Marietta College’s Rachel Kazmirski of Colliers, West Virginia, was inducted into the Gold Key Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honorary, during a special ceremony in December 2022.Kazmirski is majoring in Health Science and is expected to graduate in May of 2024. Kazmirski is a graduate of Brooke[Read More…]
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DNR Seeks Forestry Hall of Fame Nominations
The West Virginia Division of Forestry is seeking nominations for the next round of honorees for West Virginia’s Agriculture and Forestry Hall of Fame.The Hall of Fame highlights the people, businesses, organizations, institutions and foundations that have significantly contributed to agriculture, forestry and family life in West Virginia.Selected nominees will[Read More…]
Afternoon Movie at the Follansbee Library
The Follansbee Library will be showing the movie Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters, rated PG on Friday, Feb. 17, at 12 p.m.When a wealthy businessman learns of his daughter’s sudden engagement to a missionary, he embarks on a quest to keep her closer to home, but when his efforts go awry[Read More…]
Movie Night at the Library
The Brooke County Public Library will be showing the film Strange World rated PG on Thursday, Feb. 16, at 5 p.m.Jaeger Clade stands as the patriarch of the Clade family, a tribe of intrepid explorers. Yet the Clades struggle to reconcile their intrinsic differences like any ordinary family, their squabbles[Read More…]
Teach and Learn at the Library
Looking for a way to make an impact in your community? Join a representative from Necco, a local foster care agency, Feb. 15 anytime between 12-2 p.m. for a one-on-one session for information on how you can become a foster parent. No appointment needed. Light refreshments will be provided.
At the Library
The following is a list of books recently added to the Brooke County Public Library’s collection: ADULT FICTION WICKED DREAMS by Lisa Jackson. The note pinned to the dead body found on the remote beach has no name, just Ravinia Rutledge’s phone number and the words “Next of Kin.” Ravinia[Read More…]
Vera Rose McElwain
VERA ROSE MCELWAIN, 90, of Weirton, WV, a loving mother, and grandmother filled with poise, grace and wisdom passed away on Monday February 6, 2023. We mourn her death but more importantly we give thanks for her abundant life. Vera was born in Weirton, WV on September 23, 1932, to[Read More…]
Jesse Roberta Wade
JESSE ROBERTA WADE, 98, passed away at Weirton Medical Center after a brief illness on Sunday, February 5, 2023. She was born on October 18, 1924, in Earnshaw, WV, one of seven children born to Omri and Catherine Grim Kirkpatrick. A life-long devoted member of the Voice of Pentecost Church[Read More…]
Edward “Eddie” T. Chiarenza
EDWARD “EDDIE” T. CHIARENZA, 74, of Weirton, WV, passed away Sunday, February 5, 2023 at Valley Hospice, Steubenville, OH. He was born June 21, 1948 in Steubenville, OH, son of the late Gaetano “Tom” and Leira “Lena” Cantini Chiarenza. Eddie was a member of St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church.[Read More…]
Kim E. Stroud
KIM E. STROUD, 68, of Weirton, WV, passed away Saturday, February 4, 2023 at Weirton Medical Center. She was born October 26, 1954 in Etna, PA, daughter of the late John Verbetic, Jr. and Betty Jane Ruff Verbetic. Kim is survived by sons, Richard Stroud, Jr. (Sara), Jonathan Stroud (Danielle),[Read More…]