EVENTS to Keep You Busy Day and ‘Knight’
A LITTLE 'KNIGHT' MUSIC
The British music invasion hits the Capitol Theatre tonight with the “Music of the Knights: The Music of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sir Elton John and Sir Paul McCartney” at 7:30 p.m. F...
The ‘Hope Factor’ Drives the WIND Recovery Program
Laura Albertini-Weigel calls it the "hope factor." It's the belief that addiction can be overcome. And that is what keeps her going.
Laura is the director of the Women In New Directions (WIND) program at the...
A VIEW FROM THE MOON: Big Idea — The Fractional Gravity Experiment (Part 2)
(Editor's note: Last week we read about the Big Idea (Part 1). Today, Robert E. Strong recaps that article and moves on to Part 2.)
As a recap from Big Idea: The Fractional Gravity Experiment (Part 1):
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The Presidential Allure of the Hotel McLure
When hotel clerk Howard Finley first saw Wheeling’s McLure not long after it re-opened in 1896 following renovations, he exclaimed, “Gee, ain’t she a whopper!” By that point, the donut-shaped structure had witn...
Wheeling Nailers Provide Fast-Paced Fun
While our warehouses and factories stand in testament to our tradition of hard work, the crowd at WesBanco Arena is living, breathing (and yelling) proof that Wheeling plays hard, too.
Currently in its 27th ...
BILL HOGAN’S MUSINGS: Building Good Neighbors
Editor's note: The IDEAS page is our place for public opinion, a place where a person can express what concerns them about present-day Wheeling or the world. However, there is one major caveat. The author must ...
Nuptials at Oglebay: Have a Wedding Just Like Sarita’s
Surrounded by friends and family in the midst of the elaborate formal gardens of the Oglebay estate, Sarita Oglebay Burton celebrated her second marriage in 1922. The only daughter of Earl Oglebay, Sarita had t...
Valentine’s Day EVENTS You’ll Adore
♥ KISSES AND CHAMPAGNE
Oglebay Institute will present a Valentine’s Champagne Tour of the Mansion Museum in Oglebay from 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb.14. During the champagne tour, guests will learn about the...
Valentine’s Day EVENTS You’ll Adore
♥ KISSES AND CHAMPAGNE
Oglebay Institute will present a Valentine’s Champagne Tour of the Mansion Museum in Oglebay from 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb.14. During the champagne tour, guests will learn about the...
A VIEW FROM THE MOON: Big Idea — The Fractional Gravity Experiment (Part 1)
It is always amazing to me how a single small event can alter trajectories that appear to be set firmly on a specific course. Perhaps our perceived life’s course is an illusion. The idea that we are set on a ce...
Catholic Charities to Launch Relatives as Parents Program
Catholic Charities West Virginia (CCWVa) is expanding its case management services in Wheeling to offer a new Relatives as Parents (RAP) program. The program launches in this month.
“Our goal is to provide r...
EARL’S GARDEN NOTES: A February Primer
Greetings to those of you who like to play in the dirt! A few years ago, I wrote a year-long series of monthly Weelunk articles about gardening titled “Betty’s Garden Diary.” Since that series ended, folks have...
A Romance Writer’s Guide to Creating Hallmark-Movie Moments in the Friendly City
A warning to guys: Valentine’s Day is Thursday. You’re welcome.
There’s still plenty of time to get that dozen red roses, sparkly jewelry or chocolate. You have literally days to plan for a dinner out or a c...
There’s No Business Like Snow Business at Oglebay’s Slopes
The first thing Nick Janovich, Oglebay’s golf course superintendent and ski area manager, wants you to know about the ski slope at the Nutting Winter Sports Complex is that he can’t just whip up a batch of snow...
EVENTS Spring Forth This Weekend (And Don’t Forget Your Valentine)
SPRING FEVER
The 50th annual Wheeling Area Chamber of Commerce Home and Garden Show this weekend will put a spring in your step, as you think of plantings to spruce up your yard and weekend projects to tackl...
