Wee Asked Allison O’KonskiPhyllis Sigal October 29, 2018WEEasked some simple questions — and your neighbors, friends, co-workers, acquaintances, even some strangers, answered. Get to know them a...
Mestrovic Serving as Panelist for National Road Bicentennial SymposiumProvided October 26, 2018Jesse Mestrovic, director of parks and strategic planning for the City of Wheeling, will participate in the National Road Bicentennial...
TIME TO GREEN UP: Mayor Says It’s Time to Make a Move on RecyclingNora Edinger September 24, 2018Editor’s Note: In this piece in our series on the greening up of Wheeling, Weelunk sat down with city officials...
KAYAKING OUR CREEKS (Part 2): Below the SurfaceLaura Jackson Roberts August 9, 2018While there’s no denying the beauty of our local waterways and the rising popularity of recreational kayaking, there’s also no...
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...
Kellas III Continuing Family LegacySteve Novotney June 8, 2018It depends on a person’s age, really, as far as which “George Kellas” he or she remembers or knows today....
Playground Facelifts Continue in WheelingSteve Novotney May 25, 2018Many children and parents in the city of Wheeling were pleasantly surprised during their first trip to their neighborhood playground...
‘Make Wheeling Shine’ Event Set for April 7Provided April 2, 2018The City of Wheeling is partnering with Williams Lea Tag to “Make Wheeling Shine” on Saturday, April 7. The cleanup...
Prietsch’s Brick-and-Mortar WorldSteve Novotney March 26, 2018People. They are the common denominator, as far as Wheeling resident Jennifer Prietsch is concerned. She’s been the general manager...
City Issues Call for New Members on Boards, CommissionsProvided March 22, 2018The City of Wheeling is seeking candidates interested in serving on its volunteer boards and commissions. This call for civic...
Ninth Annual State of the City AddressGlenn Elliott March 13, 2018(Here is the full text from Mayor Glenn Elliott’s State of the City, delivered March 13, 2018, at Wheeling Island...
The Crest That Didn’t FloodSteve Novotney March 7, 2018Devastation. That’s what Lou Vargo with the Ohio County Emergency Management Agency thought would take place. He admits he envisioned...
A Divided Peninsula of SoulsSteve Novotney March 3, 2018It is one of the silent cities of the dead in Wheeling, but this one was split, and one half...
Vagabond Chef Wins on Food NetworkSteve Novotney February 21, 2018Yup. You viewed it right. And those who crowded his restaurant Wednesday evening had the chance to win it with...
Memories of Mac’s ClubSteve Novotney February 16, 2018There was a time before Roberto’s Bar became Figaretti’s, before a La-Z-Boy showroom was transformed into TJ’s Sportsgarden, prior to...
Medal of Honor Recipient Woody Williams Appreciates City’s RespectSteve Novotney February 12, 2018It was heads. For the first time in five years the individual tossing the coin prior to the kickoff of...
Memories of The Eagle InnSteve Novotney January 19, 2018You could already hear the music as you walked toward the front door from the always-packed parking lot, and immediately...
Zende Predicts Downtown GrowthSteve Novotney January 12, 2018Can growth spread? The economic development specialist for the city of Wheeling believes it can, and after more than five...
Wheeling 2018 – Part ThreeSteve Novotney January 5, 2018(Editor’s Note: This story is the third and final of a three-part series that will examine the potential that exists...
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...
Novotney’s Top 10 in 2017Steve Novotney December 28, 2017As Weelunk ingrained itself in our community, many more folks forwarded their story ideas to me far more often than...
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...
Remembering B.E. Taylor at ChristmasSteve Novotney December 7, 2017He was a sick kid one year in Aliquippa, PA and ordered to remain home by doctors after he was...
Respect Doesn’t Fade in Wheeling AreaSteve Novotney November 15, 2017When he first returned to American soil nearly 50 years ago, people looked the other way because they did not...
Creek Debris Soon to Be ClearedSteve Novotney November 1, 2017Receiving approval to clean creeks of flooding debris is very rare, and he will admit it, but the clearing of...
Tunes Set for Inaugural OktoberfestSteve Novotney September 28, 2017Even polka found a place at No. 4 in the entertainment lineup for Saturday’s inaugural Oktoberfest at Centre Market, and...
McLain Flats Adding to Downtown LivingSteve Novotney September 24, 2017She was involved in a conversation that concerned living in the downtown Wheeling area and whether or not the potential...
Miller Tackles Stadium Fix to Begin Year 2Steve Novotney September 17, 2017It was crooked and it was obvious. Wheeling Island Stadium was broken, and no one knew how much it was...
Wheeling Travel Agency Gets A FaceliftSteve Novotney September 15, 2017It’s contagious, this progress thing in the downtown area of Wheeling, and now Patrick Viola is in the middle of...
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...
Myles Designs For Wheeling’s TimesSteve Novotney September 9, 2017It’s not often when one’s work is seen by thousands each day for an extended period of time, but that...
‘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...
A Fix for Flooding?Steve Novotney August 5, 2017On Sept. 17, 2004, Hurricane Ivan parked over most of the Wheeling area and dumped a little more than 10...
Fall Opening for Fitzsimmons Dog ParkSteve Novotney July 30, 2017It was a little more than four years ago when the conversation started about building a dog park in the...
A Food Trucker’s Bumpy RoadSteve Novotney July 22, 2017And a blown transmission is a part of it, too. Dean Barath found that out this past week, and consequently...
Gentile To Honor Grandpa at Italian FestSteve Novotney July 20, 2017He went there. He needed to see where Luigi Gentile grew up. What he encountered when visiting the Molise region...
C.J. Goes to Camp … NFL Camp, That IsSteve Novotney July 8, 2017He played in THE Super Bowl, and yes, he watched as a 21-3 halftime lead eroded into a 34-28 overtime...
Wilson Pleased with First Year on CouncilSteve Novotney July 6, 2017The youngest ever. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That’s how Brian Wilson now feels. At first, yup, it was an intimidating little...
Wheeling Park Revives Drive-In TheaterSteve Novotney June 29, 2017It’s the word. “Grease,” that is. John Travolta as “Danny,” and Olivia Newton-John as “Sandy”? Yes, that “Grease,” and the...
Local Kayakers Urged To Heed DangerSteve Novotney June 28, 2017Kayaking local creeks is an activity that has picked up in popularity during recent years, and that is why Lou...
Local ‘Slash’ Parent Earns Her College DegreeSteve Novotney June 18, 2017Her father passed away when she was only 6 years old, and she’s raised her two daughters without a father...
‘Tacoholix’ Eatery Opens in Downtown DistrictSteve Novotney June 9, 2017He thought he hated it. He believed he would be happier with a “real job” instead. David Comack was really...
For Ginny Favede Community Comes FirstSteve Novotney June 5, 2017She wanted to serve the public, so that’s what Ginny Favede did first as a member of St. Clairsville City...
‘Pride in Wheeling’ Effort Set for TodaySteve Novotney June 2, 2017New trees, painted benches, spruced up parks, and the installation of a disc golf course are all planned during the...
Officials Studying Reuse of Old Wheeling LandfillSteve Novotney April 21, 2017It is a swath of acreage most know nothing about and nearly no one has ever seen because it’s a...
Creek Floats Going MainstreamSteve Novotney April 14, 2017“Staza” does the navigating, and he follows the lead as this “man-and-his-dog” partnership float their way down Big Wheeling Creek....
Weelunk’s Weekend Top 5LeeRoy April 9, 2015We all have heard it over, and over, and over again: “There’s nothing to do in Wheeling.” Well that clashes...
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...
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...
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...