10 Fast Facts About Wheeling’s DoughboyProvided December 26, 2020Wheeling’s Doughboy monument is back and better than ever. After a longer than expected stay at Venus Bronze Works in...
Wheeling Park to Open Community Education Center in Partnership With Wheeling Country Day SchoolProvided July 8, 2020For decades, Wheeling Park was a popular community destination for roller skating, teen dances and a variety of community-based activities...
Cold Hands, Warm Heart: Park Manager Loves His WorkNora Edinger December 20, 2019ometimes it takes a village. Other times, one guy will pretty much do. The latter seems to be the case...
Wheeling Nailers Find Temporary Home at Wheeling Park Ice RInkProvided October 7, 2019Because of the unexpected failure of WesBanco Arena’s ice-making system, Wheeling Park Commission officials will open Wheeling Park’s Memorial Ice...
Bordas & Bordas Presents $10,000 to Oglebay Foundation’s Access to the Parks ProgramProvided September 30, 2019Bordas & Bordas partner Scott Blass presented the Oglebay Foundation with a $10,000 check today, Monday, Sept. 30, at Oglebay’s...
Wells Fargo Advisors Funds Oglebay Foundation EffortsProvided September 13, 2019Wells Fargo Advisors recently presented a $20,000 check to the Oglebay Foundation, which will provide scholarship funds for the foundation’s...
BILL HOGAN’S MUSINGS: Poppa’s One, Two, ThreeBill Hogan August 24, 2019riving through Wheeling Park, I noticed a sign — “Bandstand” — and followed it to the top of the hill....
Celebrate Youth Festival to Bring Thousands to Wheeling Park Provided July 29, 2019Around 4,000 people are expected to descend on Wheeling Park on Thursday, Aug. 1, as the summer’s biggest bash for...
Ohio Valley Summer Event Guide Dedicated to ‘Scat’Phyllis Sigal May 13, 2019our years ago, Robert “Scat” Scatterday, wanted to get the word out about all the summer concert events around the...
Oglebay Foundation Honors Hess Family, Hydie FriendProvided April 25, 2019At its second annual donor recognition and awards breakfast on April 24, the Oglebay Foundation honored the Hess Family and...
Skating Through History: An Ohio Valley Tradition That’s Alive and WellChristina Fisanick March 5, 2019You can ask just about anyone who grew up in Wheeling about how they spent their winter weekends from childhood...
Parks to Host Job FairProvided September 9, 2018Are you looking for a rewarding full-time career, a part-time role or a seasonal position? If so, don’t miss the...
Families Invited to Celebrate Youth at Wheeling ParkProvided July 30, 2018Celebrate Youth — a family tradition that began in 2008 — this year is set for 10 a.m. to 4...
Spirit of Oglebay Award Goes to ‘Mr. Oglebay’ — Randy WorlsPhyllis Sigal July 27, 2018Every morning, Randy Worls wakes up with one thing on his mind: How to continue improving Oglebay and Wheeling parks....
Mystery Theatre Offers Free ShowProvided July 15, 2018Mystery Theatre Unlimited will present a hilarious musical-comedy, murder-mystery to Wheeling Park’s Amphitheatre starting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 17....
Dancing Down Memory Lane (Part 3): Park Dances — the ’80sKatherine Marsh July 6, 2018If you’re from the Upper Ohio Valley, you may already be aware that the Wheeling Park Commission held summer dances...
Dancing Down Memory Lane (Part 2): Park Dances — the ’70sEllen Brafford McCroskey July 5, 2018Those were the days — the decade of love, disco, equality, environmental awareness. Those of us who came of age...
Dancing Down Memory Lane (Part 1): Park Dances — the ’60sBill Orkoskey July 4, 2018I just heard that they are having a recreation of the teen dances held at the White Palace at Wheeling...
Oglebay’s Access to the Parks Program Provides Opportunities for TogethernessLaura Jackson Roberts July 4, 2018When we think back to our own childhoods in the Ohio Valley, we likely find our memories are inextricably intertwined...
Park Drive-In Movies Bring Back MemoriesHanna Perry June 29, 2018As I sat in my car for the weekly drive-in movie at Wheeling Park, I found myself recollecting memories from...
‘Sport of a Lifetime’: Tennis Club Sets Plans for SeasonProvided April 29, 2018The Wheeling Oglebay Tennis Club has a full slate of activities scheduled for area youth and adults for the spring...
Oglebay, Wheeling Park to Host Job FairProvided March 12, 2018Looking for a rewarding full-time career, a part-time role or a seasonal position? If so, don’t miss the Oglebay and...
Scenes Seen in Wheeling – Part 2Steve Novotney July 4, 2017There are problems, and there are issues, no doubt, and no one is denying that fact. And no one is...
Wheeling Park Revives Drive-In TheaterSteve Novotney June 29, 2017It’s the word. “Grease,” that is. John Travolta as “Danny,” and Olivia Newton-John as “Sandy”? Yes, that “Grease,” and the...
Wheeling Park Commission Partners With Billy Casper Golf On Operations At Oglebay and Wheeling ParkHerb Faulkenberry March 14, 2017Wheeling Park Commission has selected Billy Casper Golf (BCG) – the highly respected and innovative manager of golf courses, country...
Memories of Monkeys at Wheeling ParkSteve Novotney March 10, 2017They threw their poop at people. It’s true. It happened. Those monkeys and their poo-flipping at visitors at Wheeling Park...
Wheeling Park Ice Rink Holds Warm MemoriesSteve Novotney January 14, 2017There were those cruises from Rax to DiCarlo’s or from Hardee’s to McDonald’s and the rides to Wilson Lodge’s arcade...
Expats: ‘We’ll Be Home for Christmas’Steve Novotney December 10, 2016There’s something here in Wheeling that isn’t there, a draw of sorts that lures hundreds of homecomings each December and...
Time to Hit the Ice at Wheeling ParkAugust West October 21, 2016Today marks the opening of the Wheeling Park Memorial Ice Rink. The opening also signals the completion of a $560,000...
Dogs Get Their Day in the Sun – National Dog DayJeremy Morris August 25, 2016Friday August 26, is National Dog Day and Oglebay and Wheeling Park are joining the celebration. You and your pooch...
Relay For Life Relentless In Battling CancerSteve Novotney August 10, 2016There’s that moment, the one all fear and never wish to experience, and it’s always followed by the question, “Am...
Monumental Effort To Move Famous Statue Under WaySteve Novotney July 17, 2016As a pre-teen boy in Wheeling, Court Micker found himself fascinated with everything involved with the Civil War, so that...
