Betty’s Garden Diary for August 2016Earl Nicodemus August 23, 2016Betty’s Garden mid-August. The first two plantings of corn have been harvested Welcome to the August issue of Betty’s Garden...
Life in the Valley is Inspiration for Hip-Hop ArtistJosh Smith August 22, 2016Whether you live in the suburbs of the Ohio Valley or in the metropolises around the country, everyone listens to...
On the Road to Mayhem! Oglebay Institute Plans Mountain AdventureKen Dague August 21, 2016Nine years ago, late summer 2007, naturalists, college students, hippies and adventurers joined me for a four-day excursion into east-central...
‘Sister Robin’ – A Cold Case – Part 1Steve Novotney August 20, 2016(Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part series examining the murder of Roberta Elam in Ohio County on...
Weelunk WeekenderLeeRoy August 19, 2016Kids are going back to school, but you shouldn’t — time to DO SOMETHING this weekend Wheeling. Happy Hour Wine...
New Business Fuses Great Tastes With NutritionSteve Novotney August 18, 2016Like it or not, you can thank the game of football for introducing Tyler Eyerman to a healthy diet and...
Wheel Help!: It’s Your Call-to-Action. Engage!Jeremy Morris August 17, 2016In his inaugural speech, Wheeling Mayor Glenn Elliott aptly stated, “No single Mayor, City Council member, non-profit organization, or business...
Substance Abuse Town Hall Meeting TodaySteve Novotney August 16, 2016Although many believe little help exists within the borders of West Virginia when it comes to addressing the issues connected...
Wheeling Blues Fest Beats Heat, Rocks RainGlynis Board August 15, 2016Story courtesy of Weelunk partner West Virginia Public Broadcasting Accompanying story and audio here: Listen At the 16th annual Blues...
My TownBill Hogan August 15, 2016I remember when the entrance to the Riley Law Building was on Chapline Street. One went through the doors and...
Ohio County Schools: Part 4 – Free NutritionSteve Novotney August 14, 2016(Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of articles featuring Ohio County Schools, the district’s new superintendent, and...
Do Something: Centre Market Success StorySteve Novotney August 13, 2016On the east side of the Centre Market a few retail businesses are intermingled with residential brownstones, and on the...
A Poem: County Road 4Chad Burrall August 12, 2016cold porch lights chase me thirty miles per hour downhill to the Ohio past bison in greasy fields old company...
Weelunk Weekender: How Best to Enjoy the Dog DaysJeremy Morris August 11, 2016As the Dog Days of Summer heat up again, Wheeling’s festivals and special events will be at a fever pitch this...
Relay For Life Relentless In Battling CancerSteve Novotney August 10, 2016There’s that moment, the one all fear and never wish to experience, and it’s always followed by the question, “Am...
In the Bigs – Cheffing, Runnin’, Strummin’, & RememberingSteve Novotney August 9, 2016I wrote about him back in May because I’ve devoured his food for years, and I’m familiar with most of...
My ApartmentMike Quinn August 8, 2016I have lived in several nice homes during my life. One morning I was surfing the net, and came across these...
Bedway Molding His Career In WheelingSteve Novotney August 7, 2016He’s always known he needs to work with his hands to create something because that’s what he’s always done since...
Ohio County Schools: Part 3 – Football & T.W.B.A.ISteve Novotney August 6, 2016(Editor’s Note: This is the third story in a series of articles featuring Ohio County Schools, the district’s new superintendent,...
The Weelunk Weekender: Weelunk Blonde is BackJeremy Morris August 5, 2016This weekend Friday is the night! Find plenty to do across the Friendly City. It’s First Friday! First Fridays, presented...
Wheeler’s BluesFest Dream Keeps Coming TrueSteve Novotney August 5, 2016He caught himself and then he cured himself. Bruce Wheeler was unemployed, painting his own house in the Woodsdale neighborhood...
Ohio County Schools: Where I Grew UpBrian Cook, Ed. D. August 4, 2016Sometimes people walk into your life and turn right around and walk away out of your life. However, there are...
Mayor Elliott Announces Committees on Housing, VolunteerismAllison Skibo August 4, 2016During the August 2 City Council meeting, Mayor Glenn Elliott discussed the remaining ad hoc committees that he introduced on...
Celebrate Youth Festival a YSS TraditionSteve Novotney August 3, 2016For the eighth consecutive year Youth Services System will collect more than 60 local businesses and service organizations this Thursday...
“Coach” Sam Andy: 1940 – 2016Steve Novotney August 2, 2016He fought for what he believed in whether he was a coach, a teacher, a member of the Ohio County...
