A notice of litigation has been delivered to the State Board of Education by Attorney Eric Frankovitch on behalf of his client, former Hancock County Superintendent Dan Enich. A civil complaint outlining the claims is attached in the communique to the Board. The complaint has…
Following the signing of Governor Patrick Morrissey’s legislation repealing the state’s transfer rule, the WVSSAC Board of Control has announced a new transfer rule to govern high school athletics in West Virginia. The repeal cleared the way for the WVSSAC to promulgate transfer guidelines through…
Every time I drive down Station Hill, the changing landscape makes me realize progress has come to our small town. When Station Hill was but a brick road traversed by Model T’s, the landscape was pretty and the safety issue didn’t exist. That changed and Station…
A second meeting with Hancock Superintendent of Schools Walter Saunders with Hancock County Sheriff Scott Gittings and Weirton Police Chief Charlie Kush resulted in the Police Resource Officers being returned to the original number of one police resource officer per school. The only change is…
Once in a manager’s seminar at Mountaineer, those present were encouraged, as usual, to wake up and ask questions of the speaker. Since nobody (aside from said speaker(s)) at all wanted to be there one nano-second longer than necessary-we all had ACTUAL work to do-any…
(This week in 1978, Roberta Bunny, wife of the famous Easter Bunny, hopped into my column at the Hancock County Courier. Roberta and I touch base every few years to see how we each are doing. This year’s visit follows:) ….Easter nears and It’s that…
A column from Chairman Charlotte Lane Filing a case with the PSC is simple Filing a complaint with the Public Service Commission is easy.You can take one of two routes.The simplest is the informal complaint.We receive thousands of these complaints yearly. We have an astonishing…
Governmental decisions made in haste without all the necessary information are rarely good decisions. The County Commissioners are stewards of the County finances and that responsibility extends to the distribution of the Opioid Substance Abuse Funds. During incredibly tight financial times in the General County…
This is the 2nd candidate to be featured in Meet the Candidate. Brianne Bates is a Democrat. Both Eron Chek and Ronnie Jones are Republicans. The Republican primary is now a closed primary and only registered Republicans can vote on the Republican ticket. The Democrat…