WVU Medicine Weirton Medical Center is proud to announce that Dakota Collins, Patient Navigator, has successfully passed her certification exam to become the hospital’s first Certified Perinatal Mental Health Professional (PMH-C). This important milestone strengthens the hospital’s commitment to providing comprehensive, high-quality care to perinatal…
Del. Pat McGeehan (R-1st) spoke to WV Metro News yesterday (Jan. 6) in regards to the financial crisis facing Hancock County Schools. McGeehan was quoted as saying he’s been told that the school district will not be able to make payroll after Feb. 1, 2026.…
Hancock County Schools is facing a financial crisis that did not occur suddenly, nor was it unavoidable. Information revealed in recent public meetings points to years of poor financial management, insufficient oversight, and a troubling lack of transparency. These failures have placed the district, its…
Prior to 1995, there was no legalized gaming in West Virginia aside from purchasing a lottery ticket or betting on a horse or dog race. That all changed in 1995, when two Hancock County Delegates, the late Sam Love (D-1st) and Tamara Pettit (D-1st) sponsored…
We are excited to introduce baby girl Amaria, the first baby born at WVU Medicine Weirton Medical Center in 2026. Amaria arrived this morning (1/2/26) at 12:56 a.m. She is the daughter of Kaylee Yeater and Bryan Barr of Follansbee Just half an hour later, Eli Whitney was born.…
……I’m celebrating my ability to handle all the trappings of Christmas on my very own and that includes taking all those trappings down and putting them away. Some women tell me once they are alone they scale down decorations, some not even putting up a…
CHARLESTON – The Public Service Commission of West Virginia ordered Weirton Area Water Board on Wednesday to implement action plans and other proposals the board submitted on October 22 to address water problems in the Northern Panhandle city. The city was told by the Commission…
Michele Burchett to Janice Hanna, $200,000.00 Grant District Michael Flinn to Shayne Murphy, Hayley Miller $299,900.00. Clay District Weirton Church of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, Jerry Rash, trustee, Jacob Glenn, trustee to Bridget Winnie, Jerad Winnie Butler District Ronald Souchak to Delores Darlene Souchak…
by Mark Patterson Something of a scoundrel-albeit a charming one-my dad played the ponies throughout most of his adult life. Please consider that this was long before legalized sports-betting slapped a veneer of legitimacy on the sort of “financial speculation” that sometimes results in dining…