The Follansbee Library will be showing the film Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs rated PG on Tuesday, July 14 at 11:30 a.m.Manny the woolly mammoth and his prehistoric friends discover an underground world populated by dinosaurs so large that Manny is no longer the most-feared creature in their realm.Popcorn[Read More…]
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Vickie’s Kitchen Delights
By: Vickie Davis Happy July 4th! 250 years! I am so thankful we can all celebrate this great accomplishment!As for me, I was kind of quiet on the homefront! Much safer for me.Sorry about no recipes for a couple months but I am promising to do better or at least[Read More…]
Yang Cho “Bonnie” Snyder
YANG CHO “BONNIE” SNYDER, 86, of Colliers, WV died peacefully on Saturday, July 4, 2026, at WVU Weirton Medical Center. Born September 19, 1939, in Incheon, South Korea. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her in-laws, Malcom D. and Genevieve (Webster) Snyder, a sister-in-law, Susan[Read More…]
Barbara A. (Barrett) Dofka
BARBARA A. (BARRETT) DOFKA ,90, of Weirton, WV went to her Heavenly reward on July 4, 2026. Born January 9, 1936 , she was the daughter of the late Ethel Mae and Otto Barrett. She was proceeded in death by the love of her life of 56 years Edward F.[Read More…]
Edie Kusko
EDIE KUSKO passed away at home in Weirton on Friday, July 3, 2026 after two months of home hospice care. Born Edith Mae Apitzsch on March 13, 1938, she was the daughter of Arthur and Eva Apitzsch of Weirton. She graduated from Follansbee High School with the Class of 1957[Read More…]
Lorraine Ann Soplinski
LORRAINE ANN SOPLINSKI, 88, of Burgettstown, Pa, passed away on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, at WVU Medicine–Weirton Medical Center. Born on February 6, 1938, Lorraine was the daughter of the late Charles and Jennie Budney Glazier. She was a 1956 graduate of Steubenville Catholic Central High School and devoted her[Read More…]
Richard “Richie” James Pratt
RICHARD “RICHIE” JAMES PRATT, 55, left this world unexpectedly on July 1, 2026. Born on January 27, 1971, Richie was a son of Harold and Jean Mankowski Pratt and grew up in Weirton, where he developed a deep-rooted love for the outdoors. A graduate of Weir High School in 1989,[Read More…]
Danny Ray Truax
DANNY RAY TRUAX, 78, of Weirton, WV, passed away on Monday, June 29, 2026, at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, following complications from a recent heart surgery. Born on February 10, 1948, in Steubenville, Ohio, Danny was the youngest of three children born to the late Bert Adair and[Read More…]
Kenneth Lee Taylor
KENNETH LEE TAYLOR, 88, of Avella, PA passed away June 25, 2026, in Pittsburgh, PA. Kenneth was born to the late Leroy and Mary Isinghood Taylor on January 9, 1938, in Wellsburg, WV. He worked for Weirton Steel for 44 years on the galvanize line. He enjoyed working for hours[Read More…]
Ann Marie Sacripanti Taylor
ANN MARIE SACRIPANTI TAYLOR, 90, of Avella, PA, passed away June 26, 2026, in Pittsburgh, Pa. Ann was born to the late Nick and Rose Ardenta Sacripanti on April 14, 1936, in Wheeling, WV. Ann was a homemaker for over 65 years and enjoyed cooking, planting flowers and raking leaves[Read More…]