Spring Cleaning? How the Clean Blockers of the 1940s Can Inspire Today’s Volunteers Emma Wiley April 19, 2021 As flowers are blooming, seasonal allergies are flourishing, and warmer weather is in the air...so is spring cleaning. Today, members of Volunteer Wheeling can be seen cleaning the streets and organizing the co...
Spring is Ramp Season in Wheeling Alex Panas April 16, 2021 For most people, the first signs of spring are birds chirping and flowers blooming. But in West Virginia, we know that spring has sprung when the ramps are ripe for harvesting. What is a ramp, you ask? Ramps ar...
EVENTS: Things to do in the Ohio Valley Weelunk Staff April 15, 2021 Volunteer Wheeling It’s time for some spring cleaning with Volunteer Wheeling! This week, the group is hosting two city cleanups and welcomes anyone who is interested in helping to join. The first cleanup will...
All Aboard!: The Streetcar Trolleys that Changed Wheeling Emma Wiley April 14, 2021 Seventy-one years ago, on April 14, 1948, the last streetcar of Wheeling made its final trip—its last day overshadowed by historic flooding on the Ohio River.1 Even though Wheeling’s streetcars may have ended q...
COVID-19: A Year of Reflection and Finding Small Joys Courtney Chase April 12, 2021 As I waited for the first dose of my COVID-19 vaccine, it was as if the entire year of viral terror had finally caught up with me. The last year has been filled with shock, panic, uncertainty, a looming grief a...
Remembering Reno: Wheeling Son Who Became a Military Leader Nathan Kosmicki April 9, 2021 Jesse L. Reno is most often remembered for his death at the battle of South Mountain. His death in service of the U.S. Army earned his namesake for Reno, Nevada, and several other western cities. But did you kn...
Meet Mocha: Wheeling Hospital’s Emotional Support Dog Wheeling Heritage Media April 8, 2021 Next time you stop into Wheeling Hospital for a checkup, you might be lucky enough to meet Dogtor Mocha, the hospital’s first emotional support animal. Mocha joined the team in February 2021, after her caregive...
Raise a Glass for National Beer Day in Wheeling Jessica Broverman April 7, 2021 Americans are known for enjoying many things - sporting events, carnivals, a good burger and a tall, cold pint of beer. While interest in craft beer has been on a steady rise for years, brewing was once a...
Why Wheeling: Tyler and Jack Rosemary Ketchum April 6, 2021 We’ve all picked up a few hobbies over the past year, and scrolling listings on Zillow and daydreaming about renovating your own fixer-upper like Chip and Joanna Gaines is likely one of them. Some of us are eve...
Hot Properties: 5 Homes You Can Buy in Wheeling Right NowSponsored Provided April 5, 2021 Spring is home-buying season and with more people in the market to buy paired with a low home inventory, many listings sell within days. According to the Wheeling Board of Realtors, 81 homes have sold in Wheeli...
These Vintage Easter Ads Provide a Glimpse Into Wheeling’s Past Emma Wiley April 3, 2021 Easter dresses...Easter bonnets...For those who celebrate Easter, you know that your attire is important. Spring is in the air, a time of rebirth, out with the old, in with the new. Last year, when all of us we...
Try These Naturally-Dyed Easter Eggs Alex Panas April 2, 2021 Like many traditions we grow up with, we often keep them going every year without stopping to ask “why do we do this?” Decorating Easter eggs is one of those traditions for me. I look forward to decorating eggs...
Wheeling’s Historic Female Doctors Emma Wiley April 1, 2021 “Doctress”...“Lady Doctor”...“Girl Doctor”...These are just a few of the peculiar titles that have been given to some of the historic Wheeling women who worked as physicians. Today, most of us don’t think twice...
Local Nutrition Experts Share Their Tips for Eating Well Melissa Rebholz March 31, 2021 March is National Nutrition Month, which is an annual campaign created by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics to promote making informed food choices and developing healthy food and exercise habits. While ma...
COMIC: So You Want to Go Mushroom Foraging? Natalie Kovacs March 30, 2021 If you like spending time outdoors and eating local foods, then mushroom foraging might be the perfect springtime activity for you! Spending a day out in the woods searching for wild mushrooms can feel like an ...
WV Beer Road Trip: North Central WV Charles Bockway March 29, 2021 The Allegheny Mountains and river country of north central West Virginia is arguably the state’s best local beer region. What better way for a beer lover to spend a spring or summer weekend than visiting it. Th...
Oglebay Good Zoo Partners With Country Music Stars To Drive Fundraising Efforts Provided March 27, 2021 Contact: Lindsey Scripture, Oglebay Marketing Director, 304-280-1781 The Oglebay Good Zoo is pleased to partner with the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA) on host a one-time-only, virtual fundraising...
