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Wheeling Steel’s Roots Still Run Deep in the Ohio Valley

Ellen Brafford McCroskey June 1, 2020

Wheeling Steel opened in 1921 & during its time in Wheeling, WV its name changed several times leaving a history that runs deep throughout the OH valley.

SAFEGUARDING WHEELING’S RICHES: Vaults Around Town

Ellen Brafford McCroskey April 7, 2020

At 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 Books

Christina Fisanick March 6, 2020

Editor’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 Address

Glenn Elliott February 25, 2020

Editor’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 Renaissance

Nick Musgrave January 28, 2020

early 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 Rink

Ellen Brafford McCroskey January 22, 2020

Writer’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, 2019

his 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 System

Provided November 8, 2019

The 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 Wheeling

Nora Edinger August 14, 2019

Editor’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 Edition

Laura Jackson Roberts August 12, 2019

ccording 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, 2019

Editor’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 Leadership

Ellen Brafford McCroskey May 7, 2019

Editor’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 Future

Christina Fisanick November 27, 2018

Each 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 Vulnerable

Ellen Brafford McCroskey October 3, 2018

Imagine 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 Legend

Nick Musgrave September 3, 2018

On 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, 2018

EDITOR’S NOTE: Part one of this essay explored several of the most commonly known Wheelings. Today’s part two explores Wheelings...

Wheeling 2018 – Part Two

Steve 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, 2017

Pinched off water lines and undiscovered water and sewer lines have been the primary cause of the delay involved with...

An Uber Ride in Wheeling

Steve Novotney September 13, 2017

Harry. 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 1960s

Gerry Griffith August 11, 2017

Dodging Snippy Dogs and Dealing with Cranky Doltish Husbands: a Wheeling Delivery Boy in the 1960s   Even with my...

A Wheeling Company Changes the World

Sarah Cuff Koegler July 15, 2017

As we pulled into Touchstone Research Laboratory in the Triadelphia area of Ohio County, CEO and Founder, Brian Joseph, met...

Scenes Seen in Wheeling – Part 2

Steve Novotney July 4, 2017

There 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 Pathfinders

Steve Novotney March 3, 2017

It was a shortcut for kids from both sides of the “The Path,” and it transported us to different worlds...

Stobbs Shares Memories of Wheeling Downs

Steve Novotney February 25, 2017

He 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 Progress

Steve Novotney February 17, 2017

The catfish were hugely scary when hooked near one of the pier supports of Wheeling’s Wharf Parking Garage, and that...

Wheeling Area Hauntings – Part 1

Steve 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 November

Steve Novotney October 19, 2016

Not since February has ReInvent Wheeling staged a ‘Show of Hands’ event, but soon local residents will once again have...

Vaulting Into Wheeling’s Underground History

Steve Novotney September 2, 2016

People 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 Right

Steve Novotney July 27, 2016

As 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 Relief

Steve Novotney June 29, 2016

Deadly 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 Wheeling

Steve Novotney June 28, 2016

Some shrug it off, this effort to grow fruits and vegetables on local land, because they are used to visiting...

Challenge Wheeling Race Set For Saturday

Steve Novotney June 15, 2016

For 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 Valley

Steve Novotney May 18, 2016

It 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 Wheeling

Steve Novotney April 9, 2016

They 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 Wheeling

Derrick McKee February 15, 2016

Traveling is my greatest passion, and over the past ten years I’ve had the opportunity to do plenty of it...

The Wheeling Renaissance… Of 1953

Allen Dieterich-Ward January 12, 2016

A 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 Ambassador

Steve Novotney January 8, 2016

He’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 Wheeling

Steve Novotney December 13, 2015

It’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 Wheeling

Katie Hinerman November 17, 2015

Community 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 Justice

Glynis 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, 2015

The 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 Years

Tom Rinkes July 26, 2015

As 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, 2015

They left here, and greener pastures, better employment opportunities, and warmer temperatures are the most popular reasons why they chose...

‘Challenge Wheeling’ Explores City’s History

Steve Novotney June 10, 2015

It’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 Answers

Steve Novotney April 7, 2015

You are curious, it seems, about all of those rumors and tales you have heard through the years about the...

Wheeling Local Movement Gets National Assistance

Glynis Board March 30, 2015

West 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 Years

Janet Hart February 27, 2015

A 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 Wheeling

Steve Novotney February 21, 2015

By 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 Bill

Gerry Griffith February 21, 2015

By 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 Berry

Gerry Griffith February 8, 2015

By Gerry Griffith Weelunk Contributor The Minns Confectionary Feels the Loss of a Jazz Giant – Wheeling’s Chu Berry Chris...