In With the Old: Ancient Liturgy Key to Orthodox Worship
Editor’s note: As part of a continuing series on how Wheeling residents express spirituality, today’s post features Orthodoxy, an ancient form of Christianity whose worship has remained virtually unchanged sinc...
Youth Mentoring Network of YSS Celebrates Life-affirming Relationships
The Youth Mentoring Network of Youth Services System Inc. celebrated the life-affirming relationships between mentors and mentees by treating them to a fancy dinner at Wheeling Country Club.
On Wednesday, Ja...
Health Department Works to ‘Reduce Harm’ Among Drug Users
To those not suffering from substance use disorder, the solution to the current opioid epidemic seems perfectly obvious — users should pull themselves up by their proverbial bootstraps, kick their addictions co...
Wheeling Park Students Bound for Creativity
Shadows run in faint diagonal lines across the carpet in one corner of Wheeling Park High School’s sprawling media center. They show where book stacks used to be.
Now, work benches with vice clamps located h...
Hope for Tomorrow — Feeding Hunger and Spirit in Our Community
Editor’s note: The IDEAS page is our place for public opinion, a place where a person can express what concerns them about present-day Wheeling. However, there is one major caveat. The author must propose...
ROBERTS RUMINATES: Things That Go Click in the Night
At 2:30 a.m. the other night, I pulled back the curtains beside my bed to see sheets of rain ponding on the road. I watched for a long time. I listened, and I counted the seconds as the traffic light down the r...
Beloved Wheeling Company Receives Outpouring of Community Support Following Fire
While Ziegenfelder’s success lies primarily in icy treats, their warm hearts are clearly another major ingredient in their famous recipe. It’s said that “what goes around, comes around,” and it seems that the Z...
Great Stone Viaduct Society to Present Lectures
The Great Stone Viaduct Historical Education Society is partnering with the Bellaire Public Library again this year to present the seventh Winter Lecture Series providing the public with presentations of local ...
And the Mural Contest Winner is …
“I was tickled!”
That was Sherri Mestrovic’s reaction when she heard today her mural was chosen by popular vote to enhance the green space at Kossuth Park, located at the intersection of W.Va. 2 and Intersta...
Hip Hop: It’s a Culture — Not Just a Music Genre
Our world is sometimes full of judgment and assumptions. We often forget to look deeper and open our minds to the lives and cultures of others.
“I feel like we live in a snapshot kind of time in society wher...
EVENTS TO KEEP YOU HOPPING
HIP-HOP OVER TO ARTISAN CENTER
Wheeling Heritage will host an opening reception for Hip Hop: A Black Tie Affair, from 5-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, at the Artisan Center, 1400 Main St., Wheeling. The exhibit will...
More Than Meets the Eye at Oglebay Thanks to National Training Center
A lot of things come to mind when you think of Oglebay — the Festival of Lights, the Good Zoo, Oglebayfest — just to name a few. But there is something else that takes place at Oglebay in the off-season that br...
Small Groups Doing Big Things at Linsly
Tucked into the hillside in the Woodsdale area of Wheeling is The Linsly School. This private, college-preparatory institution is well-known for its rigorous academics and is visible in the Ohio Valley thorough...
Leadership W.Va. Class Says ‘#ChooseWV’
Leadership West Virginia’s Class of 2018 has kicked off a campaign, #ChooseWV, which is aimed at uniting West Virginians at home and across the country around a common theme of hope for our state and people. Th...
Which Mural Will It Be?
It’s getting down to the wire with just a few days left to vote on which mural will be displayed at the gateway to Wheeling at Kossuth Park.
Sixteen artists submitted ideas for the Wheeling Heritage public a...
Distinguished Honor Awarded to Linsly Headmaster
Justin Zimmerman, headmaster of The Linsly School in Wheeling, has been awarded a fully funded fellowship to the Klingenstein Center for Independent School Leadership’s 2019 Heads of Schools program at Teachers...
