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Hometown News

BOARD OF EDUCATION SETTLES WITH DR. ALYSA OWINGS

Although the Hancock County Board has yet to formally accept  Dr. Alysa Owings’ resignation, the Oak Glen Middle School Principal has submitted her resignation.     Owings and the Board settled her grievance at a special Board meeting Monday for undisclosed amount. …

HANCOCK MUSEUM SUMMER LECTURE SERIES CONTINUES

  Pamela Makricosta, of Weirton, will share her “Yiayla’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 is…

AND THEN AGAIN……by Tamara Pettit

….I see them everywhere.  Parents with kids buying all the supplies to go to school.  Parents helping a kindergarten student pick out that first backpack.    Parents tearfully looking at bedspreads and laundry hampers for the college dorm.  Yep, it’s that…

OBITUARY: JACOB SETTLE

   Clayton James “Jake” Settle, 73, of New Cumberland, WV passed away Friday, August 12, 2022 at Valley Hospice Trinity West.   He was born September 26, 1948 in Marshall, Arkansas a son of the late Paul C. &. Suzie M.…

FIDELIS GAMMA MEETS

                                 The Fidelis Gamma Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa International Honorary Women Educators Organization met at Garden Grill Steakhouse in Weirton, WV, on Thursday, August…

HANCOCK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE JULY ARRESTS

7/2         Tanner Barr, Salem, OH                                Domestic Assault 7/3         Theresa Coles, Steubenville                         Receiving and Transferring Stolen Property/Possession of Marijuana/Driving Revoke 3rd 7/3         Francisco Fernandez, Sewickley, PA          DUI 1st 7/4         Homer Pierce, Weirton                                Domestic Battery 3rd/DWS revoked, DUI3rd/Grand Larceny 7/11       Joseph Mahan,…

HANCOCK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE JULY CITATIONS

Jose Vega, Jr.                    Stop Sign Jose Vega, Jr.                    VUCSA/Marijuana/Manufacture/State Amritpal Singh                  Traffic Control Device/Failure to Obey Amritpal Singh                  Reckless Driving Teya Hall                            Speeding – 14 MPH over Liam Rose                          Speeding – 10 MPH &…

Laurel Hollow Park Concert August 14

Put on your dancing shoes and enjoy the band, RED RAVIN, featuring Chelsea Householder,  in concert at Laurel Hollow Park in Newell this Sunday, Aug 14 from 6:09-8:00.  This event is sponsored by Fiesta Tableware Co. There will be a…