Moundsville at the Movies: Penitentiary a Haunting Draw for Hollywood Cassie Bendel February 17, 2020 It’s cold. Not just cold, but a bone-deep chill that wraps around you until it feels like it’s crawled inside to keep itself warm. It’s dark. The can’t-see-your-hand-in-front-of-your-face kind of dark where ...
Census 2020: City of Wheeling Counting on You Nora Edinger February 14, 2020 The following questions will not appear on the 2020 U.S. Census that is heading to your mailbox in March: • Have you tripped over broken sidewalk concrete near your home recently? • How is the playground equi...
It’s a Workers’ Market in Wheeling Nora Edinger February 12, 2020 A growing economy plus a 5 percent unemployment rate equals something Wheeling hasn’t seen for some time — a workers’ market. Here’s a quick look at what is going on in this new decade, according to business...
CULTIVATED IN WHEELING, W.VA.: High-Flying, Sea-Sailing Duo Brings Show Home Nora Edinger February 5, 2020 If the aerial acrobatics in the video and slide show below seem like something you shouldn’t try at home, that would be a wise assumption. Yet, that’s just what Wheeling native Megan Wilson and her Londoner hus...
‘Ohio Valley Festival of Filmmakers of Color’ Set for Friday Phyllis Sigal February 4, 2020 It was his love of filmmaking that prompted Ron Scott Jr. to get the “Ohio Valley Festival of Filmmakers of Color” rolling. And, in the third such partnership between YWCA Wheeling and Wheeling Heritage, the...
Come to Serve, Stay to Build: AmeriCorps Alumni Take Part in Wheeling’s Renaissance NIck Musgrave January 28, 2020 Nearly 650 AmeriCorps members come to the Mountain State each year to complete a term of service in West Virginia communities. Of these, approximately two dozen serve annually right here in the Friendly City th...
‘Prehistory Meets History’ in Wheeling’s Centre Market Phyllis Sigal January 17, 2020 New dino might attract lots of attention at Wheeling’s Centre Market
Here’s How to Navigate Wheeling’s Road Construction Nora Edinger January 17, 2020 A good map and a few country roads may soon be required to take Ohio County drivers home. Or, to work. Or, pretty much anywhere else. The replacement of the westbound Fulton Bridge will entirely cut off a se...
The History of the West Virginia Hot Dog Laura Jackson Roberts January 10, 2020 I just ate my first West Virginia Hot Dog yesterday down at Tito’s Sloppy Doggs. In the past, my relationship with the hot dog was wishy-washy. A good hot dog is an amazing thing, but a bad one is enough to tur...
Live, Work, Give: Generation Wheeling Committed to Connecting Alex Panas December 22, 2019 Regardless of how much you love our city, I’m sure at one time or another you’ve either heard about or had a discussion with someone about our area’s declining and aging population. From a statewide perspect...
Spider-Man Climbs to No. 1 in Downtown Decorating Contest Phyllis Sigal December 20, 2019 It was neck-and-neck between two sisters at two business located just a snowball’s throw from each other, but it turns out that Spider-Man climbed to No. 1 as the winner of the inaugural Downtown Holiday Decor...
FRIDAY TRYDAY: Oglebay’s Frosted Hilltop Laura Jackson Roberts December 6, 2019 Editor’s note: Laura Jackson Roberts loves a new adventure. And in that vein, we’ve started our occasional “FRIDAY TRYDAY” series, where she will be trying out and sharing with readers a variety of experiences...
Browsing With Book People at Vigilant Bookstore Laura Jackson Roberts November 25, 2019 Have you ever seen someone adrift in a bookstore? It can be a tiny space, and yet they look lost — not physically, but mentally. Maybe they draw the books up to their face to smell the paper and binding glue. M...
Little Library Kiosk Whisks You Away to Story Land Nora Edinger November 19, 2019 There are LIBRARIES. And, there are libraries One of the latter — a wee kiosk of books and stripey art — popped up in recent days in the Woodsdale neighborhood of Wheeling. The work of middle schooler Jayma ...
Homegrown Players Bloom at the Symphony Ryan Norman November 18, 2019 "It is all very aerospace.” That’s how Robert Driscoll describes designing and creating a machine called a gouger that makes oboe reeds, which is, in turn, made by an even bigger machine, a Haas CNC milling ...
The ‘Wheeling Reads: One Book, One Community’ Winning Book Is … Phyllis Sigal November 1, 2019 Editor's note: As the clock struck midnight last night, the voting ceased, and the victor emerged ... by just one vote. Did your choice for "Wheeling Reads: One Book, One Community" win? Do you want to have ...
Artists Bring Vision to ‘Celebrate Wheeling Invitational’ Phyllis Sigal October 1, 2019 Will we see Suspension Bridges? Park landscapes? Businesses that are no more? The Ohio River or Wheeling Creek? Sculptures of historic mile markers? That remains to be seen when visions of Wheeling will dance r...
