HUNTINGTON — Many of Marshall University’s veteran football players are trading in helmets for coaching hats during the early part of this week as the Thundering Herd’s of bowl practices...
IRONTON — The 1982 song “Eye of the Tiger” was performed by the band Survivor and is a favorite of the Ironton High School band.
The Fighting Tigers girls basketball team survived Thursday...
HUNTINGTON — Music, holiday cheer and the homey smell of gingerbread filled the air inside St. Cloud Commons Lodge on Thursday evening.
A sold-out gingerbread house decorating party began at...
It won’t be long before we are sifting through the holiday invites, too-many-to-mention gift lists and recipes for the family gatherings we are obligated to attend. Many of you are probably doing...
HUNTINGTON — Seven contractors have made bids to build the proposed new Cabell County library branch in Barboursville, with the lowest ones about $1 million more than the estimated cost of the...
IRONTON — Ironton will be the jolliest place to be on Saturday, Dec. 14, with a day loaded with festive fun.
Start the day with Breakfast with Santa for $6 each at the RO-NA from 9 a.m. till...
“Being a good neighbor is an art which makes life richer.” — Gladys Taber
“Pears cannot ripen alone. So we ripen together.” — -Meridel Le Sueur
IRONTON — The Party Place in Ironton has been hosting a monthly Veterans Meet and Greet, providing a gathering place for area US military veterans to come together for fellowship and...
ONA — From the head coach to the players on the bench, there are plenty of new faces on the bench this season for Cabell Midland’s boys basketball team.
NITRO, W.Va. — Nitro’s annual Christmas Parade will ring in the holiday season this year on Saturday, Dec. 14. The parade will include the Nitro High and Andrew Jackson School’s Marching Bands,...
HUNTINGTON — Being a Harlem Globetrotter is more than just being able to spin a basketball on one finger.
Known worldwide as “Ambassadors of Goodwill,” the Harlem Globetrotters are giving...
NITRO — Nitro city officials and members of the Nitro Historic Commission broke ground on Monday, Dec. 2, for a Doughboy Monument located along the westbound side of Interstate 64 in Putnam...
ROME TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Addi Speed said her special talent is eating a lot of doughnuts really quickly.
“Krispy Kreme,” the Fairland High School senior said, with a laugh.
HURRICANE — There seems to be a little more of a spring to Clarence Woodworth’s step these days when he heads into the weekly rehearsal of the Hurricane Civic Chorus.
CHESAPEAKE, Ohio — Before taking art with Robin Kimball at Chesapeake High School, Skylar Hayes, 15, said he wouldn’t have considered himself an artist.
West Virginia
DELBERT LEE JOHNSON JR., 71, of Hurricane, W.Va., passed away Saturday, December 7, 2019, at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, W.Va., surrounded by his family. Delbert, the son...
HUNTINGTON — The Marshall Rec Center on Wednesday hosted a wrapping party for volunteers to put their hands to work, wrapping hundreds of presents that were donated for the Rec the Halls Angel...
HURRICANE — It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and the City of Hurricane is celebrating it with a day-long event this Saturday, Dec. 14. Although the climax of the day is the annual...
Members of Word of Light Community Church present a live Nativity event on Saturday night, Dec. 7 in Valley Park.
BARBOURSVILLE — On a typical day, Joyce Gillispie is found with her hair pulled back in a ponytail chasing her three grandchildren, ages 13 and under, making sure they are fed, clothed and at...
HUNTINGTON — On Monday, Marshall University’s football players were back at the stadium in anticipation for the season’s final contest — a matchup with UCF in the 2019 Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla...
HUNTINGTON — The Marshall Artists Series finished out the 2019 portion of its schedule with “Cirque Musica Presents Holiday Wishes” at the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center on Monday...
Editor’s Note: This is the 317th in a series of articles recalling vanished Huntington scenes.
HUNTINGTON — Mel Gillispie was “Mr. Music” in Huntington from the 1960s until his death in...
HUNTINGTON — As Huntington Police Chief Hank Dial clears his office to move a few blocks down the road to Huntington City Hall next week, Capt. Ray Cornwell says it will remain business as usual...
CHARLESTON — The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV- The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org.
HUNTINGTON — Huntington City Council member Mark Bates announced he has filed pre-candidacy paperwork to run for the West Virginia House of Delegates in the 16th District.
HUNTINGTON — A stampede of children entered the Redman Bingo Hall on Tuesday empty handed, but left with a full stomach, new toys and memories that could last a lifetime as part of a decades-long...
HUNTINGTON — As their gift to the community for its support, the Huntington Museum of Art opened its doors for the annual Holiday Open House on Sunday afternoon.
HUNTINGTON — Some of the region’s most talented dancers used those talents to assist a local organization that cares for patients and families through the toughest portion of life during the...
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky deer hunters harvested a record 107,039 deer during the 16-day modern gun season that concluded Nov. 24.
“Season timing and weather conditions before opening day...
Dot’s dashes made a difference as Ethan Payne heads 2019 All-Kanawha Valley football team
Ethan Payne was the recognized ringleader of Poca’s renaissance last season, rushing for 1,100 yards and helping the Dots get back to the Class AA playoffs for the first time in eight years. Heady...
IRONTON — Ohio University Southern will show the documentary film, “Second Chances, One Year in Ohio’s Drug Courts,” on Tuesday, Dec. 10.
This one-hour film profiles the efforts of Ohio’s...
CANTON, Ohio — Two years ago, Ironton was the fifth-best football team in the Ohio Valley Conference.
Today, the Fighting Tigers are the second-best Division V high school football team in...