Wheeling Heritage Seeks Community Collaboration for Art Installation on Diversity Provided August 4, 2020 Wheeling Heritage is seeking community participation in a public art project about diversity. To participate, interested individuals can pick up a free, 4-inch by 4-inch canvas from various locations throughout Wheeling.
Wheeling, Partners Awarded $100,000 Aetna Foundation Grant to Advance Health Equity in Ohio County Provided July 15, 2020 The City of Wheeling’s Department of Parks and Recreation, along with several Ohio County partners, have been selected to receive a $100,000 grant as part of the Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge, a pr...
Wheeling Park to Open Community Education Center in Partnership With Wheeling Country Day School Provided July 8, 2020 For decades, Wheeling Park was a popular community destination for roller skating, teen dances and a variety of community-based activities that have since disappeared as a result of changing trends. After mu...
Crosscurrents Art Exhibit Opens June 25th at Stifel Center Provided June 24, 2020 Oglebay Institute’s annual Crosscurrents exhibition will take place again this year at its Stifel Fine Arts Center. While no opening night reception will be held due to the COVID-19 crisis, the gallery will be ...
RED Launches CO.STARTERS Rebuild Program to Help Small Businesses Recover Provided June 12, 2020 Regional Economic Development Partnership (RED) is accepting applications for CO.STARTERS Rebuild, a 10-session, live and virtually facilitated program that helps small businesses impacted by COVID-19 refocus, ...
Travel Around the World and Through Time Without Leaving Your Living Room Provided June 10, 2020 For Summer Reading 2020, the Ohio County Public Library in Wheeling will offer a new People's University Livestream series to be broadcast simultaneously on YouTube, Facebook,and the library's website. The seri...
Wheeling Heritage & Wheeling Feeling Launch Collaboration to Support Entrepreneurs Provided May 20, 2020 WHEELING, W.Va. – May 20, 2020 – Wheeling Heritage and The Wheeling Feeling are collaborating to support entrepreneurs. Today, the Wheeling Feeling, an apparel company, is releasing a limited amount of exclusiv...
Emergency Impact Fund Grants Announced Provided April 28, 2020 In just three short weeks, CFOV's Emergency Impact Fund has provided grants totaling $97,373 to area nonprofits! The fund, created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, provides flexible operating grants to ...
Nursing Alumna MacKenzie Davis Enlists for COVID-19 Hotspot Provided April 27, 2020 While many of us are working from home and avoiding contact with others during the pandemic, those who serve on the frontlines do just the opposite. They risk their life for others. MacKenzie Davis is one of...
Plant a Tree for Earth Day Provided April 22, 2020 The WVU Extension Service of Ohio County and Wheeling’s Parks and Recreation Department invite the public to celebrate Earth Day and Arbor Day by planting over 100 trees throughout the City of Wheeling. This...
‘Home of the Brave’ Project Recognizes Those on the Frontlines Provided April 16, 2020 We all know someone who is putting on a brave face right now to support our community in this time of need. Even though they may be completely exhausted at this point, or possibly secluded from other family mem...
Oglebay to Livestream 92nd Annual Easter Sunrise Service Provided April 9, 2020 Since 1927, Oglebay Park has hosted an Easter Sunrise Service, which remains the longest-running program in the park’s history. At 7 a.m. on Sunday, April 12, Oglebay will preserve this time-honored traditi...
United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley Mask Collection Provided April 8, 2020 Critical Mask Shortage In Medical Facilities Creates Volunteer Opportunity Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE). We are asking volunteers who have the ab...
OGLEBAY OFFERS FREE ROOMS TO FRONT-LINE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS DURING COVID-19 Provided April 7, 2020 Oglebay is offering free accommodations to local doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists, front-line responders and other medical professionals who are helping in the fight against COVID-19. Medical professi...
West Liberty University Replaces Traditional Commencement Ceremony with Safe Virtual Event Provided April 7, 2020 Because of social distancing and other restrictions in place while the world fights the coronavirus pandemic, West Liberty University is replacing its traditional spring commencement with a safe, virtual option...
CFOV Emergency Impact Fund Accepting Applications Provided April 3, 2020 The Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley (CFOV) is now accepting grant applications through an opportunity made possible by the Emergency Impact Fund. In response to the mounting challenges created by C...
Academic Rules Relaxed during COVID-19 Crisis Provided April 2, 2020 WLU students have transitioned to alternate learning environments due to social distancing and now have less to worry about due to today's announcement.
