Summer FEST to Benefit Homeless Teens Phyllis Sigal April 29, 2018 One in 30 adolescents, aged 13-17, experiences one form of homelessness unaccompanied by a parent or guardian over a course of a year. That fact, from a new study from Chapin Hall, a research center at the U...
‘Sport of a Lifetime’: Tennis Club Sets Plans for Season Provided April 29, 2018 The Wheeling Oglebay Tennis Club has a full slate of activities scheduled for area youth and adults for the spring and summer of 2018. Membership Round Robin and Picnic The year’s festivities will begin on Sa...
A Win-Win Nursing Partnership Unveiled Provided April 29, 2018 Weirton Medical Center and West Virginia Northern Community College have a new partnership: the Future Nurses Program, which is meant to help local nurses of the future financially while encouraging them to pro...
Mentorship Turned Friendship Leads Teachers to National Certification Provided April 28, 2018 One of the most important factors that ensures a student gets a good education is the quality of the teacher. An effective teacher can be described in many different ways: caring, respectful and kind, along ...
Woodsdale Turns Lemons Into Lemonade Into Cash Provided April 27, 2018 It was a sunny Saturday in April when Woodsdale Elementary School parents, students and staff raised $4,300 in an age-old method: the lemonade stand. That's a lot of lemons. On April 21, 20 stands stretch...
Corpus Christi Expands its Green With New Recycling Focus Provided April 27, 2018 Saving the earth is everyone’s job, and Corpus Christi School believes it is important to teach these responsibilities to its students. In honor of Earth Day, students at CCS created recycled art and now recycl...
Soul Music Comes to Pat’s Down on Main Street Provided April 27, 2018 Pat’s Down on Main Street is continuing its Sundae series with ezra & the reletivs along with special guests Poetic Peth and Buffalo Rose. This free show runs from 6-9 p.m. Sunday, April 29. ezra & t...
Cassidy Elected to West Virginia Humanities Council Provided April 26, 2018 The West Virginia Humanities Council elected three new members to its board of directors at its spring board meeting on April 20 in Lewisburg. The council also elected new officers. New members include Patri...
Two Chances to Enjoy WLU Choirs Provided April 26, 2018 Springtime brings two chances to enjoy beautiful music as West Liberty University’s College of Arts and Communications presents choral concerts for the public to enjoy. The first concert, Let Music Fill the ...
Join Weelunk for the Amazing Raise: ONE DAY, BIG CHANGE Weelunk Staff April 25, 2018 Did you read the one about the T-shirt guy who donates all his proceeds to good causes? How about the young waitress who overcame drug addiction, prison (where she gave birth to a beautiful baby girl) and now i...
Catholic Charities West Virginia Announces Opening of Weirton Office Provided April 25, 2018 Catholic Charities West Virginia has opened a new office in Weirton, which will provide emergency assistance and case management services. “For several years, we have heard the requests from our community pa...
Super Runners Lace Up for CASA Superhero 5k Daniel Dorsch April 24, 2018 Every child needs a hero to look up to, but neglected or abused children need superheroes. On a chilly Saturday in Triadelphia, runners from all over the Ohio Valley laced up their running shoes and tied their ...
Kate Hennessey, Granddaughter of Dorothy Day, to Speak at WJU April 25 Provided April 22, 2018 Wheeling Jesuit University will welcome Kate Hennessy, granddaughter of Dorothy Day, to campus on Wednesday, April 25, when she will talk about her grandmother’s legacy. Hennessy will speak about her grandmo...
Bestselling Author to Speak at Wheeling Jesuit’s Commencement Provided April 21, 2018 Chris Lowney, one-time Jesuit seminarian, the author of the bestselling book, Heroic Leadership, will give the Commencement address on Saturday, May 5, at Wheeling Jesuit University The university will hold ...
National Speakers Announced for Wetzel County ‘Hope Through Recovery’ Event Provided April 19, 2018 In an effort to address the many issues currently plaguing our state and local communities, the Wetzel County Board of Education will be hosting a public event from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 26, at the Mag...
Dougherty Named to National Trust ’40 Under 40′ Provided April 18, 2018 1 Jake Dougherty, the executive director of Wheeling Heritage, has been named to a national list of honorees by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. A new initiative from the National Trust, “40 Under...
Celebrate Earth Day Weekend With Oglebay Institute Provided April 17, 2018 Celebrate Earth Day weekend with naturalists from Oglebay Institute’s Schrader Environmental Education Center, by participating in a series of events set for Saturday, April 21, and Sunday, April 22, (Earth Day...
