Brooke Hills Playhouse Season to BeginProvided June 7, 2019The Brooke Hills Playhouse has announced the cast for its 48th season-opening comedy, “Ghost of a Chance,” while also noting...
Warwood Farmers Market Returns Today for Third Season Provided June 4, 2019Beginning today, June 4, the Warwood Farmers Market returns to Garden Park from 4-7 p.m. every Tuesday, hosted by Grow...
Corpus Christi to Induct New Members Into Hall of FameProvided June 2, 2019The fourth annual Corpus Christi School Hall of Fame dinner will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 8....
Secret Kitchens Tour, Gourmet Market Set for June 8Provided June 2, 2019Get a rare peek at some of the most exquisite kitchens in Wheeling during Oglebay Institute’s Secret Kitchens of Wheeling...
IN SEARCH OF THIRD PLACES: An IntroductionPhil Gable June 1, 2019Author’s note: In his work, The Great Good Place, urban sociologist Ray Oldenburg coined the term “third place” to define...
Wiley To Be Ordained a Priest for the Diocese of Wheeling-CharlestonProvided May 31, 2019The Rev. Mr. Nye Frederick “Joseph” Wiley III will be ordained to the priesthood at the Cathedral of St. Joseph...
Placing of Roses on Civil War Veterans’ Graves, Tours and Ceremony at Greenwood CemeteryProvided May 26, 2019Friends of Wheeling will partner with the Ohio Valley Civil War Roundtable in placing white roses on the graves of...
Brooke Hills Playhouse Postpones Season Opening Because of Wind DamageProvided May 26, 2019The Brooke Hills Playhouse has postponed the opening of its 48th summer season until the weekend of June 14-16, while the...
AN ESSAY FOR THE DAY: A Gathering of HeroesColin McNickle May 25, 2019t was about as poignant a moment as one could imagine. The National World War II Memorial. On the National...
Beautify the City With Orrick for its 2019 Pride in Wheeling DayProvided May 25, 2019It’s that time of year again, when organizations come together to launch cleanup and beautification efforts and celebrate the LGBTQ...
WVNCC, WLU Sign Reverse Transfer AgreementProvided May 21, 2019West Virginia Northern Community College and West Liberty University signed a reverse transfer agreement today, making degree completion easier for...
Crosscurrents Exhibit Showcases Regional Artistic TalentProvided May 19, 2019A staple of Oglebay Institute’s art exhibition season, Crosscurrents is now open at OI’s Stifel Fine Arts Center. Now in...
BILL HOGAN’S MUSINGS: The FlicksBill Hogan May 18, 2019 was fortunate to attend a noon talk at our library recently, about the old movie theaters in West Virginia. It...
OVAASA Honors Students, EducatorsProvided May 18, 2019The 10 Annual OVAASA (Ohio Valley African American Students Association) Awards Banquet was held on Thursday, May 9, at River...
Color Me AU-SOME 5K Walk/Run Set for June 8Provided May 18, 2019The Color Me Au-Some 5K Walk/Run — a fun and unique event where participants are covered, coated, swathed and plastered...
Wheeling Symphony’s 90th Anniversary Season to Welcome New Music DirectorProvided May 17, 2019The Wheeling Symphony Orchestra announces its 90th anniversary season with seven subscription concerts and the return of Ohio Valley’s No....
Ohio Valley Summer Event Guide Dedicated to ‘Scat’Phyllis Sigal May 13, 2019our years ago, Robert “Scat” Scatterday, wanted to get the word out about all the summer concert events around the...
Williams Lea Provides Career Options for High School GraduatesProvided May 12, 2019Staff from global business support services firm Williams Lea recently spent time speaking with seniors at Wheeling Park High School...
POSTSCRIPTS FROM THE EDGE(WOOD): The 21st Century Marriage SaverChristina Fisanick May 11, 2019hen Hazlett and Irene (Miller) Cochran built what would later become my Edgwood home in 1926, marriage looked quite a...
Ecumenical Conference to Focus on Opioid Crisis in West VirginiaProvided May 5, 2019The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston (DWC), Catholic Charities WV (CCWVa) and the West Virginia Council of Churches (WVCC) are working together...
Wheeling Symphony Orchestra Concludes 89th Season with Fuchs, Mozart and TchaikovskyProvided May 5, 2019Guest artist Soyeon Kate Lee will be featured when the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra closes its 2018-19 season at 7:30 p.m....
AS I SEE IT: Animal InstinctsEllen Brafford McCroskey May 4, 2019ork responsibilities, aging parents, motherhood, menopause — I don’t know about you, but for me, midlife can be stressful at...
WVU President Gee to Speak at Annual Boy Scout Partnership DinnerProvided May 4, 2019The Ohio River Valley Council Boy Scouts of America announced that West Virginia University President E. Gordon Gee will be...
A VIEW FROM THE MOON: SMART-Center Turns 25 — 50 Years Ago (Part 1)Robert E. Strong April 30, 2019n elementary school, I labored under the common misconception that persists with most youngsters unabated to this day. I thought...
Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston Launches Catholic Sharing AppealProvided April 29, 2019The annual Catholic Sharing Appeal (CSA) of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston — “Sowing the Seeds of Hope” — has launched...