After Successful Facebook Live Event, August Levy Encourages Community to ‘Light Up Blue’ for Autism Awareness Month Provided March 31, 2020 Tim Ullom performing on Facebook live. Wheeling, WV - On Friday, March 27, more than 300 people tuned in to a Facebook Live concert put on by Tim Ullom. Throughout the virtual concert, Tim paused to talk to...
Wheeling Heritage Announces Emergency Grant for Artists, Entertainers, Small Business Owners Provided March 24, 2020 UPDATE: Wheeling Heritage has had a huge number of grant requests since announcing the COVID-19 Emergency Grant. Unfortunately, the organization doesn't have enough funding to fill them all. If you’d like to ma...
COVID-19: Community Foundation Creates Emergency Impact Fund Provided March 18, 2020 In response to the mounting challenges created by COVID-19 (coronavirus), the Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley (CFOV) has created an Emergency Impact Fund to provide operating grants to organizations in...
Oglebay Institute Honored at West Virginia Governor’s Arts Awards Provided March 14, 2020 Oglebay Institute received two top honors earlier this month at the 2020 West Virginia Governor’s Arts Awards at the Cultural Center in Charleston. The institute received the Susan S. Landis Distinguished Se...
Best-Selling Author and Historian Coming to West Liberty University Provided March 7, 2020 Best-selling author, historian and social commentator Sarah Vowell will be the guest lecturer at West Liberty University’s Hughes Lecture on Thursday, March 26. Her most recent book is titled “Lafayette in t...
YSS Seeks Safe Solutions as Winter Freeze Shelter Comes to a Close Provided March 7, 2020 The Winter Freeze Shelter at Youth Services System, 87 15th St., will close for the 2019-20 season after Sunday, March 15. More than 250 individuals were served in the 2019-20 season, bringing the 11-year total...
WLU Presidential Candidates Announced, Campus Visits Planned Provided March 5, 2020 West Liberty University’s Presidential Search Committee has announced the names of candidates advancing to the next step in its search for the university’s 37thpresident. “We were fortunate to draw a robust ...
Catholic Charities West Virginia to Celebrate ‘Shining a Light on Hope’ Gala Provided March 1, 2020 Catholic Charities West Virginia’s 10th annual Gala, titled “Shining a Light on Hope,” will be celebrated Saturday, March 7, at Wheeling Park’s White Palace ballroom from 6-10:30 p.m. The gala will benefit the ...
Junior League Accepting Scholarship Applications Provided February 29, 2020 Applications are now being accepted for the Junior League of Wheeling's Linda Bordas Scholarship. Three young women exemplifying leadership and volunteerism will be chosen as recipients of the $500 scholarship....
‘Presence: An Exploration of Aging Through Art’ Exhibit Challenges Perceptions of Growing Old Provided February 29, 2020 A new exhibition and educational series opens Thursday, March 5, at Oglebay Institute’s Stifel Fine Arts Center. “Presence: An Exploration of Aging Through Art” examines the universal, yet intensely personal, e...
BluesDays at River City Returns for Three Sundays in March Provided February 29, 2020 How many times have you heard people say, “Wheeling? Sure, I’ve passed through there.” Wheeling certainly is a throughway to many places, and luckily for blues fans, many blues musicians finding themselves o...
Wheeling Heritage Announces Riley’s Retirement; Appoints Weld as Next Executive Director Provided February 28, 2020 Wheeling Heritage announced today that Arch W. Riley Jr. is set to leave his position as the executive director on June 30. The board has named Alex Weld as the organization’s next executive director. Weld j...
Northern Panhandle Residents Among West Virginia History Heroes Provided February 24, 2020 Several Northern Panhandle residents were among a group of West Virginia History Heroes recognized during West Virginia History Day in Charleston on Thursday, Feb. 20. West Virginia History Heroes are nomina...
Leap on Over to ‘Seussical Science’ on Feb. 29 Provided February 22, 2020 Oglebay Institute’s Schrader Environmental Education Center will host a youth program as part of its ongoing mission to pique children’s interests in science and nature. “Seussical Science” takes place from ...
Community Foundation, Women’s Giving Circle Award Grants Provided February 20, 2020 The Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley (CFOV) and the Women's Giving Circle awarded grants this week totaling over $105,000. CFOV awarded Community Impact grants to 10 organizations in the amount of $6...
First Virtual Lions Club in West Virginia Chartered in Ohio County Provided February 19, 2020 The first virtual Lions Club in West Virginia has officially formed in Ohio County. With the blessing of Lions International, the Ohio County Virtual Lions Club is one of only 16 virtual clubs in the United Sta...
