31 Acts, 25 States: Heritage Music BluesFest Returns as Wheeling’s Biggest Music Festival Ever Under Waterfront Hall
‘Rithmetic Genius Born in Ohio County — Go FigureChristina Fisanick May 29, 2019ost people can remember their parents or grandparents talking about the three R’s of schooling: reading, writing and arithmetic. These...
A VIEW FROM THE MOON: SMART-Center Turns 25 — 50 Years Ago (Part 2)Robert E. Strong May 28, 2019Recap: In Part 1, we find my youthful 10-year-old self, 50 years my present-day junior, has been called to the...
With So Much to See and Do, Wheeling Punches Above Its Weight ClassWheeling Heritage Staff May 27, 2019o use a sports analogy, Wheeling punches above its weight class. For a city of only 27,000, Wheeling boasts a...
John Marshall Strings Students’ Synchrony Saves the DayNick Musgrave May 26, 2019hose of you who attended the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra’s season finale on May 17 may have noticed the group of...
AN ESSAY FOR THE DAY: A Gathering of HeroesColin McNickle May 25, 2019t was about as poignant a moment as one could imagine. The National World War II Memorial. On the National...
The House in the Photo: A History of Echo ManorLaura Jackson Roberts May 24, 2019here are many images of Wheeling from its early days, but certain photos just stick with us. One, in particular,...
Hangover BBQ Fired Up Over Show of Hands WinPhyllis Sigal May 22, 2019sweet little voice from the crowded room asked, “What’s your favorite kind of meat to make?” That question, posed by...
DOWNTOWN DO-OVER: Bringing Buildings Back From the BrinkNora Edinger May 22, 2019Editor’s note: The Downtown Do-Over series is taking a close look at the ongoing revival of Wheeling’s city center. In...
A Gym, Salon, Roadside BBQ and Resale/Consignment Shop Up for Show of Hands PrizePhyllis Sigal May 21, 2019trength. … Sustainable. … Repurpose. … Delicious. These are just a few of the words the Wheeling Heritage Show of...
Wee Asked Hydie FriendJeremy Morris May 20, 2019WEEasked some simple questions — and your neighbors, friends, co-workers, acquaintances, even some strangers, answered. Get to know them a...
People’s University Uncovers the Obscure McLure Christina Fisanick May 19, 2019Editor’s note: The Ohio County Public Library has launched its 26th People’s University, an eight-week series featuring weird, wild, wacky,...
BILL HOGAN’S MUSINGS: The FlicksBill Hogan May 18, 2019 was fortunate to attend a noon talk at our library recently, about the old movie theaters in West Virginia. It...
Raise Your Hand, Join the Group, Plant a SeedPhyllis Sigal May 17, 2019seed is planted; a flower grows. A paintbrush is dipped into a bucket; a mural appears. A hand is raised;...
New Shindig Coming to the ValleyKelly Strautmann May 17, 2019our days of riding and three nights of music. If you are looking for something new to do over Memorial...
Wheeling’s American Legion Post 1: Leading the Way in Service for 100 yearsNick Musgrave May 15, 2019Editor’s note: Learn more about Wheeling Post No. 1 of the American Legion — officially the oldest post in the...
Give Your Wedding the Star TreatmentStacey Miller Sacco May 14, 2019ust like the Suspension Bridge, Oglebay Park and Centre Market, The Capitol Theatre is shorthand for home for many of us in...
Coyotes: Truth, Myth and What We’re Getting WrongLaura Jackson Roberts May 13, 2019thought it was our neighbor’s dog on the loose.” “They are brave. Some nights when they are tracking/killing it is...
POSTSCRIPTS FROM THE EDGE(WOOD): The 21st Century Marriage SaverChristina Fisanick May 11, 2019hen Hazlett and Irene (Miller) Cochran built what would later become my Edgwood home in 1926, marriage looked quite a...
Political Peculiarities and the Blues at People’s UniversityDr. Joseph Laker May 10, 2019Editor’s note: The Ohio County Public Library has launched its 26th People’s University, an eight-week series featuring weird, wild, wacky,...
Roughriders Bring Gripping Gridiron Glory to WheelingNick Musgrave May 8, 2019espite what your parents might have told you as a rambunctious child, you can play football inside. The West Virginia...
WHEELING@WORK: Wendy Scatterday Born Into LeadershipEllen Brafford McCroskey May 7, 2019Editor’s note: Our series, “Wheeling@Work,” is an effort to provide readers with insight and information into our city government, highlighting...
Wee Asked Sister Joanne GonterAnne Hazlett Foreman May 6, 2019WEEasked some simple questions — and your neighbors, friends, co-workers, acquaintances, even some strangers, answered. Get to know them a...
Suicide, a Suspicious Drowning and Good Times Are Brewing at People’s UniversityRyan Stanton May 5, 2019Editor’s note: The Ohio County Public Library has launched its 26th People’s University, an eight-week series featuring weird, wild, wacky,...
AS I SEE IT: Animal InstinctsEllen Brafford McCroskey May 4, 2019ork responsibilities, aging parents, motherhood, menopause — I don’t know about you, but for me, midlife can be stressful at...
Tick-Borne Disease: Fact, Fiction and PreventionLaura Jackson Roberts May 3, 2019he other day I went into the woods to dig up some ramps. I wore socks and long pants as...
