William Brooks
William R. Brooks, 78 of Weirton passed at his home, while in the loving care of his wife Betty, on Tuesday, September 14, 2021, after being diagnosed with cancer two years ago. Born in Pittsburgh on April 30, 1943, he…
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Editorial
JUST MY OPINION ABOUT MANDATORY VACCINATIONS AND MASKS by Tamara Pettit “With every right…
HANCOCK COUNTY SCHOOLS IMPLEMENT MASK MANDATE
Beginning September 9, all Hancock County students, employees and visitors will be required to wear face coverings inside school buildings and on school transportation. The Hancock County School voted to implement the mask mandate at an emergency meeting September…
OAK GLEN FIELD READY FOR PLAY SEPT. 10….SOME FANS UNHAPPY WITH COLOR OF END ZONES
The turf is down at Oak Glen Field and the installation is expected to be complete by Sept. 10, according to Hancock County Schools’ Chief Finance Officer Joe Campinelli. The next home game for Oak Glen is slated for…
BOARD OF EDUCATION ACTS ON PERSONNEL DECISIONS
The Hancock County Board of Education took the following action at Monday’s Special Meeting: **Approved an unpaid Leave of Absence for Kylee Straight and Breanne Underwood; **Accepted the resignation of Chloe Pieniazek as Countywide Speech-Language Pathologist; …
AND THEN AGAIN by Tamara Pettit
…Play Ball???Now that Oak Glen’s field will be ready for play, players, coaches and fans are holding their breath that there are no more positive COVID tests on either Oak Glen or it’s opponent for the next home game. Fans…
WEST VIRGINIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL SEEKS GRANT APPLICATIONS
Charleston – The West Virginia Humanities Council is seeking proposals from nonprofit organizations for its upcoming October 1 minigrant deadline. Humanities Council minigrants support projects that request $1,500 or less, including small projects, single events, lectures, small museum exhibits, brochures,…
OUR HISTORY & OUR HERITAGE by Bill Kiefer
Ohio is frequently referred to as the “Mother of Presidents.” As a state they claim eight. These would be Ulysses S. Grant of Point Pleasant, Rutherford B. Hayes of Delaware, James Abram Garfield of Orange Township now Moreland Hills, Benjamin…
The Reading Nook by Kirsten Pierce
Swaney Memorial Library will switch back to our regular hours of 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays; 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesdays; and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Fridays until Memorial Day of…
REFLECTIONS by Jeremy Alger
Something happened to me this morning that I walked away thinking, “I’m going to write about this.” But I instantly realized that there are two things from that one event that I want to write about, so this is sort…