Chester’s Teapot Day is Saturday
Chester readies for Teapot Day on Sat. Aug. 9
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Hancock County Sheriff’s Dept. Arrest Log
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…
New Cumberland Police Report for July
Kaitlyn Dixon, Frankfort Road, New Cumberland – Driving with Suspended License x 3
WVU Medicine Center for Nursing Education to Begin Accepting Online Applications for Fall 2026
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…
Bar Fight Ends in One Being Charged with Malicious Assault
(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 Council Sets Water & Sewer Rate Increase
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…
Lung Cancer Screening Bus to be in Hancock County
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…
Newell Parade a “Splash”
The sky was blue. The temperatures just right. And, the stars aligned for members of the Newell Civic Coalition whose Day of Fun was a raging sucess. The unique “splash parade” was the highlight of the day. The streets of…
OBITUARY: Tammy Lynn Robinson
Tammy Lynn Robinson, 64, of New Cumberland, passed away Thursday, July 31, 2025. She was born on January 31, 1961, in Weirton, the daughter of the late Gene and Betty (Shaffer) Robinson. Besides her parents she is proceeded in death…
OBITUARY: Floyd Reed
Floyd “Wayne” Reed Jr, 53, of New Cumberland, passed away Thursday, July 31, 2025 after becoming ill at work. He was born on September 11, 1971, in Weirton, the son of Floyd and Sandra (Pickering) Reed. He was a graduate…