31 Acts, 25 States: Heritage Music BluesFest Returns as Wheeling’s Biggest Music Festival Ever Under Waterfront Hall
A Thrive Test-Run: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to TryLaura Jackson Roberts September 18, 2019Editor’s note: Wellness — we all need it. Today, allow writer Laura Jackson Roberts to take you along with her...
River Valley Health Foundation Helps Citizens Access Better Health CareEllen Brafford McCroskey September 17, 2019f you have ever found yourself alone and facing a critical health diagnosis, you know firsthand how difficult it can...
DOWNTOWN DO-OVER: No Block Left UnturnedWeelunk Staff September 16, 2019Editor’s note: Many of the Downtown Do-Overs featured in this occasional Weelunk series have been major projects — from WesBanco...
Towngate Theatre Opens 51st Season With Pulitzer Prize-Winning DramaProvided September 16, 2019Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre opens its 51st season of community theater with Paul Zindel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama “The Effect of...
EARL’S CAPERS WITH KIDS: Picture-Perfect ProjectEarl Nicodemus September 15, 2019Earl’s note: This is the fourth of a short series about things to do with kids. The activities described in...
Junior League Begins 80th Year With New Leaders, Plans for GrowthProvided September 15, 2019The Junior League of Wheeling is beginning its 80th year of fulfilling its mission to support women and children in...
AS I SEE IT: Reading — Soul Food for the Heart and MindEllen Brafford McCroskey September 14, 2019“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It...
Wheeling Symphony Orchestra Opens 90th Season With Tribute to Queen of SoulProvided September 14, 2019Aretha: A Tribute, featuring vocalists Capathia Jenkins and Ryan Shaw and conducted by Music Director John Devlin, will open the...
Wells Fargo Advisors Funds Oglebay Foundation EffortsProvided September 13, 2019Wells Fargo Advisors recently presented a $20,000 check to the Oglebay Foundation, which will provide scholarship funds for the foundation’s...
WHEELING@WORK: Love and Dedication at the Heart of Humway-Warmuth’s CityCassie Bendel September 13, 2019Editor’s note: Our series, “Wheeling@Work,” is an effort to provide readers with insight and information into our city government, highlighting...
Topper Station — an Evolution in BroadcastingProvided September 12, 2019West Liberty University is going live with a new digital platform just in time for its first home football game...
‘None of This Is About Me,’ Says ‘Secret Weapon’ of Valley NonprofitsStacey Miller Sacco September 11, 2019ina Carinci Morris is the secret weapon of nonprofit agencies in the Ohio Valley. As a freelance marketing and development...
The Time Is Now for Moundsville’s First Arts and Culture CommitteeKelly Strautmann September 10, 2019his year, the city of Moundsville is doing things a little differently — they can proudly say they have their...
TIME TO GREEN UP: Solar — ‘Go Big or Go Home’ Need Not ApplyNora Edinger September 9, 2019Editor’s note: If going solar sounds intriguing, but you are worried it’s too pricey, too “panelly,” or just, well, too...
Warwood Farmers Market: More Than Just Tomatoes and PotatoesMatthew Rafa September 8, 2019f you through Warwood on a Tuesday afternoon, you might notice a gathering of canopies, food trucks and people. The...
YWCA to Honor Five at Tribute to Women Awards CeremonyProvided September 8, 2019 ive extraordinary women will be honored for their outstanding achievements during the annual YWCA Wheeling Tribute to Women Awards ceremony...
THE GRIFFITH FILES: When Wheeling Put On a Big Show to Celebrate Its BicentennialGerry Griffith September 7, 2019ifty years ago, I was a defender of Wheeling’s Fort Henry in the last battle of the Revolutionary War; a...
Bishop Appoints Vicar GeneralProvided September 6, 2019Bishop Mark E. Brennan has announced the appointment of Monsignor Eugene S. Ostrowski as vicar general and moderator of the...
Wheeling Symphony Auxiliary Seeks Student VolunteersProvided September 6, 2019 The Wheeling Symphony Auxiliary will have a student volunteer mandatory training session at 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22, at the...
West Virginia’s Remarkable BatsLaura Jackson Roberts September 6, 2019’ve got a history with bats. For 40 years, they’ve been invading my summers and my homes. A bat slammed...
YSS Hosts Meeting to Address Needs of Homeless Women, Families in WheelingProvided September 5, 2019Twenty-three leaders — from city officials to health care professionals to social service providers — put their heads together Wednesday...
Wheeling to Host Inaugural Writers Conference of Northern AppalachiaChristina Fisanick September 4, 2019owntown Wheeling has been chosen as the site for the first-ever Writers Conference of Northern Appalachia (WCoNA), where workshops, presentations,...
Bishop Mark E. Brennan: ‘The Only Way to Overcome Evil Is With Good’Nora Edinger September 3, 2019Editor’s note: Today’s post — part of an ongoing Weelunk series on Spirituality in the Ohio Valley — features a...
WHEELING’S (FUL)BRIGHT WOMEN: Karen Laska’s ‘Plan A’Ryan Norman September 2, 2019Editor’s note: Three women who hail from Wheeling — Jordan Miller, Karen Laska, Morgan Harris — have been awarded Fulbright...
