Ramona “Boots” Hines of New Cumberland passed away on Sunday, December 13, 2020, atWeirton Medical Center from complications related to the COVID-19 Virus.She was born on January11, 1930, in New Cumberland, a daughter of the late Hugh and Josephine Tate.…
Samuel A. Love, Jr., a longtime WV public servant passed away on Tuesday, December 8, 2020. He was 75 years old. Sam was born on July 24, 1945, in Morgantown, WV, the firstborn child to Samuel A. and Bertha Ivill…
Chester Council Thanks Murray and Gittings: Mayor Kenny Morris and members of Chester City Council expressed their gratitude to Police Chief Todd Murray and Dep. Chief Scott Gittings for their years of service with plaque presentations. Gittings was recently elected…
Former Hancock County Deputy Chuck Stanley was approved by Council as Chester’s new Police Chief. Stanley replaces Chief Todd Murray who submitted his letter of resignation at Monday’s meeting. Murray was appointed by Sheriff-elect Scott Gittings as Chief Deputy for…
In other business, Council:**Passed the 2nd reading of an ordinance authorizing bond financing for improvements to Water/Sewage improvements;**Passed the 1st reading of a Sewer Rate increase. The 2nd reading of the increase will take place at the January meeting;**Transferred $30,000.00…
Concern over emissions from stacks at Sammis Plant have been conveyed to the EPA by Hometown News and those concerns are being investigated. George Hines provided the newspaper with a sequence of photos and the times the emissions were occurring.The…
…..December 7, 1940 was indeed a day of infamy as Pres. Franklin Roosevelt told the nation. Our country went to war and my mind travels back today to what it must have been like for those who faced Christmas that…
I’ve been dishing out the same bit of wisdom for a few weeks now. It is a quote that I heard and instantly recognized as valuable. So I wrote it on a post-it note and stuck it on my desk.…
The Hancock County Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Awards were distributed to the 2020 recipients individually this year in lieu of a group ceremony in an effort to adhere to Covid-19 guidelines. Catherine Ferrari, Bank President and CEO and Chairman of…
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR), Bureau for Behavioral Health (BBH) has partnered with First Choice Services to offer a children’s crisis and referral line to interrupt behavioral health crises and connect families and youths with…