50th Anniversary Screening Set for Kubrick’s Masterpiece ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Provided April 17, 2018 This year marks the 50th anniversary of the film release of Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi masterpiece “2001: A Space Odyssey.” The visionary work changed the way the world thought about science, science fictio...
WJU Students To Be Recognized at Bishop’s Dinner Provided April 15, 2018 The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston will recognize three Wheeling Jesuit University seniors during the 24th Annual Bishop’s Dinner for Catholic Schools set for Saturday, April 22. During the event, the Most R...
Bishops Cross To Be Presented at Dinner for Catholic Schools Provided April 15, 2018 Students, teachers, benefactors and leaders in Catholic education from across West Virginia will convene for the 24th annual Bishop’s Dinner for Catholic Schools on Sunday, April 22, at the Morgantown Event Cen...
Tales of WWI Flying Corps at Moundsville Library Provided April 14, 2018 A piece of “Unheard of History” will be discussed at 6 p.m. Monday, April 16, at the Moundsville-Marshall County Public Library when Judi Tarowsky presents “To Summits of Glory: The West Virginia Flying Corps.”...
WLU’s Horzempa Is West Virginia’s Professor of the Year Provided April 13, 2018 The Faculty Merit Foundation announced that West Liberty University Associate Professor Dr. Joseph Horzempa, is the winner of its 2017 Professor of the Year award. The Foundation presented the award on Thursday...
Gracie Curran at BluesDays Provided April 13, 2018 Gracie Curran will bring her “jaw-dropping” blues and soul to River City Restaurant at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17. “One of the hardest working blues artists on the circuit, Gracie’s bare feet should have ca...
Lunch and Learn on Depression, Anxiety Provided April 12, 2018 West Virginia Northern Community College’s Academic Support Center will host a No Stigma Attached Lunch and Learn from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, on the Wheeling Campus. The event will focus on anxiety a...
Elementary Science Fair Thursday at WLU Provided April 11, 2018 West Liberty University’s Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics will sponsor the first annual Elementary Science Fair from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Thursday, April 12. Ohio County Public Schools were...
Lounge Lizards Duel in New Mystery Theatre Show Provided April 11, 2018 Dueling lounge lizards, a love-conflicted exotic dancer, a down-and-out club owner and a strange Austrian body-builder populate Mystery Theatre Unlimited’s all-new murder mystery, “Murder at the Kit Kat Klub,” ...
WJU Students to Perform ‘Pippin’ Provided April 11, 2018 An ensemble cast of Wheeling Jesuit students will take to the stage inside the university’s Troy Theater this April to perform the musical “Pippin.” Heir to the Frankish throne, the young prince Pippin is in...
WJU Professor Receives Fulbright Scholarship Provided April 10, 2018 A member of Wheeling Jesuit University’s history department is one of 500 U.S. teachers – and the first WJU faculty member – to receive funding from the Fulbright Scholars Program. Jeff Rutherford, WJU assoc...
Ziegenfelder’s CEO Named West Liberty University Graduation Speaker Provided April 8, 2018 1 Wheeling business leader Lisa Allen will deliver the commencement address at West Liberty University’s spring 2018 commencement ceremony. The ceremony begins at 11 a.m., Saturday, May 12, in the Academic, Sport...
Musical Hits the High Seas at John Marshall Provided April 8, 2018 A shining example of classic musical theater, "Anything Goes" opens Friday, April 13, and runs through Sunday, April 15, in the Center for Performing Arts at John Marshall High School. With epic tap dancing,...
West Liberty University’s MAD Festival Welcomes Podcaster-Illustrator Provided April 5, 2018 West Liberty University’s MAD (Media Arts and Design) Festival will welcome motivational speaker Andy J. Miller on Friday, April 6. The festival includes workshops, professional presentations and a student m...
Student Art Show Has Grown by Leaps and Bounds Provided April 4, 2018 When the Student Art Show of Excellence began in 2000 in the gallery space above Kirk’s Art and Photo Shop, three schools (Mount de Chantal, Sherrard and St. Mary Central, Martins Ferry) displayed 90 pieces of...
Lots of Laughs at Brooke Hills Season; Auditions Saturday Provided April 4, 2018 The Brooke Hills Playhouse has finalized plans for their 47th summer season. According to Julia Barnhart of Wellsburg, president of the Playhouse's parent organization, the Brooke County Arts Council, "Our audi...
WLU Lights Up Blue for Autism Provided April 2, 2018 On Tuesday, April 3, Alpha Xi Delta sorority will hold a Light Up Blue night in support of Autism Speaks, the national autism awareness organization. “Our sorority helps to spread the message about autism an...
