McKenzie: The State of WheelingSteve Novotney February 24, 2015Welcome to Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack and good afternoon. Thank you for being here today. It is my honor to continue...
The Arts and The Crofts in WheelingSteve Novotney February 21, 2015By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com He will take a photo of anything, from spinning steel wool inside abandoned tunnels to the...
New Generation Of Italians Call Wheeling HomeKatrina Mosman February 13, 2015As they boarded the flight, originally from Rome now departing New York for Pittsburgh, she asked her father why the...
McKees Find Harmony In WheelingSteve Novotney February 9, 2015By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com They turned to science. Algorithms and crap like that. The stuff that originated with the real-life matchmakers...
Only in Wheeling: “Take My Truck”Steve Criniti February 7, 2015By Steve Criniti Weelunk Contributor (Note: This is the first installment of an occasional column titled “Only in Wheeling.” The...
Wheeling: Show Your City Some LoveJon-Erik Gilot February 6, 2015By Jon-Erik Gilot Weelunk Contributor Wheeling is a beautiful city. I said it – deal with it. In spite of...
Wheeling Youth Movement Attracts AttentionSteve Novotney February 1, 2015By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com Catherine Moore came to Wheeling on a professional mission, but her venture also was a part...
Blue Sign Mystery Solved for Downtown WheelingSteve Novotney January 22, 2015By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com The Highlands. Elm Grove. Mount de Chantal Road – all are business and retail areas in...
C-SPAN’s Wheeling Coverage this WeekendSteve Novotney January 15, 2015By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com It’s a big weekend for Wheeling, W.Va. Do you realize why? I’ll offer you a hint....
Beer is Back in WheelingSteve Novotney January 11, 2015By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com (Editor’s Note: To listen to Steve’s entire interview with Josh, click on the podcast link at...
Park Teacher Opens Minds About WheelingSteve Novotney January 8, 2015By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com They get interested, and then they get angry. The best part is that they learn without...
OPINION: New Year’s Resolutions for the City of WheelingSteve Novotney January 4, 2015By Steve Novotney Generations have engaged each other, and many positive developments have occurred, but this does not mean that...
Wheeling’s Top News Stories Of 2014 Examined: Part 2Steve Novotney January 1, 2015Story By Steve Novotney, Photographs by Steve Novotney and LeeRoy Minnette (Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two-part...
Wheeling’s Top News Stories Of 2014 Examined: Part 1Steve Novotney December 30, 2014By Steve Novotney (Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part series examining Wheeling’s top news stories during 2014....
The “Real” Santas of WheelingSteve Novotney December 14, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com Tinsel was everywhere. It was wound around the downtown’s utility poles, and it outlined most storefront...
Q&A: Bob Thompson and Wheeling Native Mollie O’Brien – Joy To the WorldGlynis 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 PittsburghDaniel Finsley December 6, 2014By Daniel Finsley Weelunk Contributor I moved to Pittsburgh in 1999 to attend Art School. After graduation, I intended to...
Proud “Island Rats” Living on Wheeling IslandSteve Novotney November 30, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com (Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of articles that will include profiles on...
[Think]Ful for Wheeling: A Grateful Pastor Gives ThanksAdam Mick November 27, 2014Thanksgiving is a favorite holiday for many. It has a treasured place not only in our bellies but in our...
I Moved Back to Wheeling: And My Kids Joined a GangErika Weidner November 22, 2014By Erika Weidner Weelunk Contributor “You’re moving where?” That’s the question we received from Baltimore friends and coworkers when...
Sales Tax or User’s Fee – Why One and Not the Other?Steve Novotney November 21, 2014 Story and Photography by Steve Novotney Weelunk.com A sales tax increase, or a User’s Fee? Those were the options examined...
Williams Lea’s Downtown Expansion Example of New Movement in WheelingSteve Novotney November 18, 2014The Stone Center once housed the Stone & Thomas department store, a retail outlet that offered eight floors full of...
I Moved Back to Wheeling – On Purpose.Jon-Erik Gilot November 15, 2014By Jon-Erik Gilot Weelunk.com Contributor “The more I try to answer the question of why I stay here, the...
East Wheeling Enthusiasts Plan CleanupChris Rouhier November 6, 2014By Chris Rouhier Weelunk Contributor East Wheeling has been the site of many revitalization efforts in recent years, including a...
Somewhere Under The Rainbow: A Wheeling WeddingSarah Cuff Koegler November 2, 2014By Sarah Koegler Weelunk.com What It’s All About The two men stood under a wooden arch that was originally...
Travel: Sometimes, It’s OK To Leave WheelingAnne Harman November 2, 2014By Anne Harman Weelunk.com Why travel? Seems like a simple question. And to many of us, “why not travel” is...
