Wellsburg News

A worker killed in a fall at a Northern Panhandle industrial site has been identified.

A worker at Northern Panhandle industrial site is dead after falling through a warehouse roof and landing 25 feet below.

West Virginia State Police located the truck belonging to 80-year-old James Lohr around 1 p.m. Monday.

Anyone with information is urged to call the Brooke County Sheriff's Department or West Virginia State Police.

Tattoos don't appear to be professional. Story by Dave Elias Email Other Stories by Dave Elias WELLSBURG -- Police say distinctive tattoos and scars on the body of a man found floating at the mouth of Short ...

JOHNSON, Betty L. Ritchie, 82, of Main Street, Wellsburg, W.Va., died July 17, 2008, in Valley Haven Geriatric Center, Beech Bottom, W.Va. She was born June 12, 1926, a daughter of the late Clarence and Lilly ...

The Northern District Clubs of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, West Virginia, held a board meeting recently at Staffileno's on the River in Wellsburg.

DARBY, Susan, 48, of Wellsburg, W.Va., died July 12, 2008, in Valley Hospice, Steubenville, Ohio.

Valley Hospice is trying to keep its volunteers close to home. Organizations that depend on volunteers are worried the pain at the pump might leave them hurting as well.

' The visitors from the Wheeling Home for Men walked slowly into the dining room at Martha Manor.

Legion baseball All games at 6 p.m. unless noted Today Wellsburg at St. Clairsville Massillon Perry at Richmond Wellsville at Toronto, 7 p.m. Friday Coshocton at Richmond Wellsburg at Wheeling, 7 p.m. ...

Brooke County school officials heard Monday of a power surge that has caused extensive damage to electrical fixtures at Brooke High School and a minor fire at Follansbee Middle School.

Local families enjoyed an evening of food and good reading at a Picnic of Books presented by the the Brooke County Library and Brooke County Reading Council.

When Emrys Watkins left Follansbee to serve in the Ohio National Guard 4th Division in 1917, at the onset of World War I, the 19-year-old could not have predicted he would one day be memorialized by the people ...

I can remember when the Fourth of July meant sweetened ice tea in tall goblets and some sparklers that we anticipated all day.

KRUPINSKI, Walter J., 58, of Weirton, W.Va., passed away Friday, June 27, 2008, surrounded by his loving family at home.

Bags of drugs taken after a lengthy investigation. Story by Kathleen Antill Email Other Stories by Kathleen Antill WEIRTON -- 70 stamp bags of heroin and over 1,000 dollars in cash are confiscated during a bust ...

HOLLOWAY, Maxine L. Shreve Howe, 86, of Follansbee, W.Va., died June 27, 2008, at home.

' A variety of improvements have been made to Wellsburg's parks through the efforts of the city's park and recreation committee, city crews, local businesses and students at Brooke High School.

The West Liberty State College's Science, Math and Research Technology Center announces its 2008 list of summer camps: Nanotechnology Camp June 26 & 27.