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Hancock Schools consider personnel moves

NEW CUMBERLAND – The Hancock County Board of Education considered several personnel moves as part of its meeting Monday. Among those were the hiring of Ashley K. Hinerman as LPN/Autism mentor at New Manchester Elementary, and Penny Ellis as Bus Operator 142 under the Transportation ...

Weirton looking for cutest Christmas pet

WEIRTON – For the last three years, Weirton has helped to usher in the holidays for everyone, whether they have two legs or four, and the same will be true this year. Once again, the Weirton Festival Committee is in search of the cutest Christmas pet with the Christmas on Main Street ...

Ritchey back as executive director of the county land bank

LISBON — Bobby Ritchey is back as executive director of the land bank in Columbiana County. Ritchey was appointed Wednesday to the post he previously held, after the resignation of Tad Herold was accepted by the board of directors of the Columbiana County Land Reutilization Corporation, ...

Local family wins trip to Houston to film Unspeakable video for YouTube

EAST LIVERPOOL — For the Reed Family — father Cody, mother Laura, daughter Evelyn, 9, and son Linus, 6 — of East Liverpool, filming a commercial for a contest on YouTube turned into an adventure the family won’t forget. The adventure started when Evelyn, a third-grade student at ...

Congressional map favoring Republicans passed by redistricting commission 12-3

The Ohio Redistricting Commission unanimously voted for a new congressional map for the 2026, 2028 and 2030 elections that favors Republicans 12-3. The current map, in existence since the 2022 election, has 10 Republican members of Congress and five Democrats with the latter political party ...

Hancock County Schools proposes amendment to laterality policy

NEW CUMBERLAND — As Hancock County Schools officials look to be more proactive in addressing staffing issues within the school system, a proposed amendment to existing policy could expand the number of professional positions considered for lateral moves in the event of reductions in ...