Cracks, Whizzes and Cheers: Eight Decades of American Legion BaseballNick Musgrave July 5, 2019efore the advent of television, Wheeling families found entertainment among the sounds of cracks, whizzes and cheers of the local...
Eagle Scouts Pour Sweat Equity Into Pig Path, Picnic ShelterEllen Brafford McCroskey June 26, 2019o a good turn daily.” That excellent advice is the slogan of the Boy Scouts of America. Local Eagle Scouts...
‘Rithmetic Genius Born in Ohio County — Go FigureChristina Fisanick May 29, 2019ost people can remember their parents or grandparents talking about the three R’s of schooling: reading, writing and arithmetic. These...
Local Secret Worth Sharing: Home for Men Celebrates 90 Years of ServiceEllen Brafford McCroskey May 1, 2019“One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth doing is what we do for others.” ...
Wheeling Nailers Provide Fast-Paced FunNick Musgrave February 17, 2019While our warehouses and factories stand in testament to our tradition of hard work, the crowd at WesBanco Arena is...
There’s No Business Like Snow Business at Oglebay’s SlopesLaura Jackson Roberts February 8, 2019The first thing Nick Janovich, Oglebay’s golf course superintendent and ski area manager, wants you to know about the ski...
AS I SEE IT: Cold Hands Helped by Warm HeartsEllen Brafford McCroskey January 12, 2019If you happened to be in the area of 20th and Eoff streets in Center Wheeling recently, you may have...
Weelunk Writer Takes Readers on a Sparkling Tour of OglebayChristina Fisanick December 16, 2018Everyone who knows me knows that I love all things Oglebay — the history, the lakes, the lodge, the rolling...
Holy Crepes! Lady Gaga in the HousePhyllis Sigal November 27, 2018“Susan, you can call me Stefani.” That’s Susan Haddad, owner of Later Alligator in Center Wheeling. And, Stefani? Well, that’s...
Happy Trails to OglebayLaura Jackson Roberts November 6, 2018Right now, people are walking in Oglebay Park. Some walk with dogs, some run through the woods. Some walk with...
Walter of Wetzel Street: The Wheeling Foundations of an International Labor LegendNick Musgrave September 3, 2018On Sept. 1, 1907, two German immigrants, Valentine and Anna Reuther, welcomed their second child to the world. A healthy...
KAYAKING OUR CREEKS (Part 1): Paddling With CareLaura Jackson Roberts August 8, 2018I recently paddled Wheeling Creek for the first time. I’ve paddled other rivers like the Youghiogheny, the South Branch and...
Oglebay – The Park That Almost Wasn’tChristina Fisanick July 25, 2018Imagine Wheeling without Oglebay Park. … At one point that nightmare was nearly reality. As one of the largest self-sustaining...
Oglebay’s Access to the Parks Program Provides Opportunities for TogethernessLaura Jackson Roberts July 4, 2018When we think back to our own childhoods in the Ohio Valley, we likely find our memories are inextricably intertwined...
‘Edgers’ Set for Wheeling YWCA BenefitSteve Novotney August 17, 2017They are called, “edgers,” and yeah, there’s a reason. These people get on an elevator at the bottom of an...
Carney’s Life Path Takes Him HomeSteve Novotney July 1, 2017Literally, it is down on Main Street past the Eckhart House and Uncle Pete’s and Happy Goat Yoga and the...
Bethlehem’s Mayor, Tim Bishop, Reflecting on ProgressSteve Novotney June 25, 2017It would have been only two years had he not been unopposed and re-elected in June. Now, it will be...
Old Alley House: A Wheeling TreasureSteve Novotney June 17, 2017The property description is very trendy these days. Loft apartment, fully updated kitchen and bathroom, garage, a living space, an...
Why Wharton Came Home to WheelingSteve Novotney May 26, 2017He grew up here. Most of his family has always lived here. And, now, after three decades, he lives here...
Hughes Design Gallery ReopeningWeelunk Staff April 24, 2017A Woman and her Calling If you’ve driven by the Hughes Design and Gift Gallery on National Rd. in Fulton,...
Historic Footbridge Alive With MemoriesSteve Novotney April 22, 2017Once upon a long time ago the Buch & Donavan Drug Store, the Rose Bowl, the Minute Market, and Ye...
