Mother Finds Her Passion Along Road To Recovery

Ellen Brafford McCroskey September 18, 2018

“Sometimes, the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.” – Barbara Kingsolver No mother plans to raise a child...

Towngate Opens Season With ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’

Provided September 17, 2018

Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre opens its 50th season of community theater with the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play “The...

WSO to Welcome Music Director Candidate Tim Hankewich

Phyllis Sigal September 17, 2018

Editor’s note: We are changing up our WEEasked series a few times over the next several months, asking specific questions...

An Afternoon of Irish Road Bowling

Nick Musgrave September 16, 2018

An old (American) adage says that everyone is at least a little bit Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. According to...

Community Invited to Celebrate Mass of the Holy Spirit at WJU

Provided September 16, 2018

Wheeling Jesuit University will celebrate its annual Mass of the Holy Spirit at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, in the...

Lieutenant Benjamin Biggs and the 135th Ohio Infantry

Earl Nicodemus September 16, 2018

By the spring of 1864, the tide of the Civil War favored the north. In March of 1864, Ulysses S....

Titanic Dinner Keeps Memories Afloat

Provided September 15, 2018

On Friday, April 14, 1912, wealthy Pennsylvanians George and Eleanor Widener hosted a celebratory dinner, in honor of Edward Smith,...

A Love Letter to the Oglebay Train Room

Kelly Strautmann September 15, 2018

They say nothing lasts forever, and everything changes. You hear it your whole life. And there are many things you...

Music of Beach Boys, Conductor Candidate at WSO Season Opener

Provided September 15, 2018

“Surf’s Up! A Tribute to the Beach Boys,” opens the 2018-19 Wheeling Symphony Orchestra season, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept....

What’s New at the Zoo? Animal Encounters and More

Laura Jackson Roberts September 14, 2018

After 40 years of visits, I know Oglebay’s Good Zoo so well I could walk the paths with my eyes...

EVENTS: Wheeling Is Drumming Up Things to Do

Weelunk Staff September 13, 2018

 JAZZ IT UP Roger Humphries, one of Pittsburgh’s most celebrated jazz legends, will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15,...

Open House at August Levy a Thank You to Community

Provided September 13, 2018

The Augusta Levy Learning Center will hold an open house at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14, as a thank you...

The Painful Fat Disease: Lipedema

Christina Fisanick September 12, 2018

When I learned I had lipedema, I cried. Hours later I was still crying. Thankfully, I was able to regain...

Uniting the Community with Jessica Rine

Phyllis Sigal September 11, 2018

Last year during Oktoberfest at Centre Market, Jessica Rine “had a moment,” as she stood looking at the crowds lining...

Hope and Community in Abundant Supply at Lazarus House, Mary & Martha House

Ellen Brafford McCroskey September 10, 2018

Pat Condron, co-founder and executive director of Lazarus House and Mary & Martha House, believes that addiction is a “disease...

Wheeling Film Society Kicks Off New Season Sept. 14

Provided September 10, 2018

The Wheeling Film Society kicks off its seventh season of screening and discussing classic Hollywood films with a free screening...

Parks to Host Job Fair

Provided September 9, 2018

Are you looking for a rewarding full-time career, a part-time role or a seasonal position? If so, don’t miss the...

Sound Bath Had Waterfront Humming

Ryan Norman September 9, 2018

Cha-cha-cha-Cheeeeeeeelsey! Tiiiiiiim-OOOOO-thy! SAR-aaaaaaaaaaaah! If you strolled past Heritage Port on a recent Monday evening just before sundown, you may well...

ZOOsci What?

Tom Rinkes September 8, 2018

I first met Norbert in his classroom. Norbert and I now are friends. He occasionally roams West Liberty University’s Zoo...

One Tank Trips: Cathedral State Park

Laura Jackson Roberts September 7, 2018

Just down the road from Deep Creek Lake, Md., sits one of my favorite West Virginia day trips, Cathedral State...

EVENTS: Paint the Town at First Friday

Weelunk Staff September 6, 2018

FIRST FRIDAY The Gallery Hop at Artworks Around Town on Friday, Sept. 7, will usher in a two-month celebration of...

TIME TO GREEN UP: All Greened Up But Nowhere to Go

Nora Edinger September 5, 2018

Editor’s Note: As part of the capstone to a series looking at green living in Wheeling, Weelunk set out to...

Some Special Wishes Can’t Wait

Stacey Miller Sacco September 5, 2018

Zach Wajda has spent much of his 20 years preparing for or recovering from heart surgeries and working hard to...

Wee Asked Amy Jo Hutchison

Phyllis Sigal September 4, 2018

WEEasked some simple questions — and your neighbors, friends, co-workers, acquaintances, maybe some strangers, answered. Get to know them a...

Walter of Wetzel Street: The Wheeling Foundations of an International Labor Legend

Nick Musgrave September 3, 2018

On Sept. 1, 1907, two German immigrants, Valentine and Anna Reuther, welcomed their second child to the world. A healthy...

