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2020 Vision: Wheeling Leaders Looking Ahead

Nora Edinger
Weelunk doesn’t have a crystal ball to foresee how Wheeling’s future will unfold in 2020, but today’s post is the next best thing. Leaders from all over the city and county share their top goals for the coming ...

BILL HOGAN’S MUSINGS: Poppa’s One, Two, Three

Bill Hogan
Driving through Wheeling Park, I noticed a sign — “Bandstand” — and followed it to the top of the hill. I haven’t been up there in decades. The last time was for a party we had there when the rails around the b...

PHYLosophy: Taking Stock of a Great Man

Phyllis Sigal
I usually heard his friendly, booming voice before I saw him. He’d stop by the front two desks in the newsroom at The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register, first to visit with Linda Comins and Betsy Bethel-...

Will Charter Schools Land in Ohio County?

Nora Edinger
Editor's note: As this story was in final production, the West Virginia Education Association (teachers union) launched a lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality of the new state law that authorizes chart...

BILL HOGAN’S MUSINGS: A Binge and a Spree

Bill Hogan
I have lived in two universes; they overlap or maybe coincide. It's a paradoxical thing I don’t understand and don’t try. The first was a straight line sort of thing — a loving family, schools, university, Mili...

EARL’S CAPERS WITH KIDS: No Worms Needed

Earl Nicodemus
Earl’s note: This is the first of a short series about things to do with kids. The activities described in the series are inexpensive and fun outdoor things that anyone can do with children. The next story in t...

Roberts Ruminates: Horrible Creatures

Laura Jackson Roberts
I’ve got a lot of critters in my house. They’re all rescues. Our collie mix came from Marshall County Animal Shelter. We found the tortie cat at Ohio County and the tabby under a bush. Our German shepherd was f...

IN SEARCH OF THIRD PLACES: An Introduction

Phil Gable
Author’s note: In his work, The Great Good Place, urban sociologist Ray Oldenburg coined the term “third place” to define public social settings where locals regularly gather in safety for conversation, connect...

BILL HOGAN’S MUSINGS: The Flicks

Bill Hogan
I was fortunate to attend a noon talk at our library recently, about the old movie theaters in West Virginia. It brought back so many memories of when I was a kid in the 1930s and ’40s when going to a movie on ...

AS I SEE IT:  Animal Instincts

Ellen Brafford McCroskey
Work responsibilities, aging parents, motherhood, menopause — I don't know about you, but for me, midlife can be stressful at times. When my world gets overwhelming, and I need to stop and take a moment to rela...

What We Lost at Wheeling Jesuit University

Kelly Strautmann
Author’s note: It was impossible for me to write a piece on WJU objectively, so I did a deep dive into my personal experience. I believe the courses of study left at WJU for the upcoming year are no less import...

#ChooseWV: Campaign Focus Is Pride of Place

Nora Edinger
If you film it, they will come. Calling stray Mountaineers home and attracting prospective ones here might not be quite that simple, but the team behind #ChooseWV figures an inspiring video sure can’t hurt. ...

BILL HOGAN’S MUSINGS: On Being Irish

Bill Hogan
I am Irish, I guess, because I don’t know what else to be. I am half German, but being German never came easy to me. We are a melancholy lot; I am. That is why we sing and laugh so much, because we are so ve...

How to Keep Your Kids Safe Online

Earl Nicodemus
Editor's note: This is the first of a couple of Weelunk stories Earl Nicodemus is planning regarding cyber safety. The next one will be about cyber security for adults. The chances of your child being harmed...

Wheeling Nailers Provide Fast-Paced Fun

NIck Musgrave
While our warehouses and factories stand in testament to our tradition of hard work, the crowd at WesBanco Arena is living, breathing (and yelling) proof that Wheeling plays hard, too. Currently in its 27th ...

BILL HOGAN’S MUSINGS: Building Good Neighbors

Bill Hogan
Editor's note: The IDEAS page is our place for public opinion, a place where a person can express what concerns them about present-day Wheeling or the world. However, there is one major caveat. The author must ...