I’m torn between a yes or no vote on the bill making 18 the “marryin age” in West Virginia. Every fiber of my being wants to say yes! A high school kid should be worrying about final exams not wedding rings. As I write this…
Hancock County Commission approved changes to their Employee Policy Manual that created increased accountability for spending when traveling for business when they met Thursdy. Commissioners are governed by the Manual as well as County Employees. The section that covers spending when on County business…
President Dorothy Hawkes brought the meeting to order. Lion Rick Tinsky offered the prayer and Lion Andrew Kefer led the Pledge of Allegiance. The Program was provided by Jennifer Meeker with WV Division of Rehabilitation Services. The minutes were accepted as read and the treasurer’s…
The search for a new Superintendent of the Hancock County Schools has begun. Current superintendent Dawn Petrovich’s contract was not renewed Wednesday night. The Board of Education emerged from a brief executive session and voted 4 to 1 to begin the search for a search…
Weirton, WV – Bob Watson, a local artist, will be instructing a watercolor painting class with techniques that can be used to create still-life and landscapes. The class will be divided into two sessions: The first part will be an ink and watercolor still-life painting.…
The Hancock County Board of Education will meet in Special Session Wednesday (March 8) at the Rockefeller Vocational Center at 5:3O P.M. with only one item on the agenda: to consider to renew the two- or four- year of the contact of current Superintendent Dawn…
…………..My eldest grandchild was born in a snowstorm this month.. Efforts to get from Charleston WV to Charleston SC proved futile so I didn’t get to cast eyes on her until that next Saturday when I looked up from my seat on the floor of…
2nd Nine Weeks – Honor Roll Honor Rolls – 2nd Nine Weeks Grading Period 5th Grade Straight A Honor Roll: Layla Adkins, Aziz Alhawshabi, Dylan Allen, Lilly Blake, Laila Brown, Emily Conroy, Corban Devore, Cannin Dittman, Bristol Eckleberry, Laikynn Eckleberry, McKenzie Griffin, Landon Hawkins, Alex Kalkstein, Kendall…
Hancock County school officials are confident that the water the students are drinking is safe. Concern was expressed at last night’s Board of Education meeting after the train derailment in East Palestine recently.. Superintendent Dawn Petrovich pointed out that each school gets their water from…