The Hancock County Commission announced that it had received $1.2 million in CARES Act funds at its Oct. 22nd meeting. The Federal funds will assist the countyin the extraordinary costs incurred during the COVID pandemic. Commission President Joe Barnabei praised…
….The online version of HOMETOWN NEWS is now available. Going digital is a major step for us and Shannon has worked hard to make it happen. We will continue to make changes as the site evolves, so be sure to…
The Weirton Area Museum and Cultural Center (WAMCC) recently received a generous donation from TZielinsky Publishing LLC and is very grateful for the support of the WAMCC mission.Pictured here (from left to right) are Weirton-based historian and author Tom Zielinsky,…
The Hancock County Board of Education learned that tax collections for the first three months of the 20/21 fiscal years are up 50 % at Monday’s meeting. Chief Financial Officer Joe Campinelli told the Board that collections for the first…
We are currently collecting donations of canned goods for the New Cumberland Food Closet. They can be placed in the tote on the library’s front porch. The Yellow Ribbon Girls also have a box at the library for donations of…
Kayla Gilmore, a Music Performance Instrument major at Youngstown State University, was selected to perform as part of the new McDonough Recital Series at YSU.\In all, six YSU Dana School of Music students who play piano, guitar, saxophone, trombone and…
The passage of the National Labor Relations Act, otherwise known as the “Wagner Act” after its chief sponsor Senator Robert R. Wagner of New York occurred in 1935. FDR signed it into law on July 5 of that year. The…
I had a memory the other day that got me wondering what if? I’d like to tell you the memory and use it to illustrate something that I think is incredibly important.I was not a good student in school. I…
Magistrate Michael White10/20/20Rylee William Zajac, Weirton – dismissed charge of fishing without a license, defendant will obtain his fishing license.Steven Lumpkins, Follansbee – no contest plea on charge of worthless check written to New Cumberland Sparkle Market. Assessed fine, court…
Local attorney Maximillian F. Nogay has been hired as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Northern District of West Virginia. Nogay along with Christopher Bauer, Eleanor Hurney and Clayton Reid were sworn into their new positions over the past few…