WHEELING@WORK: Rejonis Navigates City Marketing With StyleCassie Bendel July 10, 2019Editor’s note: Our series, “Wheeling@Work,” is an effort to provide readers with insight and information into our city government, highlighting...
Happy Goat Yoga-Small Business SeriesJeremy Morris July 9, 2019Editor’s Note: This video is part of a Weelunk series focused on small businesses that have recently launched in the...
Sarah’s on Main-Small Business Video SeriesCorey Knollinger July 9, 2019Editor’s Note: This video is part of a Weelunk series focused on small businesses that have recently launched in the...
Zeb’s Barky Bites-Small Business Video SeriesPat King July 9, 2019Editor’s Note: This video is part of a Weelunk series focused on small businesses that have recently launched in the...
DiOrio’s Journey to Coffee and ContentmentJeremy Morris July 8, 2019Editor’s note: Wheeling has cultivated a number of men and women who are outstanding in their chosen fields — the...
Caring for Coley: Mother, Daughter Give Hope to One AnotherLaura Jackson Roberts July 2, 2019’ve been hearing about Lisa and Nicole Goodson from a friend for over a year now. You have to write...
Wheeling Symphony’s Ninth: John Devlin Named Music DirectorPhyllis Sigal June 27, 2019rom the moment he shook hands with Concertmaster Rachel Stegeman and conducted the first phrase of Brahms, John Devlin felt...
WORKING OUR WAY BACK TO YOU: Jay Goodman and the Call of BelongingPhil Gable June 25, 2019Editor’s note: Working Our Way Back to You, will profile Ohio Valley natives who have left town but returned to...
Wee Asked Sean DuffyPhyllis Sigal June 24, 2019WEEasked some simple questions — and your neighbors, friends, co-workers, acquaintances, even some strangers, answered. Get to know them a...
YSS Celebrates Community, Growth and 45 Years of ServiceJessica Broverman June 21, 2019or 45 years, Youth Services System Inc. has provided the Ohio Valley with programs to assist anyone in need of...
WHEELING@WORK: Ward 6’s Dave Palmer — a Good NeighborEllen Brafford McCroskey June 19, 2019Editor’s note: Our series, “Wheeling@Work,” is an effort to provide readers with insight and information into our city government, highlighting...
IN SEARCH OF THIRD PLACES: The Ohio County Public LibraryPhil Gable June 12, 2019Author’s note: In his work, The Great Good Place, urban sociologist Ray Oldenburg coined the term “third place” to define...
Wee Asked Dr. William MercerPhyllis Sigal June 10, 2019WEEasked some simple questions — and your neighbors, friends, co-workers, acquaintances, even some strangers, answered. Get to know them a...
Wheeling Heritage Director Resigns, New Director AppointedProvided June 10, 2019Wheeling Heritage today announced that Jake Dougherty is resigning as executive director of Wheeling Heritage, effective in mid-August. The board...
Medicine, Money and Making it all Work: Three Stories of Working WomenCassie Bendel June 7, 2019years. That’s how long it took the right for women to vote to move from constitutional amendment to law in...
WHEELING@WORK: Ward 5 Representative Loves his NeighborhoodEllen Brafford McCroskey June 4, 2019y Thorngate loves Ward 5 — and his family’s neighborhood in particular. “Now I know this might be coming from...
‘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...
A VIEW FROM THE MOON: SMART-Center Turns 25 — 50 Years Ago (Part 2)Robert E. Strong May 28, 2019Recap: In Part 1, we find my youthful 10-year-old self, 50 years my present-day junior, has been called to the...
Wee Asked Hydie FriendJeremy Morris May 20, 2019WEEasked some simple questions — and your neighbors, friends, co-workers, acquaintances, even some strangers, answered. Get to know them a...
WHEELING@WORK: Wendy Scatterday Born Into LeadershipEllen Brafford McCroskey May 7, 2019Editor’s note: Our series, “Wheeling@Work,” is an effort to provide readers with insight and information into our city government, highlighting...
Wee Asked Sister Joanne GonterAnne Hazlett Foreman May 6, 2019WEEasked some simple questions — and your neighbors, friends, co-workers, acquaintances, even some strangers, answered. Get to know them a...
Suicide, a Suspicious Drowning and Good Times Are Brewing at People’s UniversityRyan Stanton May 5, 2019Editor’s note: The Ohio County Public Library has launched its 26th People’s University, an eight-week series featuring weird, wild, wacky,...
Oglebay Foundation Honors Hess Family, Hydie FriendProvided April 25, 2019At its second annual donor recognition and awards breakfast on April 24, the Oglebay Foundation honored the Hess Family and...
Youth Services System Names Schlegel 2019 Good SamaritanProvided April 24, 2019The question restaurant owner Charlie Schlegel asks himself when anyone calls seeking a charitable donation isn’t “Why should I?” but...
WHEELING@WORK: Koslik Is the City’s Newest Council RepresentativeEllen Brafford McCroskey April 24, 2019Editor’s note: Our series, “Wheeling@Work,” is an effort to provide readers with insight and information into our city government, highlighting...
