Weirton News

Brooke High School's observance of American Education Week offered an opportunity for teachers, students and parents to switch places and for several area professionals to share life lessons with the school's teens.

Members of the community and agencies supported by the Weirton United Way gathered at the Serbian American Cultural Center on Friday where it was announced that 81 percent of the goal has been reached.

The Boys and Girls Club of Weirton received a special gift of $21,250 in stimulus funds with the assistance of U.S. Congress Alan B. Mollohan on Friday.

The U.S. Marshals Service announced the arrest of Donald Joe Gaschler Nov. 20 at the Weirton Medical Center.

Three local police departments are receiving high praise after being awarded AAA Platinum Awards from AAA East Central, a nonprofit organization that provided highway safety programs across the state of West Virginia.

Weirton residents and event officials gathered Wednesday in the Veterans Memorial Court outside the Weirton Millsop Community Center for Veterans Day services.

Local law enforcement officers and U.S. marshals continued to search early today for a Follansbee man who has been missing since he failed to appear for his sentencing in federal court last week.

A fugitive on the run has been spotted in Weirton but got away into the woods, according to authorities.

The area's economy continues to make changes away from the steel industry, according to economic development officials from Jefferson, Brooke and Hancock counties who held a panel discussion at the second-annual Regional Economic Forum held Tuesday afternoon at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 246 Building on North Fourth ...

They govern some of the largest cities in West Virginia, and the state's mayors agree they face many of the same problems and challenges in their roles.

Sanitary Board officials report the East Weirton Project will be wrapped up for the winter season and resume in the spring.

John Kuzma knows that with Italian cooking, "it's all about the food." That's why he decided last year to put on his chef's hat and purchase the Bella Via Restaurant in Elm Grove.

About 200 local high school students got a glimpse of what furthering their education in math or science might be like as they took part in Science Day at Bethany College on Friday.

Local fire officials are offering some tips to remain safe in the winter months.

The Weirton Millsop Community Center is set to host the Weirton Veteran's Day memorial ceremony, sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2716 in Weirton, on Nov.

Lou Stein sees downtown Weirton as a place where small businesses and manufacturers can network and help each other grow, boosting a community hit hard by a struggling economy and the decline of the steel industry.

The City of Weirton awarded the bid contract for the replacement of the Greenbrier Bridge on Monday to the successful low bid of $96,000 from James White Construction.

City Council voted Monday to issue almost $2.5 million in water revenue bonds to pay for a major water plant upgrade, but some councilmen are unhappy with the manner in which the city will have to pay back the debt.

WEIRTON a ' Barbara Moore and Peter Error were united in marriage Oct. 31 at Cokeburg Presbyterian Church with the Rev.

CANTINI, Giovannina A. 95, of Weirton, W.Va., died Wednesday, November 4, 2009, in the Weirton Geriatric Center.