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Sen. Manchin awards Purple Heart to Pearl Harbor veteran

Sen. Manchin awards Purple Heart to Pearl Harbor veteran

Rebecca Turnbull, News Editor September 17, 2017

U.S. Senator Joe Manchin awarded Private Wetzel “Sundown” Sanders with a Purple Heart Friday in the Marshall Recreation Center for wounds Sanders received defending Pearl Harbor against attacks...

History professor and Drinko Fellow Montserrat Miller presents Marshall President Jerry Gilbert with an award from the
John Deaver Drinko Academy of Marshall University following Gilbert’s Thursday lecture on civic responsibility during the
seventh annual Robert C. Byrd Forum on Civic Responsibility.

Gilbert lectures on ‘Gold Standard’ of civic responsibility

Caroline Kimbro, Reporter September 14, 2017

Marshall University President Jerry Gilbert spoke Thursday on the enduring connection between civic responsibility and the Constitution during the seventh annual Robert C. Byrd Forum on Civic Responsibility...

Church

Fighting the opioid epidemic with faith

Hunter Ellis, Reporter September 14, 2017

A local group focused on greater inclusion and education surrounding the opioid epidemic hosted the first of six trainings geared toward the faith-based community from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday at Central...

Marshall looks to bounce back against Kent State

Kyle Curley, Assistant Sports Editor September 14, 2017

      The Thundering Herd (1-1) will continue its 2017-2018 season this Saturday, 16th against the Kent State Golden Flashes (1-1). The all-time series between the two schools...

Jay Fox, head brewer for The Peddler’s new brewery. The Peddler is home to the first Huntington brewery since the late 1990s.

The Peddler brews up something new

Danite Belay, Reporter September 14, 2017

Until this month, the late 1990s was the last time Huntington has seen a brewery. Megan Hetzer, co-owner of The Peddler with her husband Drew, said opening a brewery has always been in the plans of their...

Rader stands in front of a Huntington fire engine.

Editorial: HEROIN(E) is a hero’s story that is far from over

September 14, 2017

When you think about a classic hero’s story, there are several characteristics that a story must have. First it needs an antagonist or a conflict of some sort. Then it should have a setting that is in...

Marshall volleyball comes up short in the battle for the Golden Ball

Marshall volleyball comes up short in the battle for the Golden Ball

Kyle Curley, Reporter September 13, 2017

The Marshall women’s volleyball team (3-9) continued its 2017 season on Tuesday, where it was defeated by West Virginia University, 3-0 (25-19, 25-19, 25-22), at the Cam Henderson Center. “(I) Credit...

The Healing Field in Spring Hill Cemetery is a memorial
for those who died Sept. 11, 2001, the 1970 Marshall
plane crash victims and veterans of the armed forces.

Huntington residents join in remembrance for 9/11 victims during Spring Hill ceremony

Brooke Griffin, Reporter September 12, 2017

Americans associate the national tragedy that was 9/11 with panic, fear and sadness, but also with the courage and heroism that followed in the aftermath. For Huntington residents at Spring Hill Cemetery's...

Marshall redshirt junior wide receiver Tyre Brady (right) breaks away from NC State cornerback Johnathan Alston during the Thundering Herd’s 37-20 loss to the Wolfpack in Raleigh, N.C. at Carter-Finley Stadium.

Brady’s record day

Adam Rogers, Sports Editor September 11, 2017

Marshall wide receiver Tyre Brady put himself in rare air during the Thundering Herd football team’s 37-20 loss at NC State in Raleigh, North Carolina Saturday night. The redshirt junior shattered...

Zach Humphrey holds a sign while open-air preaching Monday outside the Memorial Student Center. Humphrey normally preaches alone, but brought a small team of preachers to join him Monday, attracting a crowd of Marshall students voicing their opposition to his positions.

Open-air preacher’s team, audience grow in numbers

Danite Belay, Reporter September 11, 2017

  Open-air preachers, opposing students and a man playing the saxophone were the center of attention outside the Memorial Student Center Monday afternoon. Although Zach Humphrey normally shows...

Flood buckets

Student group sends bucket-fulls of flood relief to hurricane survivors

Hunter Ellis, Reporter September 11, 2017

United Methodist Students prepared flood buckets to help with disaster relief across the nation Saturday as their first Service Saturday of the semester. United Methodist Students does a Service Saturday...

34th Annual ChiliFest takes over Pullman Square

Breanna Francis, Reporter September 11, 2017

The 34th annual ChiliFest took place Saturday, blocking off Third Avenue in front of Pullman Square to make room for booths of chili, music and the raffling off of a Toyota Rav 4 donated by Advantage...

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