…..The West Virginia Lottery Annual report showed an overall profit for the lottery. Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort, however, did not fare so well in the year of the pandemic showing a loss of $9.2 million according to WV Metro News. Mardis Gras Casino in…
In a special meeting, the Hancock County Board of Education took the following personnel action: **Transferred Barb Switzer-Ivey from Assistant Principal to Principal, Weir Middle School; **Assigned Katharine Krafton to teacher (Grade 5) Oak Glen Middle School and Adam Davis to Multi-Categorical/Autism teacher,…
I am getting a little tired of playing who was who in the Revolutionary War, and what was named after them. If you have been reading this you probably are tired of it too. On the other hand there is, or was, a Thaddeus Kosciuszko…
Athletics was the focus of Monday’s Board of Education meeting. Does Weir High need a new baseball field or will the Edwin J. Bowman meet the team’s needs? Is Board member Chris Gillette’s discussion of extending baseball to the middle school level appropriate or…
Okay Mr. Kiefer, master digresser let’s get back on topic. We started off with how did some of our local places not named “Washington, Jefferson, Franklin or Adams” get their names, in the sense that they may have been derived from Revolutionary War leaders? In…
Date of Birth Baby’s Gender Parents Names City of Residence State of Residence 6/1/2021 Boy Mr. and Mrs. Joseph and Ashley Fuller Newell WV 6/3/2021 Boy Heather Snyder Sisarcick and James Howley Bethany WV 6/8/2021 Boy Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey and Madeline King Wintersville OH…
Plans are coming together for the New Cumberland Fall Riverfest Sept. 25 & 26 and the Committee is planning for all the activities festival goers have embraced in past years. Entertainment already booked includes John Edwards, Michelle’s Dance students, the duo of Carlos and…
……Can you or should you wear two hats when you are an elected official? Two elected officials doing so on a county and municipal level have raised concern. When Weirton City Manager Joe Dibartolomeo voiced a variety of concerns to Council prior to his resignation,…
I’m sure that you’ve noticed this trend in the news. Shootings! Shootings every week for the last few months. There has been some American killed by gun violence so frequently lately that you have to scroll down the news websites now to find these things…