Growing Up in Wheeling: Gang Warfare in WoodsdaleMike Quinn May 8, 2017Gang warfare was an important part of Woodsdale culture. What always comes to mind first is the “Mary Wheat Gang”....
Hear Mozart’s Requiem Today!Maureen Zambito May 7, 2017West Liberty University Singers will join the College Community Choir to present the classic choral work, Requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus...
Wheeling Women Artists: Pat JacobsonMaria Kimble May 5, 2017Local Painter Tackles Political Issues Pat Jacobson has loved art for as long as she can remember. “Oh, I’ve been...
Hope For Hines To Offer Hope For OthersSteve Novotney May 3, 2017There’s a big difference between living with “no evidence of disease” and enjoying remission from cancer, and that is something...
Amazing Raise: Help Transform the Woodsdale PlaygroundErika Weidner May 2, 2017Every year, the Ohio Valley community rallies around a number of hard-working non-profits or noble causes to stretch their donated...
Grow Ohio Valley Seeks HostsSam Amberg April 30, 2017Early this summer, another four AmeriCorps service members will arrive in Wheeling to assist Grow Ohio Valley in its mission...
The Tunnel Mysteries – Top Mill & Mount WoodSteve Novotney April 28, 2017It gets darker, cooler, and the air thins with each step toward the section of Mount Wood Tunnel that has...
Unity Center Provides Path to RecoverySteve Novotney April 28, 2017It says what it says above the main door into the Unity Center in Center Wheeling – “Leave Your Ego...
In Pittsburgh: Church Brew Works and The Breezer BrothersGerry Griffith April 27, 2017The Beezer Brothers—Pittsburgh’s Twin Architects—Revisit one of their Legacy Projects and Find a Brewery Instead of a Church Architects...
Mayor Eyes Compassion for WheelingSteve Novotney April 26, 2017It is about a change in the mindset of local government that alters the citizen experience because people are treated...
Hughes Design Gallery ReopeningWeelunk Staff April 24, 2017A Woman and her Calling If you’ve driven by the Hughes Design and Gift Gallery on National Rd. in Fulton,...
Loft Living Alive in Downtown DistrictSteve Novotney April 23, 2017One housed a mega-popular retail store and the other was so industrial a train traveled through it when necessary, and...
Historic Footbridge Alive With MemoriesSteve Novotney April 22, 2017Once upon a long time ago the Buch & Donavan Drug Store, the Rose Bowl, the Minute Market, and Ye...
Officials Studying Reuse of Old Wheeling LandfillSteve Novotney April 21, 2017It is a swath of acreage most know nothing about and nearly no one has ever seen because it’s a...
Romantic Wheeling Project: Silence Rings OutLeslie Clark April 20, 2017Silence rings out Along with the death of radiance, I lay above and still Listening to soft snores below. As...
Wheeling Art Lovers’ Palettes To Get Real TreatSteve Novotney April 19, 2017It is an event that represents a chance for enthusiasts of the local arts scene to gain an insider perspective...
Wheeling Women Artists: Bonnie ThurstonMaria Kimble April 18, 2017Bonnie Thurston is a proud West Virginian woman who grew up in a remote southern part of the state. Her...
Wheeling Hill’s Windmill Will Churn AgainSteve Novotney April 16, 2017It was The Windmill, and it will be The Windmill once again. That means its four unfurled sails will rotate...
Baseball in Wheeling – Chapter 2Steve Novotney April 15, 2017(Editor’s Note: This introduction is the third entry of a series of stories that will focus on the history of...
Creek Floats Going MainstreamSteve Novotney April 14, 2017“Staza” does the navigating, and he follows the lead as this “man-and-his-dog” partnership float their way down Big Wheeling Creek....
WLU Professors Named President, Editor of the West Virginia Academy of ScienceMaureen Zambito April 13, 2017West Liberty University is now the workplace of both the president and editor of the West Virginia Academy of Science....
Fitzsimmons Dog Park Nearing CompletionSteve Novotney April 12, 2017The land has been sculpted, the posts set, and soon the fencing will go up, and the grass will be...
The Griffith Files: Kruger Street School Sparks Good Memories and One NightmareGerry Griffith April 10, 2017In a dusty cardboard box that sits on a basement shelf in my house, there is a plain-looking red brick....
Scenes Seen in Wheeling – Part 1Steve Novotney April 9, 2017If residents of Wheeling refuse to take their surroundings for granted, then they can experience some unusual sights in all...
Kennel Owners Uncertain About Their FutureSteve Novotney April 7, 2017UPDATE: West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice did veto Senate Bill 437 today in Wheeling and now the legislation will initially...
