West Virginia has never had the luxury of excess when it comes to public education resources. Every classroom, every bus route, every staff position is the result of careful budgeting and often difficult tradeoffs. That’s why West Virginia House Bill 4818 raises serious concerns—not just about policy direction, but about fairness, local control, and fiscal…

I would like to remind you that the Public Service Commission of West Virginia has added an important new milestone to our website, which is found at www.psc.state.wv.us.This is a list of agencies and places a utility customer may go if they need help with paying utility bills. This listing is called the “utility assistance…

WEST VIRGINIA (April 15, 2026) – The West Virginia First Foundation (WVFF) is reminding local governments that annual expenditure reports detailing the use of opioid settlement funds are due by April 30, 2026, in accordance with the West Virginia First Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).The MOU established a statewide framework for the distribution and reporting of…

Ms. Kelli Talbot, Esq. WV Board of Education April 15, 2026 Dear Ms. Talbot: I write to protest the State Board of Education’s 2nd delay on Hometown News FOIA.. request.     While FOIA are supposed to be delivered 5  business days after the request, I agreed to a delivery date of April 9 in the…

WVU Medicine Weirton Medical Center is proud to announce the opening of its expanded Intensive Care Unit (ICU), delivering a higher level of care to patients across the region.The ICU allows the hospital to care for even the most critically ill patients locally, ensuring they can remain close to their families, support systems, and homes…

HANCOCK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SPECIAL MEETINGJohn D. Rockefeller IV Career Center – IMC Room80 Rockefeller Circle, New Cumberland WV 26047Thursday, April 16, 2026, 8:00 a.m.Dial in by phone+1 304-553-7794,,510949388# United States, CharlestonPhone conference ID: 510 949 388#Special Employee HearingsPursuant to W. Va. Code §18-2E-5, the West Virginia Board of Education (WVBE) voted unanimously at…

Hancock County, WV – Steven E. Dragisich, Hancock County Prosecuting Attorney, announces that the April 2026 Term of the Hancock County Grand Jury met this week and returned the following indictments. Roe Degenhardt Baker -1/7/1954, 1313 Arner Road, Chester WV : (a)Attempted Murder and (b)Wanton Endangerment Involving a Firearm (4 counts); Christian Louis McDonald 7/11/1989;…

It is the winter of 1973. Spurning Mr. Edwards’ social studies class (that’s what they called history then), I fake an early dismissal slip (actually, my wisdom tooth was fine, thank you) from that bastion of higher learning known as Oak Glen. Braving harsh elements, I thumb a ride to Waterford Park. Nearly frostbitten from…

Honor Rolls – 3rd Nine Weeks Grading Period 5th Grade Straight A Honor Roll:   Blake Allison, Laila Behanna, Finn Bellville, Ashley Brown, Amadeo Camacho-Lazo, Brinley Chaffin, Lyla Cole, Adalynn Corbin, Londyn Crummitt, Chelsea Davis, Adalyn Dawson, Raegan Dodd, Harper Dugan, Aubrey Duke, Vance Gregory, Bowen Hardy, Charlene Hurst, Krew Karpinski, Luna Lynch, Koi Martsolf, Destiny…

CHARLESTON – The Public Service Commission of West Virginia on Friday received an application from Monongahela Power Company and The Potomac Edison Company seeking approval to construct and operate a 1,200-MW combined cycle natural gas plant and three 70-MW solar generation facilities. The proposed $2.84 billion gas facility would be built at the existing Fort…

Hancock County Commissioners agreed to participate in an opioid settlement case against Associated Pharmacies, Inc., J.M. Smith Corporation, Louisiana Wholesale Drug Company, Morris and Dickinson Co., North Carolina Mutual Wholesale Drug Company and United Natural Foods, Inc. at Thursday’s meeting. They failed to come to an agreement with Family Care Excellence on a Memorandum of…

3/2 Mitchell C. Nixon, Newell Obstructing 3/4 Stephanie E. Buckley, Chester Domestic Battery x2/possession 3/6 Randall J. Myers, Jr., Newell Trespassing 3/8 James E. Carnes, Newell Domestic Battery 3/9 Lydia N. Misenhelder, Weirton DUI/Drugs/No Insurance 3/15 Joshua W. Elliott, Weirton Domestic Assault x2/Brandishing x3/Gross Neglect of a child 3/16 Shawn N. Kernen, Mingo Junction Domestic…

….I’ll admit to being focused on the State’s takeover of Hancock County’s school district.  To me, it was like a mystery.  The State knowing that Joe Campinelli wasn’t submitting reports using the state-mandated WVEIS system, not responding to e-mails about financial reports and not communicating to Hancock County officials raised a red flag.  …….As I…

ARRESTS: Scott Ingram, No Address Given- Failure to Appear: Joyriding. CITATIONS: Isaiah Smith, Irondale, OH- Possession of a controlled substance. Gina Deem, East Liverpool, OH- Speeding. Laura McCarthy, New Albany, OH- Speeding. Aaron Cunningham, East Liverpool, OH- Speeding. Daniel Higgins, East Liverpool, OH- Speeding. Stephen Wessel, Canonsburg, PA- Speeding. Daniel Higgins, East Liverpool, OH- Speeding.…

Laura Wakim Chapman is a constitutional lawyer and a mother of two young children.  During her first term as state senator for District 1 (Hancock, Brooke, Ohio and the eastern part of Marshall counties), she has passed several measures to help with children’s issues, expand access to affordable healthcare, and lowering costs for the Northern Panhandle.She…

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – More than 100,000 people nationally are waiting for a life-saving organ transplant, according to the Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE). More than 90,000 of these patients are awaiting a kidney transplant, the organ in greatest need, followed by liver, heart, and lung transplants.  The WVU Medicine Transplant Alliance is celebrating  National Donate Life Month by encouraging everyone to give the gift…

  FIDELIS GAMMA APRIL 2, 2026 MEETING      The Fidelis Gamma Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa International Honorary Organization for Women Educators met at Eat ‘n Park in Weirton, WV, on April 2, 2026, with 13 members present.      President Susan Cullinan welcomed the members.  Elaine McClung led the group in the pledge…