Wheeling to Host Inaugural Writers Conference of Northern Appalachia Christina Fisanick September 4, 2019 Downtown Wheeling has been chosen as the site for the first-ever Writers Conference of Northern Appalachia (WCoNA), where workshops, presentations, roundtable discussions and literary readings will take place F...
Celebrating the Musical Women of Coal Country: Karen Collins, Elaine Purkey Remember Hazel Dickens Seán Duffy August 26, 2019 The Ohio County Public Library and the WALS Foundation will celebrate Reuther-Pollack Labor Heritage Week through the music of two legendary West Virginia singer-songwriters whose work has brought attention to ...
Women in Labor History Is Theme of Symposium Provided August 18, 2019 The Wheeling Academy of Law and Science (WALS) Foundation, through its Reuther-Wheeling Library and Labor History Archive, will offer the third Reuther-Pollack Labor History Symposium, themed “Women in Labor Hi...
Experience Wheeling’s Rowdy Past at the Francis Pier-Pint Brew-Off: Prohibition Edition Laura Jackson Roberts August 12, 2019 The logo was designed by Erin Rothenbuehler, programming and archives coordinator at the Ohio County Public Library. According to local historian Sean Duffy, history and beer go together naturally. Luckily ...
Wee Asked Sean Duffy Phyllis Sigal June 24, 2019 WEEasked some simple questions — and your neighbors, friends, co-workers, acquaintances, even some strangers, answered. Get to know them a little bit better with our fun series, “WEEasked.” Look for it a couple...
Lunch With Books Memories and a Sequel for Sean Bill Orkoskey July 11, 2018 They say that the only sure things in life that never change are death and taxes. ERIN ROTHENBUEHLER That held true last week at the Ohio County Public when Dottie Thomas, the head librarian, announced t...
