Three Citizens Doing More Than Something

Steve Novotney March 17, 2015

Oh yes, people do make the difference. Gloria Delbrugge attends at least one meeting per day, most of which are...

On Being Irish

Bill Hogan March 16, 2015

  I am Irish, I guess, because I don’t know what else to be. I am half German, but being German...

Pub Run Perfects An Unlikely Combination

Rochambeau March 15, 2015

A throng of more than 200 runners overcame some drizzly weather on Friday evening to participate in the 3rd annual...

McKinley Q & A: “Our brightest days are still ahead of us”

Steve Novotney March 15, 2015

Chicago. New York. Boston. San Francisco. And Wheeling? David McKinley gets a kick out of it when he is invited...

The Wheeling Mob: Part 1

Steve Novotney March 14, 2015

THE BOSSES, BOOKIES, AND BURGOYNE (Writer’s Note: This is the first in a series of stories that will concentrate on...

School Lunchroom: Opportunities Ahead

Vishakha Maskey March 14, 2015

I am very fortunate to be able to volunteer occasionally at my children’s school with the lunch duty. I enjoy...

What If We’ve Been Trying To Get To Where We’ve Always Been?

Rochambeau March 13, 2015

Amid the recent optimism about the future of Wheeling, I’ve had a thought in my head that I couldn’t quite...

Citizen Positions Open in Friendly City

Steve Novotney March 12, 2015

Plenty of opportunities exist for Wheeling residents to get more involved with the decision-making that helps shape the municipality, but...

‘Hubapalooza’ Wants Wheeling’s Input

Steve Novotney March 11, 2015

The primary goal of the West Virginia Community Development Hub is to form partnerships with people and organizations from throughout...

Vegetarian Group Defines Its Own Valley Cuisine

Lindsay Spaar March 11, 2015

Over the past decade, grocery store chains have expanded their organic food sections from a few shelves into entire departments....

WANTED: People Providing Puzzle Pieces

Steve Novotney March 10, 2015

What piece of this puzzle can you provide? That’s an important question in the city of Wheeling right now, and...

Mabel Files: Wheeling’s Bonnie and Clyde

Gerry Griffith March 9, 2015

By Gerry Griffith Weelunk Contibutor   Wheeling Couple’s Bloody Crime Spree Keeps the Minns Confectionary Crew Buzzing When Tom Minns...

Little Ships and Big Ships

Bill Hogan March 8, 2015

I started in the securities brokerage business in 1957 with a Cincinnati firm named Westheimer & Co. It was a...

Scatterday Q&A: ‘I Had To Be Remade’

Steve Novotney March 7, 2015

If we can pretend for a moment that our brains are eggs-in-shells inside our heads, it would be easy to...

Disaster of the Steamboat Scioto

Rich Knoblich March 7, 2015

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

Hospitality The Key For Hitchman’s Hampton

Steve Novotney March 7, 2015

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com He knows every employee by name even without peering at their ever-present name tags, and he...

Through the Generations, a Legacy of Success

Derrick McKee March 6, 2015

By Derrick McKee Weelunk Contributor   As you sit at one of the high-top tables circling the bar with your...

Snow Day, a Poem

Lauren Cuff March 5, 2015

By Lauren Cuff Weelunk Contributor   Snow Day   I have coffee I keep my pajamas on I play music...

Playwrights Partner to Tell East Wheeling Tale

Steve Novotney March 4, 2015

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com This is a story about two Wheeling men in search of untold truths in an effort...

Pleasing Its Customers Drives Neely’s Grocery

Steve Novotney March 4, 2015

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com Two brothers are working the counter, another one is stocking the shelves, and another is manning...

Wheeling Green Table – Health, Wealth, and the Good Life

Mary Ellen Cassidy March 3, 2015

By Mary Ellen Cassidy Weelunk Contributor   So, what is Wheeling Green Table, and what’s all this health, wealth, and...

Colby Homer and Wheeling’s Home Rental Market

Steve Novotney March 3, 2015

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com It was her father’s business, and for decades Colby Homer watched, admired, and yearned to be...

The “Mabel Files” 8: When George Met Mabel

Gerry Griffith March 2, 2015

By Gerry Griffith Weelunk Contributor Nineteen-year-old George Griffith’s shovel dug into the hard Colorado soil and created a stone-on-metal scraping...

Do Something: The 19th Annual Celtic Celebration

Derrick McKee March 1, 2015

By Derrick McKee Weelunk Contributor   Dust off your flat-cap, buy a green shirt, and iron out your fun pants...

O’Brien, CVB Playing Key Role in Wheeling

Steve Novotney March 1, 2015

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com For a little more than 20 years Frank O’Brien lived every day as a well-known television...

