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AND THEN AGAIN……by Tamara Pettit

October is Domestic Violence month.  That’s why you see the purple ribbon as well as the pink ribbon. I think the fact that October is breast cancer awareness month often overshadows domestic violence awareness month.  But while breast cancer is predominantly a woman’s issue, domestic…

WHEN I GROW UP: STATE PRIZE-WINNING ESSAY by Abigail Miller

(Abigail Miller won 1st place in the When I Grow Up essay contest sponsored by the 529 Educational Savings Program in State Treasurer Riley Moore’s office. A fifth-grade student at Allison Elementary at the time she won, Abigail was one of 15 regional winners before…

Eighteen Indicted for Drug Trafficking in Northern Panhandle

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Eighteen individuals have been indicted for distributing drugs in the Northern Panhandle, including two Chicago men accused of operating a fentanyl trafficking organization in Weirton and Steubenville. United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced that a federal grand jury has returned a…

BOARD OF EDUCATION RECOGNIZES GAME CHANGERS

A student and a teacher were recognized as Hancock County School’s first “Game Changers” at Mondays Board of Education meeting.  Superintendent Dan Enich explained the program honors  those who “make a difference day in and day out…who go above and beyond.” Abigail Miller was selected…

AND THEN AGAIN…….by Tamara Pettit

………I was impressed with the number of people who turned out for the Moving Forward Together meeting held Saturday. To my knowledge, aside from WVU Extension representatives, those in attendance were from the Newell coalition. I arrived early and sat and talked with almost all…