WV Press Release Sharing WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced West Virginia has been awarded a highly competitive, five-year $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) that will boost scientific research and[Read More…]
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West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine graduates 177 new physicians
Friday’s WVSOM ceremony marks first pandemic-era class WV Press Release Sharing LEWISBURG, W.Va. – When students in this year’s graduating class at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) began their medical education in summer 2019, none of them could have predicted that just a few months after their[Read More…]
Media Advisory: Anne Montague, founder of the American Rosie Movement, to speak at Anna Jarvis Birthplace Museum on Saturday
Mother’s Day Celebration including story of Montague’s mother WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The American Rosie Movement has issued the following media advisory: The Anna Jarvis Birthplace Museum will feature Anne Montague as the keynote speaker from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 13, the day before[Read More…]
Gloria Mae (Perkinson) Paesani
GLORIA MAE (PERKINSON) PAESANI, 89, of Follansbee, WV died peacefully on Saturday, April 29, 2023, at Valley Hospice North in Steubenville, OH. Born on October 8, 1933, in Petersburg, VA a daughter of the late William Perkinson and Helen (Jessup) Perkinson Archer. In addition to her parents, Gloria is preceded[Read More…]
Bruce Lancaster
BRUCE LANCASTER, 62, passed away Friday, April 28, 2023. His death was untimely and unexpected due to complications from a recent illness. Bruce was a conscientious husband, father, grandfather, and brother. Bruce was a trustee at First Church of God in Wellsburg. He worked at Berry Plastics in Iowa Falls,[Read More…]
Diana Rose (Kimball) Garrison Bunner
DIANA ROSE (KIMBALL) GARRISON BUNNER, 64, passed away on Friday, April 28, 2023 at WVU Medicine Ruby Memorial, Morgantown, WV. Diana was born on April 29, 1958 in Weirton, WV. She was the daughter of Thelma (Bunner) Kimball of Colliers, WV and the late, Delbert Kimball. Diana loved to crochet,[Read More…]
James “Jim” Patterson
JAMES “JIM” PATTERSON, 75, of Wellsburg, WV passed away April 27, 2023, at Liza’s Place, Wheeling, WV. He was born December 16, 1947, in Steubenville, OH to the late David and Emma Johnston Patterson. He is a retiree of Weirton Steel and was an Army Veteran during Vietnam. In addition[Read More…]
Emily C. Horvat
EMILY C. HORVAT, 94, of Weirton, WV passed away at the Weirton Geriatric Center on Thursday, April 27, 2023. She was born in Steubenville, OH., one of four children to Amedio and Christina Carmelengo Mininni. A Roman Catholic by faith, and a member of St. Paul’s Catholic Church, Emily was[Read More…]
Stephanie Znoy Vucelich
STEPHANIE ZNOY VUCELICH, 97, of Tipp City, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Born in Weirton on April 14, 1926, Stephanie was the daughter of Anna and Lawrence Znoy. After graduating from Weir High School in 1944, she worked as a telephone operator and eventual manager at the[Read More…]
Grace Marie Orlando
GRACE MARIE ORLANDO, 95, of Weirton, WV, a beloved mother, grandmother, and great grandmother passed away on April 25, 2023. Grace was born on June 29, 1927, in Empire, OH, the youngest of nine children born to Salvatore and Mary Cordaro. Growing up in a large family, Grace learned the[Read More…]