With just a few weeks left before the start of school, the Hancock County Board of Education acted on the following personnel issues: **Accepted the resignation of Stephanie Baumgardner as a countywide substitute teacher; **Assigned Mary Kimberland, Aries Headmond and…
The Hancock County Democratic ExecutiveCommittee will hold their monthly meeting on August 12th at 5:00 P.M. and the Hancock County Democratic Women will hold their monthly meeting at 6:30 P.M. at the Blue Steel Cafe and Grill (inside the Steel…
CHARLESTON – The Public Service Commission of West Virginia endorses the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to roll back stiff regulations on the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) from fossil-fuel electricity plants. The repeal of the standards is “a welcome recognition…
Chester readies for Teapot Day on Sat. Aug. 9
7/2 Coletin B. Adamson, Weirton – Obstruction/Underage Consumption 7/2 Kierstin M Derosky, Newell – Capias/Breaking &Entering Warrant x2 7/2 Nevin T. Householder, Toronto, OH – Violation 7/4 Cory J. Smart, Weirton – Capias 7/4 Brianne P. Hardy, Weirton – Capias…
Kaitlyn Dixon, Frankfort Road, New Cumberland – Driving with Suspended License x 3
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The WVU Medicine Center for Nursing Education (CNE) will begin accepting online applications for the fall 2026 cohort of its new nursing diploma program at 9 a.m. on Aug. 15. The 21-month program offers prospective students a quality, hospital-based…
(release from Chester Chief of Police Charles Stanley) On 7/31/25 at 10:35 p.m., Chester Police and Hancock County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to a report of a fight on the sidewalk in front of the Chester VFW at 415 Carolina…
New Cumberland City Council voted to implement an increase on both water and sewage rates at Monday’s meeting. According to Mayor Will White, the increases were necessitated by the City being written up for three years in a row for…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Hancock, Preston, Harrison, and Kanawha counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans. A service of WVU Medicine-WVU Hospitals and the WVU Cancer Institute, LUCAS will be at: The lung cancer screenings are billed…