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HOMETOWN COLLECTIONS EXHIBIT

Hometown Collections Exhibit to Open at Summit Art Gallery Weirton, WV – From January 28 through March 10, 2022, the Summit Art Gallery will present an exhibition of works by six artists. Hometown Collections features the paintings, illustrations, sports art, and photography of West Virginia…

34 Indictments Returned by Hancock County Grand Jury

Hancock County – Stephen E. Dragisich, Hancock County Prosecuting Attorney, announces that the January 2022 Term of the Hancock County Grand Jury met this week and returned the following Indictments.  Mark Allen Moore  9/21/61, 11897 Ohio River Blvd., Chester – Failure to Register as a…

ARNEAULT FILES FOR COMMISSION SEAT

Former Oak Glen Head Football Coach Ted Arneault, Jr. filed Monday on the Republican ticket for Hancock County Commissioner. A resident of 119 Riverside Drive, New Cumberland, Arneault is seeking the Clay District seat. Arneault, 39, who served as Oak Glen’s Head Coach since 2016,…

SCHOOL COVID POSITIVES SPIKE

      Citing a dramatic  increase in COVID cases in the schools, the Hancock County Board of Education voted to extend its mask mandate until further notice.  In making the recommendation to extend the mandate, Superintendent Dawn Petrovich reported on a significant spike in positive tests…

ELECTION 2020 – LATEST FILINGS

Hancock County Commission Edson “Ted” Arneault, Jr. – Republican Paul Cowey – Republican Brett Lemley – Republican Hancock CounSty County Clerk Valerie Truax – Republican Karan Valenti Baier – Republican Hancock County Circuit Clerk Sandy Casto – Republican Board of Education – Non-partisan Christina Fair…

SWARTZMILLER SEEKS STATE SENATE SEAT

Former Delegate Randy Swartzmiller has mailed candidacy papers to the WV Sec. of State’s office for the 1st District State Senate. Swartzmiller will file on the Democratic ticket for the seat currently held by Sen. Owens Brown who was appointed recently to fill the unexpired…

TAX INCENTIVE BILL MAY PAVE WAY FOR SHEET MILL LOCALLY

           The passage of an economic development incentive bill designed  to attract a steel maker to West Virginia was swift today.  In a Special Session, the West Virginia Legislature passed HB 101 which will provide a 50%tax incentive to heavy industry locating in the State. …

AND THEN AGAIN……by Tamara Pettit

……………Hold onto your hats West Virginia!  Governor Jim Justice is once again predicting our State is going on a rocket ship ride and he can’t wait for the Legislative Session (set to begin Wednesday) to fuel the rockets.  Instead, Justice called the Legislature into a…

AND THEN AGAIN….. by Tamara Pettit

……’the Rest of the Story by Paul Harvey was a popular radio commentary when radio was king and television was still evolving. In his commentary, Harvey would describe an event or a person and then finish with a caveat that often changed the whole story. …