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WV-SEBT Programs Launches to Help Support School-Age Children

A new federal public benefit program will support school-age children residing in low-income households in West Virginia.The West Virginia Summer EBT (WV-SEBT) program will provide short-term grocery benefit assistance to income-eligible households with school-age children during the summer months.The application period opened April 22 and can be accessed at schoolcafe.com[Read More…]

Free Comic Book Day at the Library

The Brooke County Public Library and Follansbee Branch will be celebrating Free Comic Book Day on Saturday, May 4. Stop in during library hours to pick up a free comic book. All ages are welcome. One Comic Book per patron while supplies last. A variety of comics are available

Pull Up A Chair

By: Hettie Basil Lighttower Have you heard the term, “Being in the flow”? Well I’m in the flow! “The flow” means that you experience a significant amount of synchronicities. Things just mysteriously match up or are along the lines of the same subject or situation. Clues and signs add up[Read More…]

Brooke County Man Admits to Child Pornography Charge

Harry Fred Wells, 53, of Follansbee, has admitted to possession of child pornography.According to court documents and statements made in court, Wells was under investigation for inappropriate contact with a minor through social media. Officers searched his home and his phone, finding child pornography.Wells is facing up to 20 years[Read More…]

At the Library

The following is a list of books recently added to the Brooke County Public Library’s collection: ADULT FICTION THE GIVER OF STARS by Jojo Moyes. Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve, hoping to escape her stifling life in England.  But small-town Kentucky quickly proves equally claustrophobic, especially living[Read More…]

Library Hours

The Brooke County Public Library will be closing at 4 p.m. and the Follansbee Library will be closing at 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30 for staff development and training.

Robert Albert “Bob” Lorello

ROBERT ALBERT “BOB” LORELLO, a resolute family man, and hard worker, passed away after a brief illness on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at Valley Hospice Care Center North. Born on August 16, 1933, in Hollidays Cove, Bob was one of three children born to Albert Lorello and Catherine Cosenza Lorello.[Read More…]

Daneen K. Cline

DANEEN K. CLINE, 61, of Weirton, WV, formerly of Mount Vernon, OH, passed Wednesday April 17, 2024 at Valley Hospice South, Wheeling. She was born September 26, 1962 in Mount Vernon, OH, daughter of the late Walter Cline, Jr. and Virginia Brooks Cline. She is also preceded in death by[Read More…]

Doris Elrita (Davis) Hornick

DORIS ELRITA (DAVIS) HORNICK, 95, of Wellsburg, WV, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at the Wellsburg Healthcare Center. Doris was born on March 19, 1929 in Brilliant, OH. She was the daughter of the late Myron “Bobby” Davis and Grace (Rager) Davis. Doris was a 1947 graduate[Read More…]