The 2023 Herbert A. Young Music Scholarship was the most successful it’s been since its inception more than a decade ago with this year’s winner, Jennifer Barnhart, receiving $1,250. Barnhart had been a member of the Hancock Panther Marching and Concert Bands since she was in the sixth grade. She[Read More…]
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Hancock Class of 2023 graduates in May 30 ceremony
Southern Fulton Class of 2023 graduate Wednesday
Southern Fulton’s Class of 2023 is holding its graduation ceremony on Wednesday, May 31, at 6 p.m. Admission is by ticket only. Jacob Wolfe, the Valedictorian for the Class of 2023, will deliver an address titled “Charting our Path to a Bright Future Through Perseverance.” Wolfe will attend Penn State[Read More…]
Heidi Weller inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
Heidi Weller of Hancock, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Weller was initiated at Frostburg State University. Weller is among approximately 25,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi[Read More…]
Hancock students get first-hand look at consequences of distracted driving
by Geoff Fox If you drove by Hancock Middle-Senior High School last Thursday, May 18, you might have noticed a cluster of first responders in the back parking lot attending to a vehicle accident. Yes, they were responding to an accident, but it wasn’t a real one. The gathering was[Read More…]
Hancock LEO Charter Club called to order
by Lisa Schauer & Geoff Fox Hancock got its first junior order of the Lions and Lioness Club, arguably the town’s most active civic organization, with the organization, induction of members, and installation of officers of the Hancock LEO Club at Hancock Middle Senior High School on Friday evening, May[Read More…]
2023 school year coming to a close
by Geoff Fox When the school year started in August 2022, the end of the year was far away, but it’s getting closer as both Hancock schools and Southern Fulton schools begin the final countdown until summer break. Seniors at Southern Fulton will have their graduation at 6 p.m. on[Read More…]
Students to take part in Prom Promise
by Geoff Fox This Thursday, May 18, juniors and seniors at Hancock High School will be learning the dangers of too much partying after their prom, which is Saturday evening. On Thursday morning, folks driving by the high school may notice some activity at the school involving first responders and[Read More…]
Hancock grad is named Teacher of the Year in W.Va. county
by Geoff Fox Hancock High School graduate Stephen Starliper was recently named Teacher of the Year in Summers County, West Virginia. Starliper, who teaches physical education at Hinton Area Elementary, has been teaching for a total of six years, with four and a half at Hinton Area Elementary. He said[Read More…]
Casey Douglas inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
Casey Douglas of Hancock, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Douglas was initiated at University of Maryland, Baltimore Campuses. Douglas is among approximately 25,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi[Read More…]
