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Every week, WSAZ recognizes people who have made a significant difference in other people's lives and/or communities. Winners are chosen based on, but not limited to, their voluntary positive impact on a person or community.

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WSAZ Hometown Hero
Hometown Hero: Linda Faulkner Last Updated: 9:52 PM 08/15/08 - High gasoline prices, rising food costs and outrageous daycare expense are enough to bring some people to their knees. One family, though, is saving major costs thanks to their Hometown Hero they call Mom. Linda Faulkner works nearly 24 hours a day to save her family money. (Full Story)
Hometown Hero: Teddy Robinette Last Updated: 10:29 PM 08/01/08 - Meet Teddy Robinette, a retired coal miner and volunteer fireman for the Turkey Creek Volunteer Fire Department. (Full Story)
Hometown Hero: Evelyn Proffitt Last Updated: 9:20 PM 07/25/08 - An old Christian hymn has been filling churches since around the time of the Civil War. It's called “The Church's One Foundation.” In Mason, W.Va., they could have written another hymn called “The Church's Two Foundations.” Evelyn Proffitt's 97-years-old and grew up in the Mason United Methodist Church. (Full Story)
Kenny Clark Named Hometown Hero Last Updated: 9:53 PM 07/18/08 - While Kenny Clark will be a hero forever to Tommy Cannon's family, he is WSAZ's latest Hometown Hero. (Full Story)
LuJack Barnett Named Hometown Hero Last Updated: 10:18 PM 07/11/08 - Little League Coach LuJack Barnett has inspired kids for decades and remains a kid at heart himself. (Full Story)
Hometown Hero: Beth McClelland Last Updated: 9:55 PM 07/07/08 - This week's hometown hero helped start the playground project at Ritter Park. (Full Story)
Hometown Hero: Ali Westenhaver Last Updated: 10:32 PM 06/27/08 - A second grader in Ravenswood is making everyone feel welcome at her school. (Full Story)
Hometown Hero: Charles Bostic Last Updated: 9:03 PM 06/06/08 - Skaters in Gallipolis have a new place to kick flip and grind away- they say they owe it all to a hometown hero and honorary skate dude. (Full Story)
Hometown Hero: Amy Conley Last Updated: 6:20 PM 05/30/08 - A Hometown Hero who is using music to inspire her students. (Full Story)
Hometown Hero: Cleon Ferrell Last Updated: 9:34 PM 05/02/08 - For more than 50 years, one man has been dedicated to the kids and it's all for the love of the game. (Full Story)
Hometown Heroes: Jerry Straub & Todd Shell Last Updated: 2:22 PM 04/20/08 - When plans were announced to consolidate a middle school in Huntington, it looked liked baseball would go with it. But two Hometown Heroes refused to take no for an answer. (Full Story)
Hometown Hero: Dwight Weekley Last Updated: 8:57 PM 04/04/08 - Just because you're retired doesn't necessarily mean life starts slowing down. That's the case for one man in our region. (Full Story)
Hometown Hero: Sharon Collins Last Updated: 11:00 AM 06/11/08 - This week's Hometown Hero is a teacher in Mingo County but many of her students think more of her as a second mother. (Full Story)
Hometown Hero: Marvin Gearhart Last Updated: 8:17 PM 03/21/08 - Marvin Gearhart and his team have been volunteering their time to deliver hot meals to people in Olive Hill, Kentucky, for the last year and a half. (Full Story)
Hometown Hero: Carla Malone Last Updated: 7:37 PM 02/08/08 - This Week's Hometown Hero helps children reach their highest potential every day of the year. (Full Story)
Hometown Hero: Becky White Last Updated: 10:43 PM 01/18/08 - This week's Hometown Hero touches people's lives through poetry. (Full Story)
Hometown Hero: Reviewing the Nominations Last Updated: 8:32 PM 01/04/08 - The problem is that we just can't get to all of them, so every once in awhile we like to highlight a sampling from our Hometown Hero files. (Full Story)
Hometown Hero: Mae Inscoe Last Updated: 8:12 PM 12/28/07 - This week's Hometown Hero has made it her life’s work to bring awareness back to the disease. (Full Story)
Hometown Hero: Grocery Store Owner a Big Help in the Community Last Updated: 10:06 PM 12/21/07 - For all he does to keep that hometown touch alive and thriving, Calvin Canterbury is this week’s hometown hero. (Full Story)
Hometown Hero Last Updated: 9:14 PM 12/14/07 - In this weeks Hometown Hero, we introduce you to a woman who's living proof that staying young is all in your mind. (Full Story)
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Beijing couples rush to wed on lucky day
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Girl survives 14-story fall down chimney
A 12-year-old girl who fell into a chimney on her Manhattan rooftop and plummeted down the flue for 14 stories survived almost unscathed when she landed in a pile of soot.