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Close The Top of West Virginia Convention and Visitors Bureau held a grand opening for its new location at 3539 Main St., Weirton on Wednesday. The official opening was delayed last year due to COVID-19. Photo by Andrew Grimm\The Weirton Daily Times Open at Last: Top of West Virginia CVB debuts new location By Andrew Grimm | The Weirton Daily Times May 22, 2021 2 hrs ago The Top of West Virginia Convention and Visitors Bureau held a grand opening for its ...

Staff writer Andrew Grimm   GRAND OPENING — The Top of West Virginia Convention and Visitors Bureau held a grand opening for its new location at 3539 Main St., Weirton on Wednesday. The official opening was delayed last year due to COVID-19. WEIRTON — A lot of things had to be put on hold because of the COVID-19 pandemic.   One of them was the official opening of the new location of the Top of West Virginia Convention and Visitors Bureau and Summit Art Gallery, at 3539 Main St. ...

Apr 27, 2021 Joyce Kathline (Richards) Mozingo, 80 of Wellsburg, WV, passed away at 1:29 PM on Sunday, April 25, 2021 at Weirton Medical Center, Weirton, WV. Joyce was born on December 6, 1940 in Wheeling, WV. She was the daughter of the late James Richards and Viola Marie (Walker) Richards. Joyce retired after 37 years as head cook and chef for West Liberty State College through ARA Food Service and then Bethany College through Aladdin. She was a member of Kadesh Chapel United Methodist Church...

Apr 27, 2021 Joyce Kathline (Richards) Mozingo, 80 of Wellsburg, WV, passed away at 1:29 PM on Sunday, April 25, 2021 at Weirton Medical Center, Weirton, WV. Joyce was born on December 6, 1940 in Wheeling, WV. She was the daughter of the late James Richards and Viola Marie (Walker) Richards. Joyce retired after 37 years as head cook and chef for West Liberty State College through ARA Food Service and then Bethany College through Aladdin. She was a member of Kadesh Chapel United Methodist Church...

WARREN SCOTT For The Intelligencer Photo by Warren Scott Crews worked last Friday on preparing the 830-foot-long main span of the new Ohio River bridge for its trip down the Ohio River to its future site. WELLSBURG — As crews prepare to put in place the 830-foot-long main span of a 1,800-foot link between Brilliant and an area about a mile south of Wellsburg, local leaders and others are reflecting on the future bridge’s impact on their communities. “We’re really excited to see what t...

For The Times Leader Crews worked last Friday on preparing the 830-foot-long main span of the new Ohio River bridge for its trip down the Ohio River to its future site. Local officials are excited for what that bridge could mean for their respective economies. WELLSBURG — Crews early Monday began the two-day process of lifting into place the 830-foot-long main span of a 1,800-foot link between Brilliant and an area about a mile south of Wellsburg. And local leaders and others are looking towa...

WARREN SCOTT Staff writer Warren Scott PREPARING FOR THE MOVE — On Friday morning crews were preparing the 830-foot-long main span of the new Ohio River bridge for its trip down the Ohio River to its future site. Officials with the West Virginia Department of Transportation and the Flatiron Corp., the contractor for the $131 million project, have made tentative plans to transport the span on four barges Monday morning and lift it onto its piers, using hydraulic jacks, early Tuesday. ...

For The Intelligencer SIMONETTI Sue Simonetti might have been the mayor of Wellsburg, but she never forgot about the area as a whole. “She was a person who looked at things from a regional perspective,” said Mike Paprocki, executive director of the Brooke-Hancock-Jefferson Metropolitan Planning Commission while remembering Simonetti, who died Wednesday at the age of 75. Simonetti, who was Wellsburg’s mayor for 12 years before announcing in November she would not seek re-election, also ser...

Staff writers Sue Simonetti WELLSBURG — Sue Simonetti might have been the mayor of Wellsburg, but she never forgot about the area as a whole. “She was a person who looked at things from a regional perspective,” said Mike Paprocki, executive director of the Brooke-Hancock-Jefferson Metropolitan Planning Commission while remembering Simonetti, who died Wednesday at the age of 75. Simonetti, who was Wellsburg’s mayor for 12 years before announcing in November she would not seek re-electio...

According to information provided by the office of Sen. Joe Manchin, local counties and municipalities are set to receive funding from the new COVID relief legi