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WVNCC HOSTS FREE LUNCHEONS FOR VETERANS

            WHEELING, W.VA – West Virginia Northern Community College (WVNCC) will host a free lunch for any Veteran on all three of their campuses in November and December. The events are open to all WVNCC students and any community member who has served in the…

AND THEN AGAIN….by Tamara Pettit

……..Old habits are hard to break.  The day before an election was always excruciating for me…and for those who knew me.  As a candidate it was a day to remember all you should have done: the doors you should have knocked on; the people you…

OP-ED WEST VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES

WV Amendment 2 is not good for you and local needs By Jonathan Adler West Virginia Association of Counties Voters need to understand what is at stake when they vote on Amendment 2, the “Property Tax Modernization Amendment.” And you don’t need to read any…

HIGH SCHOOL ART EXHIBITION SLATED

Weirton, WV – The Third Annual High School Student Art Exhibition will be presented and hosted by the Top of West Virginia Arts Council.  The council is a committee of the Top of West Virginia Convention and Visitors Bureau. Brooke High, Oak Glen High, Weir…

CHARITABLE FOUNDATION AWARDS DONATIONS

A total of $45,000 was awarded to the 2022 Hancock County Savings Bank Charitable Foundation recipients. A reception was held in the Community Room of the Weirton branch of Hancock County Savings Bank on November 1st this year. The awards were presented to representatives of…

BROWN IS OCTOBER LIONS SCHOLAR

Sydney Brown, 17, is the October recipient of the Lion’s Club Scholar of the Month. Sydney isthe daughter of David and Sheryl Brown of Chester. A senior at Oak Glen High School, Sydneycurrently holds a 4.118 GPA and is ranked 3rd in her class. Sydney…

AND THEN AGAIN…….by Tamara Pettit

……WHO….WHAT….WHEN…..WHERE?  Every fledgling journalism student knows the four points of a new release that you need to include in a story.  You would expect then that the Communications Director for Governor Jim  Justice would make sure he doesn’t miss a point.  That why when I…

CHESTER LIONS CELEBRATE 75 YEARS

The Chester Lions Club was very grateful and proud to celebrate its 75th anniversary with a dinner on the evening of Thursday, October 27.  The club was chartered on September 18, 1947 and sponsored by the Weirton Lions Club.  The first officers of the club…