Virginia Lee Owings, 85, formerly of New Manchester, WV, passed suddenly, Wednesday, December 9, 2020, at Stone Pear Pavilion in Chester, WV.Born December 4, 1935, in East Liverpool, OH, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Lillian Stephenson…
Robert ‘Boomer’ Lee Desmond, IIISummerlin, Las Vegas, NV – Robert Desmond, 64, formerly of Chester, WV, peacefully passed at home with family and dear friends surrounding him on December 6, 2020, following a courageous battle with cancer. Always considerate and…
David “Dave” A. Dozier, 69, beloved husband, father, uncle and friend passed away Saturday, December 5, 2020 at St. Elizabeth Hospital following a brief illness.Dave was born on September 20, 1951 to the late Frank and Viola (Wright) Dozier.Dave will…
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…