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Author Rich Wooding

Rich Wooding

Rich Wooding

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Rich Wooding has been a Correctional Officer with the State of Ohio/Belmont Correctional Institution for more than 25 years. He received a Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communication and Journalism with a minor in Philosophy from Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania in 1993. He is a U.S. Navy veteran, serving from 1985-89.

Sean McCracken

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...
Wheeling Ironmen

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...
wheeling cultural food tour

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 ...
Jacks Snacks

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...

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