Appointed Superintendent of Hancock County Schools when the State took over the District, Walt Saunders assured the school community and public all dealings would be transparent. As the Board of Education President Chris Gillette, struggled to get information and have false information corrected, he and…
Ms. Kelli Talbot, Esq. WV Board of Education April 15, 2026 Dear Ms. Talbot: I write to protest the State Board of Education’s 2nd delay on Hometown News FOIA.. request. While FOIA are supposed to be delivered 5 business days after the request, I…
WVU Medicine Weirton Medical Center is proud to announce the opening of its expanded Intensive Care Unit (ICU), delivering a higher level of care to patients across the region.The ICU allows the hospital to care for even the most critically ill patients locally, ensuring they…
Hancock County, WV – Steven E. Dragisich, Hancock County Prosecuting Attorney, announces that the April 2026 Term of the Hancock County Grand Jury met this week and returned the following indictments.
It is the winter of 1973. Spurning Mr. Edwards’ social studies class (that’s what they called history then), I fake an early dismissal slip (actually, my wisdom tooth was fine, thank you) from that bastion of higher learning known as Oak Glen. Braving harsh elements,…
Honor Rolls – 3rd Nine Weeks Grading Period 5th Grade Straight A Honor Roll: Blake Allison, Laila Behanna, Finn Bellville, Ashley Brown, Amadeo Camacho-Lazo, Brinley Chaffin, Lyla Cole, Adalynn Corbin, Londyn Crummitt, Chelsea Davis, Adalyn Dawson, Raegan Dodd, Harper Dugan, Aubrey Duke, Vance Gregory, Bowen…
CHARLESTON – The Public Service Commission of West Virginia on Friday received an application from Monongahela Power Company and The Potomac Edison Company seeking approval to construct and operate a 1,200-MW combined cycle natural gas plant and three 70-MW solar generation facilities. The proposed $2.84…
Hancock County Commissioners agreed to participate in an opioid settlement case against Associated Pharmacies, Inc., J.M. Smith Corporation, Louisiana Wholesale Drug Company, Morris and Dickinson Co., North Carolina Mutual Wholesale Drug Company and United Natural Foods, Inc. at Thursday’s meeting. They failed to come to…
….I’ll admit to being focused on the State’s takeover of Hancock County’s school district. To me, it was like a mystery. The State knowing that Joe Campinelli wasn’t submitting reports using the state-mandated WVEIS system, not responding to e-mails about financial reports and not communicating…