Wheeling on the Forefront: Fighting Fires for Over 200 YearsAlex Warren April 29, 2020Essential. Lifesaving. Game-changers. First responders and emergency preparation in Wheeling date back to the city’s founding, and their significance to...
Out of the Ashes: Wheeling’s Ziegenfelder Company Stronger Than EverKelly Strautmann January 31, 2020anuary 31, 2019. It was a bitterly cold winter day, with highs reaching only 11 degrees. Most people in Wheeling...
WHEELING@WORK: Fire Chief Helms Encourages TeamworkCassie Bendel August 7, 2019Editor’s note: Our series, “Wheeling@Work,” is an effort to provide readers with insight and information into our city government, highlighting...
Beloved Wheeling Company Receives Outpouring of Community Support Following FireEllen Brafford McCroskey February 2, 2019While Ziegenfelder’s success lies primarily in icy treats, their warm hearts are clearly another major ingredient in their famous recipe. It’s...
Safety Is the Issue for Building LevyNora Edinger October 19, 2018Whatever voters decide come Nov. 6 on $22 million of potential new and upgraded digs for city fire and police...
Creek Debris Soon to Be ClearedSteve Novotney November 1, 2017Receiving approval to clean creeks of flooding debris is very rare, and he will admit it, but the clearing of...
Women Firefighters Earning Respect in WheelingSteve Novotney May 29, 2017Up and down a tall ladder with a high-rise pack on your back that weighs more than 30 pounds. Check!...
Chief Helms Returns to Duty After Scary CrashSteve Novotney October 28, 2016It’s a motorcycle cruise this couple has taken for several years during the third weekend in each July simply so...
Do Something: Friendly City Firefighters Battling Breast CancerSteve Novotney October 11, 2016For a sixth year in a row the Friendly City’s firefighters are orchestrating a T-shirt sale in an effort to...
