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A Mother’s Christmas Miracle

Steve Novotney December 22, 2014

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com I was misbehaving. A lot. And I was told I was on the naughty list. But...

Festival Of Lights – The Untold Stories

Steve Novotney December 21, 2014

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com Bill Koegler would drive from Oglebay Park to the Greggsville section of Wheeling at the bottom...

Linsly Serves By Example in the Community

Weelunk Staff December 21, 2014

By Daniella Truong and Grace George (Linsly Sophomores) Edited By: Colin Kelly and Zach Spurrier (Linsly Seniors) Weelunk Contributors ...

Get Outside and Do Nothing!

Alice Eastman December 20, 2014

Photographs and Story By Alice Eastman Weelunk Contributor Climbing trees, making mud pies, rolling over logs, catching crayfish, building...

Bill Hogan: Horses

Bill Hogan December 20, 2014

I don’t know a lot about horses. What little familiarity I have is mostly from betting them. I worked at...

Six Bikes For Christmas Morning

Steve Novotney December 19, 2014

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com I was minding my own business and simply buying some Braunschweiger like my Grandma Novotney used...

Recycling The Recycling Program

Steve Novotney December 18, 2014

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com Many in the Friendly City would like to see the municipality adopt an improved recycling program...

Wheeling Central Beats Wheeling Park, Sort of

David Delk December 18, 2014

Story and Photographs By David Delk Weelunk Contributor In a matchup of the two best middle-school girls basketball teams in...

C-SPAN Releases Plan To See Span, And Other Local Sights

Steve Novotney December 17, 2014

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com Nearly two centuries of history about Wheeling and the Upper Ohio Valley will be revealed to...

I Ate, I Ate, From A Locally Important Plate

Rochambeau December 16, 2014

One of the great things about living in Wheeling is that there are so many friends and family members nearby...

C-SPAN To Feature Wheeling History

Steve Novotney December 16, 2014

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com An American cable and satellite network will be in town today to divulge what stories and...

Ohio County Schools Hold Holiday Donation Drive

Gabriel Wells December 16, 2014

By Gabe Wells Weelunk Contributor Ohio County Schools students and staff members are doing all they can to ensure...

Wish to Be Heard At Council Meetings

Steve Novotney December 15, 2014

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com “Those who wish to be heard.” It’s always the last item on every agenda for Wheeling’s...

Wheeling Jamboree Launches Its New Radio Home

Chris Rouhier December 15, 2014

by Chris Rouhier Weelunk Contributor Since its first show on April 1, 1933, the Wheeling Jamboree has entertained generations of...

The “Real” Santas of Wheeling

Steve Novotney December 14, 2014

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com Tinsel was everywhere. It was wound around the downtown’s utility poles, and it outlined most storefront...

Victorian North Wheeling, A Place to Call Home

Angela Zambito Hill December 14, 2014

By Angela Zambito Hill Weelunk Contributor When I travel, I enjoy studying urban residential architecture and going on period home...

The Whores, The Help, and The Hooligans

Bill Hogan December 13, 2014

Editors’ Note: Bill Hogan has offered to share with us a series of his recollections about life in long-ago Wheeling....

Fracking the People

Steve Novotney December 13, 2014

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com I asked Belmont County Commissioner Matt Coffland what he thought of the fracking-under-the-Ohio-River proposal a couple...

Tourists Prefer Friendly

Steve Novotney December 12, 2014

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com Tomorrow is “Tourism Day” in the city of Wheeling. But it’s not a designated day. Mayor...

A Vast Cast Faces Its Last Act

Robert Gaudio December 12, 2014

By Robert Gaudio Weelunk Contributor When I auditioned for a role in Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” back in September,...

City Set To Vote On Plan And Tax

Steve Novotney December 12, 2014

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com Members of Wheeling City Council will cast a pair of imperative votes during their upcoming meeting...

People First, Capitalism Follows

Steve Novotney December 11, 2014

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com OK, so the Professional Building on Market Street has a new owner, and so does the...

Charitable Giving, The Right Way

Jeffrey Yourkovich December 11, 2014

Jeffrey Yourkovich, CPA Weelunk Contributor As we prepare our shopping list for Santa, does yours include making a donation to...

