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Unity in Diversity: Black Lives Matter Movements Take Shape in Ohio Valley

Nora Edinger August 10, 2020

Editor’s note: In an ongoing commitment to sharing Wheeling’s stories in their diversity, here’s an overview of recent community responses...

SUSPENDED AGGRAVATION: Chapter 28

Nora Edinger August 9, 2020

Editor’s note: Suspended Aggravation is an original, Wheeling-centric novel by Nora Edinger and is published exclusively through Weelunk. While some...

WEEREAD: Seceding From Secession — The Civil War, Politics and the Creation of West Virginia

Jon-Erik Gilot August 8, 2020

Editor’s note: This book was featured at a recent Lunch With Books Livestream from the Ohio County Public Library. Authors...

Ginger Margaritas: From Snow-Tipped Mountains to You

Matt Welsch August 7, 2020

Margaritas conjure up images of sun-soaked beaches, fancy glasses, and froth-tipped waves. My favorite margarita, on the other hand, was...

The First Time I Was Called the N-Word

Darlene Stradwick August 5, 2020

A few years ago, my students did a research project on emotional memory. They explained to me what emotional memory...

Chef Finds Bounty at Local Farmers’ Markets

Melissa Rebholz August 4, 2020

As a chef and a relatively new resident of Wheeling, I was so excited when the farmers’ markets began to...

BYGONE COMEBACKS: Bakers Baking Up New Traditions

Jennifer Materkoski August 3, 2020

Editor’s note: Have you noticed lately that bits of the past are creeping into the present? We’re gardening more, going...

SUSPENDED AGGRAVATION: Chapter 27

Nora Edinger August 2, 2020

Editor’s note: Suspended Aggravation is an original, Wheeling-centric novel by Nora Edinger and is published exclusively through Weelunk. While some...

WEEREAD: Appalachia North — A Memoir

Christina Fisanick August 1, 2020

Appalachia, even to us West Virginians, seems at times like a foreign place. Appalachia is over there, not here. Appalachians...

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HILLS AND HOLLOWS: Raising a Pint to West Virginia’s Moonshine Heritage

Kyle Knox July 31, 2020

In the deep woods, along the cool creek (pronounced crick), the moon rises over the sugar maples, locusts, elms and...

BYGONE COMEBACKS: COVID Revives Sew Much History

Nora Edinger July 29, 2020

Editor’s note: Have you noticed lately that bits of the past are creeping into the present? We’re gardening more, going...

LIKE NIGHT AND DAY: Funeral Director Finds ‘Pocket’ of Community in Roller Derby

Cassie Bendel July 28, 2020

Editor’s note: People aren’t always defined by their day jobs. There are plenty who have quite fascinating second jobs or...

City of Wheeling CARES About Small Businesses

Nora Edinger July 27, 2020

Does a hairstylist working on her own qualify for a new round of federal assistance to small businesses? Can a...

SUSPENDED AGGRAVATION: Chapter 26

Nora Edinger July 26, 2020

Editor’s note: Suspended Aggravation is an original, Wheeling-centric novel by Nora Edinger and is published exclusively through Weelunk. While some...

WEEREAD: Practicing Silence — New and Selected Verses

Laura Lynn Brown July 25, 2020

What is silence? Our first thought is usually absence of sound. In Bonnie Thurston’s poetry collection “Practicing Silence,” silence is...

BYGONE COMEBACKS: The Magic of a Creek

Jessica Broverman July 22, 2020

Editor’s note: Have you noticed lately that bits of the past are creeping into the present? We’re gardening more, going...

‘Stretched to Their Limits’: Foundation Comes to Aid of Health Departments

Ellen Brafford McCroskey July 21, 2020

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit our area in March, no one was prepared for what was to come. No one...

A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT: Steamer Disaster on the Ohio on July 4, 1882

Taylor Abbott July 20, 2020

On July 4th, 1882, the steamboat Scioto would make its final journey down the Ohio River. Taylor Abbott, a descendant of the boat's captain, tells the story of the disaster that would grip the nation.

SUSPENDED AGGRAVATION: Chapter 25

Nora Edinger July 19, 2020

Editor’s note: Suspended Aggravation is an original, Wheeling-centric novel by Nora Edinger and is published exclusively through Weelunk. While some...

WEEREAD: Riding on Comets

Anna Cipoletti July 18, 2020

In her memoir Riding on Comets, born-and-bred West Virginian Cat Pleska recalls coming of age in the 1950s and ‘60s...

Master Gardeners Make a Difference in Community

Earl Nicodemus July 17, 2020

Did you like to play in the dirt when you were a little girl or boy? Do you still like...

Reuben Rouse: ‘Raised on Love’

Nora Edinger July 15, 2020

Editor’s note: Weelunk is committed to sharing the city’s diverse stories, including those that combat systemic racism. Today’s post features...

Bottled Treasure: Discovery Leads to Investigation

Alex Warren July 14, 2020

The Stratford Springs Bottling Company may have been closed for over 50 years, but their glass bottles can still be found. One Wheeling family discovered a massive collection in their own backyard.

April 1865: A Burst of Historic Events

Barb Pirhalla July 13, 2020

April 1865, was a month long remembered in history. Richmond, Virginia, fell; April 9, Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to...

SUSPENDED AGGRAVATION: Chapter 24

Nora Edinger July 12, 2020

Editor’s note: Suspended Aggravation is an original, Wheeling-centric novel by Nora Edinger and is published exclusively through Weelunk. While some...

WEEREAD: The Third Rainbow Girl — The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia

Christina Fisanick July 11, 2020

West Virginia’s history is often not well represented in books that tell stories from our hills and valleys. In The...

Wheeling West Virginia contributes to social change

Positive and Progressive: Wheeling Makes Social Change Happen

Ellen Brafford McCroskey July 10, 2020

Wheeling has received national attention after voting in West Virginia’s first openly transgender elected official, Rosemary Ketchum. Now, we reflect on the significance of recent steps taken by the city to be more inclusive.