West Liberty University Signs Agreement With Chinese Investment GroupProvided April 29, 2019West Liberty University has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Henan Yinji Investment Group (China) that may open up new...
West Liberty University Spring Commencement Set for May 4Provided April 28, 2019West Liberty University will graduate 371 students at its spring commencement, to be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 4,...
Towngate Ends 50th Season With ‘Our Town’Provided April 28, 2019Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre ends its 50th season of community theater with Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece “Our Town,” considered...
Wheeling Oglebay Tennis Club Set to Swing Into ActionProvided April 28, 2019The year’s festivities of the Wheeling Oglebay Tennis Club will begin on Saturday, May 11, with the “Swing into Spring”...
Park Players to Present Classic Gershwin Musical ‘Crazy for You’Provided April 27, 2019Witness a classic Gershwin musical production when the Park Players of Wheeling Park High School present its spring musical, Crazy...
Oglebay Foundation Honors Hess Family, Hydie FriendProvided April 25, 2019At its second annual donor recognition and awards breakfast on April 24, the Oglebay Foundation honored the Hess Family and...
‘Shoot for the Moon’ at Ohio County Public Library WeekProvided April 25, 2019The sky’s the limit this year for the Ohio County Public Library’s annual OCPL Week. From Saturday, April 27, to...
Youth Services System Names Schlegel 2019 Good SamaritanProvided April 24, 2019The question restaurant owner Charlie Schlegel asks himself when anyone calls seeking a charitable donation isn’t “Why should I?” but...
Frederick’s Day Spa ‘CBD Wellness Center’ Plans Open HouseProvided April 22, 2019The CBD Wellness Center at Frederick’s Day Spa is expanding ways to bring relief to the people in the Ohio...
Oglebay to Host Free Spring Horticulture DemosProvided April 21, 2019Escape into the fascinating world of horticulture on Saturday, April 27, for an afternoon of free educational programming on herbs,...
Catholic Charities Neighborhood Center to Hold 23rd Annual Spaghetti DinnerProvided April 21, 2019The Catholic Charities Neighborhood Center in Wheeling will hold its 23rd annual spaghetti dinner from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m....
The Adventures of a First-Time 5K Runner (She Did It for the Kids)Jennifer Kellner-Muscar April 21, 2019“Sometimes it isn’t about doing it well, it is simply about doing it.” — Jennifer Kellner-Muscar wo years ago, at...
Broadway Superstar Joins Wheeling Symphony Orchestra for Classic Broadway, Star Wars and Disney FavoritesProvided April 20, 2019The Wheeling Symphony Orchestra welcomes guest artist Sierra Boggess for “Once Upon a Time,” an evening of Broadway, Star Wars...
Wheeling Heritage’s Tom Griffith Collection on Display at WesBancoProvided April 17, 2019Visitors to WesBanco’s trust department can now see a local artist’s vibrant, nostalgic paintings of Wheeling lining the walls. Wheeling...
Two Wheeling Woman Among Five WVU Students Awarded Fulbright ScholarshipsProvided April 16, 2019Five West Virginia University women, including two from Wheeling, have been awarded the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to teach English abroad...
Our South American Odyssey: The Final ChapterJason Koegler April 15, 2019“For a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother” – Homer, The Odyssey. After our...
Major Relic of St. John Vianney Coming to Town During Holy WeekProvided April 14, 2019A major relic of St. John Vianney, the Curé of Ars, patron saint of parish priests, will be in West...
What We Lost at Wheeling Jesuit UniversityKelly Strautmann April 14, 2019Author’s note: It was impossible for me to write a piece on WJU objectively, so I did a deep dive...
Out of the Ashes Comes a New PartnershipProvided April 12, 2019Out of the ashes comes a new partnership for Catholic Charities West Virginia (CCWVa) and the Ziegenfelder Company. The Ziegenfelder...
Wheeling Heritage Accepting Show of Hands ApplicationsProvided April 11, 2019If you have an idea for a new business, a business expansion or a project that will impact Wheeling, you...
Our South American Odyssey: Day 8Jason Koegler April 9, 2019n the evening of Day 7, April 3, 2019, we climbed into our “El Practico” bus and embarked on a...
Our South American Odyssey: Day 7Jason Koegler April 8, 2019Day 6 brought practice, Day 7, April 3 2019, was Game Day. It seems all of our efforts in fundraising,...
Film Society Offers Free Screening of Hitchcock’s ‘Rear Window’ at TowngateProvided April 7, 2019“Rear Window,” Alfred Hitchcock’s iconic 1954 suspenseful thriller starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly, will be shown on the big...
Rustic Mechanicals to Stage Shakespeare’s ‘Measure for Measure’ at TowngateProvided April 7, 2019The Rustic Mechanicals, West Virginia’s only professional Shakespeare troupe, bring their Truth is Truth tour of William Shakespeare’s “Measure for...
Kick Up Your Boots at Linsly’s Boots to Bow TiesProvided April 7, 2019Dust off your favorite boots, grab your blue jean jacket and adjust your bow ties for the inaugural Linsly Spring...