New Cumberland News

FOLLANSBEE a ' Stephanie Marie Cox and Justin Andrew Swiger were united in marriage at 2 p.m. June 27 at Hooverson Heights Church of Christ with the Rev.

The Hancock Senior Complex located on Gas Valley Road will hold a jam night beginning at 6 p.m. today.

Those who attended Tuesday's meeting of the New Cumberland City Council received an update on the state of several dilapidated properties in the city.

The Hancock County Board of Education will hold a special meeting today to vote on the county's Comprehensive Educational Facilities Plan.

Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort will continue its tradition of distributing turkeys to the area's needy this holiday season.

Organizers of the annual Shop with a Cop in Hancock County are preparing for this year's event, and are looking for donations as well as those who may be in need of assistance through the program.

The Hancock County Association of Retired School Employees held its September meeting at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in New Cumberland.

The following cases were addressed in Hancock County Magistrate Court: John Anderson of Holberts Run Road in New Cumberland - speeding, fined $15 plus $184.50 in court costs.

The Hancock County Board of Education has agreed to accept two fuel tanks from SAL Chemical of Weirton at little cost.

Alica Joyson of Toronto, chapter coordinator of "Project Linus," was the speaker at the New Cumberland Lions Club meeting held at the Municipal Building with Betsy Wells presiding.

The following cases were disposed of in Hancock County Magistrate Court: Cheree Gray of Byron Street in Weirton - domestic battery, case dismissed.

WEIRTON a ' Amanda Tate and Steven McKinney were united in marriage on Oct. 11, 2008, at Weirton Heights Memorial Baptist Church with the Revs.

The following cases were addressed in Hancock County Magistrate Court: Barbara Livingston of School Street in Weirton - permitting dog to run at large, fined $50 plus $159.50 in court costs.

A group of men were gathered around a table lined with toy fire trucks, police cars, and plastic soldiers in the New Cumberland Volunteer Fire Department.

The echoing crash of bricks and tree branches could be heard up and down Pearl Street Friday afternoon as a demolition crew began work on the former Mountaineer Hardware building.

No injuries were reported after a Hancock County school bus was rear-ended near Smith Oil on Ridge Avenue in New Cumberland Thursday afternoon.

HIGGS, Arla Michelle , 50, of Weirton, passed away Monday, October 5, 2009, at the Weirton Medical Center.

First Presbyterian Church of New Cumberland, in collaboration with the Hancock County Health Department, are presenting a health fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct.

NEW CUMBERLAND, W.Va. -- Two students accused in a plot to bomb Weir High School will soon face a judge.

The Weirton Transit Corp. met last Wednesday where board members expressed appreciation for support from Brooke and Hancock county commissioners and discussed the continuing expansion effort.