Brooke County News

The general contractor for the earthwork done at the Weirton port, Kokosing Construction Co., has filed a mechanics lien for $513,350 because it hasn't been paid, a claim Weirton Area Port Authority Chairman B.J. DeFelice is disputing.

The Brooke County Board of Education considered two new sites for its alternative learning center at a work meeting held Tuesday.

NEWS9 uncovered documents at the Brooke County Clerk's Office that show a construction company out of Westerville, Ohio accused the company that financed land that houses the Weirton Area Port Authority of owing more than $513,000. The information was found in a Notice of Mechanic's Lien filed in March out of Franklin County, Ohio by Kokosing ... (more)

A Follansbee man is in critical condition at a Pittsburgh hospital and another has been charged with malicious wounding in connection with an incident Sunday night.

A Follansbee man is in critical condition at a Pittsburgh hospital and another has been charged with malicious wounding in connection with an incident Sunday night.

Police arrested Michael Barnett around 6:00 p.m. in the 1300 block of Market Street.

Area residents and their pets and anyone who would like to help the Brooke County Animal Shelter are invited to a morning of pet-friendly activities Saturday at Brooke High School.

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

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The Brooke County Commission will accept comment on a proposed annexation by Windsor Heights at a May 28 public hearing.

The graduation rate at Wheeling Park High is now at 81.4 percent - up from 74.7 percent last year, Superintendent Dianna Vargo announced.

Council heard from Robert Stewart, vice president of the Toronto 4th of July Committee, who asked about buying the site of the former Brooke County Animal Shelter near Allegheny Street to store fireworks used for Toronto's annual display and other events.

A Chevy Blazer overturned at 486 Rockdale Road, west of Kimmel Lane on Hooverson Heights, at about 11:45 a.m. Friday.

The Community Bread Basket got a $1,000 boost recently from the Renaissance Weirton committee to assist in efforts to feed the hungry in Brooke and Hancock counties.

The 68-year-old is 13 days into his mission to walk through all 55 West Virginia counties to build awareness of the plight of those in need of help feeding themselves and their families.

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.

A not guilty plea was entered Tuesday on behalf of the Burgettstown man accused of killing 30-year-old Jason Lee Pratz in February.

News outlets report that Melody Fisher entered an Alford plea Tuesday to first-degree robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery.

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.

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.