WHEELING — It’s the summer of dinosaurs, and the Ohio County Public Library in Wheeling invites patrons to learn all about the amazing prehistoric creatures in an eight-week series. The new dinosaur series will feature paleontolgists and students of paleontology from Pittsburgh’s ...
The Queen of Queens will take place at the Capitol Theatre on Thursday, July 21 at 7 p.m. The Queen will be crowned at the OVAC Football Game on Saturday, July 23. Tickets for both events can be purchased through links found on the ovac.org website. Tickets will be $7 each plus service charge if purchased before midnight prior to the event. On the day of each event tickets will be $10. There will be no tickets available at the door or the gate without going through the OVAC links. Girls from 22 OVAC schools will be competing for the title of Queen of Queens. “We are so excited to ...
WHEELING — Do nuns have any special take on how to have peace in a world that seems to produce a major crisis on a daily basis? Maybe yes, maybe no. Three Sisters of St. Joseph shared a glimpse of their external and internal lives while pondering that subject. And, interestingly, all ...
WHEELING — The words “local food” bring to mind denim and kale sold from bushel baskets. “Supply chain” — at least in the post-COVID era — conjures up empty shelves and odd shortages of everything from life-sustaining baby formula to garage doors. (Seriously, garage doors.) ...
WHEELING — Legendary classic rock band America — featuring dual lead singers, songwriters and guitarists Dewey Bunnell and Gerry Beckley — will perform all of their hits and more this Saturday night at the Capitol Theatre in Wheeling. Tickets are still available online and at the door ...
WHEELING — A nail that could easily take out a tire is on the pavement just outside St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church. Father Josh Saxe pounces to retrieve it before peering up toward the mammoth, slate-covered roof from whence he knows it came. The 1866 building took a hit during a double derecho earlier in the month and roofers are literally on site to assess the damage. Saxe is the newly minted rector of a church whose pastoral line stretches back to the time of fluffy white mutton chops, as evidenced by a long wall of portraits in a stairway. He has spent the last hour or so ...
