Jamie Oliver takes on America's fast-food culture (Independent)
On his first day in Huntington, West Virginia, Jamie Oliver spent the afternoon at Hillbilly Hot Dogs, pitching in to cook its signature 15lb burger. That's 10lb of meat, 5lb of custom-made bun, American cheese, tomatoes, onions, pickles, ketchup, mustard and mayo. Then he learned how to perfect the Home Wrecker, the establishment's famous 15in, 1lb hot dog (boil first, then grill in butter ...

Money Headed Marshall University's Way (WOWK-TV West Virginia)
West Virginia Senator Robert C. Byrd announced Saturday funding is on the way for the college.

Soupy Sales: Anarchic and pioneering children's TV personality (Independent)
Although Soupy Sales, who has died aged 83, will inevitably be remembered with a pie in his face, as befits a comedian who took an estimated 20,000 of them during his career, his slapstick brilliance should not overshadow his influence on a whole generation of Americans, including many notable comics who, as adolescents, teenagers, or even young adults in the late 1950s and early 1960s, were ...

Portec Rail Products, Inc. Reports 2009 Third Quarter and Nine Month Operating Results (unaudited) (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Portec Rail Products, Inc. today announced unaudited net income of $2,023,000 or $0.21 per share for the three months ended September 30, 2009, and $5,362,000 or $0.56 per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2009.

New Officers Elected at DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar chose new leaders earlier this month as the 22,500-member organization held its 14 Annual Meeting and 50 anniversary commemoration in Chicago.

Report: W.Va. ranks high in child abuse cases (The Huntington Herald-Dispatch)
HUNTINGTON -- West Virginia ranked at both ends of the spectrum this month in studies that examined issues concerning child abuse.