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Smoke billows from the site of the industrial fire in Parkersburg.

American Water monitoring whether pollution from Parkersburg industrial fire could reach Huntington

Sebastian Morris, Reporter October 24, 2017

An industrial factory just outside Parkersburg city limits erupted into flames early Saturday morning, threatening economic and environmental resources. The air quality is still undetermined, leading several...

Candle light vigil honors victims of domestic abuse

Candle light vigil honors victims of domestic abuse

Breanna Francis, Reporter October 24, 2017

Members of Alpha Chi Omega rounded out their month of philanthropy highlighting domestic violence by honoring victims of domestic abuse with a candle light vigil Monday. “I have known countless people...

Wi-Fi outages continue throughout campus, IT investigating

Kyra Biscarner, Reporter October 23, 2017

Students across campus have found themselves struggling with campus-wide Wi-Fi issues. Marshall University’s Information Technology Services has made attempts to mitigate the issue by installing additional...

Writer, filmmaker, illustrator and veteran Benjamin Busch

Veteran to lecture on changing attitudes toward patriotism

Staff Report October 23, 2017

Writer, filmmaker, illustrator and veteran Benjamin Busch will lecture Tuesday from 4 to 6 p.m. in Smith Hall 531 about the changing relationship of Americans to patriotism, citizenship and service....

Participants of the fourth annual Stiletto Stroll line up before Saturday’s fundraising event for Dress for Success River Cities.

Men race in high heels during Dress for Success River Cities fundraiser

Brooke Griffin, Reporter October 23, 2017

The fourth annual Stiletto Stroll left no ankle unturned Saturday at Heritage Station. Men from all over the tri-state area competed in the race and did their own fundraising beforehand to help...

Theist and atheist debate worldviews of morality before Marshall audience

Hunter Ellis, Reporter October 23, 2017

Theist Chan Arnett and atheist Adam Hamby debated the foundations of morality and whether they stem from theistic or non-theistic sources Saturday evening in the Don Morris Room of the Memorial Student...

Students to get a kick from one-night ‘Kinky Boots’ performance

Students to get a kick from one-night ‘Kinky Boots’ performance

Buffy Six, Reporter October 23, 2017

Tony award-winning musical “Kinky Boots” is coming to the Keith Albee Theater Thursday as part of the Marshall Artists Series. The musical is about a drag queen who comes to the rescue to a shoe factory...

Assistant professor of English Hillary Brewster, a member of the Women's Studies Advisory Board, and Sabrina Thomas, the women's studies library liason, vend books at the Women's Studies Book Sale in the Memorial Student Center, October 4, 2016.

Women’s Studies and History departments band together for book sale fundraiser

Alison Baldridge, Reporter October 23, 2017

Marshall University’s Women’s Studies Program and History Department’s Honor Society, Phi Alpha Theta, will be having their annual used book sale Thursday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Memorial Student...

Center for African American Students, BUS to serve up some scares during scary movie party

Staff Report October 20, 2017

The Center for African American Students and the Black United Students organization, also known as BUS, will offer Marshall students some scares with a scary movie party lock-in Friday at the Memorial...

(From left) Travis McElroy, Justin McElroy and Griffin McElroy are co-hosts of popular podcast and online television series “My Brother, My Brother and Me.” During their live recording Nov. 2 at the Keith-Albee, Travis McElroy and wife Teresa McElroy will give a live recording of podcast “Shmanners,” while Dr. Sydnee McElroy and husband Justin will perform “Sawbones.”

McElroy family podcasts to record at Keith-Albee

Rebecca Turnbull, Reporter October 19, 2017

Marshall University’s Society of Yeager Scholars is inviting well-known Huntington natives of the McElroy family to give a live recording of two of their podcasts, “Shmanners” and “Sawbones,”...

Rader stands in front of a Huntington fire engine.

Subjects of ‘Heroin(e)’ documentary to discuss film, Huntington opioid crisis following screening

Danite Belay, Reporter October 19, 2017

The subjects of the Netflix original documentary “Heroin(e)” will field questions and discuss Huntington’s opioid crisis Thursday following a 7 p.m. screening of the film at Marquee Cinemas in...

School of Pharmacy gala to raise funds for Huntington City Mission

Caroline Kimbro, Reporter October 19, 2017

October is American Pharmacists Month and the Marshall University School of Pharmacy is ready to celebrate. The Queen of Hearts Gala, presented by the Marshall University Student Society of Health Systems...

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