Do Something: Simple. Craft. Beer.Jeremy Larance August 1, 2016Hunter S. Thompson once claimed that an old Celtic adage, “Good people drink good beer, “ is just as true...
Resurrection Cometh for Mt. Carmel MonasterySteve Novotney July 31, 2016They chose an existence behind towering walls, a spiked, steel grille, and solitary prayer and absolute poverty while living away...
An Idea for a Better WheelingSeth Distefano July 30, 2016Creating a better future for Wheeling through a State Earned Income Tax Credit When you look around Wheeling, the signs...
Do Something: Mountain Bike TrailCharles Griffith July 29, 2016Oglebay is excited to announce that phase I of the new Mountain Bike Trails is now open. Nearly three miles...
Ohio County Schools – Part 2 – Education ProcessSteve Novotney July 29, 2016Uniform and phone-in participation policies, the non-renewal of the former superintendent, no-shows by BOE members, tax decreases and then increases,...
Do Something: Community Fitness ChallengeAlyson Hurley July 28, 2016Liberty Distributors President Mark Peluchette is named winner of inaugural ‘Community Fitness Challenge for Executives’ Naming an overall winner...
Grow OV Partners with Wheeling Health RightSteve Novotney July 27, 2016As soon as a vegetable is picked from its vine, it begins to lose nutritional value, and those foods are...
McConnaughy Returns to CCHS Baseball ProgramSteve Novotney July 26, 2016Administrators at Central Catholic High School have appointed Bo McConnaughy as head baseball coach of the Maroon Knights for the...
In The Bigs – LGBT, 12th Street, the BluesSteve Novotney July 26, 2016It’s a little different in Wheeling. Ten cities in West Virginia have councils that have dared to establish protection for...
Wheeling Jesuit Group Provides Flood Relief In ClendeninKelly Klubert July 25, 2016Twenty-seven Wheeling Jesuit University students, faculty and alumni spent Wednesday, July 13, helping two families in Clendenin, W.Va., begin to...
Only in Wheeling: Through the FogSteve Criniti July 24, 2016As I pull my car through the sharp, blind turn on this empty winding road, I am met by a...
Ohio County Schools – Part 1 – A New DirectionSteve Novotney July 23, 2016(Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles featuring Ohio County Schools, the district’s new superintendent, and...
Weelunk WeekenderJeremy Morris July 22, 2016Yes! It’s gonna a be a hot one. It wouldn’t be Italian Festival without a lot of humidity and a...
Wheeling Area Infrastructure a DOH PrioritySteve Novotney July 22, 2016(Cover photo provided by the Al Molnar Collection) Two of them can be renovated but one, the span in the...
The Mabel Files: Standing Up for Sightless FolksGerry Griffith July 21, 2016Lizzie Goes on Wheeling TV and Stands Up for Sightless Folks Of all the remarkable things that the remarkable sightless...
Mayor Elliott Announces Committees on Retention, IndustryAllison Skibo July 20, 2016 During the July 5, 2016, City Council meeting, Mayor Glenn Elliott discussed four new ad hoc committees to be...
Hoffman to Be Missed, Must be Replaced on BallotSteve Novotney July 20, 2016She said things like this: “We strive to serve the taxpayers each and every day, and my staff and I...
1,000 StoriesWeelunk Staff July 19, 2016Joins us in celebrating 1,000 Weelunk.com stories published since our launch on Nov. 1, 2014. That number represents 1.5 million...
In The Bigs – Sprinkling The New With TraditionsSteve Novotney July 19, 2016Capture your first Pokemon yet? People of all ages have taken to the streets of the Upper Ohio Valley and...
Betty’s Garden Diary for July 2016Earl Nicodemus July 18, 2016Welcome to Betty’s Garden Diary for July, 2016! Betty’s Garden on July 14, 2016 Things are going well in Betty’s...
Monumental Effort To Move Famous Statue Under WaySteve Novotney July 17, 2016As a pre-teen boy in Wheeling, Court Micker found himself fascinated with everything involved with the Civil War, so that...
The Elby’s Empire: Part 7 – Could It Work Today?Steve Novotney July 16, 2016(Writer’s Note: This is the seventh chapter in this series of stories that will concentrate on the history of one...
West Virginia Needs Your HelpJake Lynch July 15, 2016Local flood response organizers are reporting an urgent need for volunteers to help with flood cleanup efforts over the next...
Weelunk WeekenderJosh Smith July 14, 2016During mid-July in the Ohio Valley, the area is swarmed with talk about Jamboree in the Hills. It is one...
W.Va. Native Mailing Letters to BlankenshipSteve Novotney July 13, 2016She wants him to think about it. Every single day! Don Blankenship is sitting in the Taft Correctional Institution after...