Coaches Pitch Players To Recruiting Colleges

Steve Novotney December 11, 2014

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com More than 30 football coaches from the Ohio Valley Athletic Association sat down with college recruiters...

Miracle on Market Street

Steve Novotney December 10, 2014

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com Something very special took place at Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre this past weekend. There were three...

WPHS Presents: Festival of Sound

Weelunk Staff December 10, 2014

It’s that time of year again when over three hundred student musicians will present the 20th Anniversary performance of...

Community Foundation: Amazing Raise Prep Begins

Steve Novotney December 9, 2014

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com Preparations for Amazing Raise 2015 officially will get under way this Thursday morning when officials of...

OPINION: Report Card for Ohio County Schools

David Delk December 9, 2014

By David Delk Weelunk.com Contributor Each year the West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) evaluates the performance of each public...

Ezra Hamilton Finds His Purpose On The Stage

Steve Novotney December 8, 2014

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com Ezra Hamilton traveled many miles in search of a defined purpose in life. He didn’t know...

Q&A: Bob Thompson and Wheeling Native Mollie O’Brien – Joy To the World

Glynis Board December 7, 2014

West Virginia Public Broadcasting and Weelunk.com West Virginia Public Broadcasting Wheeling-native and vocalist Mollie O’Brien joins pianist Bob...

A Focus on Wheeling From Pittsburgh

Daniel Finsley December 6, 2014

By Daniel Finsley Weelunk Contributor I moved to Pittsburgh in 1999 to attend Art School. After graduation, I intended to...

Grandmother And Granddaughter Make A Dream Become A Reality

Bill Hanna December 6, 2014

By Bill Hanna Weelunk Contributor It all began on the beach at Sandbridge, Va., during a family vacation 15 years...

There and Wheeling Again

Derrick McKee December 5, 2014

By Derrick McKee Weelunk Contributor Four and a half years ago, I packed up my apartment on National Road...

First Fridays Making Connections

Steve Novotney December 5, 2014

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com More than 30 businesses in downtown, Centre Market, East Wheeling, and North Wheeling are set...

The Growth Continues: Grow Ohio Valley

Steve Novotney December 4, 2014

Photographs and Story By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com A Wheeling organization has gained the support of the federal government – top Appalachian...

The Gift of DNA

Steve Novotney December 4, 2014

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com I’m 48 years old today, and I am a blessed man. I still have both of...

A Tour Through Clay School

Steve Novotney December 3, 2014

Photographs and Story By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com I lived directly across the street from Clay School for three years, and...

New Resident Invites Wheeling To Concert

Scott Glysson December 3, 2014

By Scott Glysson Weelunk Contributor Scott is a professor at WLU and assumed the position of Director of Choral Activities...

Weelunk’s First Month In Review

Rochambeau December 2, 2014

It has been a crazy month. Weelunk launched on November 1st, and right from the start you, our users, have...

When to Cancel? Dr. Dianna Vargo

Steve Novotney December 2, 2014

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com Now that the month of December has arrived, many local parents are asking themselves the same...

WPHS Cheerleaders Trained For Success

Kayley Miller December 1, 2014

By Kayley Miller Wheeling Park High School, 11th Grade Editors Note: This story first appeared on weelunk.com on December 1...

Memories Can Help Reinvent Wheeling

Steve Novotney December 1, 2014

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com I have an idea. It concerns Santa Claus. I don’t believe I get to see him...

Small Business Saturday Recap

Allison Skibo December 1, 2014

By Allison Skibo In 2010, American Express started a new holiday shopping tradition when they trademarked Small Business Saturday. The...

Confessions Of An Internet Shopper

Rochambeau November 30, 2014

I have a guilty conscience, and Small Business Saturday has really heightened my struggle with my inner demons. You see,...

Proud “Island Rats” Living on Wheeling Island

Steve Novotney November 30, 2014

By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com (Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of articles that will include profiles on...

Christmas Parade Perspective

LeeRoy November 30, 2014

By LeeRoy Minnette Weelunk Contributor West Liberty University Adjunct Professor Rebecca Kiger’s photography students were given the task of taking...