WVU Medicine Weirton Medical Center purchased and provided new lifesaving Stop the Bleed kits to help keep our community safer. This week, Hancock and Brooke County West Virginia State Police troopers trained with the equipment right here at our hospital. Severe bleeding is the leading cause…
Oak Glen High School’s 2025 Homecoming court includes, from left, front row, sophomore attendant Lucy Ford, freshman attendants Charlee Fisher and Karter Turley, and sophomore attendant Layla Skavenski; from left, back row, junior attendant Kendall Six, senior queen candidates Emma Stansbury, Cameron Michaud, Brooklyn Six,…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Jim Patterson worried he had COVID after the onset of night sweats and swollen lymph nodes in his neck, shoulders, and armpits during the height of the pandemic. Afraid he might miss work, Patterson, a trucker from Cumberland, Maryland, visited urgent care and was prescribed antibiotics. When his…
Jason Engle, previously appointed Weir High Head Basketball coach, appears before the Hancock Board of Education, to request to speak. The Board held an executive session with Engle.
By Mark Patterson Visit any old-school barbershop and on handy display you’ll see an 1890’s looking fellow decked out in formal bow tie, form-fitting waistcoat, white riding trousers, and a (very tall) top hat. By all appearances the consummate man about town, “Clubman” clearly has…
The 1st Amendment is in jeopardy and it’s not just journalists who should be concerned. Signed in 1791, the amendment ensures freedom of expression and prohibits restricting the press. It also prohibits restricting the right of a citizen to speak out. There are exceptions to…
Finding Joy in the Small MomentsBy Jeffrey & Mary Anne Woofter with assistance from Chat GPT One of the lessons Mary Anne and I have learned on this journey with Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s is that life has a way of shrinking down. The big adventures,…
(The order issued by the West Virginia Public Service Commission Sept 19, 2025 follows. It calls for the Tomlinson PSD to use staff recommended interim rates for resale rates to New Cumberland.) PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONOF WEST VIRGINIACHARLESTON At a session of the PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION…
The ponds on Jim and Anderson's farm are covered in scum.