Hometown News

Hometown News

Elementary Students to Return to School

**Learned that Petrovich had began meeting with newly-elected County officials;**Accepted the resignation of Phil Rujak, teacher at Weir High School;**Approved Michael Gurskey as a county-wide substitute teacher;**Accepted coaching resignations for Kip Shenton, Head Girls’ Tennis, Oak Glen High; Michael Moran,…

CHESTER POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY

Arrests: Dakota Henson, Chester, WV- Malicious Wounding (Felony). Taken through the Hancock County Magistrate Court. Ariel Coen, Chester, WV- Battery. Taken through the Hancock County Magistrate Court. Mason Jones, East Liverpool, OH- Arrested on an active warrant through Mahoning County…

WVDEP accepting applications for teacher awards

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s (WVDEP) Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan (REAP) is now accepting applications for the 2021 Make It Shine Environmental Teacher of the Year awards. The deadline to submit an application is February 14, 2021. Winners…

Reflections by Jeremy Alger

I recently read “Didn’t See It Coming” by Carey Neiuwhof. It is about his experience with burnout as the pastor of a large church and how to overcome and/or avoid that common pastoral problem. Of course none or at least…

Reading Nook by Kirsten Pierce

This just in: NYPD Red 6 by James Patterson; Neighbors, the latest by Danielle Steel; and Hush, Hush, the newest Stone Barrington novel by Stuart Woods. Stop in today and check out one of these hot, new reads. It’s the…

Hancock County December Property Transfers

Strong Tower Holdings to Strong Tower VenturesLowell E. Swaim, Brenda A. Swaim to Timothy Daugherty, $145,000.00Paul Wieckowski to Cory N. Anderson, $76,000.00Phillip Nutter Estate, Andrew Philip Nutter, executor, Anne Nutter by POS, Andrew Phillip Nutter, POA, to Darrell Eastham, Kathi…

Legal

West Virginia State Auditors Office County Collections Division 1900 Kanawha River Blvd., East, Building 1, Room 114, Charleston, WV 25305(2019-S-00000026- Hancock County-William Sayers)Hometown News, PO Box 107, New Manchester, WV 26046To: SAMANTHA TALBOT, or heirs at law, devisees, creditors, representatives,…

Obituary

John F Ash, 73 of Chester, passed away at home Sunday, January 10, 2021.Born April 14, 1947, in East Liverpool OH, he is the son of the late Maretta Eberhart Stewart and John Malone.John served his country in the US…