Greyhounds Vital To Wheeling’s Renaissance Steve Novotney April 4, 2017 2 The Senate voted 19-15. The House of Delegates voted 56-44. And now Senate Bill 437, legislation that would eliminate the West Virginia Greyhound Breeders Fund, rests on the desk of Gov. Jim Justice, and ...
‘Goosetown’ Home Hidden Away in Wheeling Steve Novotney March 24, 2017 7 There was that hum of about 65,000 cars and trucks zipping east and west every day, but Jim Hangler doesn’t hear that any longer. This American veteran, a Purple Heart recipient for his duty in Vietnam, love...
Marketing Strategist Eager To Show Her Hand Steve Novotney March 21, 2017 She watched it and enjoyed what she witnessed, and that is why Alex Weld finds herself in the middle of the conversation in the city of Wheeling. Weld was hired this month by Wheeling Heritage as the new mar...
There’s No Debate About 38 Straight Steve Novotney March 12, 2017 It was the l-o-n-g-e-s-t dinner in the history of award dinners, but at least for some the extended wait began with apple pie. And it gave each and every one of the 38 members of Wheeling Park High’s speech ...
Memories of Monkeys at Wheeling Park Steve Novotney March 10, 2017 9 They threw their poop at people. It’s true. It happened. Those monkeys and their poo-flipping at visitors at Wheeling Park were a reality during several decades in the first half of the 20th Century, w...
Preserving Suspension Bridge a Top Priority Steve Novotney December 21, 2016 One news report from 2016 that spurred much conversation in the Wheeling area and attracted regional attention to the historic Suspension Bridge took place on March 23, when the driver of a fully loaded Greyhou...
