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Photographer Aaron Patton doing a portrait archive called "The Americans Documenting America One Community at a Time." He is in the Charleston and Beckley areas as part of his nationwide tour, and Autumn Martin, the Charleston native who won big on Wheel of Fortune Monday night.

Ric Cavender of Charleston Urban Works on this Saturday's OckTober West, New and old KWS morning host Billy Brown.

Zack Harold of FestivFall, CJ Scalf and Josh Higginbotham from the Spark of Love Foundation on their upcoming car show to raise money for Christmas toy drive.

Dave Allen opens a sunny Friday edition of 580 Live with Angie Gillenwater of the Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association introducing Kruger, a four-year-old black cat available at the Southridge Petco through the Bissell Pet Foundation's Empty the Shelter special, along with a rabies alert after a positive bat test in Kanawha County and an urgent call for linen donations while the shelter's washing machine awaits repair. Jim Strong returns to preview the second annual Mountaineers Night Out at the Red Carpet Pavilion on Elizabeth Street, benefiting West Virginia Kids Cancer Crusaders and the Bob Burdett Center — tickets are $50 with doors at 10 a.m. for a noon WVU kickoff. Crusaders co-founders Marissa Scap and Kelly Wimer share the organization's mission of providing financial, logistical, and emotional support to West Virginia families facing pediatric cancer diagnoses, with Kelly recounting her own daughter Ally's two-and-a-half-year battle with lymphoma starting at age seven. Comic country parodist Cletus T. Judd closes the show ahead of his Iconic Moron Tour stop at the Alban Arts Center in St. Albans.

Amanda Smith-Ramey and Hurricane Mayor Scott Edwards on Hurricane Fall Festival Saturday, Kanawha County Commission President Ben Salango, Actress Anne Magnuson and Michael Lipton.

Melanie Pagliaro from the Marshall University Kanawha Valley Alumni Chapter on Marshall homecoming, and "Mrs. Gilligan" Dreama Denver on the Classic TV Fan Night at Capitol Market.

Joe Stevens on several things going on in Nitro over the next few days, Bryan Hughes on the weather, and Burke Allen of Allen Media Strategies on the Trump press ban.

Dylan Hackworth of Glasgow Volunteer Fire Department on fundraising for their Breakfast with Santa, Ashley Alford-Glance of Putnam County Chamber of Commerce on their "Get A Life" program they do with the State Treasurer's Office, and former Charleston Mayor Danny Jones.

Jason Quintrell of Union Mission and Tom Minturn of Chick fil A on Union Mission getting a huge grant from Chick fil A, and Delegate Dana Ferrell.

Millie Snyder and friends, West Virginia State University Vice President for University Advancement Trey Jones on their Capital Campaign Celebration, Mara Boggs of Charleston Area Alliance, Dr. Danny Twilley of the Brad and Alys Smith Outdoor Economic Development Collaborative and Dr. Michelle Foster of Kanawha Valley Foundation.

Attorney General JB McCuskey, Tonya Perry of Tickers and Timbers on the new Capitol Horror Haunted House coming to the former Rock City Cake Company building, and Rusty Webb on Thunder in the Mountains tennis event.

Dr. Christopher Treadway from BridgeValley Community and Technical College, and former Charleston Mayor Danny Jones.

Aaron Wood on Ribfest opening today, Morgan Morrison on PicklePalooza this Saturday, and Jim Winter on Winfield Car Cruise-In kicking off Putnam County Homecoming Friday night.

Patty Ashworth on the Putnam County Homecoming this weekend, and Joe Stevens on this weekend's Nitro Boomtown Days.

Ric Cavender of Charleston Urban Works on OktoberWest, Tom Susman on politics, and Goodwin Chief of Staff Matt Sutton.