Youngstown State University students earning a perfect 4.0 grade point average have been named to the President’s List for Spring Semester 2025. Local students on that list include Samantha Kress of Weirton, majoring in Nursing; Elizabeth Roush of Weirton, majoring in Nursing; Kameryn Eckels of Wellsburg, majoring in Nursing; and[Read More…]
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By: Hettie Basil Lighttower What do cobalt blue glassware and shungite have to do with anything? Well first of all, what are they??? The blue glassware many moons ago was colored with the mineral cobalt during the glass making process. The process plus cobalt created this glorious shade of blue![Read More…]
Free Strength Training Workout for Older Adults
The Brooke County Public Library is offering Geri-Fit, a 45-minute evidence-based strength training exercise class for older adults. Most of the bodybuilding exercises are performed seated in chairs with a set of light dumbbell weights. As participants become stronger, they can advance to using heavier dumbbells to challenge themselves even[Read More…]
Design A Button Kit Take and Make at the Library
The Brooke County Library will be providing Design A Button Kits for children ages 8-18. Pick up the kit and do at home. There are limited supplies and registration is required. You will be called to pick up your kit at the front desk in Wellsburg.Visit https://brookecountylibs.org/events to register or[Read More…]
Afternoon Movie at the Library
The Brooke County Library will be showing the movie “The Woman In The Yard,” rated PG-13 on Friday, August 8, at 12 p.m.A lone, spectral woman shrouded entirely in black appears on a family’s front lawn without explanation and warns them “today’s the day.”Bring your lunch and watch a movie[Read More…]
Dolly Parton Read-Aloud Day at the Library
The Brooke County Public Library will celebrate Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Day – Dolly Day- on Wednesday, August 6, from 11 a.m.–12 p.m., in the River Room of the Wellsburg Library as part of read-alouds around the state.The Dolly Day events will feature a read-aloud of the book “Corduroy” at[Read More…]
At the Library
The following books have recently been added to the Brooke County Public Library’s collection: ADULT FICTION SILENT AS THE GRAVE by Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles. With a newborn and two children, Molly Murphy Sullivan is tackling motherhood. Her husband, Daniel, is off to work in Washington as Easter break[Read More…]
Angela Marie Taverne
ANGELA MARIE TAVERNE, 94, of Weirton, WV, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, July 26, 2025 surrounded by her loving family. She was born on July 2, 1931 in Canonsburg, PA, daughter of the late Thomas and Mary Cerenzia Fragapane. She is preceded in death by her loving[Read More…]
Shelby Lynn Boynes Casto
SHELBY LYNN BOYNES CASTO, 66, of Wellsburg, WV passed away July 26, 2025, at Valley Hospice, Trinity West Hospital, Steubenville, OH. She was born November 29,1958 in Wheeling, WV to the late Melvin “Skip” and Alice “Pearl” Oxley Boynes. She worked in housekeeping at Bethany College. In addition to her[Read More…]
Charles Howard Stanley
CHARLES HOWARD STANLEY, 79, of Bethany, WV died peacefully on Friday, July 25, 2025 at Weirton Medical Center. Born September 19, 1945 in Wheeling, WV a son of the late Warren Junice and Gladys Marie (Hardway) Stanley. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his sister,[Read More…]