Author: The Brooke County Review

Giacomino “Jack” Provenzano

GIACOMINO “JACK” PROVENZANO, 71, of Weirton, WV, passed away on Monday, August 3, 2026, at Valley Hospice Liza’s Place. He was born on February 22, 1955, in Belmonte Calabro, Provincia di Cosenza, Italy, the youngest of four children born to the late Gaetano and Francesca Bossio Provenzano. At the age[Read More…]

104th Birthday Celebration

The family of Marian Alice Taylor (Bishop) is delighted to announce her 104th birthday was celebrated on August 8.Born in Kingman, Maine, on August 8, 1922, Marian comes from a proud family of military service. Her father, J.D. Bishop, served in World War I, and her three brothers all served[Read More…]

Pull Up A Chair

By: Hettie Basil Lighttower Mind your beeswax! Haha…. Have you ever been told that as a kid? That’s an interesting way to say “mind your own business”. I am not planning on talking about minding your own business, at least not today. But this phrase reminds me of when my[Read More…]

At the Library

The following books have recently been added to the Brooke County Public Library’s collection: ADULT FICTION A RIVER RED WITH BLOOD by John Connolly. The body of a young runaway from a “troubled teens” school has been found in the water, seemingly drowned, while a teenage girl has gone missing,[Read More…]

Afternoon Movie at the Library

The Brooke County Library will be showing the movie The Devil Wears Prada 2 rated PG-13 on Friday, August 14 at 12 p.m.Miranda Priestly navigates her career amid the decline of traditional magazine publishing. She faces off against Emily Charlton, her one-time assistant, now a high-powered executive for a luxury[Read More…]

Trustee’s Sale of Valuable Real Estate

TRUSTEE’S SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE The undersigned Substitute Trustee, by virtue of the authority vested in it by that certain Deed of Trust dated September 21, 2007, and duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Brooke County, West Virginia, in Deed of Trust[Read More…]

Lots of Gas and Liquid Pipelines in WV

By: Charlotte R. Lane, WV PSC Chairman If gas and hazardous liquid pipelines underlying West Virginia were pulled into a straight line, they’d reach three-fourths of the way around the Earth.That’s a lot of underground lines to inspect.But the Public Service Commission pipeline inspectors do just that.It’s the commission’s duty[Read More…]