‘Buddy’ Bops Into Wheeling Provided February 16, 2020 "Buddy — The Buddy Holly Story," the show that inspired a generation of multi-million selling juke-box musicals including "Jersey Boys," "Mamma Mia," "Million Dollar Quartet" and "We Will Rock You" is com...
Mardi Gras Theme Brings New Twist to Affair With Flair Provided February 15, 2020 The Junior League of Wheeling presents Affair With Mardi Gras Flair at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Wheeling Artisan Center. The proceeds from the event will support the Junior League’s programs, includi...
‘Wheeling Reads: One Book, One Community’ Kicks Off With Lecture Provided February 2, 2020 Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theater and the Wheeling Arts and Cultural Commission will host the kickoff event for Wheeling Reads: One Book, One Community. A popular vote chose Tara Westover’s "Educated" as the...
Towngate Actors Let Down Their Hair in ‘Rapunzel’ Provided January 26, 2020 Oglebay Institute continues its tradition of bringing beloved fairytales to life with an imaginative production of “Rapunzel,” to be staged Jan. 31, and Feb. 1-2, 7-8 at Towngate Theatre in Wheeling. Adapted...
Winners Announced for OI Regional Student Art Exhibit Provided January 19, 2020 Celebrating the talent and creativity of young artists, Oglebay Institute’s 31st annual Regional Student Art Exhibition is on display at the Stifel Fine Arts Center. The exhibit provides high school students...
West Liberty University Expands Clinical Space in Hall of Health Sciences Provided January 19, 2020 It was just a year ago that West Liberty University opened a Speech and Hearing Clinic that provides health care services to the public at a reasonable cost. Now WLU's College of Sciences is expanding its clini...
Donors Make Upgrades Possible at Oglebay Good Zoo Provided January 18, 2020 Through the generosity of donors, Oglebay’s Good Zoo has started a multi-phased plan of upgrades scheduled for 2020. “The first phase is focused on the Family Farm Yard area by the red barn,” said Dr. Joe Gr...
Grow Warwood Pride, House of the Carpenter Fuels Drive for Hunger and Literacy Provided January 12, 2020 Grow Warwood Pride is joining forces with the House of the Carpenter for a Feeding and Reading Drive from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, at Kroger in the Warwood Shopping Plaza. The Feeding and Reading ...
Human Trafficking Topic of January Program at WLU Provided January 12, 2020 West Liberty University is sponsoring an informative program on human trafficking at 6 p.m., Friday, Jan. 17. Free and open to the public, it will take place in the Boyle Conference Center, located in the Acade...
Wanted: Actors to Portray Historical Figures Provided January 11, 2020 The West Virginia Humanities Council is seeking applications from individuals interested in portraying historical figures for its popular History Alive! program. Portrayals of historically significant people no...
Keep the Dream Alive at Martin Luther King Events Provided January 11, 2020 The Martin Luther King Celebration Committee has announced its schedule of events designed to honor the memory of Dr. King and promote the equality, peace and brotherhood that he worked to achieve. Committee...
‘Moundsville’ Documentary To Be Distributed to PBS Stations Provided January 10, 2020 The National Educational Telecommunications Association and filmmakers David Bernabo and John W. Miller have reached an agreement to distribute the feature documentary film Moundsville to 338 PBS stations aroun...
Wheeling University, West Liberty University, Bethany College Enter Consortium Agreement Provided December 20, 2019 Wheeling University, West Liberty University and Bethany College are partnering through a formal consortium agreement that offers students from each school the opportunity to complete courses that will be accep...
Donor Secures Naming Rights for Youth Center Provided December 16, 2019 A generous donor has secured the naming rights for the House of the Carpenter’s new youth center on Wheeling Island. It will be named the Toni and Nancy Bedway Center for Youth. Marianna Bedway and family me...
A Very Bridge + Tunnel Christmas: A Rocking Holiday Concert at Towngate Provided December 15, 2019 Members of The Bridge + Tunnel Collective and some very special guests continue their annual holiday revue benefiting Wheeling-area neighbors who are especially vulnerable and in need at this time of year. T...
West Virginia Higher Ed Chancellor to Address West Liberty Grads Provided December 8, 2019 Dr. Sarah Armstrong Tucker, interim chancellor of West Virginia’s Higher Education Policy Commission and chancellor of the Community and Technical College System, will be the commencement speaker at West Libert...
Oglebay Institute Dancers to Perform ‘The Nutcracker’ Provided December 7, 2019 A treasured holiday ballet will take audience members on a magical journey when Oglebay Institute’s School of Dance presents The Nutcracker, complete with dancing flowers and beautiful fairies. Featuring a t...
