Growing up with a Growing Wheeling

Hannah Mason January 15, 2016

I don’t remember Wheeling in its “heyday.” I’ve seen black and white pictures of shops and businesses lining downtown and...

Local Miracle Worker On A New Mission

Steve Novotney January 15, 2016

She’s performed one miracle and now is conjuring up yet another. Lorraine McCardle, the founder of the Miracle League of...

The Mabel Files: Monsters, Wheeling Creek and New Arrival

Gerry Griffith January 14, 2016

The Monster in the Basement, Washing the Car in Wheeling Creek, and the New Arrival   In 1947, the Minns/Griffith...

Weelunk Weekender

LeeRoy January 14, 2016

The days are getting longer Wheeling, W.Va. – time to DO SOMETHING about it.   Ski and Snowboard Oglebay Friday...

Local Delegates Prepared For State Legislature

Steve Novotney January 13, 2016

Male, female; Democrat, Republican; single, married with children; one in his early 30s, the other in her 40s; and one...

The Wheeling Renaissance… Of 1953

Allen Dieterich-Ward January 12, 2016

A Weelunk Partnership with Archiving Wheeling. For more Archiving Wheeling stories about local history through documents go to www.archivingwheeling.org. If you...

Wheeling Arts Fest Gets New Location

Steve Novotney January 12, 2016

A new partnership with the Wheeling YWCA will move the Wheeling Arts Fest to a new location in June. Erika...

A Magnificent Present

Shannon McDermott January 11, 2016

  Editor’s Note: This fall, an Honors College writing course at West Liberty University, taught by Dr. Steve Criniti, adopted...

Possible International Scam Uncovered in Ohio County

Steve Novotney January 10, 2016

An arrest for one crime, on occasion, leads to the discovery of several more, and the irresponsible operation of a...

Suggestions For Your New Beers Resolution

Erin Carenbauer Ball January 10, 2016

New Year, New You! So how does beer enter this equation? There’s a brewski out there for almost every resolution!...

Candidates, Incumbents – Wheeling’s Recreation Facilities

Steve Novotney January 9, 2016

Playing baseball on the big field at the Patterson complex was a huge deal decades ago for local ballplayers, and...

WJU Plans Events for MLK Day

Philip Stahl January 9, 2016

Wheeling Jesuit University and community partners are gearing up to host a number of events Martin Luther King Jr. Day...

Sean Duffy: Wheeling’s Unassuming Historical Ambassador

Steve Novotney January 8, 2016

He’s soft-spoken, he’s humble, and he never accepts any credit for his accomplishments, but Sean Duffy has indeed had a...

New WLU President Wants to Listen, Learn

Maureen Zambito January 7, 2016

West Liberty University’s new President, Dr. Stephen Greiner, took office this week and began his official duties as the leader...

Weelunk Weekender

LeeRoy January 7, 2016

What’s your 2016 resolution? Hopefully it includes Doing Something in Wheeling, WV.   Wine Tasting – Good Mansion Wines Friday...

Dog Park Moving Forward Thanks to Fitzsimmons Family

Steve Novotney January 6, 2016

A dog park in Wheeling will be a reality in 2016 thanks to the generosity of one Wheeling family that...

Alpine Shop Offers An Avalanche Of Ski Gear

Steve Novotney January 5, 2016

Paul Exley enjoys offering beginning skiers a little lesson, and there is no snow required. “We do it right on...

Musings About Local Hiking

Rochambeau January 4, 2016

Over the last several weekends, I have been lucky enough to do a bit of hiking. Urban hiking, even- in...

Wheeling Brewing Crafting a Complete Experience

Steve Novotney January 2, 2016

In one hand, a craft brew. In the other, crafted food. And one can now acquire such a two-fisted experience...

The Ohio Valley Adventure

Jesse Mestrovic January 1, 2016

With the abnormal warm temperatures in the Ohio Valley this December, it is hard not to have that desire to...

2015: In Pictures

Weelunk Staff December 31, 2015

Take a look at some of the pictures that captured the essence of 2015.  Maybe you will see someone you...

2015 Top Ten: Stories By You

Weelunk Staff December 31, 2015

Recently we shared our 2015 Top Ten “Steve Novotney” and “IDEAS” stories.  Today we wrap up the year in review...

Benwood Community Receives Prayed-For Gift

Steve Novotney December 31, 2015

An anchor of the Benwood community will be resurrected beginning next year, and one leader in the municipality likened it...

2015 Top Ten: IDEAS

Weelunk Staff December 30, 2015

In 2015 we received stories from over 100 people like you.  Here are the Top Ten stories of 2015 that...

The Tales Mount Wood Cemetery Tells

Steve Novotney December 29, 2015

The preservation of history involves much more than stories and structures, and that is why officials of the Wheeling National...