Aromatherapy: Olfaction and the Opioid Crisis

Marni Reven September 2, 2018

“Smells are surer than sights or sounds to make your heartstrings crack.”  — Rudyard Kipling Few would argue that a...

Polling Project Aims to Give Safe Space for High School Students to Express Views

Provided September 2, 2018

A political polling project for high school seniors in Appalachia this month aims to respond to fears that young people...

Ohio County Public Library Participates in ‘The Great American Read’

Provided September 2, 2018

“The Great American Read” premiered May 22 on PBS stations, kicking off a summer of reading and voting. Based on...

Walk the Dog Has New Meaning With New Fundraiser

Provided September 2, 2018

Members of Chi Nu fraternity will combine fun and charity with its first Pooch Pals 5K this fall. The non-competitive...

AS I SEE IT: Love Is Love — Especially Between LGBTQ Youth and Their Parents

Ellen Brafford McCroskey September 1, 2018

It was announced last month that former Vice President and long-time LGBTQ advocate Joe Biden is launching a campaign to...

Community Auditions Set for ‘Prodigal Son’ at Ohio University Eastern

Provided September 1, 2018

The Theater Department of Ohio University Eastern will hold open community auditions for its upcoming production of John Patrick Shanley’s...

Judge Tells Teens: Keep Your Brain Off Drugs and Alcohol

Phyllis Sigal August 31, 2018

“Don’t do alcohol or marijuana until you’re 25.” If Magistrate Judge James E. Seibert has one piece of advice for...

New People’s U Explores W.Va. Watersheds

Provided August 30, 2018

In recognition of the elemental importance of our water to all life and human activity, including lifelong learning, the Ohio...

Local Family-Run Dog Treat Company a Barking Success

Daniel Dorsch August 29, 2018

A hometown sensation has set tails wagging across West Virginia — from Centre Market in Wheeling to the Tamarack cultural...

Towngate 50th Season Dedicated to Hal O’Leary

Misty Klug August 28, 2018

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder once said, “I regard the theater as the greatest of all art forms,...

Tom Griffith’s Wheeling: Art and Architecture Walk

Provided August 28, 2018

A unique art walk celebrating the work of Tom Griffith will take place Thursday, Sept. 6, in downtown Wheeling. The fundraising...

Nutting Gallery Opens Season With Textiles

Provided August 27, 2018

Piece by Piece: A Mash-up of Modern Quilting, Digital Design and Craft is the title of the art exhibition that...

TIME TO GREEN UP: Oglebay Makes Greens Greener

Nora Edinger August 27, 2018

As part of a continuing series on how Wheeling is greening up, Weelunk looks today at the non-profit sector. Area...

Long-Time Members Come Out for Board Benefit

Phyllis Sigal August 26, 2018

More than 400 members and friends of Oglebay Institute attended Friday’s annual Board Benefit on the lawn of the Mansion...

AN ESSAY FOR THE DAY: Fanfare for the Sunflower

Colin McNickle August 25, 2018

“I don’t think there’s anything on this planet that more trumpets life than the sunflower,” says one of the characters...

Celebrating Wheeling’s Labor Heritage

Christina Fisanick and Sean Duffy August 24, 2018

Heroes come in many forms. Firefighters. Medics. Educators. Mentors. For us, Wheeling labor activist Walter Reuther (1907-1970) and worker-friendly business...

Mary Ann Deschaine: ‘It’s a God Thing’

Chana Baker August 22, 2018

Mary Ann Deschaine is a woman of faith. She is a woman of service. She is a woman who took...

More Students Make the Hilltop Home This Fall

Provided August 22, 2018

There will be more students returning to class and campus this weekend as West Liberty University students arrive for move-in...

House of Hagar Sees Christ in Each of Us

Ellen Brafford McCroskey August 21, 2018

“I call them ‘transients,’ but you call them ‘friends.’ And we’re talking about the same people.” Kate Marshall, who operates...

Wheeling Heritage Named Great American Main Street Award Semifinalist

Provided August 20, 2018

Wheeling Heritage has been named a 2019 Great American Main Street Award (GAMSA) Semifinalist by the National Main Street Center....

Largest Freshman Class in WJU’s History Welcomed to Campus

Provided August 20, 2018

Wheeling Jesuit University’s new president, Dr. Michael P. Mihalyo Jr., joined the campus community in welcoming the largest freshman class...

Williams Lea Tag to Host Hiring Event Tuesday

Provided August 20, 2018

Williams Lea Tag will host an on-site hiring event from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21, in the...

Wee Asked Emily S. Fisher

Phyllis Sigal August 20, 2018

WEEasked some simple questions — and your neighbors, friends, co-workers, acquaintances, maybe some strangers, answered. Get to know them a...

Zieggy Tribe Honored at YSS Good Samaritan Dinner

Nick Musgrave August 19, 2018

Wheeling Park’s White Palace Ballroom was packed Friday night for the annual Youth Service System (YSS) Good Samaritan Tribute. The...

Ohio County Sheriff Office Establishes Substation on WLU Campus

Provided August 19, 2018

Just in time for the new school year, the Ohio County Sheriff’s Office has established a substation on the West...