Mountain State Students Celebrate Catholic Schools Week
Funny socks, volleyball games and dressing up like a firefighter. What do they all have in common? These are just some of the ways students across West Virginia will transform a cold, otherwise ordinary week of...
POSTSCRIPTS FROM THE EDGE(WOOD): Sledding in the Ohio Valley — A Family Tradition
It was the first snow of 2019. Two inches or so covered the lawns and sidewalks throughout Wheeling with a bit more on the outlying hills. Like most kids, my 7-year-old son sprang out of bed that frosty morning...
Wheeling Heritage Hires Historic Preservation Program Manager
Wheeling Heritage has hired Betsy Sweeny, a preservation specialist, as its Historic Preservation Program manager to lead its historic preservation efforts. She joined the staff at the Artisan Center on Jan. 2,...
Rescues Find Forever Homes With The Road Home Animal Project
We’ve all got that friend on social media who shares photos of shelter animals. That’s how I found The Road Home Animal Project. The non-profit organization in St. Clairsville, Ohio, is run entirely by voluntee...
WJU to Host Volleyball Clinics for Kids
The volleyball team at Wheeling Jesuit University will host a series of youth clinics during February.
There will be three separate clinics for youths of all ages.
"Cardinal Kids," for children ages 4-9...
WCDS Students Give Warm Message to Homeless
Twenty-five second-graders from Wheeling Country Day School took a Martin Luther King Jr. Day field trip in frigid weather Monday to fill plastic bags with hand warmers and heartwarming messages for the homeles...
EVENTS To Make You Laugh and Cry
FUNNY MAN
Jerry Seinfeld returns to The Capitol Theatre stage at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25. Will it be a show about nothing? Will you eat a “big salad” before you arrive? Will you make a “Kramer” entrance? It a...
New Crayfish Discovery Honors WLU Professor Loughman
West Liberty University now has a unique honor thanks to some of its students and alumni from the College of Sciences.
The distinction is in the form of a crustacean, named after WLU professor Dr. Zachary Lo...
Winner Shows the Art of Generosity at Show of Hands
Wheeling Heritage’s Show of Hands event is the epitome of community: the community supports and votes, the prize money comes from community members and businesses, and the community benefits from the winner’s p...
A Vote for Kalkreuth Could Win $1,500 for Debbie Green Memorial Fund
For the fourth consecutive year, Kalkreuth Roofing and Sheet Metal participated as title sponsor for the annual Debbie Green Memorial 5K Walk/Run for Leukemia. The event commemorates Debbie Green, who lost her ...
Meet Baby Bobcats Bobbie and Gina at Good Zoo
Gina enjoys her new accommodations at Oglebay Good Zoo’s vet hospital.
After being found abandoned in rural Marshall County, two female bobcat kittens have found a permanent home at the Oglebay Good Zoo in ...
Driven to Action: Fighting Addiction and More Through Prayer
Editor’s note: In a continuing series about how valley residents express their spirituality, Weelunk hit the road with a trio of New Martinsville residents who consider the opioid epidemic a soul battle worthy ...
Art? BBQ? Legos? Coffee? Time to Decide the Next Show of Hands Winner
Who will take home at least $3,500 on Wednesday from Wheeling Heritage's Show of Hands competition?
Will it be Will Wallace from Clientele Art Studio? Or could Kyle Phair and family smoke the competition w...
Learning to Do Better — Lessons on Race Relations From Ron Scott Jr.
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” – Maya Angelou
“Every black person knows one another and they hold monthly meetings to discuss other races.” If you even remot...
Charity in Action Awards to Honor Compassionate Commitment
As part of its annual Impressions of Hope Gala, Catholic Charities West Virginia (CCWVa) will recognize two groups and an individual who have performed meaningful service and demonstrated deep compassion for ot...
New Online MBA Is Just What the Doctor Ordered
West Liberty University has a new online master’s degree that is just what the doctored ordered for health care professionals.
The recently announced MBA tract focuses on health care management and is design...