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‘Maz’ Remembered as a Humble Legend

It has been said to “never meet your heroes.” Those who met Ohio Valley legend and Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Famer Bill Mazeroski during his 89 years on this earth will tell you that isn’t true. Wheeling born and Tiltonsville raised, Mazeroski reached the supreme heights of his sport, his walk-off home run in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series forever etching him into baseball lore. Yet he never abandoned his local roots. He anchored himself with them, returning to the valley countless times for fundraisers, charity events and personal visits. If you had something for him to sign, ...

The View From the Port

A clearer view around downtown Wheeling’s Heritage Port is thankfully in the cards. Work recently began to clear trees, brush and overgrowth from around the port. “The work will continue ­— weather permitting — for several days, possibly a couple of weeks,” Wheeling City Manager Robert Herron said. That’s great to hear, as the aesthetic quality of Heritage Port should be one of the top priorities for the City of Wheeling. That area is home almost every major festival in Wheeling ­— the Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival, Heritage Blues Fest and the City of ...

Balancing the Books for All in West Virginia

Members of the state House Finance Committee are working toward some important changes to safeguard taxpayer dollars, ahead of a planned “universal expansion” of the Hope Scholarship educational voucher program. Without many of the planned changes, the program will remain wide open to waste, fraud and abuse, as too many have taken advantage of the state’s failure to install guardrails earlier. The originating bill, which has not yet been numbered, would cap the annual Hope Scholarship award to eligible families at $5,250, with $250 going to the State Treasurer’s Office for ...

Helping Ohio Students

Not every student has the same path to follow after high school graduation. They don’t have the same skill sets, interests or aspirations. So why would we limit the options they have for assessing their readiness to proceed on those paths? In Ohio, there may be other options available, if lawmakers give serious consideration to state House Bill 326, introduced by Reps. Kevin Ritter, R-Marietta, and Johnathan Newman, R-Troy. “Regarding the use of nationally standardized assessments in public and chartered nonpublic schools and state institutions of higher education,” it would ...

Housing Task Force Is a Necessary Move

There are plenty of things in the city of Wheeling that make it attractive for people to move here. Recreation is a gift, with places like Wheeling Park and Oglebay Park Resort to visit. There are great schools, both public and private, that will help children achieve. But there’s one big thing of which Wheeling is in short supply, a sizable hurdle that can serve as a deterrent for people to become part of the community: a lack of new and affordable housing. Combining those words “new” and “affordable” is important. In Wheeling, new housing is rarely affordable for young ...

Pats on the Back

- To Kloe Nguyen, an eighth-grade student at Bridge Street Middle School, who won the Ohio County Schools Spelling Bee this past week. - To the Lansing Sportsmen’s Club, which recently donated a jaw-dropping $99,999 to Bridgeport City Schools for the walking track around the district’s new multipurpose facility, “The Bridge.” - To Bob Contraguerro Jr., who was named the 2026 Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival’s Italian-American of the Year, joining a long list of notable names in the community. - To the Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley, which awarded ...