ALLIGATOR JACKSON

If you were ever in the legendary Gumby’s on the outskirts of Downtown Huntington, then you never forgot it. The bar certainly had personality…but what that personality was could be hard to define.  

Gumby's rocked downtown in the…

 I wrote this song about 15 years ago as a tribute to local beer truck drivers. I started working at Big Bear on 1st Street in 1981 and one of my duties was working the back door and checking in…

Hmmmmm.. hot pizza and cold beer at Mario's while skipping a class at Marshall, Fries and Blue Cheese from Julio's, a steak sandwich or Hot Dog Special from Frank's Sandwich Shop. 

My stomach roars thinking of the great…

The Huntington Blizzard were a Minor Professional hockey team based in Huntington, WV playing in the East Coast Hockey League from 1993 to 2000. The team played in the Huntington Civic Center. In 7 seasons their record was: GP-W-L-T-OTL-SOL)…

The rains came over twenty years ago and did not stop until the Tri-State area was literally underwater. At the time of March 5, 1997, I was living in Proctorville, Ohio, we were cut off from Huntington for a…

The railroad has always been a big industry in Huntington. The railroad brought a lot of people to Huntington, and not just as customers, but as employees. My father, Melvin Williams, was transferred to Huntington in 1976 from Cumberland…

The news that Best Buy is discontinuing CDs signifies that the end of the CD is near. It means it will be the end of music as a tangible product. Music sales will mainly be in download or in…

Rick Huckabay coached Marshall University's Thundering Herd with flair and tenacity and electrified the Tri-State area from 1983 to 1989. His fast and furious teams scored over 100 points 6 times in his tenure that included 4 Southern…

Anyone who grew in 1980’s Huntington had to be familiar with Cruise Avenue. Cruise Avenue was essentially a strip of land in the parking lot which is now Pullman Square. Teenagers from all over the area would park and…

written around 2010-2011

Big Bear was a grocery chain centered out of Columbus, Ohio. They had three Huntington locations and one in nearby Ceredo-Kenova. I worked at Big Bear for eight years as I split time at the…

Back in the 1970’s and 80’s, radio was king. This was in the time before ipods and satellite radio. In fact, the biggest competition came from the old 8 track tape deck in the car. Even stores and business offices…