SAFEGUARDING WHEELING’S RICHES: Vaults Around TownEllen Brafford McCroskey April 7, 2020At Weelunk, we’re all about keeping you connected to your community. Because that looks a little different right now, we’re...
WOMEN IN HISTORY: Wheeling Women Rewrite History BooksChristina Fisanick March 6, 2020Editor’s note: Throughout March — Women’s History Month — Weelunk will feature stories about women who have made history and...
Wheeling Mayor Glenn Elliott’s State of the City AddressGlenn Elliott February 25, 2020Editor’s note: Mayor Glenn Elliott presented the State of the City Address today, Feb. 25, 2020, at Wheeling Island Hotel-Racetrack-Casino...
Come to Serve, Stay to Build: AmeriCorps Alumni Take Part in Wheeling’s RenaissanceNick Musgrave January 28, 2020early 650 AmeriCorps members come to the Mountain State each year to complete a term of service in West Virginia...
Wheeling Around: The Rise and Fall of the Historic Island Roller RinkEllen Brafford McCroskey January 22, 2020Writer’s Note: In recent years, the Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack used the former Wheeling Roller Rink as a storage facility. On...
BILL HOGAN’S MUSINGS: Peace Corps in East Wheeling?Bill Hogan November 9, 2019his is a tough one to get started. There are so many people involved from not only different backgrounds but...
City of Wheeling Hopes to Score Bankshot Basketball SystemProvided November 8, 2019The City of Wheeling’s Parks and Recreation Department hopes to expand recreational opportunities at the 36th Street Park via a...
Javersak: Job Sea Change the Historic Rule for WheelingNora Edinger August 14, 2019Editor’s note: In continuing coverage of Wheeling employment and business, Weelunk asked local historian David Javersak to put recent job...
Experience Wheeling’s Rowdy Past at the Francis Pier-Pint Brew-Off: Prohibition EditionLaura Jackson Roberts August 12, 2019ccording to local historian Sean Duffy, history and beer go together naturally. Luckily for lovers of Wheeling and ale, it’s...
Harshman’s Poem Celebrates ‘Wheeling at 250’Marc Harshman July 9, 2019Editor’s note: “Wheeling at 250” was commissioned by the Wheeling 250 committee. The poem, written by Marc Harshman, West Virginia’s...
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...
Wheeling’s Generous Philanthropists Provide for FutureChristina Fisanick November 27, 2018Each time I walk through the Oglebay Mansion Museum, I stop in front of Earl W. Oglebay’s portrait and thank...
HOPE for the Homeless — Street Medicine Team Cares for Wheeling’s Most VulnerableEllen Brafford McCroskey October 3, 2018Imagine that you’ve just had your leg amputated. It’s an emotionally devastating and life-altering event that will change the way...
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...
Reeling From All These Wheelings (Part 2)Christina Fisanick March 18, 2018EDITOR’S NOTE: Part one of this essay explored several of the most commonly known Wheelings. Today’s part two explores Wheelings...
Wheeling 2018 – Part TwoSteve Novotney January 3, 2018(Editor’s Note: This story is the second of a three-part series that will examine the potential that exists in the...
Tunnels? Under Downtown Wheeling?Steve Novotney December 23, 2017Pinched off water lines and undiscovered water and sewer lines have been the primary cause of the delay involved with...
An Uber Ride in WheelingSteve Novotney September 13, 2017Harry. No one knows it, but that’s his real name and now his “driver” name with Uber even though his...
The Griffith Files: A Wheeling Delivery Boy in the 1960sGerry Griffith August 11, 2017Dodging Snippy Dogs and Dealing with Cranky Doltish Husbands: a Wheeling Delivery Boy in the 1960s Even with my...
A Wheeling Company Changes the WorldSarah Cuff Koegler July 15, 2017As we pulled into Touchstone Research Laboratory in the Triadelphia area of Ohio County, CEO and Founder, Brian Joseph, met...
Scenes Seen in Wheeling – Part 2Steve Novotney July 4, 2017There are problems, and there are issues, no doubt, and no one is denying that fact. And no one is...
Tales of a Trail from Wheeling PathfindersSteve Novotney March 3, 2017It was a shortcut for kids from both sides of the “The Path,” and it transported us to different worlds...
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...