Only in Wheeling: “Home Invasion”

Steve Criniti March 1, 2015

By Steve Criniti Ed. Note: This is the second installment of an occasional column titled “Only in Wheeling.” The stories...

Historic Steel Building Awaiting New Era

Steve Novotney February 28, 2015

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com It’s always been there during my lifetime, and I’ve passed by it, on foot or in...

26003 Is IN Again, With Help From Magazine

Steve Novotney February 27, 2015

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com It’s Wheeling, a city with, surprisingly, only one zip code. 26003. That’s it, and these days,...

Junior League of Wheeling Celebrates 75 Years

Janet Hart February 27, 2015

A very young woman walked along the wealthy avenues of New York City in 1901 with troubling things on her...

Bailey Does Business As He Likes It

Steve Novotney February 26, 2015

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com He’s been here. Bob Bailey was born in Wheeling, and he was educated in Wheeling. Except...

‘We’re Not Looking Backward Anymore’

Steve Novotney February 25, 2015

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com He reported progress, and he reviewed the many moves made by city government along with celebrating...

McKenzie: The State of Wheeling

Steve Novotney February 24, 2015

Welcome to Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack and good afternoon. Thank you for being here today. It is my honor to continue...

Protect our Water

Bishop Ralph Dunkin February 24, 2015

Bishop Ralph W. Dunkin Weelunk Contributor   Water has always been at the heart of the Christian faith and heritage. ...

State of City Address Set for Tuesday

Steve Novotney February 23, 2015

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com For the sixth consecutive year Wheeling Mayor Andy McKenzie will present his “State of the City...

Black History Month: Wheeling Honors MLK

Margaret Brennan February 23, 2015

By Margaret Brennan Weelunk Contributor   The Community Worship Celebration honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was held on Sunday,...

Weelunk In Review

Weelunk Staff February 23, 2015

As Weelunk.com nears its four-month anniversary, we pause for reflection.  It has been an amazing journey to say the least....

Curtain Ready To Rise On 77th Extravaganza

Bill Hanna February 22, 2015

 By Bill Hanna Weelunk Contributor For the past 76 years The Linsly School has provided Wheeling residents with a night...

Turani Q & A: ‘People Drive Everything’

Steve Novotney February 22, 2015

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com He loves a lot of things, this kid from Weirton does. He loves his office building;...

The Arts and The Crofts in Wheeling

Steve Novotney February 21, 2015

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com He will take a photo of anything, from spinning steel wool inside abandoned tunnels to the...

The “Mabel Files”: Wheeling’s Underworld and Big Bill

Gerry Griffith February 21, 2015

By Gerry Griffith Weelunk Contributor   Keeping out of Harm’s Way in a Dangerous Time   “Man, don’t you know...

Maroon Knight Pride Preps for Future

Steve Novotney February 20, 2015

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com On the inside, the hallway walls remain green, and the doors are still thick, the windows...

Carenbauer’s Introduces Mountain State Brews

Erin Carenbauer Ball February 20, 2015

Editor’s Note: Weelunk is pleased to announce a partnership with Carenbauer Distributing. As you already know from this article, Carenbauer’s...

Coffield Optimistic About WALS Foundation

Steve Novotney February 19, 2015

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com She’s a scientist. She is data-driven. But Hope Coffield also is a wife, a mother of...

Defy The Cold; Fish For Trout!

Jesse Mestrovic February 18, 2015

by Jesse Mestrovic West Virginia trout-stocking is getting into full swing. It may be cold, snowing, and threatening hypothermia outside,...

Recycling Issue Comes Back Anew

Steve Novotney February 17, 2015

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com Paper. Plastics. Metals. Textiles. Electronics. Composting. And glass – clear, brown, green, whatever. Almost everything can...

O’Brien Feels Rising City Pulse

Steve Novotney February 16, 2015

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com At the time Mollie O’Brien graduated from Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy in 1970, her options...

Miklas: More than Just Meat

Sarah Cuff Koegler February 15, 2015

By Sarah Koegler Weelunk Contributor My Weekly Stop I tie the dog’s leash to the railing on the stoop, help...

Morris Q&A – ‘People Love This Place’

Steve Novotney February 15, 2015

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com He walks from his North Wheeling house to his office on 14th and Main streets most...

An Echo Point Romance

Bill Hogan February 14, 2015

By Bill Hogan Weelunk Contributor Doodad and Bebe I met Mary Ann’s grandparents when I first dated her. She lived...

Avenue Eats Celebrates Second Anniversary

Steve Novotney February 14, 2015

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com They had no idea if it would work. The “build-it-and-they-will-come” phrase was truly a question for...