Baseball in Wheeling – Chapter 2Steve Novotney April 15, 2017(Editor’s Note: This introduction is the third entry of a series of stories that will focus on the history of...
Recording History: Wheeling Water WorksChristina Rieth April 7, 2017 As the AmeriCorps member for Wheeling National Heritage Area, I have been doing research on the history and architecture...
Stobbs Shares Memories of Wheeling DownsSteve Novotney February 25, 2017He was a kid whose father was very involved with the local horseracing industry and whose mother didn’t much approve...
Woodsdale Students Code Robots to VictorySteve Novotney January 26, 2017Pictured above Left to Right: Campbell Koegler, Alex Taylor, Grant Kenamond, Kathryn Prather, Max Hill Four of these five fifth graders...
Journalist Finds Home, Happiness In East WheelingSteve Novotney January 15, 2017She loves, and not only her husband and their children and not just her folks and his folks and all...
Bethlehem Star Still Shines Over WheelingSteve Novotney December 25, 2016If you enjoy stories like this one and want to keep reading more positive stories about Wheeling, WV, be sure...
Eckhart House Offers World Of Wheeling HistorySteve Novotney October 6, 2016He is most informed of the years important to Wheeling’s history, and she is well versed in the classic traditions...
Culture and Community Growing in South WheelingJosh Smith September 26, 2016The city of Wheeling, W.Va. has a rich and colorful history. Wheeling was home to many prosperous businesses including iron,...
Green Thumbs Up for Wheeling’s Grow Ohio ValleySteve Novotney May 18, 2016It was a difficult year, 2015 was, for Grow Ohio Valley, but not because the people in the Wheeling area...
Chef Butler Always Knows What’s Cooking in WheelingSteve Novotney May 13, 2016Ryan fluffs it off. “That was great catfish, dude. Wow!” “That’s what I’m here for.” “But no, really, there’s never...
Duvall’s Has Kept Me Watching For 49 YearsBill Hanna September 7, 2015One of the mainstay, small, family owned businesses in Wheeling is Duvall TV and Appliance located at 1125 National Road....
Market Area the Center Of AttentionSteve Novotney August 7, 2015Wheeling’s Centre Market has nearly two centuries worth of history behind it, but that is not what most people talk...
Cerrone’s Good Mansion Wines Offers Imported TastesSteve Novotney August 1, 2015It’s really all happened by chance. The acquisition of the historic L.S. Good Mansion on 14th Street in East Wheeling;...
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,...
“Young Blood” At Helm of Historic Wheeling Tool BusinessGlynis Board May 24, 2015In an age of globalization and a shrinking manufacturing sector, two young men in Wheeling are hedging their bets and...
DiCarlo’s Pizza: A Family AffairSteve Novotney March 21, 2015She can’t answer the question. She can tell you the story about how the business was started 70 years ago,...
Independence Hall One Of Wheeling’s ‘Gems’Steve Novotney March 20, 2015When you take a tour of the West Virginia Independence Hall with site manager Travis Henline as your guide, you...
Through the Generations, a Legacy of SuccessDerrick McKee March 6, 2015By Derrick McKee Weelunk Contributor As you sit at one of the high-top tables circling the bar with your...
Neighborhood Memories Alive In WoodsdaleSteve Novotney February 7, 2015By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com (Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of articles that will include profiles on...
Victorian North Wheeling, A Place to Call HomeAngela Zambito Hill December 14, 2014By Angela Zambito Hill Weelunk Contributor When I travel, I enjoy studying urban residential architecture and going on period home...
Neighborhoods: PleasantonSharon Goudy November 22, 2014By Sharon Goudy Weelunk.com Contributor Based around the small, idyllic, fictional town of Mayberry, “The Andy Griffith Show” debuted in...
Elm Grove Is Defined By Its UniquenessSteve Novotney November 17, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com (Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of articles that will include profiles on...
Dimmeydale DiariesJesse Gandee November 16, 2014By Jesse E. Gandee Weelunk Contributor For Halloween this year I was blessed with a painful chest cold. My neighbor,...
Rescued Wall Hosts A Flood Of MemoriesSteve Novotney November 8, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com For decades Wheeling’s residents and visitors have traveled past the history of the Friendly City’s flooding...
