Oak Glen High School Lions Club Scholar for December 2025 is 18-year-old Danica Holden. She is the daughter of Noah and Hilary Holden and lives with her dad, and two sisters Alexis and Brystol in New Cumberland, West Virginia. Danica uses her free time to…
The City of New Cumberland is all decked out in holiday finery to welcome Santa Claus to town Saturday, December 13. This year, the New Cumberland Fairs and Festivals Committee will continue the tradition of a lighted parade. Lineup is at 4 p.m. on Marshall…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — House Speaker Roger Hanshaw, R-Clay, announced several initiatives he expects the West Virginia House of Delegates to consider when second regular session of the 87th Legislature convenes in January. “West Virginia voters continue to tell us they want us to focus on jobs,”…
(I, along with other Hancock County residents, have numerous concerns and questions about the financial crisis in the school system. I posed some of those questions to Superintendent Dan Enich and received the following answers.) What is the time frame? **for the employee/position review The…
….As parents, we baby boomers are maligned quite frequently. Look at the profiles even today on Facebook about our relaxed manner of raising children. I was one of those mothers who trusted in everybody to watch out for my kids. After all, why live in…
Oak Glen High tax preparer students spoke to the retired teachers and service personnel at its most recent meeting. Pictured (left to right) Maddox McCay, Kairi Thornburg, Jessa Fields, Melanie Donofe-president of HCARSE >
Members of the Newell Community Improvement Council have installed a Letters to Santa mailbox with delivery directly to the North Pole. If you put a return address on the envelope and mail the letter by Dec. 20, Santa will respond to your letter.
ARRESTS: Chyane Brickner, Chester, WV- 7 counts of cruelty to animals and child neglect creating risk of injury or death. Lillyann McElroy, Hookstown, PA- Felony burglary and domestic battery. Mason Jones, East Liverpool, OH- Destruction of property and obstructing an officer. Jeffrey Plunkett, East Liverpool,…
It was a standing-room only crowd which gathered at the JDR Career Center to hear an explanation of why Hancock County’s school system is in financial crisis. The school funding process was explained by Uriah Cummings, CFO of the West Virginia Dept of Education. Through…