Hometown News submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to the State Board of Education on March 3,2026. Below you will find the documents we are seeking. We continue to investigate the timeline, and the many roads the takeover and…
Earl Edwin Anderson Jr., 79, of Plain City, Ohio (5 ½ yrs), and formerly of Hookstown, PA, passed away peacefully at Mount Carmel Hospital in Dublin, Ohio, on Saturday, March 7, 2026, surrounded by his loving family. Born on September…
Hi, I’m Zach Adams — a lifelong resident of Newell, West Virginia, proud dad of four, and someone who truly cares about our community and our schools. My wife and I have raised our four children right here in Hancock…
March 5, 2026 City of Weirton Department of Police WC Kush Chief of Police 200 Municipal Plaza Weirton WV 26062 Superintendent Walt Saunders Hancock County Schools 130 Rockefeller Circle New Cumberland WV 26047 Dear Superintendent Saunders: I am writing this…
Sheriff of Hancock County, West Virginia J.S. Gittings, Sheriff D.T. Murray, Chief Deputy, PO Box 102 N. Court St. New Cumberland, WV 26047 March 5, 2026 Superintendent Walt Saunders Hancock County Schools 130 Rockefeller Circle New Cumberland WV 26047 Superintendent…
> Music and Art at Oak Glen will be returning, March 21, to the Oak Glen Little Theatre stage and adjacent Commons Area of Oak Glen High School, near New Cumberland, WV. For a number of years, the festival attracted…
…….Apologies to readers who have been waiting for the property transfers. I hunkered down and did them this weekend. I have been consumed with the school takeover story. What do I know? A lot, but everything has to be verified…
Just recently, a large plane plummeted from directly above me as I froze and desperately considered in which direction to flee the impending crash. But I had just seconds, and the passenger jet fluttered erratically. As sheer terror for the…
WV State Auditor to Patricia Cotherman Butler WV State Auditor to Plowboy Properties Chester WV State Auditor to Wallace D. McMillin Chester WV State Auditor to Wallace D McMillin Chester WV State Auditor to Wallace D McMillin Chester WV State…
Oak Glen wrestler Noah Schmidt captured the State Championship at the State Wrestling Tournament in Huntington