We Wish You a ’70s Christmas Ellen Brafford McCroskey June 6, 2020 Editor’s note: This week, Weelunk will pause our normally scheduled programming to highlight stories that feature Black narratives. We have chosen to take this time to amplify those voices that are so often sil...
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 ...
Oglebay Flips the Switch to On Tonight Lindsey McGlaughlin November 9, 2017 More than 300 acres of Oglebay’s picturesque landscape will come alive with twinkling light displays on Thursday, Nov. 9 as the annual Winter Festival of Lights kicks off for the holiday season. Recognized as o...
Bethlehem Star Still Shines Over Wheeling Steve Novotney December 25, 2016 1 If you enjoy stories like this one and want to keep reading more positive stories about Wheeling, WV, be sure to like us on facebook here: Weelunk. It’s larger than you expect, but smaller than you...
‘Those People’ Have Christmas, Too Steve Novotney December 24, 2016 1 THEM. Those people. Most don’t want to see them and don’t want to know about them so they can continue denying they exist. Even on Christmas. But those “them” people are present here in the Wheeling ar...
Expats: ‘We’ll Be Home for Christmas’ Steve Novotney December 10, 2016 8 There’s something here in Wheeling that isn’t there, a draw of sorts that lures hundreds of homecomings each December and only a small part of the rationale apparently pertains to squared pizza slices or fish s...
Scrooge and Marley Maureen Zambito December 6, 2016 Charles Dickens’ beloved 1843 Christmas story will come alive this December as the West Liberty University Theatre Department presents “A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley.” Curtain time is 7:30 ...
Imperial Shops Are a Wheeling Tradition Steve Novotney December 3, 2016 5 Christmas has been, for as long as most recall, a really big deal here. Well before Oglebay Park launched the Festival of Lights in 1985, our parents were decorating our homes extravagantly with those big, m...
Symphony On Ice Returns To Wesbanco Arena Michael Hires November 28, 2016 The Wheeling Symphony’s 2016 holiday spectacular “Symphony On Ice” is Tuesday, December 6th at 7 p.m. in WesBanco Arena. This community favorite is presented by Main Street Bank and Murray Energy Corporation. ...
Centre Market Poised for Small Business Saturday Steve Novotney November 25, 2016 Shop locally? In Wheeling? Where? Didn’t that all go away when the Ohio Valley Mall opened? Like, back in the 1980s? It is true economic decline took place in the Friendly City and throughout the Up...
Santa Claus Coming To Downtown Wheeling Steve Novotney November 17, 2016 Shortly after Santa Claus rolls through the streets of downtown Wheeling this evening, it becomes about the pizza box. “After the parade is over and most of the people have left the downtown Wheeling area, m...
Special Gifts For Special People Steve Novotney December 25, 2015 2 There are some gifts that still need giving on this day, but these can only be offered through composition to place them perfectly in their lives. With good will and kind wishes the many who follow have been...
TOYS! Steve Novotney December 20, 2015 That’s right. TOYS! The red wagon, the Rubik’s Cube, the baby doll, and the Jack in the Box, and there were the Evil Knievel and G.I. Joe action figures, not to mention the board games, Atari and Nintendo an...
The Sanity Tree Brad Chambers December 15, 2015 1 "And Then 9/11 Happened" Christmas of 2001 will not make it to my “Top 10 Most Enjoyable Christmases” list. As a Navy Reservist, I had celebrated an occasional birthday while on my required annual military d...
Wheeling Christmas Parade in Photos Wallis November 23, 2015 Downtown Wheeling on Friday night evoked some of its former glory, as thousands of people thronged its sidewalks in a show of Christmas cheer. Unlike in, say, the 1950s, though, the crowds weren't in town to do...
From One ‘Show’ to Another Show Tonight Steve Novotney November 20, 2015 “This will not be the last time you hear from me,” said Carrie Eller, the owner of Under the Elder Tree Massage Therapy and Natural Body Care. “And I do love that I live and work in a community that supports lo...
That Fabulous Tree Is Talking Again! Steve Novotney December 7, 2014 3 By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com Her eyes didn’t move from side to side, so you really didn’t know when IT would come. Sometimes you strolled in front of her with your folks, and other times you jumped su...
