Wheeling 2018 – Part Three Steve Novotney January 5, 2018 1 (Editor’s Note: This story is the third and final of a three-part series that will examine the potential that exists in the Wheeling area as we enter a new year.) It seems simple. It’s a bus stop, after all,...
Christmas Memories at the Mall Steve Novotney December 24, 2017 It was similar to shopping in, say, downtown Wheeling, but with two very notable exceptions. There was that roof, of course, and the warmth, too, inside those glass doors of the Ohio Valley Mall. Once it ...
‘It’s a Regional Thing’ Steve Novotney December 20, 2017 The Health Plan employees now moving into the insurance company’s new headquarters in downtown Wheeling reside in three different states, and that’s because the compensation is worth it. The same is very tru...
Crackerland? Steve Novotney July 9, 2017 2 There are a lot of numbers to consider here. $6 billion: The price tag on the cracker plant that has been proposed by PTT Global, a petrochemical company based in Thailand, in the Dilles Bottom area of ...
For Ginny Favede Community Comes First Steve Novotney June 5, 2017 She wanted to serve the public, so that’s what Ginny Favede did first as a member of St. Clairsville City Council and then as a one of three members of the Belmont County Commission. After eight years as a c...
Ohio Valley Native Survives Mexico Shooting Steve Novotney January 21, 2017 It was a rare moment when they weren’t together during this trip to Mexico or any other the couple has made in the last year, but there was Bria Didszun, just coming out of the ladies room at the Blue Parrot Cl...
Is ‘Shale Valley’ New Name For Ohio Valley? Steve Novotney February 28, 2016 3 With the decision expected at some point this year, local citizens are pondering what impact the construction of a cracker plant would have on the Upper Ohio Valley region, and Wheeling resident Peter Holloway ...
