Blackout Tuesday Weelunk Staff June 2, 2020 Weelunk was formed around a central tenet: “Do Something.” Right now, what we are doing is standing in solidarity with those working to combat inequality and institutionalized racism, and unequivocally condemni...
A Note to Our Readers Alex Weld March 19, 2020 Weelunk shares Wheeling’s story. And right now, Wheeling’s story has taken an unexpected turn. Just like the rest of the country, life in Wheeling is much different during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Duri...
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...
Weelunk Rolls Into Wheeling Heritage Weelunk Staff August 28, 2019 'THIS IS WEELUNK' "It looks like a website, but it's more than that. It represents an attitude, a desire for a new Wheeling, one that trades shrinking and decay for optimism and enthusiasm,” explained one of...
2017 Top Ten: Stories By You LeeRoy December 31, 2017 Today we continue the year in review with a shout out to our readers, followers, advocates, investors, advertisers and all-around-Weelunkers. Here are the Top Ten stories of the year from YOU, our communi...
Novotney’s Top 10 in 2017 Steve Novotney December 28, 2017 As Weelunk ingrained itself in our community, many more folks forwarded their story ideas to me far more often than during our first two years of operation. And many of those suggestions did come to fruition...
Meet the Weelunk Nature Writer Weelunk Staff June 11, 2017 1 Some people just have Wheeling inside them. If you were born here, it’s in your blood. If your parents and grandparents were born here, it’s in your bones. Laura Jackson Roberts is a sixth-generation resident, ...
Meet The Newest Weelunk Staff Editor Weelunk Staff June 9, 2017 Combining a passion for the arts, people, and community involvement, Lizzy Sellers studies writing and psychology at Florida State University. For those of you who haven't had the pleasure to meet her, she desc...
Meet Weelunk’s Newest Writer Weelunk Staff June 4, 2017 Born and raised in the Ohio Valley, Brian Thomas spent the last four years studying film at Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. He recently returned home from working as a film script developer in the cha...
2016: In Pictures Weelunk Staff December 28, 2016 In chronological order, some of our favorite Weelunk pictures of 2016... A new president arrives at West Liberty University. Mount Wood Overlook. Our mural. Seger scores 44 in the Final Four. ...
Do You Weelunk? LeeRoy December 22, 2016 2 Three years ago an idea was born. It centered around a feeling that things in Wheeling, West Virginia were moving forward, but in a direction simliar to kids about to slide down an icy number 11 at Crispin: hea...
Weelunk TV Show on ‘My OV’ Set For Sunday Steve Novotney December 16, 2016 3 Co-Authored by Diana Winzenreid We are absolutely elated to officially “let the cat out of the bag” that WTRF will be airing the first-ever Weelunk Show this Sunday at 11a.m. on Comcast Channel 3 (My Ohio Va...
Twain Never Said ”Good As News’ Keeps Me Informed’ Steve Novotney December 14, 2016 He received several writing awards from the West Virginia Press Association, and even more of his stories were “picked up” by the Associated Press during the course of his 18-year career as a newspaper journali...
1,000 Stories Weelunk Staff July 19, 2016 Joins us in celebrating 1,000 Weelunk.com stories published since our launch on Nov. 1, 2014. That number represents 1.5 million pageviews from readers like you, hard work by our Chief Writer and Editor, Ste...
