HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Three straight losses to the same rival can build up plenty of frustration. The Marshall football team, which hadn’t beaten Ohio in “The Battle for the Bell” since 2010, took that frustration into Saturday’s edition of the series and unleashed it on the Bobcats. Quarterback Rakeem Cato[Read More…]
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Beckley residents turn out for 9/11 light parade
BECKLEY, W.Va. — Red, white and blue lights flashed down Neville Street Thursday night. There were no sirens. Other than the low hum of engines, you couldn’t hear a sound. This wasn’t the scene of an accident. It was a solemn procession of fire departments, police, and emergency medical[Read More…]
Senior citizens rally at state Capitol
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Wearing yellow and ringing bells, hundreds of senior citizens from across West Virginia rallied at the state capitol in Charleston on Tuesday in an effort to build legislative support for senior programs and in-home care funding.More than 700 people showed up for the event on the rear steps of the Capitol. The crowd[Read More…]
Dog food mountain rises from Facebook challenge
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Brittany Baebenroth, a kennel attendant at the Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association, sits atop a mountain of dog food the shelter has received through a recent outpouring of donations. Sitting with her is one of the shelter residents, Lady. The massive outpouring of support to the shelter was the[Read More…]
Columbus Zoo animals delight Ripley students
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — It’s hard to keep a gym full of elementary schoolers quiet when there are exotic animals on display. But when two Columbus Zoo animal programs specialists asked the students of Fairplains Elementary to turn down the volume so a 3-month-old cheetah making her public debut wouldn’t[Read More…]
Eastern W.Va. storm fells tree on tractor-trailer
MOOREFIELD, W.Va. — An aggressive, blustery storm rolled through the area at about 3 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, felling trees across county roadways and even on one unlucky tractor-trailer…
Federal act helped to keep W.Va. wild, wonderful
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Ever camped on Red Creek in Dolly Sods or backpacked across the rugged Cranberry Wilderness? You can thank the Wilderness Act for those experiences. The legislation, which led to the protection of some of West Virginia’s most wild and wonderful places, turns 50 today. On[Read More…]
Buckhannon’s muddy runners finish with smiles
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. — More than 150 runners crossed the finish line bruised, breathless and covered in mud this weekend at the Buckhannon Fire Department’s second annual Five Alarm Mud Run. As beaten and battered as the runners were, they all had smiles on their dirt-caked faces. The Buckhannon Fire[Read More…]
Vietnam memorial draws crowd in Parkersburg
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — More than a thousand community members of all ages honored those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for their country as they attended the opening ceremonies for the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall on Thursday. “The wall is a reminder to me of the sacrifice of our family[Read More…]
Torahs restored in Huntington
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Members of the B’Nai Sholom Congregation have been preparing their scrolls to be touched up by sofer Rabbi Gedaliah Druin, who lives in Israel and also has a home base in Florida.
