 31:22. Adam Veroski added an insurance goal off an assist from Alberto Castillo in the second half to set the score. ...

HUNTINGTON — Marshall’s Thundering Herd finished fourth last season in the Conference USA men’s basketball regular season race and continued on to win the big prize at the end.

Marshall was 12-6 in the 2018 C-USA regular season and behind Middle Tennessee, Old Dominion and Western Kentucky ...

MINERAL WELLS, W.Va. — Cabell Midland High School runners swept boys and girls team championships Thursday in the Class AAA, Region IV cross country meet.

Top teams and individuals advance to the run Oct. 27 in the State Meet on Cabell Midland’s course. Cabell Midland’s boys had 37 points ...

FRANK L. McCLOUD, 61, of Chesapeake, Ohio, husband of Donna McCloud, died October 18 in St. Mary’s Medical Center, Huntington. Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville, Ohio, is assisting the family with arrangements, which are incomplete.