YWCA Awarded Wheeling Heritage Partnership GrantJackie McDermott July 10, 2015The Wheeling National Heritage Area Corporation is cleaning and archiving over a century of rich historical ephemera and artifacts at...
Oglebay’s Access Program A Gift For Local ChildrenSteve Novotney July 10, 2015They play. That’s what children do. And soon after the creation of the Wheeling Park Commission the commissioners recognized that...
Weelunk WeekenderLeeRoy July 9, 2015Will this rain ever stop?!?! Looks like that there might be a break in the weather this weekend, but we...
Improved ‘Walkability’ Is A Two-Way StreetSteve Novotney July 8, 2015Walkable? What’s not walkable? Downtown Wheeling? Not walkable? But there are sidewalks and crosswalks and push-button “I-wanna-walk’ buttons at every...
Volunteers Contribute to the Growth and Vitality of Oglebay InstituteMisty Klug July 7, 2015(co-authored by Nathan Blake) Museums Committee Celebrates 80 years of Service For 85 years the non-profit Oglebay Institute has served...
McConnaughy’s ‘Beast’ Does Something for ValleySteve Novotney July 7, 2015Robert “Bo” McConnaughy has been doing something for decades. In an effort to raise extra funds for the baseball program...
Elmhurst: The House of FriendsTom Rinkes July 5, 2015I’m 62 years old now, and when my time comes, I’m packing up and heading for this village. In fact,...
Visiting the Mound in MoundsvilleGlynis Board July 5, 2015Photos by Glynis Board Story courtesy of Weelunk partner West Virginia Public Broadcasting Accompanying story here: Listen Scattered across...
Public Key in Preserving Historic SpanSteve Novotney July 4, 2015I sat on the sidewalk Wednesday morning near the downtown Wheeling end of the historic Suspension Bridge with a pen...
Gala Fourth Celebration Set For Heritage PortSteve Novotney July 3, 2015Thousands of residents of the Upper Ohio Valley converge on Heritage Port in downtown Wheeling each year for the annual...
Weelunk WeekenderLeeRoy July 2, 2015Did you know that on July 4, 1826, 190 years ago, at ten minutes before one o’clock in the afternoon,...
Flood Insurance Remains an Issue in WheelingSteve Novotney July 2, 2015It just doesn’t seem fair. According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, property owners on Wheeling Island and along Big...
Elkinite is BornLeeRoy July 1, 2015Weelunk.com launched Nov. 1 2014, and 650,000 pageviews later, her first baby sister is born: Elkinite.com… in BEAUTIFUL Elkins, W.Va....
West Virginian: A PoemAaron P. Kittle July 1, 2015 Your river veins, your heart of coal Seneca’s body, Spruce’s soul A quiet perfection–to some, unknown It is you,...
The Mabel Files: A Working Dog’s StoryGerry Griffith June 30, 2015Feature Picture from paintlater.wordpress.com Mabel Files 17 When I was a young dog just trying to survive on the streets...
Keeping the Kids A Goal in WheelingSteve Novotney June 29, 2015“Retaining our youth.” We hear the phrase all of the time in the Upper Ohio Valley, and that’s because it’s...
Q&A: Danielle McCracken: “Our Mission Is Education.”Steve Novotney June 28, 2015It’s personal to her. Danielle McCracken remembers well traveling to the Capitol Music Hall in downtown Wheeling as a Brooke...
Navigating Yesterday – A Haibun PoemAlice Hembra June 27, 2015Navigating Yesterday memories birthed in the Ohio swim to the surface Pap Pap, why did you have to...
The Weelunk App Has ArrivedLeeRoy June 27, 2015As Weelunk.com nears its eight-month anniversary, we reflect on Wheeling’s famous welcoming of new arrivals to the city. Lydia Boggs welcomed...
Vagabond Tales: A Trip to D.C.Matt Welsch June 26, 2015Like many adventures, this one began with a question: Would you like to come to D.C. for our event? The...
DC Ventures Has A Vision For WheelingSteve Novotney June 26, 2015They have a vision, and they believe it’s a dream that can come true. Vince DeCrease is one of three...
Weelunk WeekenderRochambeau June 25, 2015As Steve showed earlier this week, Wheeling is bursting with things to do this time of year. There really are...
An Ohio Perspective On The Valley’s ResurgenceEmily Goodman-Shortall June 25, 2015Undoubtedly one of the key drivers of the Ohio Valley’s recovery has been the oil and gas industry. It’s situated on...
Will the Homecomings Continue for Wheeling?Steve Novotney June 24, 2015They left here, and greener pastures, better employment opportunities, and warmer temperatures are the most popular reasons why they chose...
