Weirton News

On Sunday, June 16, 2013, one of God's little angels went home, Aidyn Michael Hoover, infant of New Cumberland.

The "Big Ol' Booksale" was held Saturday at the Weirton Event Center, bringing together seven area authors and representatives of libraries in Brooke and Hancock counties.

Workers with James White Construction, of Weirton, use a 28-ton crane to hoist some stone steps outside the Hancock County Courthouse on Friday.

Kaleb Chesnic of Burgettstown and Zoe Locascio of Steubenville were named to the spring dean's list at Baldwin Wallace University.

The Weirton Hall of Fame Committee has announced those selected to be a part of the Class of 2013 for the Weirton Hall of Fame.

Williams Ohio Valley Midstream and the Moundsville Economic Development Council provided $1,000 to the Greg Yoho Memorial Car Show with the money going to the winner of a drawing at the end of the event.

Hooverson Heights Nazarene Church at Second Street and Lee Road, Follansbee, will hold a vacation Bible school from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Wednesday.

An attorney representing Trent Mays, 17, of Bloomingdale said Friday he will petition a juvenile judge to release Mays early from state custody if Mays successfully completes a nine-month program for juvenile sex offenders.

Local musician Pat Heiserman served as the opening act Friday at the Weirton Event Center as part of the Summer Sizzle concert series.

Eleven employees of the ArcelorMittal Steel Corp. have been recognized by the United Steelworkers Local 2911 for their ideas to improve productivity and save money.

A Weirton woman accused of setting fire to her daughter's trailer on June 4 has pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree arson.

The Summit Art Gallery, a partnership between the Top of West Virginia Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Hancock County Arts Council, was discussed during Friday's luncheon meeting of the Steubenville Rotary Club at the YWCA.

He was born Sept. 25, 1958, in Weirton, WV., the son of the late Roy A. and Margaret Gibbs Battistel.

Members of the Legislature will return to West Virginia's birthplace next week to commemorate the state's 150th birthday and conduct official business in some of the same spaces where the first lawmakers worked and debated.

Representatives of three Brooke High School clubs presented $2,030 for the Brooke County Animal Shelter during Tuesday's Brooke County Commission meeting.

Two men caught in Weirton in April appeared for their arraignments in Jefferson County .

The Weirton Area Water Board has issued a boil order for several residences and businesses in the city's Weirton Heights following a water line break on Elaine Street Wednesday morning.

The Weirton Daily Times is 85 years old this month. That's relatively young for a community newspaper, especially one in the eastern portion of this country where communities and newspapers have existed for well over 200 years.

Gray skies and the threat of rain couldn't keep the crowd away from the Weirton United Way Golf Classic Monday at Williams Country Club.

The current system is complaint-based: Residents unhappy with the condition of a neighbor's property need only report it to their councilman or the code enforcement staff.