Help Us Solve History’s Mysteries!: Women’s History Month Edition Emma Wiley March 26, 2021 A Partnership Between Weelunk, Archiving Wheeling, and the Ohio County Public Library Archives. Do you recognize any of these people? These are all historic photos of Wheeling people, places, and things that...
Meet The WV YouTube Creator Who Is Helping Solve Cold Cases Rich Wooding March 24, 2021 When you’re a West Virginia-based true crime YouTube creator with 60,000+ followers and law enforcement agencies contact you for help…you’re on to something. Sean McCracken, a life-long West Virginian, has f...
The Many Madonnas (of the Trail) Emma Wiley March 23, 2021 A Pioneer Woman The “Madonna of the Trail” statue on the edge of Wheeling Park along Route 40 is hard to miss. It has become an icon in Wheeling and has been featured prominently on everything from welcome sig...
COMIC: Rebecca Harding Davis – A True Pioneer Natalie Kovacs March 22, 2021 In honor of Women’s History Month, Weelunk is celebrating the contributions of author and journalist Rebecca Harding Davis. She is most known for writing Life in the Iron Mills, which was largely inspired by ex...
Adventures in the Archives: The YWCA Blue Triangle Collection Emma Wiley March 19, 2021 Wheeling and the greater Ohio County area has centuries of history...and therefore thousands of historical documents and other ephemera. So where does it all go? Short answer: the library. In addition to its...
QUIZ: Which Wheeling Beer Should You Try for St. Paddy’s Day? Alex Panas March 17, 2021 Put down your green beer and treat yourself to a locally-crafted beer made right here in Wheeling! Not sure which local brew is right for you? Weelunk has you covered. Answer these five questions to help you choose which beer you should try while celebrating St. Patrick’s Day!
Try Something New with the Ohio Valley Photography Club Alex Panas March 16, 2021 Over the past year, we’ve filled our days with new hobbies, like gardening and bread-making, but as more COVID vaccinations become available and life starts to look “normal” again, will we leave all of our pand...
Wheeling’s Consignment Shops Inspire Jessica Broverman March 15, 2021 Discovering the perfect, vintage designer handbag. Finally getting your hands on a gorgeous two-seater sofa to complete your living room. It’s the thrill of finding that one-of-a-kind item or scoring a killer d...
WEEREAD: 55 Strong Anna Cipoletti March 13, 2021 With written testimonials and spontaneous on-the-street interviews, 55 Strong: Inside the West Virginia Teachers’ Strike is a deeply personal account of the circumstances that sparked the 2018 strike and its pr...
Father-Son Duo Creates Podcast to Spread Positivity Sarah Clark March 12, 2021 “Everything we do is about love. We’re doing it without a pat on the back. Where do we go from here? It is big for me to keep talking to people about how we really can start here. It can start in the Ohio Valle...
Local Group Seeking Nominations for Champion of Children Awards Provided March 10, 2021 Contact: Claudia Raymer, Executive Director Phone: (304) 232.5600 E-Mail: ohiocountyfrn@yahoo.com Wheeling, WV – Nominations are now being accepted for the Deborah Doleski Allen Champion of Child...
Boiled Tongue and Pine Apple Cheese?: A 1852 McLure House Dinner Menu Emma Wiley March 8, 2021 Food is an integral part of human life. Not only is it what fuels and energizes our day, but food gathers people to share and connect in community. Everyone has a favorite dish and many of us still have fond me...
Your Guide to Socially-Distant Getaways Near Wheeling Melissa Rebholz March 5, 2021 For many of us, the pandemic has put a pause on big vacation plans. However, that doesn’t mean that you can’t satisfy your wanderlust with a little creativity and preparation. In fact, you don’t have to travel ...
Mary B. Greene: The Ohio River’s Leading Lady (Part 2) Taylor Abbott March 4, 2021 By 1946, Mary was in her late 70s but still very much an active presence on the Gordon C. Greene. Only two years prior, her son Captain Chris Greene, who had taken the reigns of the Greene Line following the de...
Mary B. Greene: The Ohio River’s Leading Lady (Part 1) Taylor Abbott March 3, 2021 “When you marry a riverman, you marry the river too. That’s the code of steamboatin’.” -Mary B. Greene Owning steamboats and being a river captain in the late 1800s was not the most glamorous of lifestyle...
COMIC: What’s the Wheeling Celtic Celebration All About? Natalie Kovacs March 2, 2021 With the 25th Annual Wheeling Celtic Celebration just days away, you might find yourself looking forward to drinking a green beer or decorating your home with four-leaf clovers. However, Celtic history and trad...
