ARRESTS David Robinson, Newell, WV- Driving While License Revoked 2nd Offense and Improper Registration. Johnathan Montgomery, New Cumberland, WV- Fleeing from an Officer. Diana Parsons, Beaver, PA- DUI. Timothy Ward, Chester, WV- Domestic Battery. CITATIONS: Jacob Cameron, New Cumberland, WV- Underage Consumption. Dante Wells, Chester, WV-…
Hometown News submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to the State Board of Education on March 3,2026. Below you will find the documents we are seeking. We continue to investigate the timeline, and the many roads the takeover and the 20 years prior to…
March 5, 2026 City of Weirton Department of Police WC Kush Chief of Police 200 Municipal Plaza Weirton WV 26062 Superintendent Walt Saunders Hancock County Schools 130 Rockefeller Circle New Cumberland WV 26047 Dear Superintendent Saunders: I am writing this letter in response to our…
> Music and Art at Oak Glen will be returning, March 21, to the Oak Glen Little Theatre stage and adjacent Commons Area of Oak Glen High School, near New Cumberland, WV. For a number of years, the festival attracted large audiences from throughout the…
…….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…
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…
Oak Glen wrestler Noah Schmidt captured the State Championship at the State Wrestling Tournament in Huntington
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,…
……….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…