Why We Need the West Virginia Channel

Scott Finn December 29, 2015

What is West Virginia’s most valuable resource? Our natural beauty? Coal and natural gas? Our people? I believe our most important...

Betty’s Garden Diary

Earl Nicodemus December 28, 2015

Author’s Note: This is the first installment in a planned series of informational articles for Ohio Valley gardeners. We will...

2015 In Review: Readers React Top 10

Steve Novotney December 27, 2015

Click on the Images Below to Read the Stories The past year has presented many positives within the Wheeling-area community,...

Meet The Centre Market Violinist

Thomas Reinhardt December 26, 2015

Hello Wheeling. My name is Thomas Reinhardt. I have been away from Wheeling for years, traveling while residing in various...

Special Gifts For Special People

Steve Novotney December 25, 2015

There are some gifts that still need giving on this day, but these can only be offered through composition to...

The Mabel Files: A Christmas Gift of Faith

Gerry Griffith December 23, 2015

Tom and Lizzie Minns rarely had much to spend on each other at Christmas during their long and frugal marriage....

New Book & Film Tackle NFL Issue Head-On

Bill Hanna December 22, 2015

CTE The acronym stands for chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and the term didn’t even exist before 2002, when Dr. Bennet Omalu...

WJU Professor Provides Medical Treatment in Africa

Kelly Klubert December 21, 2015

While many were spending Thanksgiving eating turkey and watching football, Wheeling Jesuit University’s Dr. Bryan Raudenbush, professor of Psychology, along...

TOYS!

Steve Novotney December 20, 2015

That’s right. TOYS! The red wagon, the Rubik’s Cube, the baby doll, and the Jack in the Box, and there...

Lowell Windfree’s Bobsled Run

Rich Knoblich December 19, 2015

Note: This is a fictional tale. Rich Knoblich, WV storyteller and a regular winner of the Liar Contest at the...

Donatelli: ‘I’m As Ready as I Ever Will Be’

Steve Novotney December 19, 2015

He doesn’t know. He didn’t know on Dec. 13, the day after Mike Johnston was fired as the head coach...

Millennial State of Mind

Natalie Roper December 18, 2015

Shared from Weelunk.com’s partner: West Virginia Executive Natalie Roper is the Executive Director of Weelunk parter: Generation West Virginia  ...

Weelunk Weekender

LeeRoy December 17, 2015

Feature photo by LeeRoy (Dusk on Chapel Hill Rd.) The last weekend before the holidays means last minute shopping for...

Wheeling Park High Ladies Make History

Steve Novotney December 17, 2015

If you have enjoy stories like these and want to keep reading more positive stories about Wheeling, WV, be sure...

OI’s Dance Grad Returns for Nutcracker

Laura Jackson Roberts December 16, 2015

Oglebay Institute’s School of Dance Grad Returns for Nutcracker, and to Inspire   Once again, it’s The Nutcracker season at...

Help The Unity Center Battle Addiction

Steve Novotney December 16, 2015

She is involved because it is where life led her, and now Wheeling resident Diana Mey is doing what she...

The Sanity Tree

Brad Chambers December 15, 2015

“And Then 9/11 Happened” Christmas of 2001 will not make it to my “Top 10 Most Enjoyable Christmases” list. As...

Scrooge Visits Moundsville

Ebenezer Scrooge December 15, 2015

There have been rumors circulating around the money-changing office lately that a production called “Being A Ghost Story of Christmas”...

In Video: Empress Emporium

George December 14, 2015

The Empress Emporium is a delightful Tea and Parfumerie shop in downtown Wheeling, located on 1908 Market St. They specialize...

YSS: What’s Love Got To Do With It?

Tammy Kruse December 14, 2015

In 1984, when Tina Turner belted out the lyrics, “What’s love got to do, got to do with it”, she...

Tiny Homes A Big Idea in Wheeling

Steve Novotney December 13, 2015

It’s only an idea at this point, but it’s something two Wheeling business partners believe can add to the transformation...

Cardinals Claim First Ever National Championship

Chris Myers December 12, 2015

Why not us! That was the Wheeling Jesuit volleyball mantra during their march through the 64 team field. Saturday night in Tampa,...

Falling Bricks Replaced by Downtown Growth

Steve Novotney December 12, 2015

With every brick that fell, there was one local resident happy but another upset in a community torn between erasing...

CCHS Food Drive Almost In The Bag

Steve Novotney December 11, 2015

Connecting community and service is an imperative mission inside Wheeling Central Catholic High School, but this weekend it will extend...

Books That Every West Virginian Should Read

Emily Torbett December 11, 2015

1. Rocket Boys by Homer H. Hickam, Jr. A true memoir, Rocket Boys details the childhood experiences of NASA engineer...