Political Peculiarities and the Blues at People’s UniversityDr. Joseph Laker May 10, 2019Editor’s note: The Ohio County Public Library has launched its 26th People’s University, an eight-week series featuring weird, wild, wacky,...
Roughriders Bring Gripping Gridiron Glory to WheelingNick Musgrave May 8, 2019espite what your parents might have told you as a rambunctious child, you can play football inside. The West Virginia...
WHEELING@WORK: Wendy Scatterday Born Into LeadershipEllen Brafford McCroskey May 7, 2019Editor’s note: Our series, “Wheeling@Work,” is an effort to provide readers with insight and information into our city government, highlighting...
Wee Asked Sister Joanne GonterAnne Hazlett Foreman May 6, 2019WEEasked some simple questions — and your neighbors, friends, co-workers, acquaintances, even some strangers, answered. Get to know them a...
Ecumenical Conference to Focus on Opioid Crisis in West VirginiaProvided May 5, 2019The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston (DWC), Catholic Charities WV (CCWVa) and the West Virginia Council of Churches (WVCC) are working together...
Suicide, a Suspicious Drowning and Good Times Are Brewing at People’s UniversityRyan Stanton May 5, 2019Editor’s note: The Ohio County Public Library has launched its 26th People’s University, an eight-week series featuring weird, wild, wacky,...
Wheeling Symphony Orchestra Concludes 89th Season with Fuchs, Mozart and TchaikovskyProvided May 5, 2019Guest artist Soyeon Kate Lee will be featured when the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra closes its 2018-19 season at 7:30 p.m....
AS I SEE IT: Animal InstinctsEllen Brafford McCroskey May 4, 2019ork responsibilities, aging parents, motherhood, menopause — I don’t know about you, but for me, midlife can be stressful at...
WVU President Gee to Speak at Annual Boy Scout Partnership DinnerProvided May 4, 2019The Ohio River Valley Council Boy Scouts of America announced that West Virginia University President E. Gordon Gee will be...
Tick-Borne Disease: Fact, Fiction and PreventionLaura Jackson Roberts May 3, 2019he other day I went into the woods to dig up some ramps. I wore socks and long pants as...
Eat Your Way Through Upcoming EVENTSWeelunk Staff May 2, 2019BOOGIE ON DOWN Boogie on down to Friday Night Fever — Wheeling Health Right’s 26th annual Chef’s Auction — at...
Local Secret Worth Sharing: Home for Men Celebrates 90 Years of ServiceEllen Brafford McCroskey May 1, 2019“One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth doing is what we do for others.” ...
A VIEW FROM THE MOON: SMART-Center Turns 25 — 50 Years Ago (Part 1)Robert E. Strong April 30, 2019n elementary school, I labored under the common misconception that persists with most youngsters unabated to this day. I thought...
Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston Launches Catholic Sharing AppealProvided April 29, 2019The annual Catholic Sharing Appeal (CSA) of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston — “Sowing the Seeds of Hope” — has launched...
West Liberty University Signs Agreement With Chinese Investment GroupProvided April 29, 2019West Liberty University has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Henan Yinji Investment Group (China) that may open up new...
Harshman, Villamagna Bring Attention to Wheeling Landmarks in New Children’s BookPhyllis Sigal April 29, 2019nce there was a mouse … it was paddling for dear life outside of Robert Villamagna’s art studio, trying to...
West Liberty University Spring Commencement Set for May 4Provided April 28, 2019West Liberty University will graduate 371 students at its spring commencement, to be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 4,...
Weird Stories of Wheeling in the Civil WarJon-Erik Gilot April 28, 2019Editor’s note: The Ohio County Public Library has launched its 26th People’s University, an eight-week series featuring weird, wild, wacky,...
Towngate Ends 50th Season With ‘Our Town’Provided April 28, 2019Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre ends its 50th season of community theater with Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece “Our Town,” considered...
Wheeling Oglebay Tennis Club Set to Swing Into ActionProvided April 28, 2019The year’s festivities of the Wheeling Oglebay Tennis Club will begin on Saturday, May 11, with the “Swing into Spring”...
Park Players to Present Classic Gershwin Musical ‘Crazy for You’Provided April 27, 2019Witness a classic Gershwin musical production when the Park Players of Wheeling Park High School present its spring musical, Crazy...
Fresh Coat of Paint and Other Upgrades for Artworks Around TownAnne Hazlett Foreman April 27, 2019Editor’s note: Anne Hazlett Foreman — as humble as she is talented — mentions in her story below an Artworks...
Get Fired Up for Route 88 BBQ & BrewPhyllis Sigal April 26, 2019itting around the fire pit, making s’mores, sipping a glass of wine or having an ice-cold craft brew. Playing a...
Oglebay Foundation Honors Hess Family, Hydie FriendProvided April 25, 2019At its second annual donor recognition and awards breakfast on April 24, the Oglebay Foundation honored the Hess Family and...
‘Shoot for the Moon’ at Ohio County Public Library WeekProvided April 25, 2019The sky’s the limit this year for the Ohio County Public Library’s annual OCPL Week. From Saturday, April 27, to...
Youth Services System Names Schlegel 2019 Good SamaritanProvided April 24, 2019The question restaurant owner Charlie Schlegel asks himself when anyone calls seeking a charitable donation isn’t “Why should I?” but...
