Wheeling’s Beloved Cobbler Closing Shop But Opening New Opportunity Rich Wooding June 25, 2021 If you’ve walked down Market Street recently, you may have noticed a new “for sale” sign in one of its windows. After 116 years of business, Joe Campeti, owner of Campeti's General Shoe Hospital, has decided to...
Top Fishing Spots, According to Local Fishing Enthusiasts Rich Wooding June 4, 2021 If you want to know the best places to wet a line and reel in some big fish in the Wheeling area, ask the local experts. It’s no surprise that the Ohio River is an attractive spot to cast a line, but more speci...
Local Preservation Program Makes a National Impact Rich Wooding May 28, 2021 There are countless buildings across the country that require a specific skill set to restore them to their former glory. Many of these skilled professionals receive their education from Belmont College, locate...
Meet The WV YouTube Creator Who Is Helping Solve Cold Cases Rich Wooding March 24, 2021 When you’re a West Virginia-based true crime YouTube creator with 60,000+ followers and law enforcement agencies contact you for help…you’re on to something. Sean McCracken, a life-long West Virginian, has f...
The Era of the Ironmen, Wheeling’s Semi-Pro Football Team Rich Wooding December 29, 2020 It was a chance encounter. A Columbus, OH attorney who had just launched a mid-west semi-professional football league came to Wheeling, WV for a federal court matter and saw Wheeling Island Stadium. The s...
Tradition Lives On: Wheeling Food Tour, One Year Later Rich Wooding September 30, 2020 They came from places like Galicia in Ukraine and Zahle in Lebanon. Or Italy or Ireland or Poland or Germany. They settled in Ritchey Town, Bethlehem, North Park and, especially, South Wheeling. The carried ...
Ice Cream, You Scream … Summertime Treats on the Move Rich Wooding September 4, 2020 Youngstown, Ohio, the early 1920s: Harry Burt starts freezing wooden sticks inside chocolate-covered ice cream bars so you could eat the product without using utensils. Soon thereafter, he hit the road, selling...