This Is The Season For Doing Something in Downtown WheelingSteve Novotney June 23, 2015They wrote on-the-spot poems for $5 on really old typewriters right there in front of everyone. One of the composers...
The Mabel Files: Wheeling Men in Aleutian IslandsGerry Griffith June 22, 2015Wheeling Men Endure Isolation, Cold, Grueling Labor, and Air Attacks in the Aleutian Islands In the early days of World...
Q&A: Bishop Michael Bransfield: “Work Is A Necessity.”Steve Novotney June 21, 2015There have been many changes within the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston that have taken place since Dec. 9, 2004, the day...
Who Is This Francis H. Pierpont?Steve Novotney June 20, 2015He’s a 9-foot bronze man, and he is the father of West Virginia. The installation of the statue of Francis...
A Song for West VirginiaMarc Harshman June 20, 2015 We give the mountains our names / and they stand still… — Irene McKinney Mountains called...
“Anything’s A Blessing.” Or Is It?Steve Novotney June 19, 2015I want to believe him. I want to believe my $5 will go toward food and water and better clothing....
Weelunk WeekenderLeeRoy June 18, 2015It has been a very wet week in Wheeling. However, the humidity and storms can’t keep weelunkers from DOING SOMETHING...
Community Murals To Better WheelingBianca Benson June 17, 2015Architects of Change, a community mural project, is promoting positive change for adults with mental illness who attend the Marian...
New Documentary Celebrates Italian Dance CultureSteve Novotney June 17, 2015It’s about saving a small sliver of a culture that is vanishing, and it’s about a passion for the past...
Ohio County Schools Offer Summer MealsGabriel Wells June 16, 2015 Although school is out for the summer, Ohio County Schools cafeterias will be busy. Healthy meals will be prepared,...
People Provide the Pieces of Wheeling’s PuzzleSteve Novotney June 16, 2015Sometimes, we have to make our opportunities instead of waiting for them to reveal themselves. Ask Lesley Antonik. Ask Ezra...
“The Mabel Files” Part 15: Japan “Casts the Die”Gerry Griffith June 15, 2015Wheeling’s Centre Market, and the shops nearby like Tom and Lizzie Minns’ Confectionary on Market Street, were at rest on...
Local Student Invited To Global SummitWeelunk Staff June 15, 2015Amber Parsons, a 17-year-old senior at Wheeling Park High School was recently selected from more than 2,500 other students to...
Q & A: Kathy Shapell – “What We Do Works.”Steve Novotney June 14, 2015She was this little, old lady. White hair. Hunched over. She was getting off the public bus at a grocery...
The Wallaston Kimberly Tragedy At Wheeling’s WharfRich Knoblich June 13, 2015Note: This is a fictional tale. Rich Knoblich, WV storyteller and a regular winner of the Liar Contest at the...
Johnson Finding His Seam after Lost SeasonSteve Novotney June 13, 2015They are like tunnels with lights at the end of them, and those pathways guide Savion Johnson to more yardage,...
Area Business Naturally Rubs People The Right WaySteve Novotney June 12, 2015“Nature Itself is the Best Physician.” That’s what the chalkboard sign outside Under the Elder Tree reads. It quotes Hippocrates,...
Weelunk WeekenderLeeRoy June 11, 2015Welcome to another classic Wheeling summer weekend. This weekend is full of great music, food and entertainment. There’s nothing to...
C3 Camp Is For Every KidChad Adams June 11, 2015For one week each year, people in Wheeling gather together to do something great. The mission is simple: serve the...
‘Challenge Wheeling’ Explores City’s HistorySteve Novotney June 10, 2015It’s a 5K jaunt and a scavenger hunt that is part race and part urban exploration in downtown Wheeling. But...
The “Father of West Virginia” ReturnsJackie McDermott June 10, 2015The installation of the statue of Francis H. Pierpont, the “Father of West Virginia,” will begin on Wednesday, June 10,...
A Wheeling Steak Fry Is Not Rare, But Well DoneSteve Novotney June 9, 2015You get a baked potato, a salad, draft beer, and a raw steak. And you have to cook it. All...
Only in Wheeling: Chuckling at CrimeSteve Criniti June 8, 2015Crime is no laughing matter. One human perpetrates a transgression against another human, and both parties are irrevocably changed. That’s...
Inside Greenwood CemeteryKim Adams June 7, 2015When I first decided to write about Greenwood, I figured it would be an article on the grand monuments and...
McCardle Q & A: “Miracles Are Happening For Everyone.”Steve Novotney June 7, 2015It all started with one child’s wish, and seven years later it has grown into a community that’s never existed...
The Wheeling Mob: Part 7Steve Novotney June 6, 2015WARNING: This article contains explicit language and subject matter that is not suitable for children. It is the equivalent of...
