The West Virginia Department of Health (DH) is seeking information from prospective technology and healthcare partners to help shape the future of outpatient remote monitoring and technology-enabled care across the Mountain State.“West Virginia faces unique healthcare challenges because of our rural geography, aging population, and high rates of chronic disease,”[Read More…]
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AG’s Office Wins Appeal, Sending Convicted Sex Offender Back to Prison
West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey’s office has announced a convicted sex offender will be returned to prison following a victory at the Fourth Circuit.In 2021, Keith Allen Wood was convicted in Brooke County Circuit Court on multiple counts of sexual offenses against a seven-year-old girl. Wood was sentenced to[Read More…]
Delegate Willis Secures State Grant to Improve Bethany Outdoor Space
Efforts tied to America 250 are continuing in the town of Bethany, where local officials are working to improve what they describe as some of the community’s “hidden gems.”West Virginia 3rd District Delegate Jimmy Willis helped secure state grant funding for a small-town project aimed at improving one of Bethany’s[Read More…]
Bethany College Esports Breaks Through on National Stage at Apex Legends Championship
Bethany College’s Apex Legends esports team recently represented the College on the national stage, competing in the Collegiate Apex Legends National Local Area Network (LAN) Tournament held in May at the Boeing Center at Tech Port in San Antonio, Texas.The Bethany squad, consisting of students Cyrus Chappel, Baylen Loosier, and[Read More…]
Thomas Douglas Cooper
THOMAS DOUGLAS COOPER, 82, of Weirton, WV, passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, July 26, 2026. Born on February 5, 1944, in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania, Tom was the son of the late Thomas and Mary Campbell Cooper. Inaddition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his beloved wife[Read More…]
Kenneth “Ken” John McAlpine
KENNETH “KEN” JOHN MCALPINE, 90, of Weirton, WV, passed Saturday, July 25, 2026 at Valley Hospice, Steubenville, OH. He was born August 8, 1935 in Follansbee, WV, son of the late John and Elsie Beatles McAlpine. He is also preceded in death by his sisters, Ruth and Elaine; and stepdaughter,[Read More…]
James B. Teaff
JAMES B. TEAFF, 96, passed away peacefully at Valley Hospice in Trinity, surrounded by his loving family, on Thursday, July 23, 2026. A lifelong resident of Steubenville, OH. Jim was born on April 17, 1930, to the late James B. and Evelyn (Schrawger) Teaff. He graduated from Steubenville High School[Read More…]
Carol E. Crain Kohnfelder
CAROL E. CRAIN KOHNFELDER, 84, of Weirton, WV, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, July 22, 2026. She was born July 3, 1942 in Washington, PA, daughter of the late J. William Riggs and the late Bertha Mae McCrerey Riggs. She is also preceded in death by her loving[Read More…]
Raymond “Ray” Kobily
RAYMOND “RAY” KOBILY, 80, of Weirton, WV passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at UPMC Shadyside, surrounded by his loving family. Born in Steubenville, Ohio, on January 10, 1946, he was the youngest son of Stephen and Rose (Nowicki) Kobily. Ray was a proud graduate of Madonna High[Read More…]
Jodi Lynn Boyd
JODI LYNN BOYD, 52, of Colliers, WV died unexpectedly on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at home. Born January 17, 1974, in Mingo Junction, OH a daughter of the late Herbert Devore and Dorothy (Koslik) Panetta of Mingo Junction, OH. Jodi graduated from Mingo High School in 1992. She was employed[Read More…]