Park Speech and Debate Team Brings Home 40th Win!

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They did it again! Wheeling Park High School’s team won the Overall Sweepstakes Trophy at the 2019 West Virginia Speech and Debate State Speech Tournament — for the 40th year in a row. The tournament took...

Crittenton Services Annual 5K Goes Virtual

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Would you like to do a 5K, virtually from anywhere? Well, you can with Crittenton Services Mountain Mama 5K. For the past several years, Crittenton Services has held a traditional 5K race; this year the even...

WVNCC to Host Women in Leadership Event

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In celebration of Women’s History Month, West Virginia Northern Community College will host three Women in Leadership Lunch and Learn panel discussions: March 25 on the college’s Weirton Campus; March 26 on the...

‘Something Rotten!’ Is Coming to The Capitol

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“Fresh, irreverent and hysterical!” says The Associated Press about Something Rotten!, a new musical coming to The Capitol Theatre, 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 20. Nominated for 10 Tony Awards, including Bes...

Irish Comedy Coming to Towngate Stage

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Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre continues its main stage season with a production of Dion Boucicault’s Irish comedy/melodrama “The Shaughraun,” to be staged March 15, 16, 17, 22 and 23. The story revolv...

Lecture Series Explores a Powerful Photo-Documentary

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Photographer Angelo Merendino will discuss his internationally recognized photo-documentary, “The Battle We Didn’t Choose – My Wife’s Fight with Breast Cancer,” at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 7, at Oglebay Institute...

Bike Share Program Coming to Wheeling

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Residents and visitors alike will soon have access to a new feature in the community that will enhance recreational and wellness opportunities. Launching in the spring, Wheeling will be home to West Virginia’s ...

Great Stone Viaduct Society to Present Lectures

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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 ...

Leadership W.Va. Class Says ‘#ChooseWV’

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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...

Distinguished Honor Awarded to Linsly Headmaster

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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...

WJU to Host Volleyball Clinics for Kids

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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

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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...

Meet Baby Bobcats Bobbie and Gina at Good Zoo

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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 ...

New Online MBA Is Just What the Doctor Ordered

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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...

Oglebay Institute Honors Student Artists

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The 30th annual Regional Student Art Exhibition opened earlier this month with a public reception and awards ceremony at OI’s Stifel Fine Arts Center. Several students received cash prizes for their work, and o...

First Day on the Job for Travis Henline

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Wheeling Heritage is exploring the creation of a Wheeling museum, and today, history specialist Travis Henline started his job as museum project manager, whose role will be to identify and develop the concept. ...

The Rev. Charles L. Currie S.J. Dead at 88

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The Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) mourns the passing of the Rev. Charles L. Currie S.J., who died on Jan. 4 after a recent illness. He was 88 years old. Acc...

WLU Looking for a Few Good Singers

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Community members who enjoy singing are invited to join the choir at West Liberty University this year. “The WLU Community Choir is open to everyone who likes to sing. We hope you will make plans to join us ...

WLU Fall Commencement Set for Dec. 15

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West Liberty University will graduate 140 students at Fall Commencement 2018, which will take place at 11 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 15, in the Academic, Sports and Recreation Complex. President Stephen Greiner will...

WJU Lacrosse Team Spreads Christmas Cheer

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The Wheeling Jesuit University men's lacrosse team held their sixth annual Christmas gift drive this past weekend, donating all gifts collected to Catholic Charities in downtown Wheeling. The team began the gi...