Beech Bottom News

Two propane tanks adjacent to a house on Apple Pie Ridge that had gone up in flames this morning caused emergency responders to worry about a possible explosion.

The Brooke County Reading Council held its 13th annual Appreciation Dinner recently at Pier 12 in Wellsburg.

SPEECE, Dorthy Louise Williams, 74, of Apple Pie Ridge, Wellsburg, W.Va., died September 23, 2008, at home.

A woman was airlifted from the scene of a one-car crash on Route 2 in Beech Bottom, W.Va., overnight.

Changes are on the way for one local economic development agency following a meeting Thursday.

A Beech Bottom man died after falling through the roof of a local industrial plant.

A Beech Bottom man died after falling through the roof of a local industrial plant.

An administrative law judge with the West Virginia Public Service Commission heard arguments Tuesday about whether Wellsburg or Follansbee should serve hundreds of customers to be added to the Brooke County ...

A worker killed in a fall at a Northern Panhandle industrial site has been identified.

A worker killed in a fall at a Northern Panhandle industrial site has been identified.

A Beech Bottom man died after falling through the roof of a local industrial plant.

JOHNSON, Betty L. Ritchie, 82, of Main Street, Wellsburg, W.Va., died July 17, 2008, in Valley Haven Geriatric Center, Beech Bottom, W.Va. She was born June 12, 1926, a daughter of the late Clarence and Lilly ...

Dominic and Lois Martino celebrated 60 years of marriage June 27. They were married June 27, 1948, at the Christian Church in Beech Bottom by the Rev.

Valley Hospice is trying to keep its volunteers close to home. Organizations that depend on volunteers are worried the pain at the pump might leave them hurting as well.

Brooke County commissioners heard Tuesday from several residents unhappy with delays in the extension of sewer lines to Mahan Lane and Eldersville Road, a project that has been in development for several years.

Authorities say around 3 am this morning fire broke out at a home along Heartly Hill in Beech Bottom.

A bolt of lightning is believed to have caused a fire that destroyed a home on Hartley Hill Road early today.

A Brooke County family escaped from their burning home overnight, but the flames destroyed everything they own.

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin was in the Ohio Valley on Wednesday to honor local veterans.

Services like public water, sewage and many others often are things many of us take for granted, and we never really think or believe that in this day and age there are people who do not have them.