West Virginia Ranks 42nd in Child Well-Being but Inaccessible, Unaffordable Child Care Will Continue to Push More Families into Poverty 50-State Data Shows Economy Loses $122 Billion a Year as Child Care Challenges Cause Parents to Miss, Quit or Scale Back Work,Annie E. Casey Foundation FindsCharleston,…
2023 West Virginia Rhododendron Girls State Attendants sponsored by the Chester American Legion Auxiliary Unit 121. Pictured left to right. Hannah Kliner, Madison Adams, Lilly Wharton, Macey Enochs and Avery Hall.
Two new positions will add to the resources available to Weirton students in the Fall semester. The Hancock County Board of Education approved Kristin Bowman-Cross at the site coordinator at Weirton Elementary School and Douglas Murray at Weir High/Weir Middle School. The positions are…
It’s known as the parade that goes around twice because it meets itself in the middle. The New Manchester 4th of July Parade will take place again this year with line-up at 6:00 p.m. at New Manchester Elementary with the parade beginning at 6:30 .…
…..The monthly property transfers ran in HOMETOWN NEWS a few days ago. I am always anxious to read them because they are a treasure trove of information. I see that the Business Development Corporation of the Northern Panhandle bought Mingo Junction Steelworks for $10,800,000. I’ve…
Donald Sisley, Kathleen Silsleh, Pauline Stillwagon to Zachard Maza, Skylar Maza – $154,000.00 Orania Lucas to Cassie Nester, Matthew Nester – $145.000.00 Donald Acors by attorney in fact, Christina Acors, individual and attorney in fact to Sydney Misenhelder – $87,000.00 Goffioli Family Revocable Trust to…
A United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) $500,000 grant was awarded to the BDC for performing Phase I and II assessments on properties in Hancock and Brooke. According to Marvin Six, BDC executive director, the grant funds will focus on the Frontier site.. ” We…
Oak Glen Middle School 2022-2023 Honor Roll – 4th Nine Weeks Grading Period 5th Grade Straight A Honor Roll: Layla Adkins, Tristan Allison, Lilly Blake, Laila Brown, Kane Cashdollar, Brooklynne Cowart, Patrick Curtis, Corban Devore, Cannin Dittman, Bristol Eckleberry, Laikynn Eckleberry, Lillian Frey, McKenzie Griffin, Evalyn Henley, Mason…
NEW CUMBERLAND, WV – Hancock County’s Tomlinson Run State Park is home to a new “Almost Heaven” swing.The swings are part of a program initiated by the West Virginia Department of Tourism in 2022, and are displayed at our state’s most scenic locations. Students at…