Step Back in Time With Vintage Wheeling School MemorabiliaRyan Stanton August 16, 2023As a teacher, I often feel a mix of excitement and anxiety as we head back to school. There’s the...
What Local Farmers Markets Mean to Our CommunityMatthew Rafa August 4, 2023Editors Note: It’s our goal here at Weelunk to foster community engagement and spark positive action in Wheeling and beyond....
ESSAY: Former Clay School Student Reflects on the Importance of It’s LegacyProvided June 13, 2023Editor’s Note: Since the City of Wheeling took ownership of the Clay School in 2022, there’s been a lot of...
Jason Koegler To Lead Grow Ohio Valley as New Executive DirectorJason Koegler December 20, 2022Editor’s Note: In January 2023, Grow Ohio Valley will enter a new era, as co-founder and Executive Director Danny Swan...
Holiday Traditions: The Students Who Spread Holiday Cheer Through SoundElizabeth Stanley December 22, 2021The holidays are upon us here in Wheeling, and Wheeling Park High School’s Festival of Sound is an annual tradition...
How Two Local Artists Are Recycling Wheeling’s HistoryAngela Hawk September 20, 2021I’ve followed Wheeling mixed-media artist Robert Villamagna into his newly-constructed backyard shed. Maneuvering around some bikes, he unearths the head...
Finding Home Away from Home in WheelingAngela Hawk August 2, 2021I remember the moment I began thinking seriously about moving to Wheeling. It was two years ago. My husband, Bart,...
From One ‘Delphia To Another: How I Caught the Wheeling FeelingMichael Robertson June 14, 2021The conversation started right after this past Labor Day weekend, and looking back I’m still not quite sure if I...
WPHS Students Share Their Definitions of HomeProvided May 15, 2021If you read our previous article, “A Love Letter to Wheeling, My Home” by Michael Romick, then you know he...
A Love Letter to Wheeling, My HomeMichael Romick May 14, 2021It is a foggy Friday morning as I prepare to teach one of my favorite lessons to my eleventh-grade students...
COVID-19: A Year of Reflection and Finding Small JoysCourtney Chase April 12, 2021As I waited for the first dose of my COVID-19 vaccine, it was as if the entire year of viral...
Your Guide to Socially-Distant Getaways Near WheelingMelissa Rebholz March 5, 2021For many of us, the pandemic has put a pause on big vacation plans. However, that doesn’t mean that you...
Foodlust in FebruaryDavid Comack February 14, 2021an open letter to food lovers on a very COVID Valentine’s Day “I cook with wine, sometimes I even add...
The Magic of Tradition at E. Black & Son NurseryKelly Strautmann December 8, 2020Originally posted 11-30-19. Updated 12-8-20 with new content for the holiday season. The holidays are all about traditions, and I...
The First Time I Was Called the N-WordDarlene Stradwick August 5, 2020A few years ago, my students did a research project on emotional memory. They explained to me what emotional memory...
Ron Scott: I Knew I Had to Go — It Was Too Important Not ToRon Scott Jr. June 8, 2020Editor’s note: Protesters in cities across the country came out last week to make their feelings known in regard to...
We Wish You a ’70s ChristmasEllen Brafford McCroskey June 6, 2020Editor’s note: This week, Weelunk will pause our normally scheduled programming to highlight stories that feature Black narratives. We have...
AS I SEE IT: Things to Remember — COVID-19 EditionEllen Brafford McCroskey May 16, 2020Back in 1970-71 in Miss Sharon Miller’s third-grade classroom at Valley Grove School, we budding writers were asked to hone...
A Letter to My Daughters in the Time of COVID-19 — (That They Should Probably Never Read)Kelly Strautmann May 2, 2020Everything moved so fast in March. On a Monday we were saying, “You know, this has the potential to get...
Not Her First QuarantineChristina Fisanick April 25, 2020This is not my first quarantine. In the sweltering August heat of 1979, my family and I, along with our...
THRIVING IN PLACE: How to Stay Healthy When the World Is Bananas!Joelle Moray April 18, 2020A few months ago, we all made big plans. Resolutions for the New Year. We bought planners and booked vacations....
ROBERTS RUMINATES: Boxed InLaura Jackson Roberts March 28, 2020Author’s note: These are unprecedented and anxious times. We feel alone and isolated. It’s important to take the spread of...
PHYLosophy: Tips for Working From HomePhyllis Sigal March 21, 2020o, I don’t work in my pajamas. But, when I started working from home on Feb. 1, 2018, everyone said...
AS I SEE IT: Empty Shelters, Full HeartsEllen Brafford McCroskey February 15, 2020hio, Brooke and Marshall County Animal Shelters recently shocked the community by announcing that they were “out of dogs.” Wait...
AS I SEE IT: Along Party LinesEllen Brafford McCroskey February 1, 2020here were two types of girls in the ’70s — those who had their very own telephones in their bedrooms,...
