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WHEELING, W.Va. — Craft beer fans with weekend plans might want to point their GPS toward Wheeling.
Mountaineer Brewfest is happening tomorrow at Heritage Port, bringing more than 80 West Virginia craft brews to the waterfront, along with live music and local food vendors. Organizers say the event is also a fundraiser, with all money raised supporting the YMCA of Wheeling.
Beyond the beer and bites, the festival is expected to give the local economy a lift by drawing visitors into the area.
“We are 100%, we absolutely love events down at our waterfront,” said Olivia Litman of the Wheeling-Ohio County CVB. “One reason is that events like the Mountaineer Brewfest and many others, it actually gives back to the quality of life here. We realized a long time ago that the quality of life effects the quality of the visit. But then when I started going to the festival, which has been going for quite a few years, I noticed just how many new faces were being seen. A lot of our hotels are saying this is a driver.”
Mountaineer Brewfest kicks off tomorrow afternoon, with VIP entrance at 3 p.m. and general admission entrance at 4 p.m.
A drug-fueled West Virginia mom was arrested after she passed out and let her 6-year-old autistic son, who later tested positive for cocaine, jump out of a second-story apartment window.
Deputies responded to an apartment complex in Fairmont Monday after receiving a 911 call that a child had jumped out of a window from the second floor of an apartment building, WDTV reported.
The boy’s mother Stevie Thibodeaux, 30, told deputies that she was asleep when the child escaped.
Thibodeaux showed deputies the childproof locks on the doors which she said usually kept her child with autism from fleeing, court documents said.
However, cops noticed a screen was missing from the window the young boy had jumped out of.
After the child was taken to a local hospital for evaluation, he tested positive for cocaine, according to court documents obtained by the outlet.
When police searched the mother’s apartment they found a white plate with a food stamp card, a device to ingest drugs and a white powdery substance.
Investigators said Thibodeaux confessed to using cocaine and leaving the drug-packed plate in her closet.
The disgraced mother was charged with child neglect creating risk of serious injury or death and booked into the North Central Regional Jail.
The condition of the young boy remains unknown.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Thursday was a very special day for Virginia “Ginny” Cadd.
Believed to be West Virginia’s oldest living citizen, Cadd celebrated her 107th birthday along with friends, family, and even Gov. Patrick Morrisey. Cadd lives in the Harmony community at Southridge in Charleston.
The governor stopped by to wish Cadd a happy birthday. He presented her with a certificate of recognition, in addition to a special birthday cake from the state of West Virginia.
“We’re so proud of you,” Morrisey told her. “Every West Virginian is rooting for you today. It’s not every day that we get to celebrate something like this.”
Cadd was born on August 13, 1919, in Nitro, the oldest of seven children. She has spent the majority of her life in the Kanawha Valley with time in Charleston, Dunbar and Cross Lanes. She married George Cadd in 1939. The couple were married for 42 years, raising three children, until George passed away in 1981.
Cadd’s remarkable life has included time as a personal shopper at The Diamond Department Store.
“Virginia has lived through more than a century of change and countless historic moments while remaining a treasured part of her family and community,” Morrisey said. “At 107 years young, she continues to live with remarkable independence and a sharp mind. It was a privilege to join her family and friends today as we celebrated an extraordinary West Virginian and an incredible milestone.”
A Charter Member at Harmony at Southridge, Cadd still leads an active lifestyle at 107, reading and visiting with her friends. To this day, she still does her own laundry.
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