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Logan WECAN fundraiser raises more than $25,000 for children in need
LOGAN The Children's Home Society of West Virginia's Logan WECAN Program raised more than $25,000 at its 31st Annual Celebrity Waiter & Waitress Dinner and Auction at the Logan Country Club on Tuesday. The proceeds will provide Christmas gifts, clothing and other essentials for children in the abuse and neglect...
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Today in History: November 14, Marshall University football team killed in plane crash
Today is Saturday, Nov. 14, the 318th day of 2026. There are 47 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 14, 1970, a chartered Southern Airways plane crashed while trying to land in West Virginia, killing all 75 people on board, including the Marshall University football team and its coaching staff. Also on this date: In 1851, Herman Melville’s novel “Moby-Dick; Or, The Whale” was published in the United States, almost a month after being released in Britain. In 1889, journalist Nellie Bly began an attempt to travel around the world in 80 days; she would complete the journey in a little more than 72 days via ships, trains and other means of transport. In 1910, Eugene B. Ely became the first aviator to take off from a ship as his Curtiss “Pusher” biplane lifted off the deck of the cruiser USS Birmingham off Hampton Roads, Virginia. The flight by the civilian pilot marked the beginning of naval aviation. In 1940, during World War II, German bombing raids destroyed much of the English city of Coventry. In 1960, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges, under escort by federal marshals, became the first Black child to desegregate an all-white elementary school
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The Road to Charleston: Logan gets a shot at No. 1 Frankfort in opening round
LOGAN, W.Va. (WCHS) — The Logan Wildcats of second-year head coach Nick Booth landed the 16th and final spot in Class AA for the upcoming high school football playoffs. Logan will now be tasked with the long bus journey to Mineral County where it will meet up with two-time defending state champion Frankfort.
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Lincoln Girls Cross Country Team Wins State Title
It was truly a Happy Halloween for Lincoln High School’s Girls Cross Country Team! Both Lincoln’s boys’ AND girls’ Cross Country teams qualified and participated in the state championship that was held at Cabell Midland High School in Ona, W.Va., on Oct. 31. It was also the second year in a row that both LHS teams qualified, and the first time in school history that the full team qualified.