Wee Asked Michael McKowenPhyllis Sigal April 22, 2019WEEasked some simple questions — and your neighbors, friends, co-workers, acquaintances, even some strangers, answered. Get to know them a...
The Adventures of a First-Time 5K Runner (She Did It for the Kids)Jennifer Kellner-Muscar April 21, 2019“Sometimes it isn’t about doing it well, it is simply about doing it.” — Jennifer Kellner-Muscar wo years ago, at...
PHYLOSOPHY: Empty Lots & Would’ve Beens in James Wright’s Martins Ferry With W.Va.’s Poet LaureatePhyllis Sigal April 20, 2019pring began in Martins Ferry, Ohio. Driving through a bottomless pothole (it wasn’t), inching to the left of a crag...
New Martinsville Native Shines Light on Coal Miners in ‘Mine 9’Kelly Strautmann April 19, 2019Editor’s note: “Mine 9” is now available on Netflix. You will find yourself gripping the armrest in the theater as...
Artists Studio Tour to Showcase Local Artists at WorkLaura Jackson Roberts April 16, 2019f you’re not an artist, the world of art seems like another dimension. When we walk the halls of a...
Hall of Fame Board Reveals 2019 InducteesProvided April 10, 2019Twelve new inductees to the Wheeling Hall of Fame were announced today by Hall of Fame Board Chairman Robert DeFrancis....
Shantyboats and Watercolors: Wheeling Native Takes On Kentucky ArtistKelly Strautmann April 10, 2019“Just like [Harlan] Hubbard on one of his many trips down the Ohio River, I came with the water from...
Poet Laureate’s Latest Book Takes Surprise TwistsPhyllis Sigal April 8, 2019Editor’s note: April is National Poetry Month, inaugurated in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets. After you read about...
Dona’e Albert Is Spreading the LoveAdelaide Estep April 3, 2019It’s a wonderful feeling when life is on track, and everything seems to be going your way. However, we sometimes...
WHEELING@WORK: Ward 1’s Chad Thalman — Wheeling’s Youngest Vice MayorEllen Brafford McCroskey April 2, 2019Editor’s note: Our series, “Wheeling@Work,” is an effort to provide readers with insight and information into our city government, highlighting...
Wee Asked Pat The GooseLaura Jackson Roberts April 1, 2019WEEasked some simple questions — and your neighbors, friends, co-workers, acquaintances, even some strangers, answered. Get to know them a...
Holy Local Superhero, Batman! (And Happy Birthday!)Ellen Brafford McCroskey March 30, 2019Editor’s note: Today, Saturday, March 30, is Batman’s 80th birthday! In honor of the Caped Crusader’s birthday, the Ohio Valley...
David Sheff Shares ‘Beautiful’ Message of HopeEllen Brafford McCroskey March 25, 2019Editor’s note: David Sheff, author of the New York Times bestseller, “Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction,”...
WVNCC to Host Women in Leadership EventProvided March 19, 2019In celebration of Women’s History Month, West Virginia Northern Community College will host three Women in Leadership Lunch and Learn...
WHEELING@WORK: The Mayor’s Hopes, Plans and WorriesNora Edinger March 19, 2019Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of Weelunk stories looking at the inner workings of the city....
Perspective Is Everything: Living with Multiple SclerosisLaura Jackson Roberts March 15, 2019Editor’s note: In this series, we’ll talk to locals who struggle with autoimmune disease and share their stories. Below, Ohio...
WSO to Welcome John Devlin as Music Director CandidatePhyllis Sigal March 11, 2019Editor’s note: We changed up our WEEasked series a few times over the past several months, asking specific questions to...
Cigna Employee Lends a Helping Hand to YSS Youth Mentoring NetworkProvided March 4, 2019Colette Sanner knows a thing or two about children in need. As a foster mom, she has learned the ins...
Wee Asked Anne ForemanPhyllis Sigal February 25, 2019WEEasked some simple questions — and your neighbors, friends, co-workers, acquaintances, even some strangers, answered. Get to know them a...
All the World’s a Stage to Karla Boos’ Quantum TheatreLaura Lynn Brown February 22, 2019Long before Karla Boos had any idea of founding a theater company, she got her start as a young actress...
Wheeling’s Human Rights CommissionEllen Brafford McCroskey February 13, 2019Recent social media posts would suggest that some local residents are unaware of the existence of the City of Wheeling’s...
Wee Asked Betsy BethelPhyllis Sigal February 11, 2019WEEasked some simple questions — and your neighbors, friends, co-workers, acquaintances, even some strangers, answered. Get to know them a...
Wee Asked Jay FreyPhyllis Sigal January 28, 2019WEEasked some simple questions — and your neighbors, friends, co-workers, acquaintances, even some strangers, answered. Get to know them a...
Wheeling Heritage Hires Historic Preservation Program ManagerProvided January 26, 2019Wheeling Heritage has hired Betsy Sweeny, a preservation specialist, as its Historic Preservation Program manager to lead its historic preservation...
Driven to Action: Fighting Addiction and More Through PrayerNora Edinger January 23, 2019Editor’s note: In a continuing series about how valley residents express their spirituality, Weelunk hit the road with a trio...
