Beech Bottom News

The 36th-annual Mother's Day Breakfast honored the women of St. John Catholic Church in Wellsburg and Holy Family Church in Beech Bottom with the meal cooked by the men of the parish and served in the church hall.

Council heard from Robert Stewart, vice president of the Toronto 4th of July Committee, who asked about buying the site of the former Brooke County Animal Shelter near Allegheny Street to store fireworks used for Toronto's annual display and other events.

The Brooke County Commission learned Tuesday Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has awarded a $13,500 grant for a planned tie-in between three local water treatment systems.

Melody Fisher pleaded guilty this morning to planning and attempting to rob the Elm Grove Pharmacy in May 2012 - a crime that turned fatal when a store employee shot her co-conspirator, Kevin Walnoha, inside the business.

Some Brooke County residents are dealing with an inconvenience after equipment at a water plant failed.

STUCIN, Doris J. , 85, of Windsor Heights, WV, passed away peacefully at home with her children by her side on Monday, April 22, 2013.

First Judicial Circuit Judge James Mazzone will consider a West Virginia State Police trooper's testimony about Melody Fisher's prescription drug use before deciding if that information will be shared with a jury during a potential trial.

Del. Phil Diserio, D-Brooke, left, presented confirmation of a $3,000 Governor's Community Participation Grant for improvements to Beech Bottom's Hill Street Playground to Becky Uhlly, Beech Bottom councilwoman and chair of the village's playground committee; and Mayor George Lewis.

North Carolina-based Work Well Hydration Systems sees the state-of-the-art mobile purification plant as a "proof of concept" demonstration for the oil and gas and mining industries.