SALVATION ARMY TAKING APPLICATIONS
The Salvation Army in Hancock County will be taking Thanksgiving & Christmas applications to October 31st. Please call as this will be by appointment only. Hancock: 304-748-4310
Hometown News
Eighteen Indicted for Drug Trafficking in Northern Panhandle
WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Eighteen individuals have been indicted for distributing drugs in the Northern Panhandle, including two Chicago men accused of operating a fentanyl trafficking organization in Weirton and Steubenville. United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced that a federal…
OBITUARY: DANIEL ARNOTT
Darnell Arnott, 29, of Chester, passed, Thursday, October 5, 2023. Born, May 18, 1994, in East Liverpool, he was the son of the late Jennifer Arnott. He was also preceded in death by his aunt, Angie Muraca. Darnell enjoyed being…
OBITUARY: MIKE FISHER
Harvey Michael “Mike Fisher of New Manchester, passed peacefully at his home on Thursday, September 14, 2023, after a lengthy battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. 69 years old, Mike was the son of Betty Walcott Fisher of Ohio, and the…
UPDATE ON HANCOCK COUNTY SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS
With Maintenance Supervisor Mark Diakowitz sustaining serious injuries in an accident the school’s maintenance department and administration has been pulling double duty to stay on schedule with the Weir High Baseball/Softball fields and the Auxiliary Gym at Weir High. Assistant…
ABIGAIL MILLER IS A GAME CHANGER
Abigail Miller, a fifth-grade student at Oak Glen Middle School was recognized for being a “Game Changer” at Monday’s Board of Education meeting. Abigail was the State winner of the “What Do I Want to be When I Grow Up”,…
BOARD OF EDUCATION RECOGNIZES GAME CHANGERS
A student and a teacher were recognized as Hancock County School’s first “Game Changers” at Mondays Board of Education meeting. Superintendent Dan Enich explained the program honors those who “make a difference day in and day out…who go above and…
OAK GLEN’S SHERRIE GARNER NAMED COACH OF THE YEAR
Congratulations to Coach Garner for receiving the 2022-2023 West Virginia Coach of the Year for Softball
AND THEN AGAIN…….by Tamara Pettit
………I was impressed with the number of people who turned out for the Moving Forward Together meeting held Saturday. To my knowledge, aside from WVU Extension representatives, those in attendance were from the Newell coalition. I arrived early and sat…
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