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Former Hancock County deputy appears for hearing

NEW CUMBERLAND — If the defense gets its way, the confession of a former Hancock County deputy accused of possessing child pornography will never be heard by jurors. Patrick Hoder of Weirton was charged last summer with felony distribution or exhibition of sexually explicit conduct ...

Budget revision recommended by city council’s finance panel

WEIRTON – Weirton Council will be asked to consider its third revision to the city’s 2025-26 fiscal budget during its meeting Monday, with the proposal receiving a recommendation from the Weirton Finance Committee Friday. As part of the revisions, the General Government section of the ...

Religious vaccine exemption order faces first setback in court

CHARLESTON – While a Raleigh County case involving the legality of Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s executive order allowing for religious exemptions to West Virginia’s compulsory immunization is now before the state Supreme Court of Appeals, the executive order faced its first setback in ...

Rising up the ranks

Members of the Weirton Police Department were joined by city officials, family, friends, and other guests Friday to celebrate the promotion of two of its officers. Brandon Palmeri, second from right, rose to the rank of sergeant in the department, while Nicholas Kusich, second from left, was ...

Kolmont Community Church celebrates 100 years

MINGO JUNCTION — Once upon a time, there was a little white church. A church that sat along a winding, twisting road in the heart of the Ohio Valley. Although Sunday Schools are usually formed by the people within a church, this particular structure did just the opposite. This little white ...