HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall Women’s Soccer Head Coach Rafa Simoes announced the team’s 2026 spring exhibition slate as the Herd looks to build on a resurgent 2025 season.

“Year three is an exciting one for our program,” Coach Simoes said. “This team has grown together, and now we’re adding new pieces that elevate us even more. The players are hungry, connected, and ready to compete this spring. We’re fired up to get on the field and ask Herd Nation to keep showing up and supporting us as we push this program forward.”

The Herd will play four home matches at Hoops Family Field at Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex, starting with a Saturday, Mar. 7 game against Glenville State. MU will also play a pair of road contests, including its spring finale at Kentucky on Apr. 25.

2026 Marshall Women’s Soccer Spring Schedule
March 7 vs Glenville State, 3 p.m
April 3 vs West Virginia State, 7 p.m.
April 8 vs University of Charleston, 6 p.m.
April 12 at Northern Kentucky, 3 p.m.
April 17 vs. Vaughan (Canada), 6 p.m.
April 25 at Kentucky

In its second season under Coach Simoes, Marshall finished with eight wins, its most in a decade. MU had four All-Sun Belt selections and three weekly award winners, both program-bests since 2015 as well.

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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A Martin County man has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison for his part in a drug distribution network in Huntington.

Kody Harless, 28, of Tomahawk, pleaded guilty back in November to possession of fentanyl with the intent to distribute.

With his plea, he admitted to obtaining nearly 5 grams of fentanyl from a source in Huntington, and that he intended to sell some of it. The drugs were later found by police during a traffic after the transaction.

Harless also admitted to other criminal conduct beyond what he was charged with. He told authorities he was part of a criminal conspiracy to distribute meth and fentanyl from July to November of 2023, adding he would obtain drugs in Huntington and distribute them back in Kentucky.

In Huntington federal court on Tuesday, he was sentenced to 106 months in prison.

Harless was one of 27 people indicted in connection with the investigation into the Huntington drug trafficking organization. To date, 23 of the defendants have entered guilty pleas.

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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A Martin County man has pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge in Huntington, W.Va.

Kody Harless, 26, of Tomahawk, pleaded guilty on Monday to possession of fentanyl with the intent to distribute.

Officials say Harless obtained 4.75 grams of fentanyl from a source in Huntington. He was arrested in a traffic stop afterward and reportedly admitted to police that he had intended to distribute some of the drug.

Harless further admitted to taking part in a conspiracy to distribute meth and fentanyl from July to November of 2023, traveling to the Huntington area to obtain the drugs and distributing them back in Kentucky.

He is scheduled to be sentenced in March, when the faces up to 20 years in prison.

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UPDATE, 4:35 p.m.: The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has canceled the Amber Alert for Makynlee Morrow. No additional information was provided.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has issued an Amber Alert for a Huntington, W.Va., toddler.

Makynlee Morrow, a 15-month-old girl, was reported missing on Monday. She is believed to be in the custody of Joshua Morrow, 42, who is described as 6 feet, 1 inch tall and 175 lbs., with blue eyes. They are believed to be traveling in a blue Subaru Legacy with West Virginia tag number 4HF-387.

Anyone who spots them or who has information about their location is asked to contact authorities immediately by calling 911 or West Virginia State Police at (304) 272-5131.

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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A Louisa man is the first of 18 defendants to plead guilty, in a case that saw authorities seize more than 50 lbs. of illegal drugs.

Leonard Brandon Joe Rice, 35, pleaded guilty to using a telephone to facilitate a felony drug offense.

In court, Rice admitted to arranging for the purchase of fentanyl back in May. He then drove there, picked up the drugs, and then was pulled over by a Kentucky state trooper as he drove back home.

He later admitted to routinely getting the drugs from his source in Huntington and distributing them around Louisa for about a year and a half.

The resulting investigation led police to seize more than 50 pounds of drugs, almost all of it fentanyl.

Rice now faces up to four years in prison when he is sentenced in January.

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