Genealogical Research – Newspapers, Military Records, and More! (Part 4) Anna Cipoletti March 1, 2021 Click here for part 1, part 2, or part 3. In this fourth and final installment of our genealogical research series, we are going to cover a few more assorted record types you can use to find your ancestors. ...
Lunch With Books Program Sheds New Light on Historic African American Leaders of Jim Crow Wheeling Seán Duffy and Erin Rothenbuehler February 27, 2021 As Black History Month 2021 draws to a close, we celebrate the fact that our history never ends – it marches on – and it is our duty to record it as accurately as we can. So when that record is incomplete, that...
Help Us Solve History’s Mysteries! Emma Wiley February 26, 2021 A Partnership Between Weelunk, Archiving Wheeling, and the Ohio County Public Library Archives Do you recognize any of these people? These are all historic photos of Wheeling people, places, and things that ...
Wheeling Celtic Celebration is Going Virtual Alex Panas February 25, 2021 The 25th Annual Celtic Celebration will take place virtually on Saturday, March 6 beginning at noon. Since 1997, the event has been an opportunity to gather and celebrate the area’s Celtic heritage with music, ...
The Blue Triangle Branch of the YWCA Emma Wiley February 25, 2021 The local Wheeling branch of the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) is well-known around the city for its services and impact on people’s lives. However, for over three decades between 1921 and 1956, Wh...
Bridge Street Middle School Black History Month Event Jennifer Materkoski February 24, 2021 This Black History Month, administrators at Bridge Street Middle School are putting a new spin on the traditional in-school celebration. In conjunction with Ron Scott, Jr., Director of Cultural Diversity & ...
Genealogical Research – Using the U. S. Census (Part 3) Anna Cipoletti February 23, 2021 Click here for part 1 or part 2. In this installment of our genealogical research series, we are going to cover one of my favorite resources: the U.S. Census! The federal census has been conducted every ten ...
New Partnership Seeks to Elevate Hospitality in Wheeling Rosemary Ketchum February 22, 2021 Some exciting things have been happening in Wheeling. If you live anywhere near Carmel road in Woodsdale, you may be seeing some activity at the historic Mt. Carmel Monastery. In July, Weelunk covered the re...
Wheeling’s Jazz Giant: Leon “Chu” Berry Reggie Watkins February 19, 2021 Wheeling has a reputation for being a country music hub. So much so that along the way the city earned the nickname “Little Nashville.” I grew up two doors down from Wheeling’s country music legends Doc and Chi...
Genealogical Research – Finding Birth, Death, and Marriage Records (Part 2) Anna Cipoletti February 17, 2021 Click here for part 1. Vital records, including birth, death, and marriage certificates, are considered “the milestones of life and the backbone of genealogy.” As such, it makes sense to begin our genealogic...
COMIC: Whats Up With All the Birds in North Wheeling? Natalie Kovacs February 15, 2021 Sometimes while stopped at a red light on my way home from work, I become transfixed by the dusk sky. Swarms of black birds pepper the horizon near North Wheeling. There’s got to be a natural reason for this co...
Foodlust in February David Comack February 14, 2021 an open letter to food lovers on a very COVID Valentine’s Day “I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.” W.C. Fields Quarantine has reignited the romance . . . with cooking. It all began cir...
The First Wheeling Wedding? Emma Wiley February 13, 2021 “I do hereby Certify that I have this day solemnized the Right of marriage between Mr. John McIngtur (McIntyre properly) and Miss Sarah Zane agreeable to an act of assembly in such case made and provided. Witne...
Wheeling Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors Names Bryan Braunlich as Executive Director Provided February 11, 2021 (Wheeling, WV) – Roanne Burech, President of the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra (WSO) Board of Directors, announced today that Bryan Braunlich has been appointed as the next Executive Director of the WSO. Mr. Br...
Wheeling Health Right – Just Wing It Jennifer Materkoski February 11, 2021 During the last year, hardly any small business or organization has been spared from the effects of COVID-19. Non-profit organizations that rely on in-person events as fundraisers have been hit particularly har...
Rysing Star Dance Academy Opens Studio Where All Dancers Can Shine Joelle Moray February 10, 2021 Lots of people have skills and education. Lots of people have dreams and passions that have nothing to do with their ‘day job.’ But some people are able to combine their skills and their passion together to mak...
Weelunk’s Favorite WV Podcasts Weelunk Staff February 9, 2021 Whether you want to learn about history, indulge in true crime stories, or hear what your favorite local entertainers have been up to, there's a podcast for it! With many of us spending more time at home this y...
