WHEELING – A new company born just two years ago in the Ohio Valley has been turning heads and raising eyebrows with its recent acquisitions in Wheeling, where everyone – from its growing team of local employees to multimillionaire investors from out-of-state – share in their ...
Joe Sparksman’s spirit of community service and mentorship was sparked as a young man. The flames were stoked in college and continue to power him now. His background in working with at-risk young men in the Black community throughout the south spurred him to create the group Men of Change ...
WHEELING – The market for affordable housing in the Ohio Valley has gotten red hot in recent years, and few developers have answered the call and worked with such great success to fulfill the area's housing needs as the Woda Cooper Companies Inc. Now headquartered in Columbus, the company ...
WHEELING – Douglass Harrison is a West Virginian, and the Milton native knows what the comforts of locality mean to his neighbors now on both sides of the Ohio River. As the president and CEO of WVU Medicine Wheeling and Reynolds Memorial hospitals, it has been his mission – especially ...
WHEELING – Wheeling attorney Jamie Bordas got his first look at innovation and the future when he was just a child visiting his father’s law office more than 40 years ago. That “future” had an entire room all to itself at the office of the late Jim Bordas. “When my dad was in ...
WHEELING – Kevin Ayers loves to make beer not only for himself, but for everyone else in the Ohio Valley who loves beer, too. Ayers co-owns Brew Keepers with his wife, Carolyn, in Wheeling. The craft brew is sold to local bars and restaurants in the region and can also be tasted at Brew ...
WHEELING -- When the charms of Wheeling’s history help open doors to an exciting new future, few local businesses exemplify that harmonious coupling like Good Mansion Wines. First opened in 2006, the unique shop nestled in the neighborhood along 14th Street in East Wheeling came ...
WOODSFIELD – Monroe County Commissioner Mick Schumacher is involved with a multitude of projects aimed at helping the community. He is a Woodsfield resident who has worked at Conalco/Ormet for more than 28 years. He has been in office for three nonconsecutive terms. “I just want to leave ...
WHEELING – Bob Peckenpaugh, president and CEO of the Wheeling Park Commission, did much research about Wheeling and Oglebay Parks before seeing them in person and he liked what he discovered. But it was when he visited the parks that he became even more impressed and interested in becoming ...
WHEELING – Throughout her adult life, Rosemary Ketchum has been a passionate proponent of public activism, a believer in community building and an advocate for grassroots causes such as human rights issues. Today, it's not only her ambition to get these things done — as an elected ...
WHEELING – Howard Gamble has been the face of the fight against COVID-19 in the Wheeling area since the pandemic began. His daily task as administrator of the Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department has been to give the latest guidance regarding the virus, along with updating the public and ...
COLUMBUS – JobsOhio has become a force within the state of Ohio. Since its inception in 2011, the state has risen from 48th in prospects for growth after the Great Recession to 39th in employment rankings, according to U.S. News & World Report. The chairman of the board of ...
WHEELING — Many things in the arena of financial planning have evolved over the past century, but proven practices and a personal touch have remained consistent assets over the decades at Hazlett, Burt & Watson. And that's part of what separates the Wheeling-based company from other ...
WHEELING -- Insurance agent Gary Dietz knows it's a competitive "dog eat dog" world out there, but fortunately for him he also knows how to train canines. Dietz was able to draw upon the experience he gained while working 10 years as a dog trainer at Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack ...
WHEELING – Kathie Brown is proud of the way Wheeling Health Right has stepped up to serve the under-insured with its medical needs since its inception in 1984. Wheeling Health Right was established by Nancy Lipphardt, who brought the concept to Wheeling after starting a Health Right in ...
WOODSFIELD -- Monroe County Treasurer Taylor Abbott, along with his staff, has helped to modernize the county office, making it easier for residents to pay their taxes. When Abbott first ran for office he promised voters a modern and efficient operation that would utilize state-of-the-art ...
WHEELING – A long career in meeting the needs of children shifted into a second career in caring for senior citizens for Jamie Crow, executive director of Elmhurst, The House of Friendship. Yet the underlying mission is the same for both roles – to provide comfort and support for those in ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Belmont County Deputy Health Director Robert Sproul has been a prominent local voice through the COVID-19 pandemic, but he has been addressing the area’s health needs for years. “It’s always good to help people. Growing up here, it was the coal and the steel of the ...
