The Brooke County Public Library now has openings for Monday Story Hour Class. Story Hour is held from 12–1 p.m. on Monday’s at the Follansbee Library. Story Hour is open for children ages 2 – 5 and a caregiver. Children will enjoy a story, craft, gamesand a snack. Limited Space[Read More…]
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Afternoon Movie at the Library
The Brooke County Library will be showing the movie Samaritan rated PG-13 on Friday, Dec. 9, at 12 p.m.Twenty years after a tragic battle ends in the sudden vanishing of a famed superhero, one young boy who is in dire need of a father figure decides to set out on[Read More…]
Movie Night at the Library
The Brooke County Public Library will be showing the animated film Rumble rated PG on Thursday, Dec. 8, at 5 p.m.An aspiring monster wrestling coach, Winnie takes on the challenge of coaching Rayburn, an inexperienced wrestler and charming underdog. Winnie and Rayburn aim to take down the monster wrestling world[Read More…]
Gas Prices Keep Sliding Lower
The average price for gasoline across Northern West Virginia is 11 cents lower this week at $3.499 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report released Monday.This week’s average prices:Northern WV Average: $3.499Average price during the week of November 21, 2022: $3.605Average price during the week of November[Read More…]
Consumers Urged to be Careful When Buying Used Vehicles
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is urging consumers to be vigilant when buying used vehicles that may have been submerged in water during Hurricane Ian.“Flood-damaged vehicles could soon enter the preowned market due to the devastation brought by Hurricane Ian in Florida and other states,” Attorney General Morrisey said.[Read More…]
Wanda Lee Osborne
WANDA LEE OSBORNE, 92, of Weirton, WV passed away Monday, November 28, 2022 at home. She was born December 12, 1929 in Weston, WV, daughter of the late Iva Lemon and Henry Brady. She is also preceded in death by her husband, Charles E. Osborne (2016); and sons, Kevin and[Read More…]
Richard “Dick” Andrew Heller
RICHARD “DICK” ANDREW HELLER, 93, of Inman, SC passed away November 27, 2022, at Upstate Community Hospice House, Landrum, SC. He was born March 23, 1929, in Wheeling, WV to the late Franklin and Elizabeth Witzgall Heller. Dick retired from Nationwide Ins. Company and was a member of the American[Read More…]
Robert Phillip Rahr Jr.
ROBERT PHILLIP RAHR JR., 53, of Bethany, WV, passed away on Friday, November 25, 2022 at Trinity Medical Center, Steubenville, OH, with his family by his side after a brief battle with an aggressive, and recently diagnosed cancer. Robb was born on August 6, 1969 in Steubenville, OH. He was[Read More…]
Harold James “Jim” Hanlon
HAROLD JAMES “JIM” HANLON, 73, of Weirton, WV died on Wednesday, November 23, 2022 at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. Born June 17, 1949, in Follansbee, WV a son of the late Floyd James and Eleanor “Elsie” (Haught) Hanlon. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death[Read More…]
Karla Kaye Kafton
KARLA FAYE KAFTON, 54, of Follansbee, WV died peacefully on Tuesday, November 22, 2022, at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA after a brief illness. She was born on October 21, 1968, in Steubenville, OH, a daughter of the late Beverly Lynne (Fletcher) Shaw on February 3, 2022, and Thomas[Read More…]