A group of friends, a good book, and free-flowing discussion… doesn’t that sound like the ingredients for a wonderful experience. The Brooke County Public Library will be meeting on Thursday, Sept. 24, at 5 p.m., in person and virtual to discuss the book “Station 11” by Emily St. John Mandel.[Read More…]
Author: The Brooke County Review
Afternoon Movie at the Follansbee Library
The Follansbee Library will be showing the movie The Sheep Detectives rated PG-13 on Friday, Sept. 18.When their beloved farmer is found dead under mysterious circumstances, a flock of the sheep conclude they will have to solve the murder themselves, even if it means leaving their meadow for the first[Read More…]
Family Movie at the Library
The Brooke County Public Library will be showing the film Minions and Monsters, rated PG, on Thursday, Sept. 17, at 5 p.m.This is the rambunctious, ridiculous and totally true story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood as movie stars, lost everything, unleashed monsters onto the world and then banded together[Read More…]
Crocheting Club to Meet at the Library
The Brooke County Public Library’s Crocheting Club will be meeting in the River Room of the Brooke County Library on Wednesday, Sept. 16, at 12 p.m. The group is for adult beginners through experts. Bring your own supplies and projects. If you need help, someone will be available to assist[Read More…]
Judith Ann “Judy” (McAbee) Reineke
JUDITH ANN “JUDY” (MCABEE) REINEKE, 86, of Weirton, WV passed away on Monday September 7, 2026 at the WVU Medicine – Weirton Medical Center. Judy was born on April 16, 1940, in Hollidays Cove, West Virginia, a daughter of the late George Washington and Vivian Edith Wetzel McAbee. On May[Read More…]
Elizabeth Ann Ott
ELIZABETH ANN OTT, 96, of Follansbee, WV died peacefully on Monday, September 7, 2026, at Brightwood Center in Follansbee, WV. Elizabeth was born on January 17, 1930, a daughter of the late William M. and Agatha I. (Fitzgerald) Schaefer. In addition to her parents, Elizabeth is preceded in death by[Read More…]
Richard Lynn McVicker
RICHARD LYNN MCVICKER, 79, of Weirton, WV, passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2026, at WVU Medicine – Weirton Medical Center. Richard was born at home in Metz, West Virginia, on January 8, 1947. As a young boy, he moved with his family to Weirton when they came to the[Read More…]
William “Billy” Joseph Weller
WILLIAM “BILLY” JOSEPH WELLER, 67, of Wellsburg, WV passed away September 5, 2026, at Weirton Medical Center, Weirton, WV. He was born December 23, 1958, in Youngstown, OH to the late Robert and Kathryn Rhodes Weller. He was a member of the St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. Billy was[Read More…]
Nancy Darlene (Miller) Taylor
NANCY DARLENE (MILLER) TAYLOR, 69 of Wellsburg, WV, passed away after a brief illness on Thursday, September 3, 2026 at Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA. Nancy was born on December 9, 1956 in Wheeling, WV. She was the daughter of the late Duane Dewey Miller and Betty (Yeater) Miller. Nancy[Read More…]
George Lee Coughenour
GEORGE LEE COUGHENOUR passed away on September 2, 2026, at his residence in Weirton, WV. George was born on April 13, 1954, in Pittsburgh, PA, and was a son of Lee and Shirley Perello Coughenour. George devoted 28 years of his life to the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire, where he[Read More…]