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Marx Toy and Train Convention Coming

WHEELING – The annual Marx Toy and Train Convention is in its 27th year and is better than ever, with numerous vendors with all types of items. The event will take place at the Kruger Street Toy and Trian Museum in Elm Grove from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, June 19, and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 20. There will be everything from play sets to trains, there is even a whole room dedicated to Johnny West. There will be talks about the history of some of the toys and the Marx company. There will also be a concession stand open if guests get hungry. Registration is still ...

Ascension of Ink Tattoo Fest

TRIADELPHIA — The first annual Ascension of Ink Tattoo Fest will take over the Highlands Sports Complex on the weekend of June 12-14, bringing together more than 150 tattoo artists, live entertainment and vendors for a one-of-a-kind, all-ages weekend in the Ohio Valley. Hosted by Breaking ...

What’s Going On This Weekend

SATURDAY, JUNE 6-SUNDAY, JUNE 7 SATURDAY FAMILY FAMILY STORY TIME OFFERED — The Ohio County Public Library, 52 16th St., Wheeling, will host Family Story Time at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 6. The 30-minute program includes stories, songs and crafts for children and families. SNACKABLE STORIES SERIES CONTINUES — The Public Market, 1401 Main St., Wheeling, will host Snackable Stories from 11 a.m. to noon June 6. Children will prepare spaghetti and meatballs before enjoying a reading of “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.” Admission is $10 per child and includes one ...

Fort Henry Chapter SAR Meeting Set

WHEELING – On Saturday, June 13, at 10 a.m., the Fort Henry Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, will hold its summer quarter meeting in the auditorium of the Ohio County Public Library, 52-16th St., Wheeling. Guest speaker David P. Ervin, of Morgantown will give a presentation, ...

Ohio County Master Gardeners Welcome Landscape Architect

WHEELING – The speaker at the meeting of the Ohio County Master Gardeners on Tuesday, June 9, will be Gabe Hays, landscape architect with The Mannik and Smith Group (MSG). In 1997 he started Hays Landscape Architecture Studio in Belmont County, a business which he sold to Wallace Pancher Group in 2016. The business sold again to MSG in 2024. The Ohio County Master Gardeners meeting will be held 6:30 p.m. at Vance Memorial Church, 905 National Road. Hays will talk about landscape architecture, local projects and bioswales with questions welcomed. Hays began his work in Wheeling ...

Program Welcomes Author Robert Foreman

WHEELING – The Ohio County Public Library's next Lunch With Books program will welcome author Robert Long Foreman, an award-winning writer with Wheeling roots. The program will take place at noon on Tuesday, June 9, at the library in downtown Wheeling. Foreman earned a Ph.D. in English ...