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…
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,…
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…
Laura Wakim Chapman is a constitutional lawyer and a mother of two young children. During her first term as state senator for District 1 (Hancock, Brooke, Ohio and the eastern part of Marshall counties), she has passed several measures to help with children’s issues, expand access…
When a school district faces controversy, financial strain, or difficult decisions, the first question many in the community ask is, “What is the Board of Education doing about it?” It is a fair question. But it is also one that often reflects a misunderstanding of…
(Two Republican candidates will face each other in the May 12 primary. Businessman Joe Eddy and incumbent Laura Wakim Chapman. The victor in the primary race will then face Democrat Shawn Fluharty who is running unopposed in the Primary.) The first district has two senators…
New Cumberland City Council discussed the problem of a business on North Chestnut Street that is collecting appliances in the ravine behind the store and around the store. The large number of appliances are sitting outside in the weather and are creating an eyesore on…