In its annual senior recognition ceremony, Weir High School honored the Class of 2025, its 109th graduating class, on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, at 8 a.m. in the Carl Hamill Fieldhouse before families, faculty, and eleventh grade students. Principal Ted Arneault called the ceremony to…
The John D. Rockefeller 4 Career Center will be offering a new program for the 2025-2026 school year. Multimedia Publishing is a one-year program referring to the creation and distribution of content that includes a combination of various media types, such as text, images, audio,…
Congratulations to Ed Fields, recipient of the 2023–24 National Federation Officials Association Boys Track and Field Official of the Year Award in West Virginia! Ed has served as a dedicated high school track and field official since 2017. A member of the Ohio Valley Board,…
Two Hancock County Students were recognized Tuesday night by the Hancock County Board of Education for “Business Pitch” competition placement. The Ed Venture group in partnership with the West Virginia Dept. of Education sponsors SPARKWV, an entrepreneurship-inspired competition, designed to spark the creativity of West…
Six middle and high school students from Hancock County, selected to attend the Governor’s Honors Academy, were recognized by the Hancock County Board of Education at Tuesday’s meeting. The students, school and areas of emphasis included: Taryn Arnold, Weir High, Entrepreneurship; Jamie Bissett, Weir High,…
The 62ndgraduating class of Oak Glen High School is comprised of 123 students. The highest honor students for the class of 2025 are: Caleb Ernest Cody Bellville is 18 years of age and the son of Philip Bellville and Amanda Grimm of Newell. He…
………It’s that time of year again. It may be allergy season, but all those teary eyes can’t be attributed to Mother Nature. Nope, graduation season brings about a strange malady of teary eyes in mothers. Fathers don’t seem to be afflicted and therein lies my…
On Tuesday, May 20th and Wednesday, May 21st, Hancock County Sheriff’s Deputies with the assistance of the Chester Police Department were performing drug interdiction in the northern part of the county. As a result of their efforts, crystal methamphetamine, fentanyl and crack cocaine were removed…
There are a number of volunteers out there working really hard on their community projects. Whether it’s a fundraiser or an activity for the community, one of the biggest challenge is getting the word out to the public. There’s a saying in the newspaper business…