Wheeling Health Right Archives

PROFILES IN PERSEVERANCE: Meet Susan Hagan

October 2, 2019

Editor's note: In this series, Weelunk readers will meet their neighbors who are successfully navigating the road of recovery. Like any road trip, recovery has stretches of smooth highway as well as the occasio...

River Valley Health Foundation Helps Citizens Access Better Health Care

Ellen Brafford McCroskey

September 17, 2019

If you have ever found yourself alone and facing a critical health diagnosis, you know firsthand how difficult it can be to navigate the maze of treatments, procedures and appointments. Such challenges are what...

(Williams Lea) Tag — You’re It

Phyllis Sigal

March 1, 2019

Along with the fact that there are 100 job openings, why should you consider working at Williams Lea Tag? Because it “feels like home, like family,” said Jennifer Materkoski, senior manager of communications...

HOPE for the Homeless — Street Medicine Team Cares for Wheeling’s Most Vulnerable

Ellen Brafford McCroskey

October 3, 2018

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Imagine that you’ve just had your leg amputated. It’s an emotionally devastating and life-altering event that will change the way you go about your daily routine. Staying mobile, performing simple self-care and...

SAY VEGGIES! Grow OV Celebrates $50,000 Grant With Community

NIck Musgrave

August 15, 2018

The inviting smells of freshly cooked food and the sound of string music filled the air at the corner of 15th and Jacob streets in East Wheeling Wednesday afternoon. Amidst shoppers picking up groceries at the ...

Join the Walk for a Future Where We All Have a Home

Phyllis Sigal

February 23, 2018

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Ladonna Blake’s Facebook post about her father, Freddie Blake, a homeless amputee who panhandled near Perkins off the I-70 East Oglebay Exit, has gone viral, bringing much attention to the homeless in the Ohio ...

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