By: Hettie Basil Lighttower More about butterflies. Over the decades of giving presentations on butterflies, folks have asked me what I considered to be an odd question. On more than one occasion in different times and places I have been asked “What is the purpose of butterflies?” And I would[Read More…]
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SNHU Announces Winter 2024 President’s List
Blake Paxton of Follansbee and Kristen Edwards of Weirton have been named to the Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) Winter 2024 President’s List. The winter terms run from January to May.Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.700 and above for the reporting term are named[Read More…]
SNHU Announces Winter 2024 Dean’s List
Vanessa Martin of Wellsburg and Emma Martin of Weirton have been named to the Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) Winter 2024 Dean’s List. The winter terms run from January to May.Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.500 to 3.699 for the reporting term are named[Read More…]
Schultz Named to University of Evansville Dean’s List
Franklyn Schultz of Isaacs of Wellsburg has been named to the University of Evansville Dean’s List for the Spring 2024 semester.Students at UE are named to the Dean’s List every fall and spring semester. To merit the honor of being placed on the Dean’s List, a student must have carried[Read More…]
“Cook by the Book” Recipe Club
Do you love browsing through cookbooks and trying new recipes? Do you enjoy sampling and sharing new dishes with good company? Then join us at the Brooke County Public Library for an adults-only Recipe Club!Every month will have a theme. You choose a recipe, make it up and bring it[Read More…]
At the Library
The following is a list of books recently added to the Brooke County Public Library’s collection: ADULT FICTION THE WITCH IS BACK by Sophie H. Morgan. “There’s nothing wrong with being a wallflower. Not to Emmaline Bluewater, anyway. Emma may have been born into witch society, but her days of[Read More…]
Jeffrey Owen Nickoles
JEFFREY OWEN NICKOLES, 59, of Colliers, WV died peacefully on Saturday, May 18, 2024, at Valley Hospice Care Center North with his family by his side. He was born on August 22, 1964, in Steubenville, Ohio to Danny and Grace (Cameron) Nickoles of Colliers, WV. Jeff was a member of[Read More…]
Anthony Joseph Palizzi
ANTHONY JOSEPH PALIZZI, 85, of Follansbee, WV died peacefully on Friday, May 17, 2024, at Weirton Medical Center. He was born on January 3, 1939, in Follansbee, WV, a son of the late Camillo and Mary (Andrilli) Palizzi. In addition to his parents, Anthony is preceded in death by a[Read More…]
Shirley Joyce (Bestland) Morris
SHIRLEY JOYCE (BESTLAND) MORRIS, 60, of Follansbee, WV, passed away on Friday, May 17, 2024 at Weirton Medical Center. Shirley was born on January 14, 1964 in Baltimore, MD. She was the daughter of Harry Bestland and the late Mary (Hedwig) Alley Bestland. Shirley was an amazing mom that loved[Read More…]
Allan Curtis Blake
ALLAN CURTIS BLAKE, 69, of Wellsburg, WV passed away May 15, 2024, at home. He was born April 11, 1955, in Wheeling, WV to the late Curtis and Maxine Wilson Blake. He retired from Consol Coal Mine Company. He was an avid outdoorsman, who loved hunting, fishing, and gardening. He[Read More…]