Wharf Demolition Was Necessary for Wheeling ProgressSteve Novotney February 17, 2017The catfish were hugely scary when hooked near one of the pier supports of Wheeling’s Wharf Parking Garage, and that...
Wheeling Area Hauntings – Part 1Steve Novotney October 28, 2016(Editor’s Note: This is the first story of a two-part series concentrating on the known haunts in the Wheeling area...
Wheeling’s ‘Show of Hands’ Returns in NovemberSteve Novotney October 19, 2016Not since February has ReInvent Wheeling staged a ‘Show of Hands’ event, but soon local residents will once again have...
Vaulting Into Wheeling’s Underground HistorySteve Novotney September 2, 2016People want it to be a tunnel, and they hope it’s part of the system that they’ve heard rumors connected...
Grow OV Partners with Wheeling Health RightSteve Novotney July 27, 2016As soon as a vegetable is picked from its vine, it begins to lose nutritional value, and those foods are...
Wheeling Area Bands Together for Flood ReliefSteve Novotney June 29, 2016Deadly and destructive were the rains that swelled creeks, streams, and rivers throughout a 44-county area in central and southern...
Grow Ohio Valley Seeds New Partnership In North WheelingSteve Novotney June 28, 2016Some shrug it off, this effort to grow fruits and vegetables on local land, because they are used to visiting...
Challenge Wheeling Race Set For SaturdaySteve Novotney June 15, 2016For a third consecutive June, people of all ages, shapes, and sizes will trek their way to 11 different destinations...
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...
‘Big Bill’s’ Zellers Could Return to WheelingSteve Novotney April 9, 2016They dressed up when they went for dinner at Zellers’ Steak House, and the men likely shined their shoes, too....
Looking to Europe to Imagine an Enhanced WheelingDerrick McKee February 15, 2016Traveling is my greatest passion, and over the past ten years I’ve had the opportunity to do plenty of it...
The Wheeling Renaissance… Of 1953Allen Dieterich-Ward January 12, 2016A Weelunk Partnership with Archiving Wheeling. For more Archiving Wheeling stories about local history through documents go to www.archivingwheeling.org. If you...
Sean Duffy: Wheeling’s Unassuming Historical AmbassadorSteve Novotney January 8, 2016He’s soft-spoken, he’s humble, and he never accepts any credit for his accomplishments, but Sean Duffy has indeed had a...
Tiny Homes A Big Idea in WheelingSteve Novotney December 13, 2015It’s only an idea at this point, but it’s something two Wheeling business partners believe can add to the transformation...
Community Mural Painted in East WheelingKatie Hinerman November 17, 2015Community members in East Wheeling are collaborating to change their environment and change their lives. On Nov. 2, individuals gathered...
Wheeling Teaches Students How to Grow JusticeGlynis Board November 3, 2015 Story courtesy of Weelunk partner West Virginia Public Broadcasting A group of students from the University of Notre...
What Should Wheeling Bring Back From The Past?Steve Novotney October 10, 2015The past. The past. The past. The past. Over and over again people have concentrated only on the history of...
Wheeling Coffee Has Been Roasting For 120 YearsTom Rinkes July 26, 2015As I stepped into our local coffee shop to buy 10 pounds of Breakfast Blend for my coffee-inhaling son, the...
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...
‘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...
Mob Series Generates Interest, Questions, And AnswersSteve Novotney April 7, 2015You are curious, it seems, about all of those rumors and tales you have heard through the years about the...
Wheeling Local Movement Gets National AssistanceGlynis Board March 30, 2015West Virginia Public Broadcasting and Weelunk.com Listen to story here: WVPublic.org Momentum continues to mount behind local food and local...
Junior League of Wheeling Celebrates 75 YearsJanet Hart February 27, 2015A very young woman walked along the wealthy avenues of New York City in 1901 with troubling things on her...
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...
The “Mabel Files”: Wheeling’s Underworld and Big BillGerry Griffith February 21, 2015By Gerry Griffith Weelunk Contributor Keeping out of Harm’s Way in a Dangerous Time “Man, don’t you know...
The “Mabel Files”: The Loss of a Jazz Giant – Wheeling’s Chu BerryGerry Griffith February 8, 2015By Gerry Griffith Weelunk Contributor The Minns Confectionary Feels the Loss of a Jazz Giant – Wheeling’s Chu Berry Chris...
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...
