Chester’s volunteers are hard at work preparing for the 250th anniversary of our Nation’s birth. The result of their efforts will be a day filled with fun for everyone and ending with a spectacular fireworks’ display. The schedule is as follows: 5K – sponsored by Hancock County Savings Bank Car Show – sponsored by the…

Haylianne Murray spoke to the Hancock County Board of Education Monday evening about the life-threatening situation which could exist for her son if the full-time nurse was not returned to Oak Glen High School. She explained her son has an Ascending Aortic Aneurism, a life-threatening condition due to the possible dissection of the aorta. Hometown…

Dorothy Irona (Gibson) Poling, 89, of New Cumberland, WV, passed awaypeacefully on June 14 at Ohio Valley Hospice. She was the daughter of the late Dorothy Jane Greenwalt and the late Michael Endrich.She was a devoted homemaker before pursuing a career as a beautician later in life She worked at Mountaineer Park, Rivendale Care Home,…

Director of Personnel, Jennifer Marchese, stood in for Superintendent Walt Summers who participated by phone. She went over the personnel action approved by State Superintendent Michelle Blatt which include the following: Resignations: Kasey Arnott, maintenance director; Thomas Williams, Weir Middle School Band Director/Music; Wendy Zinn, Oak Glen High Band/Music; Michael Toomey, New Manchester Elementary School…

The current composition of the Hancock County Board of Education held its final meeting Monday. Board Vice President Ed Fields, Jim Horstman and Jack Crow now make way for three new Board members: Fields who opted not to seek another term on the Board, was praised for his leadership and attention to all school activities…

Colleen Candace “Candy” Hibbs, 73, of New Cumberland, passed away peacefully at the Stone Pear Pavilion in Chester on Thursday, June 18, 2026. Her warmth, generosity, and light touched the lives of all who knew her. Born in Steubenville, Ohio, on April 30, 1953, Candy was the beloved daughter of the late Wilford and Jessie…

    The Fidelis Gamma Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa International Honorary Organization for Women Educators met at Eat ‘n Park Restaurant in Weirton, WV, on June 4, 2026, with Co-Presidents Carolyn Allison and Ruth Fuller officiating.  There were 16 members in attendance.  Allison lit the Memory Candle in remembrance of those sisters who could not…

The monthly meeting of the Hancock Board of Education will take place Monday, June 22 at 5:30 p.m. in the JDR IV IMC room. This will be the last meeting for the current board. Newly elected board members will assume their duties in July where a reorganizational meeting will take place July 6 at 1…

……….Yes, we are back in West Virginia…….all nine of us who braved delayed flights, belligerent TSA agents and sunshine everyday. But, I feel obliged to pay homage to the person who made it all happen. My good friend, the late Lynn Swan, and her two boys Mike and Joe and their families all shared a…

from your friend, resident, critic and lover, Tamara. Wow, you are 163 West Virginia and I am proud of you. You show your age and I love that. The hills and mountains are craggy and rough in places where King Coal has not touched. Our mountains and hollers are still hold the memories where floods…

,,,,,,,I write this week from sunny San Diego where our entire family has traveled to see Doug and Laurie’s daughter, Katie, marry Daniel Kim. The uritywedding was beautiful. Katie and Dan decided to hold the wedding in her parent’s back yard and the setting couldn’t have been more romantic with lush foliage, tropical plants and…

Donna Burch to Tyler Pond – $85,000 Butler District Sonda Temple to Matthew B. Congo, Bryan Congo Pauline Molchan by atty n fact to Russ Tovcimak – $50,000 Butler District Richard Blake Hawthorne to Thomas McAllister, Abigail McAllister $170,000 Butler District Craig Michael Rumora, Lynn Michelle Agans to Jacob F. Minger, Sr. Marie Coberly $168,900…

Oak Glen Middle School 2025-2026Honor Rolls – 4th Nine Weeks Grading Period 5th Grade Straight A Honor Roll: Laila Behanna, Brinley Chaffin, Chelsea Davis, Harper Dugan, Vance Gregory, Bowen Hardy, Krew Karpinski, Bryce McIntosh, Macie Murray, Dax Myers, Paetyn Perry, Gabriella Vangilder, Connor Wade, Rex Wagner, Landon White Principal’s Honor Roll: Maximus Adkins, Blake Allison,…

………Residents of Hancock County are frustrated by the actions of their local and State government. I am equally as frustrated. I was at a t-ball game with my family this week and a concerned citizen came up to me and asked “What are we going to do about our two errant Commissioners?” She was referring…

5/1 James L. Norton, New Cumberland – Possession of Meth. 5/1 Michaeal T. Strupe, Satsuma, Fla. – Possession of Marijuana/Obstructing x2 5/5 Lacie L. Haynes, New Cumberland – Domestic Assault 5/18 Jeffrey D. Powers, II, Newell – Possession x3/ Prohibited person possession of a firearm 5/19 Cameron C. Miller, East Liverpool, OH – Accessory 5/20…

Former Superintendent of Hancock County Schools Dan Enich’s statement, published in Hometown News on Wednesday, has now been sent by Certified Mail to the West Virginia Board of Education. This step is required to be done at least 30 days before a complaint is filed in Circuit Court against the West Virginia Board of Education.

New Cumberland Riverfest t-shirts are available for purchase at the City Building on River Avenue. Shirts are $25 for sizes small through extra large and $27 for sizes 2XL and up.