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Sara Oppenheimer

Reporter · US

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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Sara Oppenheimer sopp@hdmediallc.com

    Majorette & Band Festival: Riverside repeats as champion, Rucker takes top honor (opens the original)

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    From the opening sequence to the final formation, Riverside High School turned brass to gold at Tuesday night's 79th annual Charleston Gazette-Mail Kanawha County Majorette and Band Festival, taking home the Festival Grand Champion trophy for the second year in a row. "We're bringing Riverside's name back!" exclaimed Rachel Cooper, the gold-winning field commander of the band. Maci Rucker, a junior at Herbert Hoover High School, took home the title of Miss Kanawha Majorette after placing first

  2. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Sara Oppenheimer sopp@hdmediallc.com

    'Shouldn't mean a death sentence': 8K naloxone kits handed out during Save a Life Day (opens the original)

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    Volunteers fanned out across the Kanawha Valley Thursday, setting out folding tables and tents to hand out naloxone kits for Save A life Day, a day-long event meant to get the overdose-reversal spray in as many hands as possible. "Having an addiction shouldn't mean a death sentence," said Peggy Oldacre, the site leader for Vandalia Health's Cross Lanes location. "People have a stereotype of what someone ... looks like," Oldacre said, referring to people struggling with addiction. "And then you

  3. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Sara Oppenheimer sopp@hdmediallc.com

    Kanawha City resident, Vandalia Health director appointed as Ward 18 councilwoman (opens the original)

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    The Charleston City Council appointed Jessica Hudson, a longtime Kanawha City resident, to the Ward 18 seat during a City Council meeting Monday. "To have the opportunity to give back and serve the people of this community is very special to me," Hudson said. Hudson, will represent the southeast portion of the Kanawha City neighborhood of Charleston. She will serve the remainder of the current City Council term, filling in for former council member Pamela Burka, who resigned from the seat in Sep

  4. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Sara Oppenheimer sopp@hdmediallc.com

    Doggie paddles: Charleston's canines get in the pool at 15th annual Dog Swim (opens the original)

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    Dogs filled the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center pool fetching, paddling and playing with friends Friday evening as the annual Charleston Dog Swim kicked off. "Dog Swim has become one of those end-of-summer traditions people really look forward to — we start getting questions about it about a month into pool season," said Tina Stinson, the city's communications director. "It's a great way to give our four-legged residents a chance to enjoy the pool as the season comes to a close." Now

  5. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Sara Oppenheimer sopp@hdmediallc.com

    Ohio man pleads guilty in fatal 2023 West Side shooting (opens the original)

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    An Ohio man pleaded guilty Wednesday to voluntary manslaughter and unlawful wounding stemming from a fatal shooting in 2023. Dominick Curtis Gray, 40, of Columbus, pleaded guilty in the Dec. 26, 2023, shooting death of Beverly Hensley, 34, of Charleston. The plea came as part of a deal with the prosecution, which waived two secondary criminal charges against Gray for unlawful use and possession of a firearm, and replaced a charge of first-degree murder with the voluntary manslaughter charge. V

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