Wellsburg 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.

Donna attended local schools in Wellsburg, WV, and graduated from Wellsburg High School.

Wellsburg police responded to a call for help because the on-duty Follansbee officer had been transporting a prisoner to the Northern Regional Jail.

Brooke County authorities are investigating a dog attack that occurred Sunday morning in Follansbee, officials said.

SMITH, Patty Elizabeth, 81, of Wellsburg, WV, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 10, 2013, at Bishop Hodges Continuous Care Center in Wheeling, WV.

First Choice America Credit Union has renewed its annual support of the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Brooke/Hancock counties slated for June 1-2 at the Follansbee Middle School Football Field, 1400 Main St., Follansbee.

Nearly 40 people turned out for an intimate talk and reading with local author Mary Jean Bonar of Wellsburg at the Paris Presbyterian Church's Gathering Place coffeehouse located at 127 Steubenville Pike.

FARMER, Flora Jane Smith, born April 25, 1921, died at home on March 29, 2013, at the age of 91 years.

BELTRAME, Louis, 92, of Wellsburg, WV, passed peacefully away on Thursday, May 9, 2013, at his residence surrounded by his family.

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.

At one time, those who misused medicines intended to help people were referred to as "recreational" drug abusers.

A total of 441 luminaria were placed around the Wellsburg Town Square and partly down the adjacent Charles Street Monday, each representing a child involved in an abuse or neglect case in Brooke or Hancock counties and aided by A Child's Place Court-Appointed Special Advocate program.

VARGO, Helen Julia Dremak, 93, of Short Creek, WV, died Sunday, April 28, 2013, in Valley Haven Geriatric Center, Wellsburg, WV.

Participants in this Memorial Day Weekend's Wheeling Heritage Trail Bicycle Tour who pause at one of several rest stops along the way will be able to get a cold drink of water, enjoy some fresh fruit - and meet one of the biggest supporters of the Ohio Valley's nationally recognized trail system.

Leaders of the Brooke County Veterans Memorial Park Foundation on Saturday recognized local veterans for their service to their country, community members who supported efforts to establish the memorial park and some who fall into both categories.

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

On Friday evening crews responded to a wooded area in Brooke County after they received a call that a tree had fallen on a juvenile.

A Follansbee man on Tuesday was sentenced to 35 to 120 years in prison after pleading guilty to one count each of first-degree sexual assault of a child and sexual abuse by a custodian.

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

The Brooke County Veterans Memorial Park Foundation will recognize a local veteran for his service while raising money for the park's maintenance at its annual dinner-dance Saturday at the Wellsburg Banquet Hall.