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WEDGEWOOD SWORN IN AS CHESTER MAYOR

Ed Wedgewood was sworn in as Mayor of the City of Chester on Friday, July 1. Wedgewood, who served as a Council member prior to filing for Mayor, shared his goals for the next four years. ” My goal for this administration is to create…

GILLETTE ELECTED BOARD OF EDUCATION PRESIDENT

      The newly-constituted Hancock County Board of Education elected Chris Gillette as its President of the Hancock County Board of Education and Ed Fields as Vice-President.   The action was taken at the Board’s reorganization meeting on Wed., July 5.   New Board members Ed Fields, Gerard…

NUCOR PURCHASES ACREAGE IN HANCOCK COUNTY

    Nucor Steel has purchased a nearly 20-acre site on Ohio River Blvd. south of Mountaineer Casino & Racetrack for $5 million.    Known as “the old sand & gravel” , the property was most recently owned by Hansen Aggregates of PA.    According to the Hancock…

READY TO ROLL

Participants in the New Manchester 4th of July parade are ready to roll (if the dog will just move out of the way) yesterday. The parade, which has the distinction of going around its route twice, was revived this year thanks to the effort of…

STEUBENVILLE ART ASSOCIATION TO EXHIBIT AT SUMMIT GALLERY

­­Weirton, WV – The Top of West Virginia Convention and Visitors Bureau is pleased to announce that a new art exhibition will be shown in the Summit Art Gallery presented by the Top of West Virginia Arts Council (TWVAC).  The show will feature the Steubenville…

YOUR IMAGINATION STATION with Miss Connie

 So, what did y’all have for a snack today? The kiddos at the library had OCTOPI & SEAWEED with some OCEAN WATER to wash it down. The look on their faces when we showed them their snacks, was priceless.    Well, once again, the SHARK…

AND THEN AGAIN…… by Tamara Pettit

……..I normally try to steer clear of issues that are private and sacrosanct to individuals.   Abortion is one of those issues.  No matter whether you are pro-life or pro-choice is a very personal matter between you and your God, whomever you might perceive him (or…

WW II VETERAN COMES HOME

The community honored 1st Lt Horrigan as his remains are be brought to his final resting place, along side his wife, 77 years later. Horrigan was shot down over enemy territory. Following the war the territory fell under Communist control making it difficult to locate…

COMMISSION APPOINTS JONES TO BOARD OF HEALTH

       Former member of the House of Delegates and Weirton City Councilman Ronnie Jones was appointed to the Hancock County Health Board by the Hancock County Commission at Thursday’s meeting.  The Health Board has tackled controversial issues in past years with the implementation of the…