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Hancock Commissioners Disagree on Awarding $100,000 to Family Care Excellence
Thursday’s meeting of the Hancock County Commission found Commissioner Tommy Ogden asking for time to find out more information about a $800,000. 00 donation request from the Opioid Funds received by the county while Commissioners Eron Chek and Paul Cowey…
ELECTION 2026 – County Commission
Today we begin our coverage on the 3 County Commission Candidates. The County Commissioner is elected every 6 years. One is elected from each of the three magisterial districts, Grant, Clay and Butler. This election Butler District is on the…
Just My Opinion……….by Tamara
Where are the experts? …..Cutting staff in the County school system is a concern on many levels. The reduction of Police Resource Officers is a concern that touches residents from all backgrounds and impacts students of all ages. Both Sheriff…
CORRECTION!!!
The salary figures for Superintendent Walt Saunders, Jennifer Marchesi and Erin Harvey were provided to Hometown News by Board President Chris Gillette. We regret that they may not have been correct and apologize to Saunders, Marchesi and Harvey. Gillette is…
PRO Officers Discussed at Hancock Board of Education
Matt Cole, a speaker at Monday’s Hancock County Board of Education meeting, made an impassioned plea not to reduce the number of PRO officers in the County’s schools while Board member Randy Swartzmiller held up letters from Sheriff Scott Gittings…
Lung Cancer Screening Unit Coming to New Cumberland
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Hancock, Brooke, and Tucker counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans. A service of WVU Medicine-WVU Hospitals and the WVU Cancer Institute, LUCAS will be at: The lung cancer screenings are billed to private insurance,…
And Then Again……….by Tamara
Monday, March 23 at 5:30 p.m. the Hancock County School Board will meet at the JDRIV Center in New Cumberland. ……..This marks the second meeting the Hancock County Board has had after the State takeover.. Although elected by a vote…
Pellegrino Attends Rural Pathways Project Institute 3
The John D. Rockefeller IV Career Center’s Coordinator of Vocational Services/Special Education Instructor Jeanne Pellegrino was invited by West Virginia Northern Community College (WVNCC) as a K12 Partner to attend Rural Pathways Project Institute 3 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This conference…
OBITUARY: Debbie Beagle
Debbie J. Beagle of East Liverpool passed away at her home on Sunday, March 22, 2026, following a courageous battle with cancer. She was being lovingly cared for by her husband, Donnie.Born in East Liverpool on July 27, 1954, she…