by Geoff Fox Last week, The Hancock News reported on how Hancock Fire Company and Hancock Rescue Squad are prepared to respond to a train derailment or truck accident similar to recent incidents in East Palestine, Ohio, and Frederick. In part two, we look at how the county’s emergency services[Read More…]
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Hancock Police Report
Hancock Police report the following arrests and incidents from the week of April 10-16: April 10 Traffic enforcement, Hancock area, three stops. Suspicious person, first block Fleming Court. Unable to locate. Suspicious person, first block Fleming Court. Gone on arrival. Assisted EMS, first block East Main Street. Well being check,[Read More…]
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Town to crack down on unregistered vehicles
by Geoff Fox Hancock officials are looking to crack down on unregistered vehicles around town after Town Manager Mike Faith noticed a number of such vehicles while doing town business. A Hancock ordinance prohibits people in town from having unregistered or unlicensed vehicles on public or private property. The whole[Read More…]
Town tweaking arrangement, operations of new parking kiosks
by Geoff Fox Back in September, town officials gave the green light for a number of kiosks to be set up along Main Street where people could pay via credit/debit card or with coins to park along the street or in one of the town’s municipal lots. Even though the[Read More…]
Town awards trash collection contract to Burgmeier’s
by Geoff Fox In what could have been one of their shortest meetings to date, town officials agreed to award the contract to the company currently collecting residents’ trash. During the April town meeting last Wednesday, April 12, officials awarded the contract to Burgmeier’s Hauling Inc. from Cumberland. In a[Read More…]
Hancock buys Weaver’s
by Geoff Fox Hancock officials have signed a contract to purchase 77 West Main Street, formerly known as Weaver’s Restaurant, and included the parking lot across the street for $195,000. Town Manager Mike Faith said once the town has completed that acquisition, the parking lot will have a parking meter[Read More…]
Man who murdered Hancock resident found dead in prison
by Geoff Fox The man serving life in prison in the murder of a Hancock man in 2016 was found dead in his cell at the State Correctional Institution at Somerset last week. Ryan Lynn Horton, 34, was found unresponsive in his cell on April 11, Superintendent of the prison[Read More…]
Velma L. Crouse
Velma L. Crouse 1928-2023 Velma L. Crouse, 95, of McConnellsburg, Pa., passed away Friday, April 14, 2023 at the Fulton County Medical Center, McConnellsburg, Pa. Velma was born in Hancock, Md. on January 15, 1928, a daughter of the late Sylvia I. (Clingerman) and Marshall J. Trail. She was the[Read More…]
Joseph Andrew Ashkettle
Joseph Andrew Ashkettle 1966-2023 Joseph Andrew Ashkettle, 56, Warfordsburg, Pa., passed away Friday, April 14, 2023. Born December 25, 1966, in Hagerstown, Md., he was the son of the late Bernard Ashkettle and Irma Ashkettle. He served 4 years in the U.S. Marines as a Crew Chief. He was a[Read More…]
