WHEELING — Now that the COVID-19 vaccines are being administered at a rapid pace in the Wheeling area, Jamie Crow, executive director of Elmhurst, The House of Friendship, an assisted living residence for older adults, is breathing a sigh of cautious relief. “Over the past year, our world ...

WHEELING — On a day as fine as April can muster, buttercups are whooping it up on the rich silt left behind by winter flooding on Wheeling Island. A pileated woodpecker is chuckling somewhere in the trees, his pterodactyl-style head somehow hidden from view despite his grand size. It’s ...

WHEELING — Since 2010, the Ohio County Partners in Prevention Team has recognized three Champions of Children in April as part of National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Although COVID-19 derailed last year’s awards, the team has adapted this year’s ceremony to be held remotely on the Ohio ...

WHEELING — The day will come when it is possible to go to school or to the grocery store without a mask, which begs an interesting question. What will happen to all these colorful scraps of fabric and elastic when COVID is contained? “Some people are going to be so excited to not wear a ...

WHEELING — It isn’t surprising that crosses are a part of the Rev. Richard Skaggs’ everyday life. The man’s a priest, after all. What might be unusual would be the staggering tally if they were ever actually counted. Bounding up and down the stairways and passages at St. Matthew ...

WHEELING — Students from various academic programs will present their scholarly work during Wheeling University’s annual Student Research & Scholarship Symposium Wednesday. This year, the annual research symposium will consist of a half day of poster and oral presentations by students ...