No School for Underwood, Yet

What may have been the first attempt to name something after former Gov. Cecil Underwood since his November death proved unsuccessful, the Tyler Star News reports.

"With little fanfare and virtually no citizens to voice their opinions, the Tyler County Board of Education unanimously voted down a motion that would have allowed the board to rename a school" for the late governor, a county native the newspaper reports. "No board members spoke for or against the motion."

(As travelers between Charleston and Huntington may know, at least one thing in West Virginia already bears his name. Lawmakers re-dubbed a stretch of Interstate 64 in honor of Underwood during his second and final term as governor, in 1999.)