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Oak Glen Class of 75 Celebrates Reunion

The Oak Glen High School Class of 1975 celebrated their 50th Year Reunion beginning Friday, August 22, and ending with a breakfast group staying at the Holiday Inn, Weirton, Sunday, August 24. Approximately 65 classmates plus their guests attended and enjoyed events throughout the weekend.…

WVU-Weirton Medical Center Launches Project SEARCH

Weirton, WV — WVU Medicine Weirton Medical Center is proud to announce the official launch of Project SEARCH at our facility on Monday, August 25, 2025. This nationally recognized program offers high school seniors with intellectual and developmental disabilities the opportunity to gain real-world work…

Strange Vases Exhibit Comes to Summit Art Gallery

Weirton, WV – The Top of West Virginia Arts Council will present. Stange Vases, an exhibition by West Virginia artist and education Brian Fencl, on display from August 28th through October 3rd, 2025. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, August 28th from 5-6…

Hancock County 4-H Celebrates Record-Breaking Summer of Camps

This summer marked the busiest and most successful season of 4-H Camping in Hancock County, with four exciting camps serving a total of 135 youth from across the county. Campers explored new skills, made lifelong friends, and discovered the power of teamwork, creativity, and learning…

LIFE WITH THE PARKINHEIMERS

By Jeff Woofter (with occasional fact-checks from my chauffeur, Mary Anne) “Falling Behind, but Still in the Race” In the race against Parkinson’s, I wouldn’t say I’m losing, but I’ve definitely fallen back a few places in the pack. Lately, I’ve noticed two very frustrating…

Lung Cancer Screening Bus to be in Hancock County

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Hancock, Preston, Harrison, and Kanawha counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.  A service of WVU Medicine-WVU Hospitals and the WVU Cancer Institute, LUCAS will be at: The lung cancer screenings are billed to private insurance, Medicaid, or…