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WVABCA Recognizes Alcohol Awareness Month

The West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration is has recognized April as Alcohol Awareness Month in West Virginia.In issuing a proclamation, Gov. Patrick Morrisey emphasized the need to increase public awareness and understanding about the dangers associated with underage alcohol use and adult alcohol misuse.Since 1987, the National Council on[Read More…]

Free Easter Dinner to be Held

Wellsburg United Methodist Church, located at the corner is 11th and Charles St. will hold a free Easter dinner Sunday, April 20, in the fellowship hall. Doors will open at 12 p.m., with the sit down dinner beginning at 12:30 p.m. Carryout will also be available from 1:30-4:30 p.m. Everyone[Read More…]

Pull Up A Chair

By: Hettie Basil Lighttower One day a funeral director friend of mine, about 20 years ago, called me and said he had a surprise for me. He wanted me to come down to the funeral home and receive my surprise. I was a little hesitant because a surprise at a[Read More…]

At the Library

The following books have recently been added to the Brooke County Public Library’s collection: ADULT FICTION THE SECRET OF THE THREE FATES by Jess Armstrong. The Great War left grieving families willing to sacrifice anything for the chance to say goodbye to a lost loved one. Mr. Owen is no[Read More…]

Annual Spring Friends Event at the Library

Mark Twain will be portrayed by Doug Riley of Tunnelton, WV in a West Virginia Humanities Council History Alive! program in Celebration of the Friends of the Brooke County Public Libraries Annual Spring Event, in the Brooke County Public Library’s River Room on April 24, at 6:30 pm. This program[Read More…]

Evening Storytime at the Library

The Brooke County Public Library will be holding an evening storytime in the River Room on Wednesday, April 23, at 5 p.m. Children will enjoy a story, a piggy bank craft, snacks and fun! The storytime is presented by WesBanco in celebration of Money Smart Week. They are supplying the[Read More…]

Faye Norman Moon II

FAYE NORMAN MOON II, 81, of Wellsburg, WV passed away April 13, 2025, at home. He was born October 29, 1943, in Wheeling, WV to the late Faye and Marjorie Mae Crabtree Moon I. Faye worked at Weirton Steel as a Roll Grinder and was a member of the Kingdom[Read More…]

Donna J. Davis McGranahan

DONNA J. DAVIS MCGRANAHAN, 92, of Weirton, WV, passed Sunday, April 13, 2025 at WVU Medicine, Weirton Medical Center. She was born April 3, 1933, daughter of the late Russell and Ethel Bucy Davis. She is also preceded in death by her loving husband of 64 years, Harry “Bob” “Red”[Read More…]