Katie Cooper Helping West Liberty University Grow

By DEREK REDD Katie Cooper wants to see West Liberty University grow. It’s her calling within the university. Cooper is WLU’s assistant vice president of enrollment management. She oversees admissions, recruitment, financial aid, registration and retention at West Liberty while ...

Bernie Thompson Training To Be Union Local School District’s Treasurer

By ROBERT A. DEFRANK BELMONT — Bernie Thompson, 30, has been assistant treasurer for the Union Local School District for six months and will move into the treasurer’s position when the current treasurer, Janet Hissrich, retires in July. He also coaches football. He is married to Karlie. ...

Dr. Robert Herron Cherishes Chance To Return Home To Wheeling

By DEREK REDD Dr. Robert Herron had a dream of, after becoming a doctor, returning to his hometown of Wheeling to serve the people there. Herron has achieved that dream as a thoracic surgeon at WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital. And as the medical director of the hospital’s lung cancer ...

Dr. Amanda Fisher Gives Her All Serving In Multiple Roles

By JENNIFER COMPSTON-STROUGH Dr. Amanda K. Fisher believes that anyone can be successful if they put in the effort — and that is something she does each day, raising her family, running a business and treating a wide variety of patients. But she also plays another important role in the ...

Tony Martinelli Is Amazed By WVU Medicine’s Health Care Heroes

By SHELLEY HANSON GLEN DALE — Once a month, Chief Operating Officer Tony Martinelli likes to pick a different department to work in at WVU Medicine Reynolds Memorial Hospital. Doing so always leaves Martinelli, 40, impressed with the amount of effort the workers put forth each day. “I ...

Hugo Andreini: Helping To Keep Patients On Move

By ERIC AYRES WHEELING — Ohio Valley native Hugo Andreini III is part of the front line of area health care professionals with expertise in a growing field — one that in the past has been somewhat overlooked until a patient is in need of treatment, yet today is regarded as a vital ...