The following is a list of books recently added to the Brooke County Public Library’s collection: ADULT FICTION THESE TOXIC THINGS by Rachel Howzell Hall. Mickie Lambert creates “digital scrapbooks” for clients, ensuring that precious souvenirs aren’t forgotten or lost. When her latest client, Nadia Denham, a curio shop owner,[Read More…]
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Furbearer Trapping, Small Game Hunting Season Opens
With the raccoon hunting season underway, the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources has reminded hunters and trappers that the state’s various furbearer trapping and small game hunting seasons will open Nov. 4.Small game hunting and trapping seasons include those for red and gray fox, bobcat, mink, muskrat and beaver,[Read More…]
Cloak and Dagger On the Air Annual Halloween Show Set for Saturday
Cloak and Dagger On the Air will presents its annual Halloween show Saturday, Oct. 28, at 4 p.m., at Top of West Virginia Convention and Visitors Bureau, located at 3539 Main St., Weirton.Titled Dark Fantasies, the show will explore three harrowing stories from the darkest corners of our fears and[Read More…]
Matching Gift Pledge Aims to Grow the Jeraldine Dailey Mathematics Scholarship at WLU
Jeraldine “Jeri” Dailey was a professor of Mathematics at West Liberty State College from 1965 until 1998. She also served as an advisor to the Alpha Delta Pi sorority. Following her retirement, the “Jeri Dailey Mathematics Scholarship” was established in her honor by several of her former students.In October 2021,[Read More…]
Local Officials Warn Students About Dangers of Drug Abuse
Regional and local law enforcement officials recently visited Brooke High School to discuss drug abuse with teens, their parents and other community members in an effort to reduce the number of deaths from overdose.U.S. attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia Bill Ihlenfeld, and officers with the Wheeling Police[Read More…]
Manchin Announces $22.4 Million for Water Infrastructure Upgrades
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, recently announced $22,470,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the City of Weirton. The funding will support upgrading Weirton’s water treatment plant from a capacity of 4[Read More…]
Bethany College Honors Communications Wall of Fame Recipient
Bethany College has announced Henry Howard, a distinguished alumnus of the Class of 1990 with a bachelor’s degree in communications, as the recipient of the 2023 Communications Wall of Fame Award. This prestigious honor recognizes Howard’s outstanding contributions to the field of communications and journalism throughout his career.Howard embarked on[Read More…]
Play and Connect at the Library
Join us every Saturday anytime between 10:30 a.m.–12 p.m. in the children’s room at the Brooke County Public Library and play, build, socialize, and learn together with a variety of exciting toys and games to help develop hand-eye coordination and STEAM concepts.Parents/guardians must provide direct supervision.Ages birth to 6 years[Read More…]
Learn How to Speak Japanese at the Library
Join us at the Brooke County Public Library on Saturday, Nov. 4 and 18 and Dec. 2 from 12–1 p.m. for a beginners Japanese language class presented by Manami Kawazoe, Japanese Outreach Coordinator from West Liberty University. The classes are progressive and will include the alphabet and basic phrases.Classes are[Read More…]
Film Screenings at the Library in Celebration of Native American Heritage Month
The Brooke County Public Library and the Follansbee Branch will be offering film screenings in celebration of Native American Heritage Month. We will be screening the films “First Encounter” & “Pearl Carter Scott: On Top of the World”.Nov. 1 – 12–1 p.m. (Follansbee Library Meeting Room)Nov. 16 – 5–6 p.m.[Read More…]