WHEELING@WORK: Koslik Is the City’s Newest Council RepresentativeEllen Brafford McCroskey April 24, 2019Editor’s note: Our series, “Wheeling@Work,” is an effort to provide readers with insight and information into our city government, highlighting...
It’s Time to Enter Weelunk’s Haiku ContestPhyllis Sigal April 23, 2019Editor’s note: April is National Poetry Month, inaugurated in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets. What better way to...
Frederick’s Day Spa ‘CBD Wellness Center’ Plans Open HouseProvided April 22, 2019The CBD Wellness Center at Frederick’s Day Spa is expanding ways to bring relief to the people in the Ohio...
Wee Asked Michael McKowenPhyllis Sigal April 22, 2019WEEasked some simple questions — and your neighbors, friends, co-workers, acquaintances, even some strangers, answered. Get to know them a...
Oglebay to Host Free Spring Horticulture DemosProvided April 21, 2019Escape into the fascinating world of horticulture on Saturday, April 27, for an afternoon of free educational programming on herbs,...
Catholic Charities Neighborhood Center to Hold 23rd Annual Spaghetti DinnerProvided April 21, 2019The Catholic Charities Neighborhood Center in Wheeling will hold its 23rd annual spaghetti dinner from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m....
The Adventures of a First-Time 5K Runner (She Did It for the Kids)Jennifer Kellner-Muscar April 21, 2019“Sometimes it isn’t about doing it well, it is simply about doing it.” — Jennifer Kellner-Muscar wo years ago, at...
Broadway Superstar Joins Wheeling Symphony Orchestra for Classic Broadway, Star Wars and Disney FavoritesProvided April 20, 2019The Wheeling Symphony Orchestra welcomes guest artist Sierra Boggess for “Once Upon a Time,” an evening of Broadway, Star Wars...
PHYLOSOPHY: Empty Lots & Would’ve Beens in James Wright’s Martins Ferry With W.Va.’s Poet LaureatePhyllis Sigal April 20, 2019pring began in Martins Ferry, Ohio. Driving through a bottomless pothole (it wasn’t), inching to the left of a crag...
A Mad Dash for Suffrage, Odd Immigrant Stories, Obscure Strikes and CommunistsHal Gorby April 19, 2019Editor’s note: The Ohio County Public Library has launched its 26th People’s University, an eight-week series featuring weird, wild, wacky,...
New Martinsville Native Shines Light on Coal Miners in ‘Mine 9’Kelly Strautmann April 19, 2019Editor’s note: “Mine 9” is now available on Netflix. You will find yourself gripping the armrest in the theater as...
Wheeling Heritage’s Tom Griffith Collection on Display at WesBancoProvided April 17, 2019Visitors to WesBanco’s trust department can now see a local artist’s vibrant, nostalgic paintings of Wheeling lining the walls. Wheeling...
Wheeling Kids Take Over: Our Guided Tour of the RNR Discovery and Learning CenterJustus, Anelise and Iris Sacco April 17, 2019Editor’s note: Weelunk writer Stacey Sacco and her children enjoyed an afternoon at RNR Discovery and Learning Center, located at...
Two Wheeling Woman Among Five WVU Students Awarded Fulbright ScholarshipsProvided April 16, 2019Five West Virginia University women, including two from Wheeling, have been awarded the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to teach English abroad...
Artists Studio Tour to Showcase Local Artists at WorkLaura Jackson Roberts April 16, 2019f you’re not an artist, the world of art seems like another dimension. When we walk the halls of a...
Our South American Odyssey: The Final ChapterJason Koegler April 15, 2019“For a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother” – Homer, The Odyssey. After our...
A History of Disaster: How Piedmont and the Muskingum Watershed Lakes Came to BeLaura Jackson Roberts April 15, 2019ach weekend in the summers of my childhood, my parents packed me and my brother up and took us to...
Major Relic of St. John Vianney Coming to Town During Holy WeekProvided April 14, 2019A major relic of St. John Vianney, the Curé of Ars, patron saint of parish priests, will be in West...
What We Lost at Wheeling Jesuit UniversityKelly Strautmann April 14, 2019Author’s note: It was impossible for me to write a piece on WJU objectively, so I did a deep dive...
Don’t Miss ‘Victorian Era Mayhem & Murder’ at People’s UniversityDavid Javersak April 14, 2019Editor’s note: The Ohio County Public Library has launched its 26th People’s University, an eight-week series featuring weird, wild, wacky,...
PHYLosophy: ‘Why Are Newfoundlanders Bad at Knock-Knock Jokes?’Phyllis Sigal April 13, 2019“We were all exhausted — just spent. Most of us had been up for five days straight working But somehow...
Out of the Ashes Comes a New PartnershipProvided April 12, 2019Out of the ashes comes a new partnership for Catholic Charities West Virginia (CCWVa) and the Ziegenfelder Company. The Ziegenfelder...
Palms Herald Holy WeekNora Edinger April 12, 2019Editor’s note: In a continuing series on how the Ohio Valley expresses its spirituality, today’s post is the story behind...
Wheeling Heritage Accepting Show of Hands ApplicationsProvided April 11, 2019If you have an idea for a new business, a business expansion or a project that will impact Wheeling, you...