‘Make Wheeling Shine’ Event Set for April 7 Provided April 2, 2018 The City of Wheeling is partnering with Williams Lea Tag to “Make Wheeling Shine” on Saturday, April 7. The cleanup will begin at 9 a.m. on Wheeling Creek, launching at Patterson Recreation Complex on Sycamore ...
Film Documents Relationship Between Art and Gardens Provided April 1, 2018 Long considered spaces for expressing color, light and atmosphere, the garden has occupied the creative minds of some of the world’s greatest artists. The film “Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse” exp...
Library Puts Call Out for WWII-Era Artifacts Related to Ohio Valley Provided March 30, 2018 1 Do you have WWII-era artifacts related to Wheeling? The Ohio County Public Library will soon host a traveling exhibit of World War II artifacts courtesy of the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh. "We Can ...
Antiques Show and Sale Returns to Oglebay Provided March 29, 2018 Wilson Lodge in Oglebay will be transformed into an antiques marketplace Friday, April 6, through Sunday, April 8, as Oglebay Institute presents its 64th annual Antiques Show and Sale. This annual event is ...
Nuts and Bolts of Frankenstein To Be Discussed Provided March 29, 2018 West Liberty University’s College of Liberal Arts is celebrating the birth of “Frankenstein” (the novel) throughout 2018, beginning with an interdisciplinary symposium from 10 a.m. to noon, Tuesday, April 3. ...
WSO Young People’s Concert takes ‘Music, Noise and Silence’ on Tour Provided March 26, 2018 The Wheeling Symphony Orchestra’s annual Young People’s Concert tour, conducted by Music Director Andre Raphel, this year features the Magic Circle Mime Company’s program, “Music, Noise and Silence.” This ed...
WVNCC to Host Holocaust Survivor Provided March 26, 2018 West Virginia Northern Community College will host Holocaust survivor, Judah Samet, at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 4, at Weirton Madonna High School. The event is free and open to the public. Samet, 79, will sh...
Oglebay to Host Bunny Trot, 5K Fun Run/Walk Provided March 25, 2018 Lace up your sneakers and hop over to the Bunny Trot 5k Fun Run/Walk, slated for 9 a.m., Saturday, March 31, at Oglebay. The race will begin and end in the upper parking lot of the Good Zoo. The cost to part...
Villamagna Scholarship Winner Opens Pop-Up Exhibition Provided March 25, 2018 West Liberty University student Lucas Shaver is the first recipient of the Robert Villamagna Jr. Scholarship, named after the deceased son of Professor of Art Robert Villamagna, who retired recently. Shaver ...
WVNNC Announces Scholarships for Welding, Petroleum Tech Students Provided March 23, 2018 West Virginia Northern Community College is accepting applications for $50,000 in scholarships for the fall semester for welding & petroleum technology students. The scholarships are available from WVNCC Fo...
City Issues Call for New Members on Boards, Commissions Provided March 22, 2018 The City of Wheeling is seeking candidates interested in serving on its volunteer boards and commissions. This call for civic engagement coincides with Mayor Glenn Elliott’s 2018 State of the City address, wher...
‘Susan B. Anthony’ at WVNCC Provided March 22, 2018 In celebration of Women’s History Month, West Virginia Northern Community will host a living history performance by Patty Cooper, who will play the role of Susan B. Anthony. The presentation will take place ...
Fr. Patrick Kelly to Present ‘Flow, Sport and Spirituality’ at WJU Provided March 21, 2018 The Rev. Patrick Kelly, S.J., Jesuit priest, author and expert on the value of recreational and athletic activity in Christian life, will use the psychological concept of flow to illustrate the connections betw...
Composting Workshop at OI’s Schrader Center Provided March 19, 2018 Get your green thumb ready for spring planting by building your own tumbling composter. Oglebay Institute’s Schrader Environmental Education Center is hosting a Backyard Composting Workshop from 10-11:30 a.m. S...
West Liberty Gallery Welcomes Works Inspired by Weather, Industry Provided March 16, 2018 The Nutting Gallery at West Liberty University welcomes two artists in its next exhibition, “Lucent Findings.” “We are pleased to announce this exhibition featuring the weather-inspired works on paper of Jud...
West Virginians to Receive Papal Honors Provided March 15, 2018 1 Pope Francis has bestowed several honors to 13 West Virginians — including two priests — for their service to the Church and society. The Holy Father named Ronald Violi, Robert Fitzsimmons and Richard Pr...