Eat Your Way Through Upcoming EVENTSWeelunk Staff May 2, 2019BOOGIE ON DOWN Boogie on down to Friday Night Fever — Wheeling Health Right’s 26th annual Chef’s Auction — at...
Local Secret Worth Sharing: Home for Men Celebrates 90 Years of ServiceEllen Brafford McCroskey May 1, 2019“One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth doing is what we do for others.” ...
A VIEW FROM THE MOON: SMART-Center Turns 25 — 50 Years Ago (Part 1)Robert E. Strong April 30, 2019n elementary school, I labored under the common misconception that persists with most youngsters unabated to this day. I thought...
Harshman, Villamagna Bring Attention to Wheeling Landmarks in New Children’s BookPhyllis Sigal April 29, 2019nce there was a mouse … it was paddling for dear life outside of Robert Villamagna’s art studio, trying to...
Weird Stories of Wheeling in the Civil WarJon-Erik Gilot April 28, 2019Editor’s note: The Ohio County Public Library has launched its 26th People’s University, an eight-week series featuring weird, wild, wacky,...
Fresh Coat of Paint and Other Upgrades for Artworks Around TownAnne Hazlett Foreman April 27, 2019Editor’s note: Anne Hazlett Foreman — as humble as she is talented — mentions in her story below an Artworks...
Get Fired Up for Route 88 BBQ & BrewPhyllis Sigal April 26, 2019itting around the fire pit, making s’mores, sipping a glass of wine or having an ice-cold craft brew. Playing a...
WHEELING@WORK: Koslik Is the City’s Newest Council RepresentativeEllen Brafford McCroskey April 24, 2019Editor’s note: Our series, “Wheeling@Work,” is an effort to provide readers with insight and information into our city government, highlighting...
It’s Time to Enter Weelunk’s Haiku ContestPhyllis Sigal April 23, 2019Editor’s note: April is National Poetry Month, inaugurated in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets. What better way to...
Wee Asked Michael McKowenPhyllis Sigal April 22, 2019WEEasked some simple questions — and your neighbors, friends, co-workers, acquaintances, even some strangers, answered. Get to know them a...
The Adventures of a First-Time 5K Runner (She Did It for the Kids)Jennifer Kellner-Muscar April 21, 2019“Sometimes it isn’t about doing it well, it is simply about doing it.” — Jennifer Kellner-Muscar wo years ago, at...
PHYLOSOPHY: Empty Lots & Would’ve Beens in James Wright’s Martins Ferry With W.Va.’s Poet LaureatePhyllis Sigal April 20, 2019pring began in Martins Ferry, Ohio. Driving through a bottomless pothole (it wasn’t), inching to the left of a crag...
A Mad Dash for Suffrage, Odd Immigrant Stories, Obscure Strikes and CommunistsHal Gorby April 19, 2019Editor’s note: The Ohio County Public Library has launched its 26th People’s University, an eight-week series featuring weird, wild, wacky,...
New Martinsville Native Shines Light on Coal Miners in ‘Mine 9’Kelly Strautmann April 19, 2019Editor’s note: “Mine 9” is now available on Netflix. You will find yourself gripping the armrest in the theater as...
Wheeling Kids Take Over: Our Guided Tour of the RNR Discovery and Learning CenterJustus, Anelise and Iris Sacco April 17, 2019Editor’s note: Weelunk writer Stacey Sacco and her children enjoyed an afternoon at RNR Discovery and Learning Center, located at...
Artists Studio Tour to Showcase Local Artists at WorkLaura Jackson Roberts April 16, 2019f you’re not an artist, the world of art seems like another dimension. When we walk the halls of a...
Our South American Odyssey: The Final ChapterJason Koegler April 15, 2019“For a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother” – Homer, The Odyssey. After our...
A History of Disaster: How Piedmont and the Muskingum Watershed Lakes Came to BeLaura Jackson Roberts April 15, 2019ach weekend in the summers of my childhood, my parents packed me and my brother up and took us to...
What We Lost at Wheeling Jesuit UniversityKelly Strautmann April 14, 2019Author’s note: It was impossible for me to write a piece on WJU objectively, so I did a deep dive...
Don’t Miss ‘Victorian Era Mayhem & Murder’ at People’s UniversityDavid Javersak April 14, 2019Editor’s note: The Ohio County Public Library has launched its 26th People’s University, an eight-week series featuring weird, wild, wacky,...
PHYLosophy: ‘Why Are Newfoundlanders Bad at Knock-Knock Jokes?’Phyllis Sigal April 13, 2019“We were all exhausted — just spent. Most of us had been up for five days straight working But somehow...
Palms Herald Holy WeekNora Edinger April 12, 2019Editor’s note: In a continuing series on how the Ohio Valley expresses its spirituality, today’s post is the story behind...
Hall of Fame Board Reveals 2019 InducteesProvided April 10, 2019Twelve new inductees to the Wheeling Hall of Fame were announced today by Hall of Fame Board Chairman Robert DeFrancis....
Shantyboats and Watercolors: Wheeling Native Takes On Kentucky ArtistKelly Strautmann April 10, 2019“Just like [Harlan] Hubbard on one of his many trips down the Ohio River, I came with the water from...
Our South American Odyssey: Day 8Jason Koegler April 9, 2019n the evening of Day 7, April 3, 2019, we climbed into our “El Practico” bus and embarked on a...
