The Wheeling Flood That Created a Beautiful Disaster Natalie Kovacs October 29, 2021 Can you imagine the Ohio River filled with floating pumpkins, gourds, and corn shucks? Well, that’s precisely what many Wheeling residents experienced during The Great Pumpkin Flood of 1861. According to a repo...
A History of Disaster: How Piedmont and the Muskingum Watershed Lakes Came to Be Laura Jackson Roberts April 15, 2019 Each weekend in the summers of my childhood, my parents packed me and my brother up and took us to a little brown cabin at the end of a gravel lane. Woods surrounded the house on three sides, woodpeckers called...
In Pictures: McMechen, Still Steve Novotney August 8, 2017 2 It's been more than a week since 5.2 inches of rain fell on McMechen, a community that is terraced in a way that the muddy paths of flood-water flow are still very visible all the way down to the highway. Volun...
A Fix for Flooding? Steve Novotney August 5, 2017 1 On Sept. 17, 2004, Hurricane Ivan parked over most of the Wheeling area and dumped a little more than 10 inches of rain in less than half a day. There were washed-out roads, schools evacuated, cars in creeks, p...
In the Bigs – Cheffing, Runnin’, Strummin’, & Remembering Steve Novotney August 9, 2016 I wrote about him back in May because I’ve devoured his food for years, and I’m familiar with most of what he does in order to produce the tastes he does. He smokes, cures, marinates, and seasons on his way to ...
Wheeling Jesuit Group Provides Flood Relief In Clendenin Kelly Klubert July 25, 2016 Twenty-seven Wheeling Jesuit University students, faculty and alumni spent Wednesday, July 13, helping two families in Clendenin, W.Va., begin to rebuild following the devastating flooding that took place a mon...
West Virginia Needs Your Help Jake Lynch July 15, 2016 Local flood response organizers are reporting an urgent need for volunteers to help with flood cleanup efforts over the next 10 days. According to Volunteer West Virginia Executive Director Heather Foster, m...
West Virginia is Strong Shawn Fluharty July 1, 2016 “A picture is worth a thousand words" comes to mind after spending the day in southern West Virginia delivering supplies donated by citizens of the Wheeling area. We have seen a lot of pictures and videos over...
Wheeling Area Bands Together for Flood Relief Steve Novotney June 29, 2016 2 Deadly and destructive were the rains that swelled creeks, streams, and rivers throughout a 44-county area in central and southern West Virginia last Thursday and caused massive flooding that led to 23 tragic d...
