Hometown News

Hometown News

Chester City Council

With the holidays approaching, Chester City Council announced this year’s Christmas parade is “Hometown Christmas”. The parade will start at 1st St. and wooden gingerbread houses are a new feature of the community celebration. The wood has been donated by…

WV Manufacturers Need Workers

W.Va. manufacturers report needing nearly 7,000 jobs filled over 3 yearsWest Virginia manufacturers say they need an additional 2,700 full-time workers over the next 12 months and nearly 7,000 over the next three years, according to a new survey conducted…

CHESTER POLICE REPORT

ARRESTS: Freeman Payton, Chester, WV- Domestic Battery 3rd and Subsequent and Child Abuse Creating Risk of Injury. CITATIONS: Thomas Klosky, Derry, PA- Speeding. Mackenzie Morrell, Aliquippa, PA- Speeding. Darnell Davidson, McDonald, PA- Speeding. Jeanne Dunn-Nale, Hookstown, PA- Speeding. Sara Green, East…

Patterson’s Perspectives

By Mark Patterson Calmly, I sized up the adversary before me. Several protective layers surrounded the targeted internals. Hoping for a quick, bloodless victory, I grasped my foe just above the neck and twisted. To no effect. More determined, I…

RC&D Distributes Mini-Grants Totaling $17,500

The Northern Panhandle Resource, Conservation and Development received $17,500.00 in State funds to distribute as mini-grants. According to Jim Anderson, RC&D chairman, those receiving grants included the following: Magic Tree Community Garden – $3,000.00; Tri-State Area Master Gardener – $750.00;…

OBITUARY:Beth E. Bobalik

Beth E. Bobalik, a remarkable wife, mother, and educator of East Liverpool, passed away peacefully at Calcutta Health Care Center surrounded by family on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at the age of 71. Born on September 24, 1954, in East…