Cultural Food Tour Offers Tasty View of History Nora Edinger September 20, 2019 The waves of immigration that fueled Wheeling’s industrial era didn’t disappear with the factory jobs. Kibbeh. Pierogi. Schnitzel. Marinara. They’re all still here. Sometimes in restaurants and at festivals,...
Wheeling Symphony Orchestra Opens 90th Season With Tribute to Queen of Soul Provided September 14, 2019 Aretha: A Tribute, featuring vocalists Capathia Jenkins and Ryan Shaw and conducted by Music Director John Devlin, will open the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra's 90th season at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20, ...
The Time Is Now for Moundsville’s First Arts and Culture Committee Kelly Strautmann September 10, 2019 This year, the city of Moundsville is doing things a little differently — they can proudly say they have their first Arts and Culture Committee. It’s been a long time coming, but the general feeling among me...
Park ‘Speechies’ Unite! Remembering 40 Winning Years Phyllis Sigal April 5, 2019 Author's note: As a parent of two "speechies" from 2004-06 when the team won its 25th, 26th and 27th state championships, I surely concur with the praise doled out here for the coaches. And I know that my kids ...
Guide Helps Visitors, Residents to Navigate Wheeling Area Attractions Phyllis Sigal March 20, 2019 It’s glossy! It’s colorful! And it’s jam-packed with what to do, where to eat and places to stay in the Wheeling-Ohio County area and beyond. “IT” is the fresh-off-the-presses 2019 Wheeling Visitors Guide, c...
Narrative Medicine: Using Patients’ Life Stories to Promote Healing Laura Jackson Roberts March 16, 2019 Cancer is a fact of life. We all know someone who’s fought it, and most of us know people who have both won and lost that battle. Cancer changes lives. It has a way of clearing away cobwebs and refocusing prior...
The Table Is Set for Wheeling’s First Restaurant Week Phyllis Sigal March 13, 2019 Four meatballs stuffed inside an Italian bread bowl, smothered in cheese, peppers and onions, and finished with an award-winning sauce … Is your mouth watering? That, my hungry friends, is the Chi-Chi Glo...
Exhibit Explores Therapeutic Power of the Creative Process Misty Klug February 23, 2019 When Angelo Merendino’s wife Jennifer was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 36, he documented her battle through photographs to raise awareness about the day-to-day struggles they faced. When Angela...
Rescues Find Forever Homes With The Road Home Animal Project Laura Jackson Roberts January 25, 2019 1 We’ve all got that friend on social media who shares photos of shelter animals. That’s how I found The Road Home Animal Project. The non-profit organization in St. Clairsville, Ohio, is run entirely by voluntee...
Weelunk Writer Takes Readers on a Sparkling Tour of Oglebay Christina Fisanick December 16, 2018 Everyone who knows me knows that I love all things Oglebay — the history, the lakes, the lodge, the rolling hills. And yet up until this year, I had all but sworn off the Festival of Lights. That is, until I wa...
Oglebay’s Holiday Tradition: The Best Light Laura Jackson Roberts November 9, 2018 The Festival of Lights is Oglebay’s crown jewel, and on Thursday, Nov. 8, it went live for its 33rd year. That’s a lot of years, a lot of light and a lot of excited young faces hanging out car windows. Many of ...
Wheeling Says “We Care” Stacey Miller Sacco June 30, 2018 On Saturday, June 30, more than 100 locals joined with people in more than 650 other locations nationwide to participate in the Families Belong Together March. The Wheeling We Care march was organized locally b...
Park Drive-In Movies Bring Back Memories Hanna Perry June 29, 2018 As I sat in my car for the weekly drive-in movie at Wheeling Park, I found myself recollecting memories from my childhood. The nostalgia and uniqueness of the movie experience reminded me of the trips I took in...
Hop on Over to the Zoo Brew at Good Zoo Laura Jackson Roberts June 20, 2018 For one night each June at the Oglebay Good Zoo, the kids go home. The strollers roll away, the little red wagons head out, and the calls for popcorn and train rides fade into the evening sunset. After regular ...
Exhibit Brings Greatest Generation to Front Line Christina Fisanick June 5, 2018 Each year we lose nearly 400 veterans from World War II. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs statistics, only 558,000 of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II were alive in 2017. ...
Photos: Arts & Culture Fest 2016 Monica Mull June 28, 2016 Two weekends ago, I had the pleasure of attending the 6th annual Wheeling Arts Fest. This year was slightly different from previous years; the Arts Fest and the Upper Ohio Valley Multi-Cultural Festival combine...
Annual Italian Festival All About Scholarships Steve Novotney July 24, 2015 1 There is one giant-sized detail many local residents do not realize while visiting the Granddaddy of all festivals staged on Wheeling’s riverfront despite the fact that it has been the lone focus since 1982. ...
Do Something: The 19th Annual Celtic Celebration Derrick McKee March 1, 2015 By Derrick McKee Weelunk Contributor Dust off your flat-cap, buy a green shirt, and iron out your fun pants because my absolute favorite event of the year -- the 19th Annual Wheeling Celtic Cele...