Park Players, with Legacy Members, to Present ‘Cinderella’Steve Novotney April 7, 2017Mom was involved with the Park Players and was a member of the record-setting speech and debate team at Wheeling...
Recording History: Wheeling Water WorksChristina Rieth April 7, 2017 As the AmeriCorps member for Wheeling National Heritage Area, I have been doing research on the history and architecture...
“Living” Stations of the Cross at St. Vincent de PaulBryan Minor April 6, 2017As Christians on a 40 day journey through Lent, we often find ourselves “giving up” something that becomes a challenge...
The Men of the PenJack Bence April 5, 2017My friends and I on a warm summer night Drove down to the famous home of fright 11 Acres and...
Greyhounds Vital To Wheeling’s RenaissanceSteve Novotney April 4, 2017The Senate voted 19-15. The House of Delegates voted 56-44. And now Senate Bill 437, legislation that would eliminate the...
Ponzani’s Makes Landscaping Dreams Come TrueSteve Novotney April 2, 2017George Strager was the man’s name, and he was a football mastermind who is considered an Upper Ohio Valley legend,...
MadFest is April 7Maureen Zambito April 1, 2017West Liberty University’s Media Arts and Design Festival (MADFest) continues its job of inspiring creative high school students this spring...
Baseball in Wheeling – Chapter 1Steve Novotney March 31, 2017Editor’s Note: This is the first chapter of a series of stories that will focus on the history of the...
Wheeling Jesuit Students Will Bring to Life the Musical 42nd StreetKelly Klubert March 29, 2017Wheeling Jesuit University will bring to life one of Broadway’s most beloved tales, 42nd Street. This quintessential song and dance...
Romantic Wheeling Project: Greenwood CemeteryEric Haller March 28, 2017Obituaries Greenwood Cemetery, 151, Of Wheeling, West Virginia, Has yet to pass away. Greenwood was born in March, 1866, to...
Grandma’s Illness Inspires Granddaughter’s CareerSteve Novotney March 26, 2017Genevieve Adeline Margaret Sampson Luzadder. Over and over. Genevieve Adeline Margaret Sampson Luzadder. Genevieve Adeline Margaret Sampson Luzadder. Genevieve Adeline...
‘Goosetown’ Home Hidden Away in WheelingSteve Novotney March 24, 2017There was that hum of about 65,000 cars and trucks zipping east and west every day, but Jim Hangler doesn’t...
Courts Four and FiveBill Hogan March 23, 2017The tennis courts four and five are gone. I drove through Crispin Center with my buddy Rory, a thoroughbred mutt...
Streetscaping Project Set for Wheeling’s DowntownSteve Novotney March 22, 2017“Walkability.” By now the term is widely known, and the definition is simply, “a better environment in which to walk.”...
Corpus Christi School Students Cooking up a Healthy StormMiranda Shaner March 22, 2017Corpus Christi School (CCS) partnered with the Culinary Arts program at West Virginia Northern Community College (WVNCC) for a “Kids Can...
Marketing Strategist Eager To Show Her HandSteve Novotney March 21, 2017She watched it and enjoyed what she witnessed, and that is why Alex Weld finds herself in the middle of...
WLU’s Great Gala: A Night in HawaiiMaureen Zambito March 20, 2017West Liberty University and its title sponsor, WesBanco, invite guests to enjoy a Night in Hawaii this April as the...
driving route eighty-eightDavid J. Thomas March 19, 2017in the space between working and not i lose myself essing and squiggling day and late on eighty-eight– a kind...
Baseball in Wheeling: An IntroductionSteve Novotney March 18, 2017(Editor’s Note: This introduction is the first entry of a series of stories that will focus on the history of...
Native Artist Goes Global with ‘Trash Doves’Steve Novotney March 17, 2017Syd Weiler didn’t pay much attention to the pigeons she encountered when walking the streets of Wellsburg as a high...
Wheeling’s Inclusiveness Highlighted In Reuters News StoryRochambeau March 16, 2017Recently, it seems that West Virginia has been the subject of a raft of stories by the big-time media. It...
Wheeling Park Commission Partners With Billy Casper Golf On Operations At Oglebay and Wheeling ParkHerb Faulkenberry March 14, 2017Wheeling Park Commission has selected Billy Casper Golf (BCG) – the highly respected and innovative manager of golf courses, country...
Cardinals Are Sweet SixteenChris Myers March 12, 2017And it’s on to the Cardinals first NCAA Division II Regional Final! Wheeling Jesuit put together a 24-5 run starting...
There’s No Debate About 38 StraightSteve Novotney March 12, 2017It 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...
‘Affair with Emerald Flair’ Will Have You Dreamin’ Bahamas BlueStacey Creely March 11, 2017The luck of the Irish will be with one winner as the Junior League of Wheeling presents Affair with Emerald...
