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What do I know? What do I think? by Tamara

…….Apologies to readers who have been waiting for the property transfers. I hunkered down and did them this weekend. I have been consumed with the school takeover story. What do I know? A lot, but everything has to be verified before it’s printed. (an anonymous…

Patterson’s Perspectives by Mark Patterson

Just recently, a large plane plummeted from directly above me as I froze and desperately considered in which direction to flee the impending crash. But I had just seconds, and the passenger jet fluttered erratically.  As sheer terror for the souls soon to perish took…

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,…

AND THEN AGAIN….by Tamara

……….Both Hancock County Sheriff Scott Gittings and Weirton Chief of Police Charles Kush are opposed to the cuts in Police Resource Officers (PR0) being implemented by Superintendent Walter Saunders. While Saunders characterized to me that he had spoken to both Gittings and Kush and they…

Hancock County Sheriff’s Feb. Report

2/5 Logan M. McLaughlin Weirton Felon Possession of Firearm 2/6 Natasha L. Boron Massillon, OH Grand Larceny 2/6 Ryan C. Tuttle Steubenville, OH DUI 1st 2/7 Shayne P. Murphy New Cumberland DUI 2nd / DWLS DUI 2/8 Kyle B. Reckner Weirton Domestic Battery 2/11 Diana…

Michaud is Lions Scholar of for March

Cameron Michaud, 18, is Oak Glen High School’s Lion Scholar for March 2026.  Cameron lives in Weirton, WV with her parents, Nick and Lesley Michaud, and her brother, Daniel. Cameron has been an active and dedicated participant in many activities during her high school career. …

Just My Opinion….by Tamara

Kudos to House Majority Leader and 1st District Delegate Pat McGeehan. HB 4575, the funding vehicle for the $8 million loan for Hancock County’s deficit has passed. The bill, sponsored by McGeehan, was fast tracked in the House and passed over to the Senate with…