(Editor's Note: This is the fourth in a series of articles celebrating May as Historic Preservation Month) WHEELING – Maintaining any home – especially an older one – can be very expensive and time consuming. Several local options can be of help. Grants and loans are the first ways that ...
Saturday, May 23 - Monday, May 25 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT LIVE MUSIC: COMPANY CARAVAN — Company Caravan will perform at 9 p.m. Saturday at Silver Rail Bar & Grill in Wheeling. SATURDAYS AT THE MARKET — Centre Market will host live lunchtime music from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday in the courtyard between the market houses. Robert “The Troubadour” Gaudio will perform during the free event. WHEELING FILM NOIR FEST — The Wheeling Film Noir Fest will be held Saturday and Sunday at the historic former Kaufman’s building in downtown Wheeling. The festival will feature screenings of ...
MOUNDSVILLE – There will be free film showings at the Moundsville-Marshall County Public Library on May 26, June 1 and June 8. On Tuesday, May 26, starting at 6 p.m., the feature is “Song Sung Blue,” a musical-bio-drama starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson as a Neil Diamond tribute act. Rated PG-13, this film released in 2025 is 132 minutes in length. On Monday, June 1, starting at 6 p.m., the feature is the acclaimed 2013 crime-caper “Now You See Me,” starring Jesse Eisenberg with an all-star cast. A team of illusionists pull off bank heists during their performances and ...
WHEELING – On Wednesday, May 27, Jeanne Cox will be the guest speaker at the Ohio Valley Civil War Roundtable meeting. As a retired nurse practitioner, Cox’s interest in Civil War history and the medical treatment of Civil War soldiers began more than 20 years ago. The focus of her recent research is the physical and mental wounds suffered by Civil War veterans' battle experiences. During the 1860s, medical officials’ evaluations of soldiers did not acknowledge mental illness issues as battle wounds. Her research explores the evidence that post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD ...
WHEELING – The Ohio County Public Library's next Lunch With Books program will welcome Father Joshua Saxe with “The Saint John Bible: Art, Scripture and Community.” The program will take place at noon on Tuesday, May 26. The Saint John’s Bible, commissioned by the monks of Saint John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota, is the first handwritten and illuminated Bible created in over 500 years. Brought to life by a team of artists and calligraphers, the seven-volume work brings together the ancient tradition of illuminated manuscripts with modern artistic expression. The Ven. ...
Photo Provided Phyllis and Bill Ripley of Wheeling were married for 51 years before his passing in 2023. Their love and legacy continue through a cherished family tradition centered around Phyllis’ wedding veil. The veil has been worn by each of their six granddaughters for their First ...
