The Hancock County Commission announced that it had received $1.2 million in CARES Act funds at its Oct. 22nd meeting. The Federal funds will assist the countyin the extraordinary costs incurred during the COVID pandemic. Commission President Joe Barnabei praised the diligence and hard work…
The Weirton Area Museum and Cultural Center (WAMCC) recently received a generous donation from TZielinsky Publishing LLC and is very grateful for the support of the WAMCC mission.Pictured here (from left to right) are Weirton-based historian and author Tom Zielinsky, WAMCC Executive Director Savannah Schroll…
The Hancock County Board of Education learned that tax collections for the first three months of the 20/21 fiscal years are up 50 % at Monday’s meeting. Chief Financial Officer Joe Campinelli told the Board that collections for the first three months are at the…
Kayla Gilmore, a Music Performance Instrument major at Youngstown State University, was selected to perform as part of the new McDonough Recital Series at YSU.\In all, six YSU Dana School of Music students who play piano, guitar, saxophone, trombone and the flute selected winners in…
Local attorney Maximillian F. Nogay has been hired as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Northern District of West Virginia. Nogay along with Christopher Bauer, Eleanor Hurney and Clayton Reid were sworn into their new positions over the past few months.“A position as an Assistant…
Hancock County voters are being asked to renew a $250,000.00 excess levy for the Hancock County Sheltered Workshop in the General Election. The Levy was first approved in 1992 for $250,000.00 and has not increased since that time, according to Michael Hagg, executive director.The Sheltered…
The Alpha Tau chapter (WV) of Alpha Delta Kappa, International Honorary Organization for Women Educators held its October meeting via Zoom. The meeting was called to order by President Diane Bowers.The Thought for the Day, “A Teacher’s Prayer”, was read by Chaplain Kathy Griffith. A…
The Department of Highways was a “no show” for a meeting with Hancock County Commissioners, New Cumberland Mayor Dick Blackwell, Sen. Wm. Ihlenfeld and Del. Randy Swartzmiller on the alternate route 2 through New Cumberland on October 22. While local residents and officials had expressed…
Linda L. Swiger, 59, of Weirton, passed, Tuesday, October 20, 2020, at Weirton Medical Center, following a lengthy illness.Born, March 12, 1961, in Weirton, she is a daughter of the late John and Etta “Lorraine” Saffel Swiger.She was preceded in death by her sister, Judy…