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…
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…
Congratulations to Coach Garner for receiving the 2022-2023 West Virginia Coach of the Year for Softball
………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…
Over 30 members of the Newell Coalition turned out Saturday to learn how they could further improve their community and ensure its future is on a forward trajectory. The meeting was located at the Hancock County Family Support Center in Chester and was sponsored by…
All of us who live north of Kings Creek Bridge have often lamented we’re the forgotten land for much-needed services. The Brooke-Hancock Family Resource Network recognized the gap and wrote a grant to provide centers in Chester and Wellsburg. The grant was funded and as…
Work is progressing on New Cumberland’s new city building on River Avenue. Work on the new roof is taking place and the next step is the interior demolition and the framing and drywall of the interior. Estimates for those projects respectively are $5,500 and $23,000.00…
……October 1st – 7th is National Newspaper Week. While we don’t need a week to tell you what we do (we do that every day), I think we do need to tell our readers how newspapers have changed and adapted to the economy and to…
CHANGE, Inc. once again is bringing awareness to breast cancer by ‘Painting It Pink” during the month of October. We’ve had an overwhelming response in the past with our local Paint the Valley Pink contest, so we would like to once again welcome local businesses…