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Jones gets Hancock primary win

NEW CUMBERLAND — Change is guaranteed on the Hancock County Commission after Tuesday's primary voting. Ronnie Jones, the former Weirton councilman and state delegate, defeated incumbent Commissioner Eron Chek in the Republican primary. According to unofficial results from the Hancock County Board of Elections, Jones collected 1,779 votes, while Chek finished with 489 votes. Speaking Tuesday night outside of the Hancock County Courthouse, Jones said he was happy with the results. "I couldn't have done this without my family and friends," Jones said. "This is a big step — I'm ...

Hancock County voters approve levies

NEW CUMBERLAND — Voters in Hancock County, West Virginia overwhelmingly showed support for two levies in Tuesday’s election. According to unofficial results, the county’s new levy in support of the Hancock County Animal Shelter received approval from 68.55% of voters, with 2,955 voting for the levy and 1,356 voting against. The levy, designed to raise $300,000 per year over a four-year period, was approved by commissioners to go before voters last November. Under the levy call, taxes would be assessed at a rate of 0.7378 cents for every $100 of assessed value on Class I ...

Weirton Water Board appointment pulled during council meeting

WEIRTON — A nomination for a seat on the Weirton Area Water Board was pulled from the agenda of Monday’s City Council meeting after the candidate decided to withdraw from consideration over the weekend. Among Monday’s business items set to be considered by City Council was the ...

Mall owners running out of time to decide next step

STEUBENVILLE — Total Finance, the owner of the Fort Steuben Mall, has a little more than two weeks left to decide whether to address building code concerns or close the aging shopping center, which city code officials have declared “unsafe for occupancy and uninhabitable.” On Monday, City Manager Mike Johnson said Total Finance had requested two extensions to the 30-day deadline imposed in an April 27 letter from code officials. Both were denied. “On May 4, the mall owner requested a six-month extension to comply with the city’s April 27 letter,” Johnson said. “The city ...

Police Memorial Day ceremony to honor 10 fallen Jefferson County officers

STEUBENVILLE — Fort Steuben Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 1’s annual Police Memorial Day ceremony will be Thursday in front of the Steubenville Municipal Building. Steubenville Police Det. Ryan Lulla, president of Fort Steuben FOP, said this year’s remembrance will integrate the lodge’s fundraiser, a weekend oldies concert in the Berkman Amphitheater at Historic Fort Steuben Park. Last year, 111 officers across the country died in service to their communities, 53 of them deemed “felonious” deaths — which includes 20 officers who died while responding to unlawful or ...