CHARLESTON – State regulators on Thursday agreed to reopen the case of a troubledNorthern Panhandle utility over funding issues.The petition involves The Newell Company, which was found by the Public ServiceCommission of West Virginia to be a failing utility in…
Hancock County ended the year finalizing preparations for a shared election with the City of Weirton and prepared for the new year by authorizing committee and personnel appointments for 2024. The effort to consolidate municipal and state and county elections…
Robert Lewis, 73, of East Liverpool, passed, on Monday, December 25, 2023, at Mercy Health St. Elizabeth Youngstown. Born, on February 9, 1950, in East Liverpool, he was the son of the late Clarence D. and Joyce L. Miller Lewis.…
Bill Lawson, 92 of New Cumberland passed peacefully at his home while in the care of his loving family on Monday, December 25, 2023. He was the son of the late Albert and Lela Sweat Lawson. Bill was born in…
Design underway for permanent repairs to Jennings Randolph Bridge Contractors Modjeski & Masters are designing plans for permanent repairs to the Jennings Randolph Bridge in Chester, as West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH) bridge engineers prepare to reopen the span. The bridge,…
Tiffany Morrison, 34, of East Liverpool passed away Monday, December 18, 2023 at her residence. She was born October 18, 1989 in Goppingin, Germany, the daughter of David Sean Murray of New Cumberland and Ruth (Bill) Crain Mahley of Kiln,…
Christmas Day Stabbing On December 25, 2023 at 8:31 pm the Hancock Co 911 Dispatch Center received a frantic call that a man had been “stabbed in the belly” at 701 Maxwell Avenue, Chester,WV. The caller, identified as Kevin J…
Strangely enough, memories don’t always center around gifts, but favorite people now gone. When I asked Shannon her favorite memory, she answered in a nanosecond. Elby’s, her beloved Papa, her brother, Doug, and the five boisterous Webster clan. When Tamera,…
The family efforts of Tamara, Shannon and Abbi that bring you HOMETOWN NEWS each week wish you a blessed Christmas Eve. While Christmas Day is a time for rejoicing, Christmas Eve is a time for reflecting and remembering Christmas past…
A “fractured family” Christmas Memory Getting Doug’s memories made me pause and remember Christmas of the past. First of all, I was so lucky to have a sister who was in charge of everything and everybody…..or so it seemed at…