Moondog: Wheeling’s Reluctant SuperheroSteve Novotney November 1, 2014“Why?” It’s his favorite question, and he asks it with charmingly sincere curiosity. That is why, if you see him...
The Hunt Is On For Housing In WheelingSteve Novotney October 30, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com The need for new housing is at a crisis level in the Friendly City. That’s the...
Wheeling’s Online Magazinecb September 29, 2013Welcome to Weelunk. Weelunk is a nonprofit online magazine that shares Wheeling WV’s story. What is Wheeling’s story? It depends...
Jason Koegler To Lead Grow Ohio Valley as New Executive DirectorJason Koegler December 20, 2022Editor’s Note: In January 2023, Grow Ohio Valley will enter a new era, as co-founder and Executive Director Danny Swan...
WEELove Our Writers: Looking Back At Our Writers’ Favorite ArticlesWeelunk Staff February 14, 2022Love is in the air here at Weelunk and we wanted to take a moment to recognize our community writers...
SHOW OF HANDS: Female Entrepreneur Edition Set for WednesdayPhyllis Sigal January 21, 2020“On my own I will just create, and if it works, it works, and if it doesn’t, I’ll create something...
No Shortage of Good Food … and Dinosaurs … at Upcoming Show of HandsPhyllis Sigal October 22, 2019ne is shooting for a “dino-mite” win. Another is no chicken in this match. A third is really working it...
A Gym, Salon, Roadside BBQ and Resale/Consignment Shop Up for Show of Hands PrizePhyllis Sigal May 21, 2019trength. … Sustainable. … Repurpose. … Delicious. These are just a few of the words the Wheeling Heritage Show of...
Art? BBQ? Legos? Coffee? Time to Decide the Next Show of Hands WinnerPhyllis Sigal January 22, 2019Who will take home at least $3,500 on Wednesday from Wheeling Heritage’s Show of Hands competition? Will it be Will...
SHOW OF HANDS: T-Shirts Up Against Detailing, Records and PotteryPhyllis Sigal September 25, 2018Last spring, a salty baguette trumped T-shirts, coffee and a shave. On Wednesday, the T-shirts are back and hoping to...
House of Hagar Sees Christ in Each of UsEllen Brafford McCroskey August 21, 2018“I call them ‘transients,’ but you call them ‘friends.’ And we’re talking about the same people.” Kate Marshall, who operates...
What Really Happened That Tragic Night of Aug. 14, 1878?Ryan Stanton August 14, 2018Henry Schmulbach: entrepreneur, beer baron, philanthropist and socialite. These are all words that describe one of Wheeling’s most influential and...
Growing Generations Delivers Family DreamsPhyllis Sigal May 11, 2018Growing Generations. That’s what they do. They make families. They turn siblings into aunts and uncles. They create grandparents. They...
Expats: ‘We’ll Be Home for Christmas’Steve Novotney December 10, 2016There’s something here in Wheeling that isn’t there, a draw of sorts that lures hundreds of homecomings each December and...
Q&A – Ken Peralta: “We Think We Have Something Here.”Steve Novotney August 30, 2015The people of Wheeling got lucky one day four and a half years ago. That’s when Ken Peralta made a...
Q&A: David Palmer — “I Want to Be a Part of It.”Steve Novotney August 16, 2015For David Palmer, it’s a “Wheeling thing.” He’s been a cop, a fireman, and the city’s Code Enforcement Officer, and...
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...
Brand New Firm To Chisel Outside The BoxSteve Novotney April 15, 2015It simply made sense. That is why the owners of two downtown Wheeling businesses have decided to merge Redbeard Communication...
26003 Is IN Again, With Help From MagazineSteve Novotney February 27, 2015By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com It’s Wheeling, a city with, surprisingly, only one zip code. 26003. That’s it, and these days,...
New Creative Crosswalks Brighten Up Centre MarketAlex Panas June 4, 2024Some art is created to last a lifetime, while other pieces are more temporary. Both enrich our lives in their...
WEERock: Waterfront HallCrin Joy May 1, 2024Since the summer of 2023, Waterfront Hall has been bringing the tunes, good vibes, and joy to Water Street in...
Meet the Artists-in-Residence at Stifel Fine Arts CenterEllen Brafford McCroskey April 25, 2024“Art… is the transmission of feeling that the artist has experienced.” – Leo Tolstoy Oglebay Institute is offering several talented...
WEERock: Silver Rail Bar & GrillCrin Joy April 5, 2024It was four years ago in 2020 when the world got quiet due to COVID-19 restrictions and live music had...
WEEREAD: If You Keep Making That Shame FaceMakayla Carney March 25, 2024C.J. Farnsworth has spent her life steeped in words. With more than twenty years as an English literature educator, she’s...
