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...
#WVStrong Living Large in State’s Flood AreasSteve Novotney July 12, 2016“I just saw a truck full of kayaks go down the road to the lake, and that was a great...
The Weelunk Weekly Email is HereWeelunk Staff July 11, 2016What the heck is Weelunk? Some think it is strictly a facebook page, and while there is one of those,...
Local Chef Taking ‘Supermeal’ to White HouseSteve Novotney July 10, 2016She didn’t know what it was or how to cook it, but Grace Landini knew she really liked couscous at...
A Pleasant (Valley) EveningLeeRoy July 9, 2016It’s been another crazy week in the world. A week that’s hard to comprehend and a week that makes us...
Prosser Legacy Soon to Be Celebrated at CCHSSteve Novotney July 8, 2016He was a fiery redhead, and if you were a young Wheeling kid in the 1980s, you wanted him to...
The Greatest Shows on Earth (in Wheeling)Mike Quinn July 7, 2016In the old days entertainment was a whole different thing. Sister Kate asked me to write about the amazing shows...
Optimism, Enthusiasm Mark First Council MeetingSteve Novotney July 6, 2016Glenn Elliott set up a booth on Water Street during last summer’s Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival and learned...
Black Ties And Corsages/Shooters And ChasersBill Hogan July 5, 2016There were two big dances during the Christmas season, the White Ball and the Charity Ball. These were formal dances...
Challenge Wheeling 2016Rochambeau July 3, 2016Saturday, June 18th was the annual Challenge Wheeling scavenger run to benefit Youth Services System. The weather was hot, and...
In The Bigs: An Oath, the Stats, and BaseballSteve Novotney July 2, 2016“In The Bigs”? It was the column I composed while serving as editor and GM of “The Official Newspaper of...
The Mayor’s Inaugural SpeechWeelunk Staff July 1, 2016 On July 1, 2016 Glenn F. Elliott was sworn in as Mayor of Wheeling, W.Va. The following is a...
West Virginia is StrongShawn Fluharty July 1, 2016“A picture is worth a thousand words” comes to mind after spending the day in southern West Virginia delivering supplies...
America is in Your HandsMorgan McCormick July 1, 2016 We would normally be writing about the perfect summer brews or a few new craft beers to hit the...
Sum…Sum..Summertime!Michele Rejonis June 30, 2016Walking to the office from the parking lot this morning, I thought about what a beautiful day it is…the sky...
Hosting Trump in Wheeling Without a HitchSteve Novotney June 30, 2016The dinner comprised stuffed chicken breast, roasted potatoes, green beans, a roll, and a side salad, and it was prepared...
Join Us July 1Mayor Glenn Elliott June 29, 2016A special message from the Wheeling Mayor-Elect: In recent weeks I’ve found my schedule being conducted at a faster pace...
Wheeling Area Bands Together for Flood ReliefSteve Novotney June 29, 2016Deadly and destructive were the rains that swelled creeks, streams, and rivers throughout a 44-county area in central and southern...
Photos: Arts & Culture Fest 2016Monica Mull June 28, 2016Two weekends ago, I had the pleasure of attending the 6th annual Wheeling Arts Fest. This year was slightly different...
Grow Ohio Valley Seeds New Partnership In North WheelingSteve Novotney June 28, 2016Some shrug it off, this effort to grow fruits and vegetables on local land, because they are used to visiting...
