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John Newton Accettola

JOHN NEWTON ACCETTOLA, 85, passed away on Jan. 2, 2023, surrounded by his loving wife and family. John held various positions at Weirton Steel and retired after 34 years as Senior Supervisor of the machine shop. He was a faithful parishioner at St. Joseph the Worker Roman Catholic Church in[Read More…]

April Ann Tustin

APRIL ANN TUSTIN, 55, of Weirton, WV passed away Saturday, December 31, 2022, at home. She was born April 23, 1967, in Weirton, WV. She was the daughter of the late Patrick and Dolores Rodocker Ferrelli. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Terri Lynn Gegas; brother, John[Read More…]

Mark Thomas Simala

MARK THOMAS SIMALA, 51, of Wellsburg, WV, passed away on Saturday, December 31, 2022 at Weirton Medical Center, Weirton. Mark was born on April 2, 1971 in Charleroi, PA. He was the son of the late Paul and Carol (Davis) Simala. Mark was Catholic by faith. He worked for 22[Read More…]

Richard Henry Tredway

RICHARD HENRY TREDWAY, 61, of Weirton, WV, passed away on Sunday, January 8, 2022 at WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital. Richard was born on January 29, 1961 in Wheeling, WV. He was the son of the late Harry Eugene Tredway Sr. and Norvelle (Mears) McQuillian. Richard worked as a Truck Driver[Read More…]

Debra D. Rujak

DEBRA D. RUJAK, 64, of Colliers, WV passed away Sunday, January 8, 2023, unexpectedly at home. She was born February 27, 1958, in Washington, PA, the daughter of the late Kenneth Lee Donley (2011) and Florence Maia Good Donley of Weirton, WV. She was also preceded in death by a[Read More…]

Michael E. Rosser

MICHAEL E. ROSSER, 50, of Wellsburg, WV died on Saturday, January 7, 2023, at home after a lengthy illness. Born on May 11, 1972, in Petersburg, WV a son of the late Edgar C. Rosser and Linda (Price) Rosser of Wellsburg. He graduated from Brooke High School in 1990. After[Read More…]

Myka Lynn O’Connor

MYKA LYNN O’CONNOR, 41, of Weirton, WV passed away Saturday, January 7, 2023, at Weirton Medical Center. She was born July 20, 1981, in Steubenville, OH, the daughter of Michael F. and Paula Martin O’Connor of Weirton, WV. Also survived by her son, Matthew Silver; fiancé James Greathouse; aunt/uncle, Jody[Read More…]

Education A Main Concern for Legislators

By: Autumn Shelton, WV Press AssociationEducation is a main concern for state legislators as they prepare for their 60-day session beginning on Wednesday.But it’s not just K-12 classrooms they must consider.It’s providing the state’s students with the ability to attend institutions of higher learning and with increasing higher education enrollment[Read More…]