David Lyons
David Lyons, 58, of Winter Park, FL, passed away January 8, 2021.Born June 24, 1962 in Weirton, WV, he was the son of Bonnie (Moore) Lyons of New Cumberland and the late Donald Lyons Sr.David was a 1980 graduate of…
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Sara Graham
Sara Graham, 81, of Weirton, passed away January 12, 2021.Born on May 5, 1939 in Beverly, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Clyde and Laura (Hashmond) McMasters.Sara was a retired deli clerk at Kroger’s. She was a member…
COVID Vaccination Clinic Slated
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…
And Then Again by Tamara Pettit
…… Like many of you I was shaking my head in disbelief last week as I watched rioters surge into Congress and telling myself, “No, this can’t happen here. This is America. We don’t do that here.” Turned out we…
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…
Our History & Our Heritage By Bill Kiefer
Last week was pretty exciting. I don’t know that the counting of electoral votes has been so contentious since Bush-Gore in 2000, and before that Hayes-Tilden in 1876. In the 1876 election President Ulysses S. Grant was expected to seek…
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…