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Hometown News

MEET DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES

 The Hancock County Democratic Executive Committee, Hancock Democratic Women along with Women of Steel are hosting a “MEET YOUR DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES” on Labor Day, September 5th at 2:00 PM.  The event will be held at the United Steelworkers Union Hall (Weirton Steel…

HANCOCK COUNTY MUSEUM LECTURE SERIES

Pamela Makricosta, of Weirton, will share her “YiayIa’s – Grandma’s Bundle” presentation at the Hancock County Museum, 1008 Ridge Ave., New Cumberland, on Sunday, August 28, 2022 at 2:00.  Her grandmother survived the 1914 Christian Holocaust of Asia Minor which…

HIT & RUN DRIVER SOUGHT

August 23, 2022 The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office obtained a search warrant in relation to the hit and run accident involving JoJo Green, 7-year-old on Kings Creek Road August 19, 2022. At approximately 5 AM this morning, August 23, 2022,…

CHANGE’S SUMMER FOOD PROGRAM CONCLUDES

Pictured from left to right. Back left to right: David Holden, Brandon Roach, Amya Livingston, Megan Shaw, Michael Burdine, Jim Boniey Director of Program Operations   Front row left to right: Brandi Radvansky Youth Nutrition Manager, Cameron Gray, Seth Humberson  Not…

OBITUARY: JOANNE STEWART

Joanne Stewart, eighty-four of Chester passed peacefully at her home on Sunday, August 21, 2022, following a lengthy illness.She was the daughter of the late Walter and Lilla Griffith Doughty Steele. Joanne was born in Carnot, PA., on December 3,…

AND THEN AGAIN……by Tamara Pettit

…….What now?  With the resignation from her position as Principal of Oak Glen Middle School and the financial settlement of Mick vs Hancock County Board of Education, one would think the Board had closed the door on dealing with the…