Success: What Does It Mean to You?Ron Scott Jr. January 25, 2020hat does “success” mean to you? Success looks different to everyone, and what it looks like to me has changed...
BILL HOGAN’S MUSINGS: The Alpha and the OmegaBill Hogan January 18, 2020Share your memories of Ye Olde Alpha with Weelunk.
Held Together by Stories: A Special Lunch With Books Remembers OVMCKelly Strautmann January 11, 2020was born there. I graduated from there. My children were born there. These statements were heard more than once at...
ECHOES … Of Love, Loss and Belly RubsAnne Hazlett Foreman December 28, 2019his is a tribute to the very first pet I ever had — a black and brown dachshund named Gretel....
ROBERTS RUMINATES: Traditions, Toilets and TrickeryLaura Jackson Roberts December 25, 2019o matter what holiday we celebrate, our yearly traditions anchor us. They keep us grounded in times of joy and...
Live, Work, Give: Generation Wheeling Committed to ConnectingAlex Panas December 22, 2019egardless of how much you love our city, I’m sure at one time or another you’ve either heard about or...
Surprise Symphony (and a Conundrum or Two)Ryan Norman December 15, 2019o, it’s not Haydn’s Symphony No. 94 (popularly known as the Surprise Symphony). It’s what the Wheeling Symphony is delivering...
Adolescent Mental Illness (Part 2): One Ohio Valley Family’s StruggleLaura Jackson Roberts December 14, 2019hat follows is an Ohio Valley family’s story about their child’s struggle with mental illness. To protect the anonymity of...
SleepOut Proves How Homelessness Can Hit HomeCassie Bendel November 16, 2019am a total wimp. When it came down to it, I lasted about an hour at last week’s Wheeling SleepOut...
BILL HOGAN’S MUSINGS: Peace Corps in East Wheeling?Bill Hogan November 9, 2019his is a tough one to get started. There are so many people involved from not only different backgrounds but...
ROBERTS RUMINATES: Buzz OffLaura Jackson Roberts November 2, 2019t’s time for school pictures again. That means haircuts, which means considerable whining and negotiation. It’s a necessary chore, but...
Discriminating Tastes: A Ghostly TaleRich Knoblich October 31, 2019Note: This is a fictional tale. Rich Knoblich, WV storyteller and a regular winner of the Liar Contest at the...
Echoes … Of Life on Top of Violet HillAnne Hazlett Foreman October 26, 2019Editor’s note: Last week, Anne Hazlett Foreman shared Echoes … Of Life Below Violet Hill. Today, we read about life...
ECHOES … Of Life Below Violet HillAnne Hazlett Foreman October 19, 2019ong before my family moved to the brown stucco house at the top of Chicken Neck Hill overlooking Elm Run,...
AS I SEE IT: Cat Tales and TupperwareEllen Brafford McCroskey October 12, 2019pull the ancient yellow Tupperware container from the drawer. The sight of my mom’s writing that spells out “CATNIP” on...
From Bored to Blissful: A Thank-You Letter to WheelingJessica Broverman September 28, 2019hat first sip of coffee, more bitter than I would like, hits my mouth, and I think, that’s all right...
AS I SEE IT: Reading — Soul Food for the Heart and MindEllen Brafford McCroskey September 14, 2019“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It...
ECHOES … Of That First Day at the Mount — and BeyondAnne Hazlett Foreman August 31, 2019t is said that moments of trauma or great joy are etched in our minds forever and, like Post Traumatic...
BILL HOGAN’S MUSINGS: Poppa’s One, Two, ThreeBill Hogan August 24, 2019riving through Wheeling Park, I noticed a sign — “Bandstand” — and followed it to the top of the hill....
PHYLosophy: Taking Stock of a Great ManPhyllis Sigal August 3, 2019usually heard his friendly, booming voice before I saw him. He’d stop by the front two desks in the newsroom...
THE GRIFFITH FILES: Growing Up on Big Wheeling Creek in Elm GroveGerry Griffith July 27, 2019tay away from the creek.” … In the Elm Grove neighborhoods along Big Wheeling Creek in the early 1960s, no...
BILL HOGAN’S MUSINGS: A Binge and a SpreeBill Hogan July 7, 2019have lived in two universes; they overlap or maybe coincide. It’s a paradoxical thing I don’t understand and don’t try....
THE GRIFFITH FILES: How Mom, Zane Gray, the Beverly Hillbillies and the Revolutionary War Inspired a Lifetime of ReadingGerry Griffith June 29, 2019was a child television junky in 1963, well-versed in the classics like Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Car 54: Where Are You?, Ben...
ECHOES … Of Guns and Rose — Tales of Summer Vacations Long AgoAnne Hazlett Foreman June 22, 2019here is no place hotter in August than Vicksburg, Mississippi. It was just one of many of our destinations during...
We Need a Mouse-Ke-Do-Over: Surviving the Worst Vacation EverCassie Bendel June 15, 2019 don’t know what came over me, but I really wanted to hug that mouse. In the fall of 2013, my...
