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The Marshall Memorial Fountain is now being considered for inclusion on the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this West Virginia Morning, lung cancer and smoking rates in the state lag behind the rest of the country and aren’t showing any signs of improvement, according to a new report.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsTuesday marks the 53rd Anniversary of the Marshall University Plane Crash. Seventy five people, football team players, coaches, staff, supporters and the flight crew perished while returning from an away game at East Carolina. Every year, on this day, Marshall remembers the 75.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsLawmakers will consider House Bill 2412 to mark Nov. 14 as a state day of recognition in honor of the Marshall University plane crash.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsMarshall University recently honored the 75 passengers and crew who were killed on Nov. 14, 1970 in a plane crash that is often termed the worst aviation-related sports disaster in American history. It included 36 members of the Thundering Herd football team.The National Transportation Safety Board found that the crash most likely happened because the crew couldn’t see the landing strip and began to descend closer to the runway than recommended.David Board dug into university records and the NTSB report to look for more answers. He wrote his analysis of the accident in the fall issue of GOLDENSEAL magazine.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFifty years ago, on November 14, 1970, a plane carrying 75 members of the Marshall University football team, boosters and community leaders crashed on approach to Huntington Tri-State airport, killing everyone on board.The crash changed the university as the students and faculty grieved. The accident also changed the city of Huntington, and the relationship between the university and the town as well.
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