Haylee Stewart agreed to continue her academic and volleyball career at Bethany College. Haylee was on the 2025 West Virgina AA State Champion volleyball team, 2024 4A OVAC volleyball championship team, and 2024 West Virginia AA State Runner-Up Volleyball team. She plans on pursuing a…
The National Junior Honor Society at OGMS held a Breakfast with Santa Fundraiser in December and today was able to present a check to the Chester Newell FISH Foundation who was the beneficiary of the money raised.Pictured left to right are: Mr. & Mrs. Bob…
Incumbent Commissioner Eron Chek experienced a crushing defeat by challenger Ronnie Jones for the Republican nomination for County Commissioner. With 2,268 Republicans voting, Jones received 78.44 % of votes cast (1,779) to Chek’s 21.56% (489). The Commissioner’s budget and Chek’s support of further reducing the…
I would venture to say that every voter has their mind made up by now. The recent controversy that has played out in recent Commission meetings has made most residents even more aware of the upcoming election. The variable that can swing an election will…
…It’s been a difficult couple of weeks for us all I lost my dear friend, Lynn Swan, unexpectedly and it doesn’t seem like I can stop thinking about her boys, Joe and Mike, who are dealing with the pain of the first Mother’s Day without…
The City of New Cumberland has announced the Yard of the Month winner for April 2026. The winning yard belongs to Esther and Greg Tinz who reside on Second Ave in New Cumberland. Mayor Will White presented the yard of the month award and a…
Education West Virginia–Hancock County acknowledges the seriousness of the ongoing financial and administrative challenges facing Hancock County Schools following the recent intervention by the West Virginia Department of Education. The uncertainty surrounding staffing reductions, transfers, and the future of public education in our county has…
Students from Oak Glen High and Madonna were honored by Sec. of State Kris Warner at a ceremony in Hancock County Thursday. The students held a registration drive and achieved 100 registration in their respective schools. resulting in the two being named Honorary Sec. of…
As a sixth grader at New Cumberland Elementary I traveled the world;, had exciting, death defying adventures,;even went undercover using the assumed name of Carla Troy ……all inside the walls of my favorite place in the world- the Swaney Memorial Library., As a sixth grader,…