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Hometown News

OBITUARY: DIANE THEISS

Diane Theiss, 74, of Newell, passed away Wednesday February 28, 2024. She was born October 22, 1949 in East Liverpool, daughter of the late Leonard and Bernice (Snodgrass) Taylor. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband…

KILL BILL HB 5105 NOW IN SENATE

YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDRENS’ HEALTH IS AT STAKE                                                                It was a call I thought I’d never thought I’d get from my son.  He was in San Diego and it was 1998, “Mom, did I have my measles vaccine?” It seemed…

STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

The only remaining part of the house of the late Mary Porter on Ridge Avenue is the stairway which appears to take you straight to Heaven. The house was demolished as part of New Cumberland’s ongoing effort to demolish houses…

HANCOCK COUNTY MUSEUM MEETS

Wed, Feb 28 at 11:38 AM The Hancock County Museum Commission met at 2:00 on Wednesday, December 6, 2023.  Attending were Marcus and Ki Trelaine, John Speerhas, Kathy Beagle, Mary Fern Schmidt and Vivian Weigel.  After the pledge to the…

OBITUARY: Elizabeth “Beth” Ewing

Elizabeth “Beth” Williams Ewing, 71 of Fort Worth, Texas and formerly of Chester passed away of natural causes on February 14, 2024. She was born in East Liverpool on December 31, 1952, to the late Harry (Bob) and Edna Williams.…

OBITUARY: TERRI STOFFEL

Terri L. Stoffel, 58, of Chester, passed, Monday, February 26, 2024, at Valley Hospice Care Center North in Steubenville, following a courageous battle with cancer. Born, January 4, 1966, in East Liverpool, she was the daughter of the late John…

OBITUARY; DOLORES CASTO

Delores E. Casto of Chester passed at the Stone Pear Pavilion in Chester on Thursday, February 22, 2024, following a lengthy illness.  Delores was born in Newell on April 8, 1937. She was 86 years old and the daughter of…