Beginning September 9, all Hancock County students, employees and visitors will be required to wear face coverings inside school buildings and on school transportation. The Hancock County School voted to implement the mask mandate at an emergency meeting September 8 after an alarming number…
The turf is down at Oak Glen Field and the installation is expected to be complete by Sept. 10, according to Hancock County Schools’ Chief Finance Officer Joe Campinelli. The next home game for Oak Glen is slated for Sept. 17 against Mt. Pleasant…
The Hancock County Board of Education took the following action at Monday’s Special Meeting: **Approved an unpaid Leave of Absence for Kylee Straight and Breanne Underwood; **Accepted the resignation of Chloe Pieniazek as Countywide Speech-Language Pathologist; **Assigned Victoria Sidon as a…
…Play Ball???Now that Oak Glen’s field will be ready for play, players, coaches and fans are holding their breath that there are no more positive COVID tests on either Oak Glen or it’s opponent for the next home game. Fans are now upset about the…
Every 2 seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood. When a person receives blood it was given by a generous donor. There is no substitute for blood. Be a part of this lifesaving cause on Monday, September 20, 2021 at Everyday Church 1298 Lincoln Highway, Chester, WV.The…
Plans to construct both a new baseball and softball field on the Weir High Campus; build two new classrooms at New Manchester Elementary and four new classrooms at Weir Middle will be put out to bid. The Hancock County Board of Education voted August…
By Tamara Pettit Three suspicious deaths in Hancock County from 1963 remain unsolved The link between Lawrence Wise and a bizarre murder case in Canton, Ohio is even harder to establish. There has to be a link, however, or why would Lawrence have put…
“I was hungry and you gave me to eat” Matt, 25:35 Ed LaNeve remembers back in February 1972 when the seed was planted for local volunteers to start an interdenominational, all volunteer Christian agency to provide emergency help for those in need in…
Hancock County is the only county in West Virginia to have a PRO officer in every school in the county. Hancock County Commissioners gave final approval to enter into an agreement with the Hancock County Board of Education for the Police Resource Officers…