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Know the Candidate: 1st District Senate Laura Wakim Chapman

Laura Wakim Chapman is a constitutional lawyer and a mother of two young children.  During her first term as state senator for District 1 (Hancock, Brooke, Ohio and the eastern part of Marshall counties), she has passed several measures to help with children’s issues, expand access…

WVU Medicine highlights the power of organ donation this April

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – More than 100,000 people nationally are waiting for a life-saving organ transplant, according to the Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE). More than 90,000 of these patients are awaiting a kidney transplant, the organ in greatest need, followed by liver, heart, and lung transplants.  The WVU Medicine…

Fidelis Gamma Hold April Meeting

  FIDELIS GAMMA APRIL 2, 2026 MEETING      The Fidelis Gamma Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa International Honorary Organization for Women Educators met at Eat ‘n Park in Weirton, WV, on April 2, 2026, with 13 members present.      President Susan Cullinan welcomed…

ELECTION 2026 – County Commission

Today we begin our coverage on the 3 County Commission Candidates. The County Commissioner is elected every 6 years. One is elected from each of the three magisterial districts, Grant, Clay and Butler. This election Butler District is on the ballot. Brianne Bates

CORRECTION!!!

The salary figures for Superintendent Walt Saunders, Jennifer Marchesi and Erin Harvey were provided to Hometown News by Board President Chris Gillette. We regret that they may not have been correct and apologize to Saunders, Marchesi and Harvey. Gillette is filing an FOIA to get…

Lung Cancer Screening Unit Coming to New Cumberland

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Hancock, Brooke, and Tucker counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans. A service of WVU Medicine-WVU Hospitals and the WVU Cancer Institute, LUCAS will be at: The lung cancer screenings are billed to private insurance, Medicaid, or Medicare. Uninsured patients…