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Alpha Delta Kappa chapter meets

The Fidelis Gamma Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa International Honorary Organization for Women Educators met at Eat ‘n Park in Weirton, WV., on March 5, 2026 with 11 members present.     President Susan Cullinan welcomed the members, and Liz Pugh, standing in for Elaine McClung,…

OBITUARY: Earl Anderson

Earl Edwin Anderson Jr., 79, of Plain City, Ohio (5 ½ yrs), and formerly of Hookstown, PA, passed away peacefully at Mount Carmel Hospital in Dublin, Ohio, on Saturday, March 7, 2026, surrounded by his loving family. Born on September 19, 1946, in East Liverpool,…

Know the Candidate: Board of Education – Michael Phelps

WEIRTON, WV – Mike Phelps has announced his candidacy for the Hancock County Board of Education, bringing with him 20 years of military service and more than three decades of leadership experience. Phelps served in the United States Air Force from 1981 to 2001, achieving…

Hancock County January Property Transfers

Larry E. Griffiths, Carole Griffiths to McKenzie Scherer, Jessica Scherer, $165,500.00. Grant Karenann Keupper Duffy to Melanie Ann Duffy Michael Edward Duffy Estate to Jenna Nicole Tate, Mark Paul Guaglione, $130,000.00 Clay Merry Margaret Reckner to Charles Wesley Reckner, Grant David Health to Jason Alexander,…

WEIR High Recipient of Press Freedom Award

Weirton, W.VA. – Weir High School and its Weir Student Media program have been recognized for the third year in a row as recipients of the First Amendment Press Freedom Award. Announced on February 26, Student Press Freedom Day of Scholastic Journalism Week, Weir joins 26 other…

WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute Advances Non-invasive Method to Enhance Chemotherapy Delivery for High-grade Gliomas

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) is advancing the treatment of high-grade gliomas, one of the most aggressive and challenging forms of brain cancer. A multicenter clinical trial, now published in The Lancet Oncology, demonstrates that microbubble-enhanced transcranial focused ultrasound (MB-FUS) can safely and temporarily open the blood–brain…

Park Board to Remain in Place

Despite indications that the Hancock County Parks & Recreation Board would be dissolved, Hancock County Commissioner opted to keep the Board in place at its Thursday meeting. Commission President Eron Chek had proposed doing away with the Park Board at the last Commission meeting meaning…