Huntington News

A Wayne County jury has convicted Army deserter Stephen Wilson on 2nd degree murder and 1st degree robbery charges related to the June 2008 shooting death of Huntington minister Mark McCalla at a shooting range in the Beech Fork Wildlife Management Area.

Southwestern Community Action Council is accepting applications, beginning today, for the Low Income Energy Assistance Program.

Fans of the Gaither Vocal Band will be able to hear the reunited all-star band at Huntington's Big Sandy Superstore Arena starting at 7 p.m. Friday.

Dec. 9, 2009 Cabell Huntington Hospital Adds Neurologist Specializing in Movement Disorders Special to Huntingtonnews.net Huntington, WV -- Rita Gandhy, MD, has joined the Medical Staff at Cabell Huntington Hospital and the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine Department of Neuroscience.

Having viewed a February 2005 Audit of a Huntington Pilot Plant worker's radiation exposure, HNN now confirms that based on said report workers likely experienced 'additional internal and external exposures associate with residual radioactivity at the facility' as the space was not 'decontaminated' until 1978.

Huntington fire crews are on the scene of an apartment fire in Huntington. The fire was reported just before 3:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Marco Arms Apartments at 1680 6th Ave.

Huntington Police have made two arrests related to a purse snatching November 13th at the 7th Avenue and 1st Street Kroger.

A Huntington man will have to wait until next year to head to trial. Robert Frazier is charged with first degree murder for the August 2008 shooting death of his live-in girlfriend, Kathryn Smith.

A convicted Detroit drug dealer learned his prison sentence Monday in Huntington Federal Court.

Bar owners are worried about what a ban would mean for business. We stopped by some establishments in downtown Huntington this evening to ask bar owners about a recent USA Today article that showed bar owners all over the country ignoring smoking bans because paying customers outweigh local fines.

Crews are now on the scene of an apartment fire in Huntington. The fire was reported just before 3:30 a. m. Tuesday at an apartment building at 1680 6th Ave.

Another West Virginia county is considering banning smoking in bars and video lottery establishments.

A Huntington man is facing the next 30 years in jail after his Monday conviction on a 2nd degree murder charge.

Two of the three men accused in a series of purse snathings recently in Cabell County, W.Va. now face similar charges in Lawrence County,Ohio. 31 year old John Wayne Adkins is charged with complicity to aggravated robbery and 41 year old Paul Michael Moore Jr.

Bars and gambling parlors could be totally smoke-free if the Cabell Huntington Health Department has its way.

Lessons from the past will be incorporated into the development of a new master plan for Huntington's Harris Riverfront Park over the next year to year-and-a-half. That was the word from officials with the US Army Corps of Engineers and the city of Huntington at a Wednesday meeting with parties interested in the park.

One West Virginia doctor's vision has turned into a thriving urgent care business, helping fill the gap in health care delivery between the emergency room and primary physician offices.

The Cabell County Board of Education is remembering one of their own. Ted Barr, the board's president, died at the age of 81.

Police say they've arrested three men they believe are responsible for a recent rash of purse snatchings in Cabell County.

Fire department crews battled an apartment fire in downtown Huntington Tuesday afternoon.