Light-up Night for the Small-town “Sophisticate” Steve Criniti October 13, 2017 4 1. I play the role of the sophisticate. It comes with the job. I teach English at West Liberty University in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia. See, even the geographical description of the region s...
Only in Wheeling: Through the Fog Steve Criniti July 24, 2016 2 As I pull my car through the sharp, blind turn on this empty winding road, I am met by a wall of fog. I’ve never eaten pea soup, but I imagine this particular fog is the inspiration for the common cliché. Cover...
Only in Wheeling: Not Another Teen Movie Steve Criniti October 29, 2015 I’m not much of a golfer. Ok, that’s an understatement at best and a bald-faced lie at worst. I probably haven’t actually played a round of golf since I was fifteen. It was around that time when I discovered ...
Only in Wheeling: Chuckling at Crime Steve Criniti June 8, 2015 2 Crime is no laughing matter. One human perpetrates a transgression against another human, and both parties are irrevocably changed. That’s the very nature of crime. It’s a violation of the basic social contr...
Only in Wheeling: “The Dog Ate My Homework” Steve Criniti April 20, 2015 1 Ed. Note: This is the third installment of an occasional column titled “Only in Wheeling.” The stories featured here are stories of the quaint, quirky, weirdly alluring things that happen in a unique town like ...
Only in Wheeling: “Home Invasion” Steve Criniti March 1, 2015 2 By Steve Criniti Ed. Note: This is the second installment of an occasional column titled “Only in Wheeling.” The stories featured here will be stories of the quaint, quirky, weirdly alluring things that happen...
Only in Wheeling: “Take My Truck” Steve Criniti February 7, 2015 2 By Steve Criniti Weelunk Contributor (Note: This is the first installment of an occasional column titled “Only in Wheeling.” The backstory is this: When my family first moved here from Pittsburgh in 1990...