‘Pints for a Purpose’ to Benefit Augusta Levy Learning CenterProvided September 1, 2019On Sept. 7, Hightower Brewing Company will hold its first-ever “Pints for a Purpose” charity event to benefit the Augusta Levy...
Art, Photography on Display at Artworks During SeptemberProvided September 1, 2019A double treat is in store for guests at Artworks Around Town during September. A group of four student artists...
WVNCC Launches New App and Redesigned WebsiteProvided September 1, 2019West Virginia Northern Community College has launched a new app, WVNCC GO, making it easier for students and the community...
ECHOES … Of That First Day at the Mount — and BeyondAnne Hazlett Foreman August 31, 2019t is said that moments of trauma or great joy are etched in our minds forever and, like Post Traumatic...
Stifel to Open Season With ‘Collective Works’ of Pittsburgh Society of IllustratorsProvided August 31, 2019Oglebay Institute’s Stifel Fine Arts Center will opens its 2019-20 season of changing art exhibits with “The Collective Works” of...
Hot Yoga Cools Anxiety for Jobless During Hospital ClosuresProvided August 30, 2019When the news that Ohio Valley Medical Center and East Ohio Regional Hospital would close hit the valley, OV Power...
Music Under the Stars: Celebrate 90 Years With Ninth Music DirectorPhyllis Sigal August 30, 2019ine decades, eight conductors, dozens of guest artists, a myriad of concert programs and thousands of musicians have led to...
Linsly’s Theme: Don’t Limit Your Challenges — Challenge Your LimitsProvided August 29, 2019The Linsly School began its 206th academic year with a new school theme, as well as record-high enrollment, welcoming 468...
Weelunk Rolls Into Wheeling HeritageWeelunk Staff August 28, 2019‘THIS IS WEELUNK’ t looks like a website, but it’s more than that. It represents an attitude, a desire for...
WHEELING’S (FUL)BRIGHT WOMEN: Morgan Harris Found Refuge in AcademicsRyan Norman August 27, 2019Editor’s note: Three women who hail from Wheeling — Jordan Miller, Karen Laska, Morgan Harris — have been awarded Fulbright...
Celebrating the Musical Women of Coal Country: Karen Collins, Elaine Purkey Remember Hazel DickensSeán Duffy August 26, 2019he Ohio County Public Library and the WALS Foundation will celebrate Reuther-Pollack Labor Heritage Week through the music of two...
WHEELING’S (FUL)BRIGHT WOMEN: Jordan Miller’s Love of LanguageRyan Norman August 25, 2019Editor’s note: Three women who hail from Wheeling — Jordan Miller, Karen Laska, Morgan Harris — have been awarded Fulbright...
BILL HOGAN’S MUSINGS: Poppa’s One, Two, ThreeBill Hogan August 24, 2019riving through Wheeling Park, I noticed a sign — “Bandstand” — and followed it to the top of the hill....
Vineyard at 40: Still a ‘Rock and Roll Church’Nora Edinger August 23, 2019he naked ladies were a bit of a stretch, but if there were ever a church that could cope with...
House of the Carpenter Youth Center Construction UnderwayProvided August 22, 2019Construction is underway on a much-needed activities center that will provide a safe play area and meeting space for hundreds...
Wheeling Heritage Media Launches Podcast on Wheeling BrewerWeelunk Staff August 21, 2019urder (maybe). Philanthropy. Prostitution. Industrialization. Corruption. All these words are synonymous with Wheeling brewer Henry Schmulbach. And Wheeling Heritage is...
PROFILES IN PERSEVERANCE: Meet Mary HessEllen Brafford McCroskey August 20, 2019Editor’s note: In this series, Weelunk readers will meet their neighbors who are successfully navigating the road of recovery. Like...
Families Find Adventures in ScoutingStacey Miller Sacco August 19, 2019ccording to a recent survey, American families spend just 37 minutes of quality time together each day. Between work, school,...
Women in Labor History Is Theme of SymposiumProvided August 18, 2019The Wheeling Academy of Law and Science (WALS) Foundation, through its Reuther-Wheeling Library and Labor History Archive, will offer the...
Wheeling University Receives Major Grant for Science EducationProvided August 18, 2019Floods, droughts, blizzards, heat waves, tornados, hurricanes, eruptions and earthquakes. Many people in the Wheeling area and across the nation...
Building a Stronger Community — One Gnome at a TimeKelly Strautmann August 17, 2019here is a place in Wheeling where you can meet new friends and be creative. Where a beautiful resident tortoiseshell...
West Liberty University Marks 10 Years of Operation at The HighlandsProvided August 17, 2019West Liberty University invites the public to a celebration at 10 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 24, marking the 10th anniversary of...
Higher Education Commission Reauthorizes Wheeling JesuitProvided August 16, 2019Wheeling University today announced that it has been fully reauthorized by the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission and will...
A Spotlight on Helping Hands: Assisting Marginalized CitizensJessica Broverman August 16, 2019ervices provided in the Ohio Valley to assist its most vulnerable citizens are everywhere. Though you may see programs advertised,...
Portion of 18th Street to CloseProvided August 15, 2019A portion of 18th Street, between Market and Chapline streets, will close permanently on Friday, Aug. 16, but many benefits...
Section of Fitzsimmons Family Dog Park Temporarily ClosedProvided August 15, 2019The section of the Fitzsimmons Family Dog Park for large breed dogs will be temporarily closed to allow the surface...
