Side street in Ashland near Central Park

Captain David Cottrill with the WV Army National Guard surprises and hugs his son after returning to his home in South Point after being deployed in the Middle East since January.

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear welcomes the notion of Texas and Oklahoma joining the SEC and squaring off on a regular basis with UK.

The score from last night’s national championship soccer game is on display at Marshall’s soccer complex. A welcome home celebration for the team is expected to be held around 7:30 p.m.

Watch parties for tonight’s Marshall soccer national semifinal game are going on all over Huntington. The game is on ESPNU.

@CoachHuff Squeeze smells a victory in Annapolis. Go Herd!

If you die and someone uses a Ouija board to try to communicate with you, a good prank would be to make them spell out “Be sure to drink your Ovaltine.”

Happening now: a couple women are using a canoe to salvage stuff as the Keaton’s storage units in Barboursville are being flooded.

National Guard members are in Boyd County to pick up people who need help who live along roads too dangerous for ambulances and other vehicles.

Close to 450 Cabell County Schools staff age 50 and up are getting their second dose of the vaccine at Huntington High this evening. They’re hoping to do this again next Friday for 550 more but haven’t gotten confirmation from the state that they’ll have enough doses.

Undefeated Ironton is boarding their buses on their way to the state championship for a rematch with Kirtland tomorrow

Democrat Ben Salango has conceded in the WV governor race. He just gave his concession speech, saying he wishes Jim Justice success over the next four years.

Much different vibe this election night at Ben Salango campaign headquarters in Charleston due to the pandemic. No big crowd, no music. Just alone in a living room with a dog eating a carrot.

A child dressed as Peter Pan knocks it out of the park when asked why he doesn’t want to grow up.

Throwing my hat into the Marshall pumpkin carving contest. @marshallu #HerdHalloween

Monday night football in Hamlin! Lincoln County taking on Wayne. At the end of the first quarter, it’s 0-0.

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A vigil is underway in Ironton for Treven Frazier, whose body was found Friday in Ceredo. Family and friends say they have unanswered questions about what happened to him.

Student athletes from Chapmanville, Logan, and Man High Schools just pled with the Logan County Board of Education to allow them to go back to school and play sports.

Marshall’s first football practice of 2020 is underway. At this point their game against East Carolina August 29 is still on.