KEVIN AND Kim Tierney of Martins Ferry announce the engagement of their daughter, Katie Tierney, to Adam Begley, son of Mark and Melissa Begley of Maineville, Ohio.

The bride-to-be is a 2005 graduate of St. John Central High School in Bellaire and a 2011 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Cincinnati with a bachelor of science degree in design. She is employed as an associate designer for the American Eagle Outfitters Corporation in New York.

Her fiance is a 2005 graduate of King’s High School in Kings Mills, Ohio and a 2010 cum laude graduate of the University of Cincinnati with a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering. He is employed as a manufacturing electrical engineer for Sirona Dental Inc., in Long Island City.

A Sept. 6 wedding is planned.