Weirton News

Bloomingdale - 10 p.m. at the Volunteer Firehouse area. Cameron - 10 p.m. Moundsville - 10 p.m. at the Marshall County Fairgrounds.

More than 70 plants and almost three pounds of finished marijuana were confiscated from two homes in Chester following a Wednesday raid by the Hancock-Brooke-Weirton Drug and Violent Crime Task Force and members of the Hancock County Sheriff's department.

A dead bird has tested positive for the West Nile virus in Hancock County. The Hancock County health Department confirms for 7 News the bird was found on Weirton Heights.

The city played host to some special guests this past weekend as members of the Alumni Association of Pilot Dog Owners visited during its annual convention.

WEIRTON a ' If it can be dreamed of and printed, Pixels-n-Frames, 3520 Pennsylvania Ave., wants to know about it and produce it.

MARSHALL, Kenneth E., 58, died Thursday, June 25, 2009, at home in Weirton, W.Va. He was born September 28, 1950, in Wheeling, W.Va., a son of the late Kenneth Wagoner Marshall and Ola Nester Marshall of Triadelphia, W.Va. Kenneth was owner/operator truck driver.

YEAGER, John R. Jr., 62, a True American War Hero, passed away Saturday June 20, 2009.

The Chester Hall of Fame Committee will induct four members this year at its third annual induction ceremony on July 3 at First Christian Church.

The city collected $663,004 more in fiscal 2008-09 than originally aniticpated, including a $310,892 jackpot from table gambling at Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort in Chester.

Once again, the Hanover Township Supervisors discussed the fate of the former township building, which has sat vacant for several years since the construction of the current municipal building.

Brooke County commissioners are to be commended for worrying about higher local taxes.

Steubenville Police make 15 arrests during a prostitution sting that spanned several days and several city streets The men were arrested and charged in connection with soliciting prostitutes.

A Weirton woman is being held on $50,000 bond after police said she allegedly stabbed her husband twice in the chest.

Posted Monday, June 15, 2009 ; 09:59 PM Post Comment Updated Monday, June 15, 2009 ; 11:37 PM Snapping a two-game losing streak.

Weirton leaders may work to establish a regional water authority, but officials in Follansbee, Wellsburg, Wheeling and Moundsville are not sure such a system would benefit them.

Brooke County dispatchers told NEWS9 that a fire broke out at a home on Hall's Road in Weirton, W.Va. early Friday morning.

Independent test results confirm that city water meets all federal and state health regulations, but resident Vince Oliver is not ready to take a drink of Weirton water just yet.

Margaret Ranson and Ervin Beckman said their uncle, Robert Bockey, was a kind person who was glad to serve in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.

On the side of the Center of Music and Art on Main Street, there's a red door with simple gold lettering on it: "Brenda Casey Center of Dance." Opening the door takes one down a long flight of steps to a well-appointed dance studio with 50 years of history, excellence and ties to major dance institutions such as the Radio City Rockettes.

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